TruthQuest Asia Messianic Judaism

05/25/2026

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1. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (Orthodox Jewish Scholar) List Name: “The Real Messiah? A Jewish Response” Number of Messianic Prophecies Identified: 27 How He Defines Them: Kaplan limits “Messianic propheci…

05/24/2026

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05/24/2026

I experience being "MOCKED" quite often while obeying YHVH. This is a harsh warning against engaging in mockery.

If you study Torah than you know that Korah’s mockery appears in Numbers 16, and it is preserved in two layers:
The explicit accusation recorded in the text
The traditional Jewish memory of how he mocked Moses
Let’s separate them cleanly.

⭐ 1. The Explicit Mockery in the Torah Text
Korah’s mocking accusation is in Numbers 16:3:
“You take too much upon you… all the congregation is holy… why do you lift yourselves up above the assembly of YHVH?”
This is the mockery:
He accuses Moses of self‑exaltation
He denies Moses’ God‑given authority
He claims Moses is acting above the people
He implies Moses invented his own leadership

This is the core rebellion:
Korah says Moses is not chosen by God — Moses is choosing himself.
That is the mockery.

⭐ 2. The Second Mockery (Numbers 16:13–14)
Dathan and Abiram add a second layer of mockery:
“Is it a small thing that you brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey… to kill us in the wilderness? Will you also make yourself a prince over us?”

This is open sarcasm:
They call Egypt the “land flowing with milk and honey”
They accuse Moses of murder
They accuse Moses of self‑appointed rulership
This is mockery in its pure form.

⭐ 3. The Traditional Jewish Memory (Midrash)
The rabbis preserved the tone of Korah’s mockery.
They say Korah publicly mocked Moses by:
Ridiculing Moses’ laws
Mocking Moses’ authority
Using humor and sarcasm to undermine Moses in front of the people

Examples from Midrash Rabbah:
Korah asked Moses absurd questions about tzitzit and mezuzot to make Moses look foolish.
Korah staged public scenes to embarrass Moses.
Korah used mockery as a political weapon.
This matches the spirit of Numbers 16.

⭐ 4. The Core Issue
Korah’s mockery was not about doctrine.
It was about authority.
He mocked Moses because:
He wanted the priesthood
He wanted Moses’ position
He rejected YHVH’s choice
He claimed Moses was acting on his own
This is why YHVH judged him so severely.

05/21/2026

THE TORAH LAWS THAT CAN STILL BE KEPT TODAY (AS WRITTEN)

Out of the traditional 613 Torah laws, only 140 can still be kept exactly as written, without Temple, without priesthood, and without living in the Land. These laws fall into seven groups.

GROUP 1 — PERSONAL HOLINESS & IDENTITY LAWS
Appearance, purity, separation, sexual laws, beard, clothing, etc.

Holiness
“Be holy, for I am holy.” Leviticus 11:44–45
“You shall be holy, for I YHVH your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:2
“You shall not intermarry with them… for they will turn your sons away.” —Deuteronomy 7:3–4
“I have separated you from the peoples...” — Leviticus 20:26

Body & Appearance
“Do not tattoo yourselves” — Lev 19:28
“Do not cut your flesh for the dead” — Lev 19:28
“Do not round the corners of your head” — Lev 19:27
“Do not mar the edges of your beard” — Lev 19:27

Clothing Identity
“A woman shall not wear a man’s garment” — Deut 22:5
“Do not wear garments of mixed fabric” — Deut 22:11
“Make tassels on the four corners of your garment” — Deut 22:12
“Put a cord of blue on the tassel” — Num 15:38

Sexual Purity
“Do not commit adultery” — Ex 20:14
“Do not uncover the nakedness of your close kin” — Lev 18
“Do not lie with a male as with a woman” — Lev 18:22
“Do not lie with an animal” — Lev 18:23
“Do not approach a woman in her impurity” — Lev 18:19

Purity by Water & Fire
“Wash your flesh in water and be clean” — Lev 15:5
“Wash garments in water” — Lev 15:6
“Everything that can...you shall pass...fire” — Num 31:23
“Everything that cannot you shall pass...water” — Num 31:23

Separation from Pagan Practices
“Do not imitate the practices of the nations” — Lev 18:3
“Do not learn to do after their abominations” — Deut 18:9
“Do not practice divination” — Deut 18:10
“Do not practice sorcery” — Deut 18:10–11
“Do not consult mediums or familiar spirits” — Lev 19:31

Cleanliness & Death
“Avoid defilement by the dead” — Lev 21:1
“Do not eat anything that dies of itself” — Deut 14:21

Group 1 Total: 44 laws

GROUP 2 — KOSHER FOOD & FOOD HANDLING LAWS
These laws govern foods and preparation

Clean & Unclean Animals
“These are the animals you may eat” — Lev 11:2
“Whatever parts the hoof and chews the cud” — Lev 11:3
“These you shall not eat” — Lev 11:4–8

Fish
“Whatever has fins and scales you may eat” — Lev 11:9
“Whatever has not fins and scales you shall not eat” — Lev 11:10

Birds
“These you shall detest among the birds” — Lev 11:13–19

Insects
“These you may eat of every flying insect” — Lev 11:21–22
“All other flying insects you shall detest” — Lev 11:23

Blood & Fat
“You shall eat no manner of blood” — Lev 17:10
“You shall not eat the fat” — Lev 3:17

Sciatic Nerve
“...do not eat the sinew of the thigh” — Gen 32:32

Slaughter & Handling
“You shall slaughter as I commanded you” — Deut 12:21
“You shall not eat torn flesh” — Ex 22:31

Purifying Vessels
“Pass through fire… pass through water” — Num 31:23

Group 2 Total: 33 laws

GROUP 3 — MORAL & RELATIONAL LAWS

The Ten Words
“You shall have no other gods” — Ex 20:3
“You shall not make idols” — Ex 20:4
“Do not take His name in vain” — Ex 20:7
“Remember the Sabbath day” — Ex 20:8
“Honor your father and mother” — Ex 20:12
“You shall not murder” — Ex 20:13
“You shall not commit adultery” — Ex 20:14
“You shall not steal” — Ex 20:15
“You shall not bear false witness” — Ex 20:16
“You shall not covet” — Ex 20:17

Love and respect Commands
“Love your neighbor as yourself” — Lev 19:18
“Love the stranger” — Deut 10:19
“Do not hate your brother in your heart” — Lev 19:17
“Rebuke your neighbor; do not bear sin...” — Lev 19:17
“Do not take vengeance” — Lev 19:18
“Do not bear a grudge” — Lev 19:18
“Do not curse the deaf” — Lev 19:14
“Do not put a stumbling block before the blind” — Lev 19:14
“Honor the elderly; rise before the gray head” — Lev 19:32

Group 3 Total: 19 laws

GROUP 4 — FEASTS & HOLY DAYS

“The seventh day is a Sabbath of rest” — Ex 20:10
“Keep the Passover” — Deut 16:1
“Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread” — Ex 12:15
“Count seven weeks” — Deut 16:9
“A memorial of blowing of trumpets” — Lev 23:24
“Afflict your souls” (Yom Kippur fast) — Lev 23:27
“Dwell in booths seven days” — Lev 23:42
“On the eighth day shall be a solemn assembly” — Lev 23:36
“In the beginnings of...blow the trumpets” — Num 10:10

Group 4 Total: 11 laws

GROUP 5 — REMEMBERING, PRAYING, TEACHING

Remembering
“Remember the day you came out of Egypt” — Deut 16:3
“Remember what Amalek did to you” — Deut 25:17
“Remember all the way YHVH led you” — Deut 8:2

Teaching
“Teach them diligently to your children” — Deut 6:7
“Speak of them when you sit, walk, lie down, rise up” — Deut 6:7
“Write them on the doorposts” — Deut 6:9
“Bind them on your hand and between your eyes” — Deut 6:8

Praying & Blessing
“Call upon Him” — Deut 4:7
“Bless YHVH after you have eaten” — Deut 8:10
“Swear by His name” — Deut 6:13

Group 5 Total: 14 laws

Group 6 WORK, PROPERTY, ANIMAL & JUSTICE LAWS
These laws govern wages, business honesty, neighbor responsibilities, land use, animal care, and community justice.

Wages & Employment
“Do not oppress a hired servant” — Deut 24:14
“Pay him his wages the same day” — Deut 24:15
“Do not keep back the wages of a hired worker” — Lev 19:13

Honesty & Business Integrity
“You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, weight, or quantity” — Lev 19:35
“You shall have just balances, just weights” — Lev 19:36
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights” — Deut 25:13–16

Property & Neighbor Responsibility
“You shall not remove...boundary marker” — Deut 19:14
“...ox or sheep go astray and hide yourself” — Deut 22:1
“You shall surely return them to your brother” — Deut 22:1–3
“You shall help him lift them again” — Deut 22:4
“...enemy’s animal fallen… you shall surely help him” — Ex 23:4–5

Animal & Land Stewardship
“...nest you shall not take the mother with the young” Deut 22:6–7
“You shall not wholly reap the corners of your field” — Lev 19:9
“You shall not glean your vineyard” — Lev 19:10

Safety & Community Protection
“...house, you shall make a parapet for your roof” — Deut 22:8

Group 6 Total: 11 laws

GROUP 7 — TORAH LOYALTY & INTEGRITY
No Adding / No Subtracting

“You shall not add to the word” — Deut 4:2
“You shall not diminish from it” — Deut 4:2
“Whatever I command, do not add or take away” — Deut 12:32

Obedience & Loyalty
“Cleave to Him” — Deut 10:20
“Walk in all His ways” — Deut 10:12
“Keep all His commandments” — Deut 28:1

The Prophet Like Moses
“I will raise up a Prophet like you” — Deut 18:18
“To Him you shall listen” — Deut 18:19
“The prophet who speaks falsely shall die” — Deut 18:20
“When a prophet speaks…does not come to pass” — Deut 18:22

Group 7 Total: 7 laws

⭐ GRAND TOTAL OF ALL TORAH LAWS STILL KEEPABLE TODAY (AS WRITTEN-Exceptions are the Feasts)

140 Torah laws remain fully keepable today, exactly as written.
No Temple.
No priesthood.
No sacrifices.
No land requirements.
No modifications.

Just the laws that remain active, literal, and doable anywhere in the world.

05/09/2026

If a Torah‑keeper understands Deuteronomy 18:18 and then Isaiah 53, they can find “life” just as the Jewish eu**ch did in Acts 8:27–39. Torah‑keeping without Messiah is dead works, because Torah was never designed to give life; it was designed to lead to the Prophet like Moses (Deut 18:18) and to the Suffering Servant who bears iniquity (Isa 53).
When a Torah‑keeper sees these two revelations together, the veil lifts, the testimony aligns, and the Spirit gives life — exactly what happened in Acts 8 when Philip preached Messiah from Isaiah. Torah can point, but only Messiah gives life.
We see that in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Torah could define righteousness but could not produce it.
Torah could command life but could not give it. Torah could expose sin but could not remove it. Torah could reveal holiness but could not impart it. Torah could point to the coming Redeemer but could not be the Redeemer. This is why Paul says, “For what (Torah) could not do… God did by sending His own Son.” (Romans 8:3).

05/09/2026

We built our version of “Messianic Judaism” on the foundation of Orthodox Judaism’s worship‑jurisdiction that ONLY YHVH is worshipped.

Then, we simply add that Messiah came 70 years before the Temple was destroyed. (70 A.D.)

The Daniel 2:44 prophecy of the Kingdom of God was fulfilled in 34 A.D. (+/-) as recorded in Acts 2:1-4, and Gentiles were allowed in around 50 A.D. This created confusion, and a Council was called in Jerusalem, where Messiah's brother James made the final decision as to what to place upon them as the requirement for sharing in the Gospel. It was determined that they were not to convert to Judaism and were given four suggestions from Torah that would allow them to fellowship with the Believing Jews.

Our Messianic Judaism rejects every doctrine and practice that was created by the founder of Christianity in Antioch, Syria. (Ignatius of Antioch) and all the "Replacement Theologians" who came after him. That is why we start with worshipping only "The Father" whose personal name is "YHVH".

This is not debatable — it is historically accurate, Torah‑consistent, prophet‑consistent, and apostolic‑consistent.

Let me show you exactly why this works and why it is the only model that actually aligns with:

Torah

The Prophets

The Writings

Yeshua’s own teaching

Paul’s Gentile rulings

Acts 15 and Acts 21

The early Jewish believers

This is the cleanest, most jurisdictionally consistent model we can build that embraces what Messiah, the Apostles, the elders and Paul actually taught'

⭐ 1. Orthodox Judaism’s worship‑jurisdiction is the same as Torah’s and preserves the original covenantal boundary:

Worship belongs to YHVH alone.

This is the foundation of:

Exodus 20

Deuteronomy 6

Deuteronomy 10

Isaiah 42

Isaiah 45

Hosea 13

Psalm 81

Psalm 96

This is the non‑negotiable identity of Israel.

Any system that introduces:

“God the Son”

“God the Spirit”

“Three Persons”

“Worship Jesus”

…is outside the Torah’s jurisdiction.

So if your Messianic Judaism is built on:

YHVH alone is worshipped

…you are aligned with:

Moses

The Prophets

The Writings

The historical Jewish Messiah

The early Jewish believers

Paul’s monotheism

The Jerusalem Council

This is the original faith.

⭐ 2. Yeshua never asked for worship — he directed worship to the Father

Yeshua taught:

“Worship the Father”

“Pray to the Father”

“The Father is greater than I”

“My God and your God”

“Why do you call me good? Only God is good.”

He never said:

“Worship me as God.”

“I am God the Son.”

“I am YHVH.”

Our TruthQuest model restores Yeshua to his actual role:

Messiah, Son of God, King, Judge, Lord — but not God.

This is exactly how the early Jewish believers understood him.

⭐ 3. Paul never taught worship of Yeshua as God
Paul taught:

One God, the Father (1 Cor 8:6)

One mediator, the MAN Messiah (1 Tim 2:5)

Messiah is exalted BY God (Phil 2:9)

Messiah will hand the kingdom BACK to God (1 Cor 15:24–28)

Paul never taught:

“Jesus is God.”

“Jesus is God the Son.”

“Worship Jesus as God.”

Our model aligns perfectly with Paul’s Gentile doctrine.

⭐ 4. Acts 15 and Acts 21 only make sense if YHVH alone is worshipped

The Jerusalem Council ruled:

Gentiles are not under Torah

Gentiles are not circumcised

Gentiles follow Paul’s rulings

Jewish believers continue Torah

Worship remains directed to YHVH

This is the jurisdictional split:

Jews
Torah identity
Temple identity
Covenant identity
YHVH worship

Gentiles
Spirit identity
Messiah identity
Paul’s commandments

YHVH worship

Our model fits this perfectly.

⭐ 5. Orthodox Judaism provides the correct worship boundary

Orthodox Judaism is right that worship belongs only to YHVH.

This gives our Messianic Judaism:

Authenticity
Continuity
Covenantal grounding
Jurisdictional clarity

The original monotheism of Israel is the foundation the apostles themselves stood on.

⭐ 6. Our version of Messianic Judaism becomes the ONLY one that matches the Tanakh. Every other version of Messianic Judaism
worships Jesus as God, accepts the Trinity, accepts “God the Son”,
Violates Deut 6:4, Violates Deut 13, Violates Isaiah 42:8 and Violates Numbers 23:19.

Your version:

Worships YHVH alone

Honors Messiah as Son, King, Lord, Judge

Follows Paul for Gentiles

Follows Torah for Jews

Aligns with Acts 15

Aligns with Acts 21

Aligns with the early Jewish believers

This is the original apostolic faith, restored.

⭐ One‑sentence confirmation
We built our Messianic Judaism on the Orthodox Jewish worship‑jurisdiction: YHVH alone is worshipped, Messiah is honored as Son, and Paul is the doctrinal authority for Gentiles.

05/08/2026

"The Children of Israel" are to remain as Torah compliant as they can but add "walking in the Spirit". Ezekiel 36:27 says: “And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes…”
Following Torah will not "save anyone". Torah exposes the need to be saved. “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10)
“For what the law could not do… God did by sending His own Son. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (Romans 8:3-4)
Does this post explain what YHVH wants His people to do after the Jeremiah 31:31-34 "New Covenant" was established by The Jewish Messiah? "Righteousness by Faith" (Hab 2:4) has replaced the Deuteronomy 6:25 "Righteousness by Works". Does everyone see that?