Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

The Covenant with Noach

Parasha Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32): 1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fertile and increase, and fill the earth. 2 The fear and the dread of you shall be upon all the beasts of the earth and upon all the birds of the sky — everything with which the earth is astir — and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hand. 3 Every creature that lives shall be yours to eat; as with the green grasses, I give you all these. 4 You must not, however, eat flesh with its life-blood in it. 5 But for your own life-blood I will require a reckoning: I will require it of every beast; of man, too, will I require a reckoning for human life, of every man for that of his fellow man! (Bereshit 9:1-5) I have already touched on the Problem withe Noachide Movement in a prior devar.  Now I am looking at what has been done within the Noachide Movement.  The Jerusalem court for Issues of Benei Noach states: “This court has been set up to serve the needs of B'nei Noach worldwide. Judaism does not view itself as a universal religion, instead it sees itself as a national faith. This is understood within the context of the Jewish teaching that there are seventy nations or groups of people...