Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

The Messianic Jewish Shabbat

"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he who observes Torah, happy is he." - Proverbs 29:18 A pastor was visiting a rabbi friend, when the pastor asked, "What do you believe the world to come is like?" The rabbi responded, "Where the righteous dwell for eternity, one may study Torah all day long, without ever having need to stop for sleeping or eating or anything." The pastor then asked, "And what do you believe hell will be like?" The rabbi responded, "The wicked will have to study Torah all day long, without being able to stop to rest or drink or anything." Messiah is the goal of the Torah's Shabbat (Sabbaths): The goal of the Torah is to show us Maran Yeshua the Messiah -- who alone by his example makes us righteous. The emissary Rabbi Shaul / Paul said, "Messiah is the goal of the Torah, to make righteous everyone that believes" (Romim / Romans 10:4). This was written after Maran Yeshua's death, resurrection, and ascension; it says that the goal of the Torah is (still) Messiah. A famous holy, orthodox rabbi agrees, saying, "The coming of Mashiach is not a peripheral addendum to the Jewish people's service of God through the Torah and its commandments; rather, the coming of Mashiach is its core, the goal to which all else leads. So long as Mashiach...