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Truth…a
The identifying mark of truth is its’ consistency being the same for all.
Furthermore it remains consistent at all times. The question then is that the Torah has laws that are constrained by time and place . How does this fit in with the concept of a truth that is timeless and all encompassing?
The answer lies in the fact that the Torah has a position on every element of life based upon solid principle. Furthermore, as a person studies the Torah one becomes aware of the inner dimension of the
Torah. In the words of our sages the Torah speaks of the mundane and refers to the sublime . For every element of existence is governed by the same rules only on a higher plane of reality.
This still leaves us with the elusive “but how do I know?” problem.
After all is said and done some of the things we do sound strange .
Some of the laws are difficult and the violence difficult if not impossible for the squeamish like myself.
Before we address difficult laws we must first determine the level of proof that is presented .
A) reliable witnesses - are there any accounts from people who were there?
Answer: The very fact that the people of Israel accepted the Torah to the point that they sacrificed their collective lives for it indicates that this indeed was the oral history of every clan. For you can intimidate
People when they gather , you cannot force them into believing what they know is false .
Al Qaida only is able to garner support for matters which are not contradict able . If they had a history saying that all of the people gathered to see Muhammad on his horse baraq take of to never-neverland then no suicide bomber would go out in the name of Islam because no one but Muhammad ever heard or saw the event or the message from their G-D.
Instead, here the Torah challenges itself by claiming that we all saw it, that if false would undermine the whole belief system!
The fact that in every generation that the masses were totally devoted even to allow oneself martyrdom in order to fulfill something with so seemingly a ridiculous basis is the strongest proof possible.
“But Rabbi give me independent verification”, you might say. The Psalms are filled with references to events in the Torah . So are the Books of the judges and Prophets filled with references verifying the
Events that took place.
Even more impressive is the fact that the Samaritans accepted the Torah almost verbatim as the word of G-D . If there had been the slightest doubt within the minds of the Northern Kingdom’s Priests,
They would not have taught the Samaritans the Torah and to accept it in total. After all, they had been exiled from the Promised Land and supplanted by these very same Samaritans ! Why would they teach them about a Law that had rescinded its’ promise of a land and given it to interlopers. This can only mean that even the Ten Lost Tribes , believed in the redemption from Galut ! Furthermore they believed in every item of the Torah without changing one story or commandment.
Even the prohibition against idolatry and the restrictions against the very nations who lived around Israel were included in the teachings to a foreign group!
Furthermore Immanuel Velikovsky showed how many of the miraculous events recorded in the Torah have their parallels in other
Various cultures from all across. Even small items such as the wars of the four kings against the five kings have been discovered by
Archaeologists.
Still not convinced? Discover the codes and their ramifications. If the Torah were an ordinary man-made document it would still be extraordinary. However, when one sees the complexity of exactitude of terminology and the number of times each character is mentioned
Along with an equal number of activities and laws revealed,then one gets an inkling of the Divine nature of the Torah . The equivalent letter skipping only reinforces what can be seen by any layman.
That is, that the Torah must be divine!
To be continued…