TOTAL evasion of what Torah says!!!
What actually happens in Exodus 32:25-29? Does Mosheh actually command those who are on the side of YHWH to put their swords to their sides, go through their gates, and literally-physically kill their family members for idol worship? Do we truly love the Father with all our heart, and with all of our soul, and with all of our mind, and with all of our strength? And if so then should we believe that the Father would command such a thing after He just said, You shall not ratsach, (period), and also, Honor your father and your mother? Do we read
ratsach anywhere in Exodus 32:25-29? No, we find
harag, to cut off, and especially when there is a sword involved such as in this text. Things that are different are not the same, and
ratsach is not
harag, and
ratsach is physical murder-killing while the other,
harag, pertains to supernal and spiritual things.
רָצחַ - H7523 ratzach - physical killing/murder.
Exodus 20:12-13
[12] Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the adamah which YHWH your Elohim gives you.
[13] You shall not
murder/kill. [H7523 רָצחַ ratzach]
פָרֻ֖עַ - fa·ru·a- H6544 para' - to loosen, to expose, to be naked, implying one is uncircumcised (in heart).
Exodus 32:25-29
[25] And Mosheh saw that the people were
exposed, [H6544 פָּרַע para'] for Ahron had exposed them unto their own shame among those who rose up against them,
[26] And Mosheh stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is for YHWH, let him come unto me: and all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
[27] And he said to them,
Thus says YHWH Elohei Yisrael, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and cut off [H2026 הָרַג (harag)] every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his kinsfold.
[28]
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Mosheh: and there fell of the people that day as it were three thousand men.
[29]
For Mosheh had said, Consecrate-dedicate yourselves this day unto YHWH, surely every man against his son, and against his brother, that He may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Does the Father bless the Levim for physically killing their own fathers and mothers, and brethren, and sons, and family members? We are told in the blessing of Levi that they had observed these sayings and even that they kept the covenant in doing these things:
Deuteronomy 33:8-11 - The Blessing of Levi
[08] And of Levi he said, Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tested at Massah, and with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah:
[09]
Who said to his father and his mother, I have not seen them: who neither acknowledged his own brethren, nor knew his own sons: surely they have observed Your sayings, and have kept Your covenant.
[10] They shall teach Yakob Your judgments, and Yisrael Your Torah: they shall put incense before You, and whole offerings upon Your altar.
[11] Bless, O YHWH, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, and of them that hate him, lest they rise up again.
And the Master himself teaches the same as Mosheh and the Prophets:
Matthew 10:34-39 (Luke 12:51-53)
[34] Think not that I am come to bring peace upon earth: I came not to bring peace,
but a sword.
[35]
For I am come to sever [G1369 διχαζω] a man from his father, and the daughter from her mother, and the daughter in law from her mother in law.
[36]
And the enemies of a man shall be those of his own household. [Mic 7:6]
[37] The one loving father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and the one loving son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
[38] And the one not taking up his stake, and following after me, is not worthy of me.
[39] The one finding his soul shall destroy it: and the one destroying his soul for my sake shall find it.
Micah 7:5-6
[05]
Trust not in a friend, put not your confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that reclines in your bosom. [Deut 13:6]
[06]
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law: the enemies of a man are the members of his own house. [Mat 10:36]
The Torah is to be internalized: for the kingdom of Elohim does not come with ocular-visual observation, for the kingdom of Elohim is within us, (Luke 17:20-21). These things were in the Torah and Prophets and Writings all along, but no one received the whole understanding before the Meshiah: and he it is who has properly expounded everything we need to know in order to be able to understand all of it by his all-important Testimony, by believing his words, and putting our trust in not just him but his Testimony also, and walking in those things with patient endurance and faithfulness. He not only fulfilled the Torah himself, but has expounded all things necessary for us to follow him and do likewise, for by his Testimony given to him from above, from the Father, he filled up the Torah to the full with the grace and the truth which the Chief Priests, Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes of those days, (and their Sages and Elders), had failed at miserably.
Sin dwells in the flesh, and sin is personified, and the war is therefore inside us, and the enemies of a man are the "members" of his own household, just as the Torah, Prophets, Writings, and the Meshiah in the Gospel accounts have taught us.
Your heavenly Father -vs- your "father the Devil"
Your mother Covenant (Gal 4:22-31) -vs- your "mother of Harlots" (Rev 17:5)
Your son of Elohim -vs- your "son of perdition", (your old man nature)
Your daughter of Tzion -vs- your "daughter of Babylon"
Exo 32:25-29, Deut 13:1-11, Mic 7:5-6, Zec 11:4-17, Mat 10:34-36, Luk 12:51-53
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The Almighty does not change His mind: He does not say, You shall not murder/kill, and then suddenly change His mind when Mosheh comes back down from the mountain and finds the people worshiping a golden calf, and then tell those who would side with YHWH to physically kill all of their family members in order to keep the covenant and receive the blessing of YHWH. It's your erroneous Bible translation that taught you such heresy.