Matthew 28:18-20
18 And
Yeshua came up to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the
Ruach ha-Kodesh,
20 teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And remember! I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Hebrews 5:1-10
5 For every
kohen gadol taken from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters relating to G-d, so that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He is able to empathize with the ignorant and deluded, since he himself also is subject to weakness.
3 For this reason he has to make offerings for sins—just as for the people, so also for himself.
4 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when he is called by G-d, as Aaron was.
5 So also Messiah did not glorify Himself to be made
Kohen Gadol; rather, it was G-d who said to Him,
“You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.”
6 And He says in a different passage,
“You are a
kohen forever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.”
7 In the days of His life on earth,
Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence.
8 Though He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
9 And once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him—
10 called by G-d
Kohen Gadol “according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Since all authority was given to Yeshua the High Preist of the Melchizedek order. I'd say it's safe to say that any mitzvots that are Levite dependent are no longer in effect.
I am definitely in a minority among my Torah keeping brethren but I actually see a two track system here.
Actually there is a Jewish tradition that agrees with you. I know I've mentioned it before but I forgot where so I can't link it back there.
The seven Noahide Laws are derived according to Jewish tradition and interpretation of Genesis 2:16 given to Adam, and Genesis 9:4-6 given to Noah.
The seven Noahide Laws are listed in different orders, but basically, they are as follows:
- Idolatry is forbidden
- Blasphemy is forbidden
- Murder is forbidden
- Theft is forbidden
- Sexual Immorality is forbidden
- Eating flesh of living animals is forbidden
- Justice laws
These seven laws are further subdivided. Following is a partial listing of those laws as derived from the seven Noahide Laws.
- Idolatry
- Must worship G-d alone
- No idols or statues
- Do not bow before any statues or idols
- Do not offer sacrifices before any statues or idols
- Blasphemy
- Do not curse G-d
- Worship and pray to the true G-d alone
- Do not use G-d's name in vain
- Murder
- Against murdering anyone
- Self-defense is permitted
- Theft
- Do not steal
- Do not rob
- Do not overcharge
- Do not kidnap
- Do not move a landmark
- Do not use false weights and measurements
- Do not covet
- Sexual Immorality
- No incest
- No bestiality
- No homosexuality
- No Adultery
- Eating flesh of living animals
- Prevention of animal cruelty
- Do not eat an animal while it is alive
- Do not eat the flesh of an animal torn by a wild animal
- Do not eat the blood of animals
- Justice Laws
- Against bribery
- Against favoritism
- Against condemning the innocent
- Administer the death penalty
- Treat people equally before the law
We now return you to your previous scheduled program. Sorry about the thread jacking.