Are you willing to be a disciple of the Rabbi of Righteousness?
If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Messiah says, “Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” Messiah was the greatest Rabbi the world ever knew. He presented truth in clear, forcible statements, and the illustrations He used were of the purest and highest order….
In His sermon on the mount, Messiah gave the true interpretation to the Hebrew Scriptures, expounding the truth that had been perverted by the religious leaders, the priests, the scribes, and the Pharisees. What a vast meaning does He give to the Torah of God! He Himself had given the Torah when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. Messiah, Himself was the foundation of the whole Hebrew economy, the symbols, and the everlasting covenant meal. Enshrouded in the pillar of cloud, He Himself had given specific directions to the Prophet Moses for the Hebrew nation, and He was the only one who could disperse the multitude of errors that through human maxims and man-made traditions had accumulated about the truth….
He set the truth on high, in order that like a light it might illuminate the moral darkness of the world. He rescued every gem of truth from the rubbish of human maxims and man-made traditions, and exalted the truth to the throne of God from whence it had issued….
His course was in such marked contrast to the course of the unconsecrated scribes and Pharisees and the religious leaders of that day, that they were made manifest as whited sepulchers, hypocritical pretenders to religion, who sought to exalt themselves by a profession of holiness, while within they were full of ravening and all uncleanness. They could not tolerate true holiness, true zeal for God, which was the distinguishing feature of the character of God; for true religion cast a reflection upon their spirit and practices….
In the heart of Messiah there was hatred of nothing save sin. They could have received Him as the Messiah had He simply manifested His miracle-working power and refrained from denouncing sin, from condemning their corrupt passions, and from pronouncing the curse of God upon their idolatry and murdering animals for vain sacrifices; but since He would give no license to evil, though He healed the sick, opened the eyes of the blind, and raised the dead, they had nothing for the divine Rabbi but bitter abuse, jealousy, envy, evil-surmising, and hatred. It took a miracle for the religious leaders to wake up from their blindness and realize their mistake. Eventually, these religious leaders would surrender themselves and ask for forgiveness from the family of the House of David. It took a multitude of witnesses to bring conviction to their hearts for their wrongdoings.