Topic > Jesus' Relationship with the Torah

Throughout history, the relationship between Jesus and the Torah has been intertwined. This relationship began with the fall of man where God had a Savior to redeem all mankind. This is a promise seen throughout the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament, especially with Moses. God promised “a prophet like Moses, who would be specially anointed by God as the Savior of mankind.” Jesus was this fulfillment, but it affected the relationship between Him and the Torah. Jews of the time had both a positive and negative reaction to Jesus' views on the Torah, which later impacted catechesis. “The Messiah was expected to bring a renewed Torah, His Torah…” This was fulfilled with Christ whom Paul speaks of in Galatians when he speaks of the “law of Christ.” Freedom was at the heart of this message. In Jesus' message this freedom was a new way of seeing the law already in force, this "new" form of freedom it can be said that Jesus' new interpretation had influenced the parent-child relationship but also on the entire social structure of society . people of Israel. As part of learning Torah, the student was required by his teachers to leave home for long periods of time. This helped them to dedicate themselves to the Torah. This practice “takes the place of genealogy and the Torah master acquires a new lineage.” So Jesus, by founding a new family, broke this social order. The prophets before Jesus "modify" the six hundred and thirteen commandments given to Moses. David reduced them all to eleven, Isaiah came to six, Isaiah again came to two, and Habakkuk came to one. So what is brought up is what Jesus adds? He adds himself. This sparks outrage because it gives “eternal Israel” a new direction. This orientation invites «to perfection, the state of holiness as God is holy, as the Torah demands, now consists in following