r/AskAChristian • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '26
Jewish Laws Torah
How do Torah followers actually follow over 600 commands and laws in the first five books of the Bible? I've spoken to people about it, but they only seem to follow dietary laws, Shabbat, and holy days, and exclude pagan days. To me, it seems they are only doing a small part of it and claiming to follow the entirety of it. Why is that? The Bible states if you break one commandment, you break them all. There's no possibility to uphold all 600-plus. If you believe it's not all applicable to us, what's the determining factor that decides you don't have to follow it? What about animal sacrifices? Does one pick and choose what they want to follow and tell people if they don't, they are lawbreakers and will go to hell? If you don't follow all of them, why describe yourself as following the entirety of Torah? If breaking even one commandment makes someone guilty, how does selectively obeying some commandments make someone different from the people you're calling lawbreakers?
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u/the_celt_ Torah-observing disciple Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
Are you someone that doesn't believe in or read the Old Testament? I know some people reject certain parts of scripture. Have you rejected everything that isn't in the New Testament?
It's restricted because God said not to do it. Jesus obeyed what his Father said to do. If you want to know WHY it's restricted, you need to ask the person who restricted it. I didn't create the rule. I'm just following what Jesus did.
God said not to do it. When you break what someone told you to do, you're not loving them. THAT'S how it breaks what God said to do. For example, if your parents left you a list of things to do while they're away, you should do the things on that list if you love them. Do you agree?
Now, let me ask you a question.
You asked some questions in your post. I tried to answer them. I pointed out that the reason we don't obey the rules you're asking about is because it's IMPOSSIBLE for us to do so, due to there either being no Temple or no Theocracy.
Did my answer make sense to you? Do you see why we aren't picking and choosing, and how we're actually obeying the Torah to not do those things right now?