Preserving & Disseminating God's Word

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We are to preserve God's Word, & disseminate His Word to the Gentile nations.

Category: Covenant Responsibilities

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: Old Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: Yes

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures

Mark 16:15-20
Romans 3:1-2

Key OT Scriptures

Deuteronomy 4:9-10
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Deuteronomy 11:18-21
Exodus 19:5-6

Supportive NT Scriptures

Acts 1:4-8
Ephesians 4:11-12
John 20:19-21
Luke 24:44-48
Matthew 28:16-20
1 Peter 2:4-5

Supportive OT Scriptures

Isaiah 49:5-9

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

The Jewish People (previously called Israelites and defined as those descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), are God's original and primary priesthood to the Gentile nations. This priesthood was proclaimed during the time of Moses, and its purpose was (and still is) to bring the Word of God (indeed God Himself) to those in the world who do not know Him. By virtue of Yeshua's sacrifice and the New Covenant that he brought, all who receive Yeshua as Lord and savior become affiliated through grafting into a "Jewish" olive tree ( Romans 17:11 , etc.), not to lose their original intrinsic identities as Jews or non-Jews, but to become members together in a new (co-existing) priesthood that has come to be known as the "priesthood of believers" ( 1 Peter 2:4-5 ). This new priesthood has functions and responsibilities that overlap with those of the Jewish priesthood, but the latter retains its historic place in preserving and disseminating the Word of God, and now being the host priesthood to the priesthood of believers.

Classical commentators

Maimonides, Meir, and HaChinuch do not address disseminating God's Word to others directly. They imply it by emphasizing commandments (e.g. t'fillin , m'zuzot , tzitzit ) that are visible reminders.

Related Law of Messiah commandments

Classical sources

Maimonides

Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, 12th century) organized all 613 Torah commandments into a structured list. These linked items show where this Law of Messiah commandment overlaps with that classical framework.

Meir of Rothenburg

Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (13th century, Germany) was a leading Talmudic authority. These reference numbers link this commandment to his halachic rulings.

MP14, MP8, MP12

Source and License

Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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Disclaimer: the original content is authored by Rabbi Michael Rudolph and Rabbi Daniel Juster; additional notes or implementation details on this website are not part of their original work and do not represent their views.

Record source: The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 1 & 2

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