The Oral Tradition

[missmuffet]

Half of the time the way the post is written I am not sure what they are talking about. 

[Alive]

This is simple imo.

The Lord God of heaven and earth is vested in His children knowing Truth.

He never fails. We have the scptures He Himself has passed on to us and the Holy Spirit to help us.

I can think of no more powerful and comforting way to look at these things.

He will accomplish in us exactly what He wills.

[JohnR7]

2 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Half of the time the way the post is written I am not sure what they are talking about. 

There is a reason why God confused the language at the tower of Babylon. 

[Dennis1209]

Interesting! The oral Torah, why was it not just written down in the first place? How do illiterates learn? Are you illiterate when reading and writing have not been invented yet?

Adam was created mature, with the ability to speak and communicate, Adam named all the animals. Generationally, how did Adam pass down the names of the animals? In addition to verbal communication, was Adam given the supernatural ability of reading and writing? Or was it orally passed down? 

How and where did Moses get all the information to write the first five books of the Bible? Did Moses transcribe what God revealed to him, or did Moses have written scrolls preserved from prior to the deluge? Many times in the Bible, it is said, "is it not written in the book of ________. I.E. Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 1 Kings 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

At the Tower of Babel, there was only one language; had writing been invented yet? Secular historians claim, the first examples of some form of written communication, did not appear until the Sumer - Mesopotamian period. 

Our Bible is structured; inerrant; infallible, and divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Word was not conveyed like occult automatic writing, but by holy men of God as directed and inspired.   

So, from Adam, how was information passed down? Luke 1:70 (KJV) As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

[Bawb]

I am still of the opinion that the Oral Torah was what Yeshua was railing against. He uses so many examples of how the Pharisees were polluting the Written Torah. He even went as far as to tell his Disciples NOT to listen to the pharisees when they sat on the seat of Moshe, but to listen to Moshe only. This is what it actually said in the Hebrew text. It is commonly misinterpreted to mean to listen to the pharisees when they sat on the seat of Moshe. Yes, they had to speak from the Torah when they sat on the Seat of Moses, but they would often interject their own opinion or interpretation of what the Written Torah meant. Unfortunately, Torah Scrolls were and still are very expensive. So, the Hebrews/Jews of that era had little choice but to get their teachings from the Synagogues.

This brings to mind how truly blessed we are to have a Bible in written form, audio, and other electronic medias. So many people died to keep this Word alive. But to whom much is given, much is expected.