Category: Mishpatim

We are royal. We are treated as such within the family’s realm which is called “Kingdom”. Being a “royal” comes with many privileges but also with many responsibilities.

Flesh and blood cannot inherit YHVH’s Kingdom. The flesh and blood is selfish, looking out only for its own best interests. The Kingdom, on the other hand, requires each citizen to look out for everyone else’s best interests over his own.

Mishpatim has the greatest contrast between the letter of the Law and its Spirit and it points out the great contrast between the natural man and the spiritual man. Are the letter and spirit of the Law opposed to each other in Mishpatim?