1) “The Law is a curse”
Tanakh: “The Torah of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul” (Psalm 19:7).
Calling God’s law a curse reverses its stated purpose. The Torah presents itself as life, wisdom, and blessing (Deut 30:15–19).
Impact: People learn to resent obedience and view God’s commandments as oppression.
2) “The Law was temporary or fulfilled away”
Tanakh: “It is an everlasting covenant for all generations” (Exodus 31:16).
Eternal does not mean provisional. Nothing in the Tanakh hints the covenant would expire or be replaced.
Impact: God is portrayed as changing His mind or revoking His own word.
3) “Faith replaces obedience”
Tanakh: Faith (emunah) means faithfulness, loyalty, action.
“The righteous shall live by his faithfulness” (Habakkuk 2:4).
Impact: Belief becomes mental assent instead of lived covenant loyalty.
4) “God requires human sacrifice for atonement”
Tanakh: God explicitly rejects human sacrifice as an abomination (Deut 12:31; Jer 7:31).
Repentance, justice, and mercy restore relationship — not the death of an innocent substitute (Ezekiel 18).
Impact: God is recast as demanding what He once condemned.
5) “The covenant people failed and were replaced”
Tanakh: “I will not reject them nor break My covenant with them” (Leviticus 26:44).
Israel’s punishment never equals annulment.
Impact: This fuels replacement theology, historically leading to anti-Jewish hostility.
6) “The Sabbath was changed or abolished”
Tanakh: The Sabbath is a perpetual sign “forever” (Exodus 31:17).
Isaiah envisions Sabbath observance continuing in the future (Isaiah 56; 66).
Impact: God’s covenant sign is redefined without divine authorization.
7) “Dietary laws were symbolic and removed”
Tanakh: God grounds dietary laws in holiness, not culture (Lev 11:44–45).
Ezekiel 44 affirms them in future worship.
Impact: Obedience becomes optional, holiness subjective.
8) “God is more than one”
Tanakh: “Hear O Israel, the LORD is one” (Deuteronomy 6:4).
God repeatedly states He does not share His glory or identity (Isaiah 42:8; 45:5).
Impact: The core confession of Israel is redefined.
9) “The Torah cannot save”
Tanakh: “It will be righteousness for us if we observe to do all this commandment” (Deut 6:25).
Salvation in the Tanakh is covenantal faithfulness, repentance, and mercy.
Impact: Moral responsibility is shifted away from daily obedience.
10) “The prophets secretly preached a different system”
Tanakh: “To the Torah and the testimony!” (Isaiah 8:20).
Every true prophet calls Israel back to Torah — never beyond it.
Impact: Later theology is retrojected onto earlier Scripture.
How this reshapes views of Jews
When the covenant is labeled obsolete, Jews are portrayed as:
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Blind for keeping Torah
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Legalistic for obeying God
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Rebellious for refusing theological change
This framing is foreign to the Tanakh, which calls Israel God’s witnesses (Isaiah 43:10), even in exile and failure.
Overall impact on people
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Obedience is replaced with belief alone
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Ethics become secondary to doctrine
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God appears inconsistent
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Scripture is divided against itself
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History shows increased hostility toward Jews
Tanakh conclusion
The Hebrew Bible presents one God, one eternal covenant, one revealed law, and one path: repentance, faithfulness, and obedience. Any theology that nullifies, replaces, or redefines Sinai fails the Tanakh’s own test.
“The word of our God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)
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