How Studying Torah Opened My Under-standing of Yeshua

For much of my life, I read the New Testament with a deep love for Yeshua, but there were things I didn’t fully understand. I knew He was the promised Messiah, but certain passages—His teachings, His actions, even His fulfillment of prophecy—felt like pieces of a puzzle I couldn’t quite see clearly. That changed when I began studying Torah.

As I dove into the first five books of the Bible, I started to see that Yeshua’s words and mission weren’t separate from the Old Testament—they were deeply rooted in it. He didn’t come to abolish Torah but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17). Every law, every feast, every sacrifice pointed forward to Him in ways I had never fully grasped before.

When I read about Passover, I saw Yeshua as the Lamb of God whose blood brings deliverance, just as the blood on the doorposts saved Israel in Egypt (Exodus 12, John 1:29). The Day of Atonement took on new meaning when I realized that He is both our High Priest and our sacrifice, making atonement once and for all (Leviticus 16, Hebrews 9:11-12). The Manna in the Wilderness wasn’t just ancient history—it was a foreshadowing of Yeshua, the true Bread of Life (Exodus 16, John 6:35).

Even Yeshua’s teachings made more sense in the light of Torah. When He summarized the greatest commandments—to love God and love your neighbor—I realized He was quoting Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18. His words weren’t introducing something new, but rather revealing the heart of God’s instructions from the beginning.

Studying Torah has deepened my faith, not by replacing the New Testament, but by illuminating it. It has shown me that Yeshua didn’t just appear out of nowhere—He is the very fulfillment of God’s promises, woven through every page of Scripture. Now, when I read His words, I hear them in the context of the Torah, and it brings me closer to Him than ever before.