Meet the Real Jesus, part 4

The Torah Keeper

Before you begin, I have a question:  Do you want to know the real Yeshua, or are you content with the image of a culturally conceived 'Jesus'?  If your answer is the latter, then you don't want to read on.

Yeshua (Jesus) was a Jew among Jews, born of the tribe of Judah, in the line of King David (Mat 1:1-17), circumcised on the eighth day (Lu 2:21), dedicated at the Temple in Jerusalem (Lu 2:22-40).  He grew in the knowledge of Torah, observed Torah throughout his life faithfully, and his greatest sermon (Mat 5-7) was an exposition on all of Torah.
{The knowledgeable Jewish reader will find that Yeshua's Sermon on the Mount has the feel of a wise perush in the tradition of Hillel.}

Atop a mount as a typical Rabbi in his day, Yeshua sat and taught his Jewish disciples, his Talmidim, saying, "You are the salt of the earth.  But if salt looses its flavor, how can it be made salty again?  It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people."

This is a profound statement, often unknown to Jews, and misunderstood by Christians.  It alludes to a Levitical practice thousands of years old: