Z,
I have a suggestion: before you criticize someone for what they have written, read what they have written. Your first question is answered repeatedly throughout the seven volumes. The answer happens to be identical to my argument, and Yahuweh's, against Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, Protestantism, Mormonism, and Islam: corruption and counterfeit.
The answer to your second question is that it is immaterial. Only fools confuse the message with the messenger.
Before I address your third question, the Messiyah's name is Yahushua. Yeshu and Yeshua are rabbinic corruptions specifically designed to remove Yah's name from people's hearts and minds and to separate the Messiyah from Yah.
The Messiyah's purpose, plan, and name are consistently and unambiguously presented in the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms. If you don't understand His purpose, if you don't appreciate His plan, if you don't know His name, I encourage you to look to the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms for the answers. Such is the purpose, the sole source and reason, for Yada Yahweh. It was therefore written for you.
The answer to your third question, is: Yahuweh gave man the freedom to choose. We usually choose poorly (as a direct result of religious indoctrination) which is why man continues to oppress and kill his fellow man. The problem isn't with God, but instead with man.
As for Jews, actually Yahuwdym (meaning related to Yah), the Torah is clear, even blunt, about the consequence of being faithful within the Covenant relationship, and rejecting it by being unfaithful. God promised earthly blessings if the Covenant was kept (defined as walking, talking, and being honest with Yah). He also warned that there would be a consequence of breaking the Covenant. His prediction, like all of His prophecies, was correct.
While I am an outspoken opponent of Catholicism, Islam, and Secular Humanism (manifest in communism and fascism), as is Yah, according to God, the Chosen People have only themselves, and their leaders, to blame for their past and current plight. The American Indians, however, have Catholicism and greed to blame.
Fortunately, that is not the end of the story--at least for Jews. We are within twenty years of a great revival among Yahuwdym and with it a migration away from rabbinical and secular teaching to a reliance on Yahuweh. Unfortunately, the next 25 years will be the worst in human history. Therefore, Yada Yahweh exists as a beacon along the way--pointing Jews toward Yahuweh, to His eternal truth, plan, family, and home.
The important truth behind your question is: Yahuweh is an advocate of freewill and justice. As an advocate of freewill, we are all afforded the opportunity to get to know Yahuweh, to trust and rely upon Him, or to ignore Him, reject Him, work against Him, or simply wallow around in one of a thousand man made religious schemes--fooling ourselves, but not Him. As an advocate of justice, Yahuweh has established a system whereby every soul receives what they have chosen: camping out with Him, eternally separated from Him, or as is the case for most, having death be the end of life.
The vast preponderance of Yada Yahweh is devoted to God's nature, purpose, and plan by way of an amplified translation and commentary on the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms. Therefore, by making your first and second statements, as if they were "news," demonstrates that you didn't read the book. And while it is your choice to read it, ignore it, or reject it, it's foolish to criticize things you haven't bothered to understand. For example, I invested thousands of hours studying the oldest Islamic texts before I wrote Prophet of Doom.
To answer your fourth question: Yahushua is simply Yah diminished to human form. Yah doesn't want us to worship His human manifestation, or Him for that matter. Therefore, there is no conflict between Yahushua and the second commandment. A conflict only arises in human religions where crosses and crucifixes become graven images and where people are errantly taught to worship "Jesus Christ." These teachings, however, are in direct opposition to Yah's Word.
Your fifth question is one of my favorites. It points out one of the principle flaws of Christianity. If God is eternal, God cannot die. I devoted an entire volume to this question because Yahuweh devoted vast sections of the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms to answering it. His answer is wonderful and stunningly brilliant. It is about God being Spirit, but having a soul (as well as a temporary body) for this particular purpose--the redemption of mankind.
So, if you want to know God's response to your question, read the Salvation volume of Yada Yahweh. Here is the link:
http://yadayahweh.com/Yada_Yahweh_Salvation.YHWH. There are eight chapters, exclusively based upon the Tanak in this volume. Based upon your questions and statements, reading it would be a wonderful investment of your time.
By making the statement "unfortunately we cannot be 'purified' by death of one individual, we have to toil by the merit of our actions," you have demonstrated that you don't appreciate the difference between death and separation, and that you prefer man's religious conclusions to Yah's plan. Yahuweh's seven step plan of salvation is laid out in His seven Miqra'ey. I encourage you to read the volume dedicated to the purpose behind the Called Out Appointments with God. Here is that link:http://yadayahweh.com/Yada_Yahweh_Called-Out_Assemblies.YHWH.
The Torah is designed to "show us the way." The fact that most people miss it is the reason I'm so anti-religious. Rabbis, for example, have turned Yah's instructions in this regard into religious obligations devoid of their intended meaning. My friend Ken Power has written The Owner's Manuel on this specific subject, explaining how Maimonides completely missed the point. Here is the link to that book:
http://theownersmanual.net/. Finally, your last question and statement prove my initial point. You didn't read before you ranted. Rather than say that "we don't need the torah/law," I say that it is absolutely essential to knowing God and recognizing the path He provided to Him. And I specifically reference Gerald Schroeder, and specifically his second book, The Science of God, in the chapter devoted to the Big Bang and Genesis time. I even credit him with being the first to apply relativity to God's timeline.
Z, not only didn't you bother to read and understand what Yada Yahweh has to say before you criticized it, you haven't bothered to understand what God has to say before parroting rabbinical conclusions. That is not a wise course of action.
So now Z, you have a choice--one with a consequence. My hope is that you read the book and that you come to know Yahuweh and come to appreciate and rely upon His plan. Let me know if you do.
Yada
