The Key of David

       This essay is written in the hopes that those reading the Holy Scriptures, will delve further into what they believe and why they believe it. For the last 2000 years the Gospel has been diluted to the point where most who say they believe in Jesus are walking a very wide road.

       The second chapter of Revelation starts a message to seven congregations of believers in Messiah Yeshua, starting with the congregation at Ephesus. Each of the seven congregations are being judged, and they are being judged by their deeds. They are being judged by what they are actually physically doing. Put another way they are being judged by their works. This is very Jewish thought, whereby faith, and deeds are not separated. In the Christian faith, it is permissible to separate deeds and faith and in fact it is encouraged. This is called Hellenism, and you cannot find this doctrine as acceptable to the G-D of Israel anywhere in scripture.

       Messiah Yeshua warns that the congregation of Ephesus is in danger of losing its Menorah (its light of approval) if it does not repent of its deeds. Each congregation is lacking and are told to repent, until we come to the congregation called Philadelphia in Rev 3:7-8 “And to the angel of the congregation in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens says this: “I know your deeds, Behold I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and you have kept my word, and have not denied My name.”

       What is this Key of David? Because if there is anything as a believer that you would want, it would be this key. And what does it mean you have little power, and have kept my Word? And how do deeds fit into this? If anything Philadelphia is the congregation I want to be part of. Why? “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.” Rev 3:10. In other words those belonging to this congregation will be taken out (raptured) before the great tribulation.

       Let us start by looking at the Key of David. David was a great Jewish King. David as the scripture tell us was also not perfect. He was an adulterer (2nd Samuel 11:1-6) and a murderer (2nd Samuel 11:7-27). The aftermath of David’s transgressions followed David for the rest of his reign as King until his death. Even after all of this, G-D says of David that he is a man after his own heart. (1st Sam. 13:14). So what was David’s key?

       The first part of the key was that David trusted in the G-D of Israel only for salvation. (Psalm 3:8,13:5,18:2,18:46,21:1,21:5,24:5,27:1, 27:9,35:3,37:9,40:10,51:12,62:2, and many more.) David knew that in man there is no salvation (Psalm 146:3).

       We believe that Messiah Yeshua is literally the Hand of G-D or the Arm of G-D because in Judaism both terms for this particular allegory are synonymous. It is very easy to find that King David trusted in this allegory for many things (to show Messiah Yeshua as this allegory please see Exodus 6:6, Isaiah 53:1, and John 12:38).

       Within in this Allegory of G-D we see loving kindness and refuge (Psalm 17:17), salvation (44:3,60:5,108:6,138:7,144:7), righteousness (48:10), that David is helped by (119:173). We see that the Hand of G-D is strong, mighty and exalted (Psalm 89:13, 118:16), that by the Right Hand David gains the victory over his adversaries (Psalm 98:1),
And by G-D’s hand David has satisfaction (Psalm 145:16) and that pleasure comes also from this Allegory of G-D (Psalm 16:11). These and more contain all of the attributes that we find in Messiah Yeshua, not only as the suffering Servant, but also when he returns for Israel as the conquering King.

       Most Christian believers will agree, with the first part of the Key of David. Trusting only in G-D for their salvation. The second part of the Key is as important as the first part, because without both, you will have another key, one that fit’s the wrong door. This is the dividing line between the only acceptable religion and Christianity as it has been practiced and preached when it was taken over by the Gentile Church Fathers.

       The second part of the Key, is that David loved the Torah of G-D. What is now called the Law in most Bibles. David relied upon the Torah for every aspect of his life. He tried not to rely on his own understanding, and the fact is that during those times that he did rely on his own will, he made terrible mistakes. Even if he made mistakes, he never forsook instruction as a bad thing. He repented and showed his repentance by his deeds. One needs only to read the longest chapter in their Bible (Psalm 119) to know David’s heart concerning the Law. King David loved the Torah.

       Messiah Yeshua loves the Torah as well, and in fact never speaks against it. Why? Because HE is the Torah made flesh (John 1:14). Most Christians are never taught this, because their leaders teach lawlessness. They teach in their churches that Jesus will accept their lawlessness because all they have to do is trust in G-D for their salvation, and they have a clear ticket to Heaven. Is this true? Is this Biblical? Does Messiah Yeshua agree? The Key of David is in two parts. With only half the key, you cannot enter into the Kingdom.

       Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets, I did not come to abolish, but to make them understandable to you. For truly I say to you until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Torah until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least commandments, and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven ; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of Heaven. (Mathew 5:17-20).

       This is the Doctrine of the G-D of Israel. This is not the doctrine of the church. Yeshua will never abolish who He is, the Torah and the Prophets, the Word made flesh. The adversary snatched this away form the early church, and they have been lawless ever since. This steals the Key of David from their very hands, and the only key they have is the one that leads to eternal separation from the G-D of Israel.

       You will know them by their fruits (deeds). Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit (false religious systems and men that follow them) is cut down and thrown into the fire. So you will know them by their fruits.

       Not everyone who says Me , “Lord, Lord,” will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, (Messiah Yeshua is saying that the doctrine preached by the church that all you have to do is believe in Jesus is a FALSE DOCTRINE, it is simply not true), but he who does the will of My Father who is in Heaven will enter (the only true will of our father was expressed to Moshe on Mount Sinai, it is called the Torah, and doing the Fathers will require deeds.).

       Many will say to me on that day , “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your Name. And in your name cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?” (These souls are sincere in their belief but in fact they have been duped by Satan himself. The miracles Messiah Yeshua is speaking about are those that happen in church every Sunday and Wednesday night. Messiah here is not talking about borderline Christians, He is talking about the zealots of the Christian faith)

       And I will declare to them, “I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.” It would be permissible to translate this as “YOU WITHOUT THE TORAH”. ( Mathew 7:16-23). This is how Paul states it ‘For all who have sinned without the Torah will also perish without the Torah, and all who have sinned under the Torah will be judged by the Torah, for it is not the hearers of the Torah who are just before G-D, but the doers (doing the deeds of the Torah) will be justified. (Romans 2:12-13). This is how James states it; ‘Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word that is implanted in your souls. (I would like to remind the reader here that when James penned this THERE WAS NO NEW TESTAMENT as is the case with all the New Testament writers. James was speaking only of the Torah and the Prophets. This is the word that James is referring to.) But prove yourselves doers of the word, (Doers of the Torah) and not merely hearers who delude themselves. (The hearers are the Christians who say that they believe the entire Bible, but then distance themselves from the deeds, like keeping the Sabbath, like eating clean foods, or like keeping the festivals, even though Messiah Yeshua kept all of these. ) For if anyone is a hearer of the word (Torah) and not a doer (doing the deeds that the Torah requires) he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect Law (Torah ) , the law (Torah) of liberty. And abides by it (actually does the deeds required) not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in all that he does. James 1:21-25

       The idea that the Torah will bring a blessing to the man who walks in the precepts of G-D is exactly what King David believed, what King Messiah Yeshua believed, and is the second part to the Key of David. Is this scripture? Absolutely. Does this align with the New Covenant? Absolutely. Is it taught to New covenant believers? No it is not taught. Why? I believe because it is too Jewish, and that the church is inherently anti-semitic in form and in function. The Apostle John puts it this way:’ Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.’ John is saying that sin by its very definition is doing works outside the Torah of Law. Lawlessness is by its very definition absence of the Torah. And Romans 6:23 states without a doubt that the wages of sin is death. The absence of Torah in the life of a believer is death, and this agrees totally with what Messiah Yeshua says in Math 7:20-21. (1st John 3:4)

       John in his first epistle goes even further to illustrate how important it is to have this love of G-D’s Torah. ‘ By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments (the Mitzvot, if we do what the Torah tells us to do.) The one who says .”I have come to know Him.” and does not keep His commandments, (what the Torah requires) is LIAR (caps mine) and the truth is not in him. 1st John 2: 3-4.

       Pretty strong words, coming from an Apostle who lived his life as an orthodox Jew.
The Key of David is a very narrow road that only a very few are going to find. For those who do find it, they are promised a blessing, and a taking out before the time of testing comes upon the whole earth. Yeshua loves and identifies with those who hold this key, because they are walking in obedience, displaying their love of G-D and a repentant heart by their deeds. The members of the congregation of Philadelphia, have both parts of the Key. As it is written ‘ I know your deeds, Behold I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power (you are a small group and not a mega church) and have kept My word (you have kept my Torah) and have not denied My name ( you have trusted in G-D for your salvation- Messiah Yeshua). Revelation 3:8

       May it be the will of G-D to grant you incite to grasp the Key of David and all of the blessings that come with obtaining it.

Bio: Steven Bogach is a Jewish man who believes in the Messiah of Israel Yeshua and he believes that the Messiah came to show us how to walk in the Torah. He is the leader of Beit Simcha a Jewish congregation of Messianic believers composed of Jews and non-Jews who by faith have been grafted into Israel. President Association of Torah Communities. Steven can be reached most mornings at 270-622-7993, or by mail at 2356 Bridge Hollow Road, Scottsville KY, 42164.