Aliens and Sojourners have always been a part of the Congregation

Genesis 35:22C-26

...Now there were twelve sons of Jacob— ²³ the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; ²⁴ the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; ²⁵ and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali; ²⁶ and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

A common mistake of Christians is to believe that the Torah was given to the Jews alone.  This is simply not true.  What is never taught in the church is that the Jews did not even exist until Judah, the fourth son Jacob.  Abraham was not a Jew and neither was Isaac or Jacob; they were Hebrews.  Also Jacob's name was later changed to Israel, not Judah.  So if Israel was formed from the loins of Jacob (not a Jew) then why does the church act like only Jews are Israel?  The Apostle Paul also disagrees with this view in Romans 11 claiming that the Olive Tree of Israel consists of natural branches and wild branches grafted in.

Jacob had twelve sons and Judah was only one of the twelve tribes:

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Benjamin
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher

The term "Jews" was derived from Yehudim which came from the name of the region Judah.  The Yehudim and the Levi Priests are considered the Southern Kingdom while the the Northern Kingdom (also known as the "House of Israel" or "House of Ephraim") that was scattered to the nations consisted of ten of the twelve tribes.  The Assyrians captured the House of Ephraim and they have yet to be gathered from the ends of the earth and return to the land by YHVH.  The Southern Kingdom are those who occupy the land during this day.


So the apostle Paul says in Galatians that those who have faith are children of Abraham (Gal. 3:7).  Since Abraham was not a Jew, then his children are not necessarily Jews.  In fact, the children of Abraham are both Jews and non-Jews who believe in the Messiah and this is what is Israel.  Believers in Messiah are the children of promise just like Isaac.

So if the Torah was not given to Jews only, then who was it given to?    If you will allow your beliefs to be formed from Scripture, you will see the truth and as Yeshua said, "...the truth will set you free."  The alien or the sojourner has always been among the congregation.  There has always been a mixture of native and non-native peoples in the congregtaion, wild branches and natural branches in the Olive tree of Israel whose root it Yeshua.   The two people that led Israel into the Promised Land were Joshua and Caleb.  Joshua was a native born and Caleb was an alien among them.  They were allowed to go in because they followed the Lord "Fully".

Numbers 32:11-12
¹¹ ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully, ¹² except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed the LORD fully.’

The following is an excerpt from one of the Yavoh writings of our congregation (www.lionlamb.net) and I think it does a great job of presenting some of the Scriptures that show who should observe Torah:

When it came to Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Messiah would offer Himself as the Lamb of God, God instructed us to keep the Passover this way:

Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.

Exodus 12:19

He also said that everyone, even the alien, is to be circumcised (in the heart) to eat the Passover.

And if an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the alien and for the native of the land.

Numbers 9:14

Gentile believers are commanded to observe Passover. The Law also specifies the observance of Yom Kippur:

And this shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

Leviticus 16:29

Here is what the Torah says for the general assembly, anyone who would want to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And if an alien sojourns with you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to make an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, just as you do, so he shall do. As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the alien who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien be before the Lord. There is to be one law and one ordinance for you and for the alien who sojourns with you.

Numbers 15:14-16

Gentile believers are invited to make sacrifice and worship with Israel, but they must follow the Law of Moses to do it. God always intended for Gentiles to be welcome in His temple. Isaiah restates it this way:

Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant; even those I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”

Isaiah 56:6-8

Yeshua quoted this verse from Isaiah when He threw the money changers out of the temple courtyard. The Torah and the Prophets do not exclude the Gentiles. They never did. It was the Pharisees and the Sadducees who did that. But today it is churchmen who say the Torah is not for everyone.

Just as James wrote in the letter to the Gentiles, the Torah addresses eating detestable things (unkosher) and sexual perversion.

Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, “No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.”

Leviticus 17:12

But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you.

Leviticus 18:26

The definition for blasphemy comes from the Torah. It is the same definition for Gentiles.

Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:16

But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

Numbers 15:30

The definition for clean and unclean is the same for Gentiles according to the Law.

And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.

Numbers 19:10

When it comes to tort justice, the law of damages and restitution, the Torah is also used for Gentiles.

Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.”

Deuteronomy 1:16

You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:17

What about the blessings of God? Does the Torah provide for blessings if a Gentile keeps the Torah?

And you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household.

Deuteronomy 26:11

Does the Torah instruct Israel to teach the Torah to all people?

Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town, in order that they may hear and learn and fear the Lord your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 31:12