[Rockstar]

I think we've been over this before.

And it shall be if they nevertheless learn the way of My people to swear in My name "As YHWH lives," in the way that they taught My people to swear by Ba'al, then they shall be built into My people. ( Jeremiah 12:16)

I was always fascinated by this prophecy because it is speaking to the Gentiles, not the Israelites! It's directed at those Gentiles who taught Israel to swear by Baal. If these Gentiles will learn to swear "As YHWH lives" then they will become a part of the covenant-nation.

Obviously this has not happened yet. At this point most Israelites have forgotten how to swear "As YHWH lives" and I am not aware of too many Gentiles who do this either. But this is a promise that in the end-time the Gentiles will learn to swear in the name of YHWH and through this they will be built into Israel.

Then comes along Jesus in the Greek Matthew (5:33-37) who did away with swearing, even saying that he who swears was of "the evil one." If this is really what Jesus said, then he would not only be annulling Torah but delaying the fulfillment of the end-times prophecy in Jeremiah.

However! Before passing final judgment on Jesus I double checked in the Hebrew language Matthew. "You have further heard what was said by the ancients, "you shall not swear falsely by my name" [Leviticus 19:12] but you must pay your vow to YHWH [Deuteronomy 23:21]. But I say to you, that you must not swear by anything falsely, not by heaven which is the throne of God, nor by the earth which is His footstool, nor by [Jerusalem] which is His city, nor by your head because you cannot make one hair white or black, But let your yes be yes and your no, no. Anything added to this is evil. (Hebrew Matthew 5:33-37)