In Mathew 5:13, it reads, You are salt for the land (CJB). Remember that whenever you see land, it automatically designates people and Torah. So the salt for the land is also salt for the people. In verse 14, it says you are a light for the world. In first century Hebraic mindset, both salt and light were synonyms for the Torah of Moses. We see in Proverbs 6:23 that it states YHVH"S Torah is light. For the commandment is a lamp, (a lamp holds oil which makes light) and the teaching is light (Torah); and reproofs for discipline are "the way to life."

Like light, salt is also referred to in the Bible as symbolizing the covenant between YHVH and Israel. Remember, we are Israel. In Numbers 18:19 we read the passage: All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to Adonai, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt (Torah), before YHVH to you and your descendants with you. When Yeshua said, you are the salt of the earth, he was telling us we are the salt of the covenant. We are supposed to be YHVH'S covenant of Torah to the world.

In the N.T. Paul tells us to present our bodies a living and holy sacrifice. Then we must have salt (Torah) on our sacrifice, for all the sacrifices required salt. If not, then the sacrifice is not acceptable to YHVH. In Mathew 5:16 it tells us to LET OUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify YHVH. In letting our light shine we are doing the good works of the Torah. So we must always be salted and full of light (saturated with Torah). But beware, when you are full of light, you'll also do the same thing as your porch light does, "attract a few bugs", and the brighter the light, the bigger the bug!