Thus saith the LORD of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
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The
Book of proverbs emphatically shows that one’s wisdom is dictated
by their ability to learn from mistakes, make corrections, and be
corrected, not the inability to make mistakes and/or be corrected.
Only fools are not subject to correction and reproof. Assemblies who
will continue to perpetuate blaspheme by using “the name”,
after knowledge of this clear evidence, represent the fool in
proverbs.
Blaspheme:
The Mishnah (Sanh. 7:5), rules that the death sentence by stoning
should be applied only in the case where the blasphemer had uttered
the *Tetragrammaton and two witnesses had warned him prior to the
transgression. In the Talmud, however, R. Meir extends this
punishment to cases where the blasphemer had used one of the
*attributes, i.e., substitute names of God (Sanh. 56a). The
accepted halakhah is that only the one who has uttered the
Tetragrammaton be sentenced to death by stoning; the offender who
pronounced the substitute names is only flogged (Maim., Yad, Avodat
Kokhavim, 2:7). In the court procedure (Sanh. 5:7 and Sanh. 60a) the
witnesses for the prosecution testified to the words of the
blasphemer by substituting the expressions "Yose shall strike
Yose" (yakkeh Yose et Yose). Toward the end of the hearing,
however, after the audience had been dismissed, the senior witness
was asked to repeat the exact words uttered by the blasphemer. Upon
their pronouncement (i.e., of the Tetragrammaton), the judges
stood up and rent their garments. The act expressed their profound
mourning at hearing the name of God profaned. The custom of tearing
one's clothes on hearing blasphemy is attested to in II Kings 18:37,
where it is told that Eliakim and his associates tore their garments
upon hearing the blasphemous words of the Assyrian warlord
*Rab-Shakeh (Sanh. 60a). It is codified in Shulḥan Arukh (YD
340:37) that whoever bears a blasphemy whether with the
Tetragrammaton or with attributes, in any language and from a Jew,
even from the mouth of a witness, must rend his garment. The second
and any successive witnesses only testified: "I have heard the
same words" (Sanh. 7:5); according to the opinion of *Abba Saul,
whoever utters the Tetragrammaton in public is excluded from the
world to come (Av. Zar. 18a). Besides the sacrilege of God,
vituperation against the king, God's anointed servant, was also
considered blasphemy (cf. Ex. 22:27 and I Kings 21:10). Gentiles,
too, are obliged to refrain from blasphemy since this is one of the
Seven *Noachide Laws (Sanh. 56a, 60a). Maimonides also classified as
blasphemy the erasure of God's name written on paper or engraved on
stone, etc., which was to be punished by flogging (Yad, Yesodei
ha-Torah 6:1–6). After Jewish courts were deprived of jurisdiction
in those cases where capital punishment was applied, excommunication
(see *ḥerem) was the usual sanction against a blasphemer (J.
Mueller (ed.), Teshuvot Ge'onei Mizraḥ u-Ma'arav (1898), 27a,
responsum no. 103 by Amram Gaon).
Hebrew
letter VAV acts both as a consonant, W, or as a vowel, 'oo.' It can
act as a part of a word or as a prefix that means 'and.' In this
sense, VAV is like a connecting tissue, like a mirror where things
reflect and meet. Kabbalistically, its form denotes Divine light
streamlined downwards into the Creation.
Grammatically,
the morphology of the Tetragrammaton,
God's Name made of four letters, י-ה-ו-ה,
reflects fusion of different forms of the Hebrew verb 'to be.' It is
a very elusive word, because grammatically it is neither one of the
forms we know. It denotes future continuous tense, meaning that it is
an ever evolving Existence that brings everything into being. This
name is so elusive, and thus reflects so perfectly the prohibition to
utter His Name in vain, that we even don't know how it should be
pronounced correctly. All
the attempts in English literature to spell it as it is written, are
incorrect as they defy the grammar and the phonetics of Hebrew
language. Only
priests in the Temple knew to pronounce this Name correctly.
Therefore in Jewish tradition we do not even attempt to read this
Name, lest we misspell it, but replace it instead with the name
Ado-nai, which means literally My Lords. It is plural because it
reflects the idea that this name does not refer to God Himself (only
the Tetragrammaton Name does), but to His manifold manifestations in
the worlds.
"On a frequent basis we attach a meaning of a
word from the Bible based on our own language and culture to a word
that is not the meaning of the Hebrew word behind the translation.
From Meditation 8.30.11 "ezekials beating heart" –
Matisyahu
In
light of Rashi and other Jewish sages of old, the ISR and the RNKJV
version of scriptures are pagan/christian in their translation of Gen
18:3.
Anytime a
person is completely out of track and is worshipping demi-gods or
other humans instead of God, then it is our duty to enlighten him.
Gen 18:3 ויאמרH559 אדניH113 אםH518 נאH4994 מצאתיH4672 חןH2580 Nowhere is the Name of HaShem found in their justification making a deity in the form of a man.
THE RESTORATION OF THE NAME
The restoration of the Name of the Almighty to any translation of the Scriptures should require no justification. After all it was the Almighty himself who originally placed his name in the Scriptures at least 6823 times! It was human beings who decided, for reasons that made sense to them, to delete His Name and to replace it with something “more appropriate” in their view. This, in spite of the Creator’s own statement to and through Mosheh (Moses) that: “This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance to all generations.” (Shemoth / Exodus 3:15, The Scriptures - 2009 Edition (ISR). The reference in this passage is to the Name which, in Hebrew, consists of four letters Yod, Hey, Waw, Hey, and which is frequently referred to as ‘The Tetragrammaton’. These letters are often brought across into English characters by the use of the four letters, Y-H-W-H (or as Y-H-V-H). This has been variously pronounced as _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _, etc. We have chosen not to enter the pronunciation debate, but rather give the Name exactly as it appears in the unpointed Hebrew text, i.e. *Picture*
While there has been some debate over what is the most accurate and precise pronunciation, three things are clear however: Firstly, the word Jehovah is definitely an erroneous pronunciation. This is so because it derives from a combination of the letters J-H-V-H and Hebrew vowel points belonging to
an altogether different word. Incidentally, the J was originally pronounced as a capital I (or Y), and thus the term Jehovah would have been read by early readers of the King James Version as Iehovah (or Yehovah).
Secondly, any one of the various attempts to pronounce the Name is infinitely superior to the actual removal of the Name, and its substitution by an altogether different term! Substitution by a ‘good’ term does not alter the fact that it is a substitution, a replacement word. Further, some of the terms traditionally substituted for the Name are actually the names of pagan deities! This is true, not only in English, but also in the other languages of the world!
Thirdly, in spite of the above facts, many translations perpetuate a “tradition”of substituting “LORD” or “GOD”, all in capital letters, for our heavenly Father’s chosen Name, i.e. *picture* Why? Many, and varied are the reasons which have been given, amongst both Christian and Jewish communities, for this serious error. Nevertheless, the fact remains that a translation purporting to be literal, yet resorting to the “device”, however well intentioned, of adding and subtracting from our heavenly Father’s own choice of Personal Name, would be doing a grave disservice to His cause. At best it would display ignorance, but at worst would show disrespect, or blatant disregard for the plain Word of the Almighty Himself!
"The Roman Empire began their official recognition of sun worship during the time of Aurelian when he instituted the cult of "Sol Invictus". There is virtually no difference between the cult of Sol Invictus and that of Mithraism or for that matter catholicism.
In the year 307 A.D. Emperor Diocletian, a Sun Worshipper, was involved in the dedication of a temple to Mithra, and was responsible for the burning of Holy Scripture (which made it possible for later emperors to formulate Christianity, and thus began the Roman version of the "Universal Christo-pagan Mystery Religion.") After the rein of Diocletian, the Roman Emperor Constantine, who was an early Christo-pagan (Christian) maintained the title "Pontifus Maximus" the high priest of paganism, and remained a worshipper of Apollo. His coins were inscribed: "SOL INVICTO COMITI", which is interpreted as "Committed to the Invincible Sun". During his reign pagan Sun worship was blended with the worship of the True Creator (syncretism), and officially titled "Christianity" by the (less than holy) Roman Empire and its' official church the (less than holy) catholic (universal) church.
Cybele, the Phrygian goddess, known to her followers as "the mother of god", was closely related to the worship of Mithra. Just as Mithraism was a man's religion, the worship of Cybele was practiced by women. The priests of Mithra were known as "Fathers" and the Priestesses of Cybele as "Mothers". After baptism into the Mysteries of Mithra, the initiate was marked on the forehead. The sign of the cross formed by the elliptic and the celestial equator was one of the signs of Mithra. Sunday (Deis Solis), the day of the Sun, was considered by Mithraist a sacred day of rest. December 25th (the birthday of Mithra) was celebrated as the birth of the Sun, given birth by the "Queen of Heaven" - "Mother of god." The Mithraists celebrated a mithraic love feast. This feast consisted of loaves of bread decorated with crosses with wine, over which the priest pronounced a mystic formula. Mithra was considered mediator between god and man (does this sound like Jesus?).
Note: In 46 BC, when the Roman "Julian Calendar" was adopted, December 24th was the shortest day of the year. Therefore, December 25th was the first annual day that daylight began to increase. Thus, the origin of the REBIRTH or Annual Birthday of the Invincible SUN.
In accordance with the Roman "Julian calendar," the "Saturnalia" festival appears to have taken place on or about December 17th; it was preceded by the "Consualia" near December 15th, and followed by the "Opalia" on December 19th. These pagan celebrations typically lasted for at least a week, ending just before the late Roman Imperial Festival for "Sol Invictus" (Invincible Sun) on December 25th.
In 1582 AD. Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the XIII caused the current "Gregorian Calendar" to be adopted, in order to eliminate the solar time shift error introduced by the "Julian Calendar."
By December 1582 AD the shortest day of the year had shifted 12 days on the Roman "Julian Calendar" to Wednesday, December 12, 1582.
However, the Original December 25th 'Birth Date' was retained for all pagan Sun gods by the Roman "Saturnalia" and "Sol Invictus" traditions; which were now called the "Twelve Days Christ Mass."
On the new Roman Catholic Gregorian calendar the shortest annual day was numerically shifted back 10 days to the 22nd of December, where it remains to this day; while the original order of the days of the week remained unchanged.
Therefore, Wednesday, December 12th, 1582 AD, became Wednesday, December 22nd, 1582 AD, and the True Sabbath Day remained unchanged.
Mithraists, also, believed in eternal life in heaven, and in the torture of the wicked after death. Many of these beliefs and rituals were exclusive to Mithraism and up until the fourth century were not an official part of the Christo-pagan faith. In the 4th century, through confusion and deliberate manipulation by the Roman Empire and its' official universal (catholic) church, rituals of "Sun Worship" were legitimized, under the guise of the "Authority of the Church" (Yahweh Never Granted Any Such Authority) to be "Christian" in nature. There is no Biblical support for the inclusion of Mithraic rituals (pagan Worship) into the worship of the Yahweh of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Creator of heaven and earth, and the Only Duty of the True Church is one of Obedience To The Authority of Yahweh. It is a Satanic scheme of deception to disguise the transgression of Yahweh's laws under the title of "Christianity" (Christo-pagan syncretism). This same system, characterized by the shrouding of truth in secrecy and the manipulation of the truth in order to achieve its ends, has been working for two millennia to perfect the Christo-pagan religion of Christianity. The mystery of iniquity is at work and it only takes a little leaven to leaven the whole lump. The next step is the actual forced taking of the "Mark of the Beast," however, millions have already taken the "Mark of the Beast" voluntarily."
FROM YOU ARE MY WITNESSES
(Is. 43:10)
THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH RESPONSE
TO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES by Yisroel C. Blumenthal
The authors of the Christian scriptures describe the
development of the early church in the following manner.
Jesus was a Jewish man, who lived in the land of Israel.
When
he was about thirty years old, he began to travel throughout
the
country. For about three years, Jesus traveled and taught.
By
the time Jesus died, he had created a small following. All
of
his followers were Jews. Prominent among Jesus’s followers
were his twelve disciples. These disciples formed a
community with its center in Jerusalem. The community of
Jesus’s followers was lead by James, a brother of Jesus.
This
community is referred to as the “Jerusalem Church”. In the
years following Jesus’s death, the Jerusalem Church grew in
size. At one point, the authors of Christian scriptures
claim
that they numbered several thousand. But the members of this
church were all Jews.
Christianity reached the non-Jewish world through the
person of Paul. Paul traveled the length and breadth of the
Mediterranean, teaching the gentile world about Jesus. Paul
founded many churches throughout the Roman Empire. The
churches which Paul established were predominantly gentile.
The Christian scriptures end their narrative at this point.
They leave the reader at the historical point where there
are
two churches; the Jewish church of James, and the gentile
church of Paul.
History tells us that the Jewish church of James did not
survive as a separate entity. By the time Christianity
became
the established religion of the Roman Empire, there were
almost no Jewish Christians left. The few Jewish Christians
which still existed, were persecuted as heretics by the
gentile
church. All of Christianity as it exists today, was
transmitted
through the body of the gentile church. The books of
Christian
scripture were products of the gentile church. They may have
included in these books, material which came from the Jewish
Christians. But the gentile church was the editor of this
material. It was the gentile church who determined the
contents of the Christian scriptures, and who transmitted
these
texts to the future generations.
In order to be convinced that the gentile church is truly
transmitting the original message of Jesus, one must
determine
that Paul’s teachings conformed with the teachings of Jesus.
The gentile church only learned of Jesus through the
teachings
of Paul. If Paul’s teachings were not synonymous with the
teachings of Jesus, then the gentile church does not possess
the
original message of Jesus.
To determine Paul’s connection to Jesus, we will turn to the
books of Christian scripture. It is clear that the editors
of these
books were strongly motivated to present Paul as one who is
faithfully transmitting the original message of Jesus. Yet
even
these biased writers, were not able to do so.
The Christian scriptures describe the basis of Paul’s
mission
in the following manner. Paul never saw Jesus in real life.
Neither did Paul learn of Jesus’s teachings through the
disciples of Jesus. Paul emphatically states (in the 1st and
2nd
chapters of Galatians) that no living person was involved in
transmitting Jesus’s message to him. Paul only learned of
the
teachings of Jesus through a series of visions. In these
visions,
Jesus appeared to him and imparted his teachings. Paul’s
entire message was the product of these visions.
The only way we can verify the truth of Paul’s claim, is by
determining the reaction of Jesus’s disciples to Paul’s
message. These men who lived with Jesus and heard him
teach, could compare the teachings that they heard, to the
prophecy of Paul. How did the Jewish following of James
react to Paul’s claim to prophecy?
Paul makes the claim (Galatians 2:9) that the leaders of the
Jerusalem Church acknowledged the fact that he was
appointed (by the dead Jesus) as a messenger to the
gentiles.
But Paul was lying. James and the Jerusalem Church never
acknowledged the validity of Paul’s visions. It is the
Christian
scriptures themselves who contradict Paul’s claim.
The 15th chapter of the book of Acts, describes how the
leadership of the Jerusalem Church disregarded Paul’s claim
to prophecy. Paul had come to Jerusalem. He had been
preaching to the gentiles that they are not required to
practice
the law of Moses. Some members of the Jerusalem Church
disagreed with Paul. They felt that in order for a gentile
to join
their following, he should be required to observe the law of
Moses. This question was brought before the leadership of
the
Jerusalem Church. The elders of the church discussed the
question, and James handed down his decision. His judgment
was that the gentiles were not obligated to observe the
entirety
of the law of Moses as a prerequisite to joining the Christian
community. But he stipulated that the gentiles were
obligated
to observe certain dietary laws, and to avoid immorality.
If Paul was telling us the truth when he claimed that the
leadership of the Jerusalem Church acknowledged him as a
true prophet, then this story makes no sense. Here we have
Paul, who was personally appointed by the dead Jesus as his
emissary to the gentile world. Whatever Paul taught was
personally revealed to him in these prophetic visions. One
of
the central teachings of Paul was that the gentile world is
not
bound by the law of Moses. Yet when the leaders of the
Jerusalem Church are in doubt as to what Jesus would have
said concerning the gentiles, they discuss the question, and
look to James for guidance. If there was any truth to Paul’s
claim, that these leaders acknowledged the truth of his
prophecy, then they should have simply asked him “what did
Jesus tell you?” The fact that they considered the question,
and
the method that they used to resolve the question, clearly
tells
us that these men did not believe that Jesus had ever spoken
to
Paul. The author of the book of Acts, his bias
notwithstanding, could not hide this simple fact.
The difference between the gentile church founded by Paul,
and the Jerusalem Church founded by Jesus, was not limited
to
the question of the authenticity of Paul’s prophecy. These
two
institutions espoused two totally different philosophies.
The
central teaching of Pauline Christianity is, that faith in
the
redeeming sacrifice of Jesus, is the only valid method
through
which atonement for sin can be achieved. The entire
philosophy of Paul, revolves around this one teaching.
Evangelical Christianity is founded upon this basic teaching
of
Paul. If you were to ask an Evangelical Christian to sum up
his
belief system in one sentence, he would respond with this
point. That faith in Jesus is the only redemption from sin.
In
fact the entire concept of the messiah-ship of Jesus is
basically
limited to this one point. Jesus is the messiah of
Evangelical
Christians, only because they believe that his death
provided
atonement for sin.
But the Jerusalem Church which was established by Jesus,
and which was guided by his disciples, did not believe in
this
teaching of Paul. They did not believe that faith in Jesus
could
effectively atone for their sins. This is demonstrated by
the
testimony of the Christian scriptures. The 21st chapter in
the
book of Acts reports that the normal activities of the
members
of the Jerusalem Church included the offering of animals for
the explicit purpose of the expiation of sin. The book of
Acts
describes how four members of the Jerusalem Church had
taken a Nazirite vow. This means that they had voluntarily
brought themselves into a situation where they would be
required (by the law of Moses) to bring an animal as a sin
offering. It is clear that these people saw in the temple
offerings a valid method for the expiation of sin. If they
believed as Paul did, that Jesus died for their sins once
and for
all, then there would be no point in bringing a sin offering
in
the temple. The fact that the Jerusalem Church still
participated in the temple offerings after Jesus had died,
tells
us that they did not see in Jesus’s death an all atoning
sacrifice. These people were not Evangelical Christians.
The Christian scriptures provides both the theological and
the historical justification to the accusation that
Christianity
has failed in the transmission of its own message. The
Christian scriptures tell us that the disciples of
Jesus never
believed the fundamental teaching of Evangelical
Christianity.
These people who lived with Jesus and heard him preach did
not believe, that with the death of Jesus, the world is
redeemed
of its sins. The Christian scriptures also tell us, at which
historical point the break in the transmission occurred.
These
books tell us that Paul, the father of modern Christianity,
had
no connection to Jesus. Christianity is an edifice erected
upon
the testimony of one man. All of Christianity stands upon
Paul’s word that Jesus appeared to him. The only people that
were qualified to verify Paul’s claim, contradicted him to
his
face. This emerges from the pages of the very books which
Christianity regards as true witnesses to its claims.
Above is a Roman coin from the 3rd century A.D. (Probus, A.D. 276-282) which on the reverse depicts the pagan sun god driving a chariot drawn by four horses (Sol in Quadriga). The inscription reads SOLI INVICTO - The Invincible Sun.]
At right is a similar mosaic found in the Vatican grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica, on the vaulted ceiling of the tomb of the Julii (also known as "Mausoleum M"). It depicts Christ as the sun-god Helios / Sol riding in his chariot, and is dated to the 3rd century A.D. The two left horses were destroyed when the hole was made to enter the tomb. Other mosaics in this Christian tomb depicted Jonah and the whale, the good shepherd carrying a lamb, and fishermen. This blending of paganism with Christianity is syncretism, and apostasy.
At left is a pagan sun wheel in the temple at Kararak India, which is associated with occultism and astrology. It resembles a chariot wheel doesn't it?
Note the following verse-
2 Ki 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
When Israel apostatized, they made chariots dedicated to the sun god, who it was thought, traveled across the sky in a great chariot. Hence the origin of the sun wheel.
The Symbols of Baal, Ishtar and Shamash
Below is an artifact unearthed in the holy of holies of the pagan temple in the Canaanite city of Hatzor / Hazor, in northern Israel. It is described as follows:
"Of special interest is a square basalt altar for burning incense. On one of its sides, a circle with a cross in the center – the divine symbol of the Canaanite storm god – is carved in low relief."
"... a basalt offering table, pillar-shaped, with a carved symbol of the storm god Baal on its side. That symbol was a circle with a cross in the center"
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... The Akkadian Ishtar is also, to a greater extent, an astral deity, associated with the planet Venus: with Shamash, sun god, and Sin, moon god, she forms a secondary astral triad. In this manifestation her symbol is a star with 6, 8, or 16 rays within a circle. ...
Because some astronomical objects move through the sky in repeated and known intervals of time, the behavior of the celestial gods associated with them can be symbolized numerically. Ishtar, as the planet Venus, perhaps was handled this way in the eight-pointed star that usually stands for her on Babylonian boundary stones.
References to Venus as early as 3000 BC are known from evidence at Uruk, an important early Sumerian city in southern Iraq. One clay tablet found at the site says "star Inanna," and another contains symbols for the words "star, setting sun, Inanna." Inanna is Venus, known later as Ishtar, and the Uruk tablets specify her celestial identity with the symbol for "star": an eight-pointed star.
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So can the star within a circle, or sun wheel, be found in the Vatican in Rome? Indeed it can!
Here is a photo of the papal palace with the pope at the window of his apartment. Note the many eight-pointed stars of Ishtar in the decorative work above the windows. Some are within a darker circle.
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Here you see a view of the piazza or plaza at the Vatican, also known as St. Peter's square. The papal palace is on the right edge of the photo. The large eight-rayed sun wheel design, symbolic of Ishtar, is immediately noticeable. Look closely in the center of the wheel. What you see there is an obelisk, a genuine Egyptian obelisk shipped from Heliopolis to Rome by the Roman emperor Caligula. The obelisk is, of course, a phallic symbol,* but it also was used in sun worship. Click on the image to view a larger version of the same image.
* It is claimed that the word 'obelisk' literally means 'Baal's shaft' or 'Baal's organ of reproduction'. Source: Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, by Dr. Cathy Burns, pg. 341.
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Here is an old photo of the center of St. Peter's square, and note that around the obelisk, at the center of the huge eight-point sun wheel, is a smaller four-pointed sun wheel, the same symbol as found on the altar stone in the temple of Baal in Hatzor!
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Here you see the reverse side of a coin celebrating the pontificate of John Paul II, and on it is the obelisk and sun wheel of St. Peter's piazza, and a very distinct sunburst emanating from the Basilica itself. The correlation of the symbology is striking.
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Pope John Paul II, at World Youth Day 2000, was wearing a crimson and gold stole, which bears the symbols of Baal / Shamash within an eight-pointed star of Ishtar. An enlargement is shown below.
Pope Pius XII wearing the same stole.
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Symbol of Baal
found in Hazor, Israel
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Detail of the symbol on the papal stole.
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Symbol of the
pagan sun-god Shamash
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The Obelisk
The Egyptian obelisk that stands in the square of St. John Lateran (shown at left) is the largest in existence. Originally carved during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmoses III, it stood in the Temple of Amon in Thebes (Karnak), but was removed to Rome by emperor Constantius (A.D. 317-361), and placed in the Circus Maximus. In 1587 Pope Sixtus V unearthed the fallen, broken and long forgotten obelisk and had it repaired and placed in the Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano. Interestingly enough, it is possible that Moses saw this very obelisk when he was in Egypt. Now this obelisk, meant to honor the sun god, stands beside what Catholics call the supreme "Mother of all Churches", the official cathedra of the bishop of Rome, the Pope, which brings to mind Revelation 17: 5 and the apostate Mother Church, Mystery Babylon, the mother of harlots, who stands accused of fornication, a mixing of the sacred with the profane, truth with error.
Mysteries of the Nile (NOVA)
Egypt - Amazing Discoveries
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OBELISK. Of the several functions of the PILLAR among early peoples, the Egyptian obelisk was worshipped as the dwelling place of the sun-god.
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art by James Hall, published by HarperCollins, 1994, page 75.
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The pagan association of the obelisk was something well understood by the church. The Jesuit scholar, Athanasius Kircher in his book Obeliscus Pamphilius, published in 1650, gives an account of the ancient views of the obelisk as the digitus solis, or "finger of the sun".
Pope Sixtus V (1585 - 1590) had the Egyptian obelisks erected all over Rome, as Counter-Reformation monuments.
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The word matstsebah in Hebrew means standing images or obelisk and it can be found in many places of the Bible. Here is Strong's definition of the Hebrew word matstsebah-
H4676. matstsebah, mats-tsay-baw'; fem. (causat.) part. of H5324; something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by anal. an idol:--garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
In the following verses matstsebah has been translated as image(s)-
Exo 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Exo 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Lev 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Deu 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Deu 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
1 Ki 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
2 Ki 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
2 Ki 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
2 Ki 10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
2 Chr 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
2 Chr 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
Jer 43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Micah 5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Another Hebrew word is also used for "sun images" or obelisks, the word chamman. Again, here is the Strong's definition-
H2553. chamman, kham-mawn'; from H2535; a sun-pillar:--idol, image.
Chamman is also translated as simply image(s) in the King James:
Isa 17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
Isa 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
2 Chr 34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Here is a close-up of the obelisk in front of St. Peter's. Have you ever given any thought to the origin of the church steeple? Could it be a modern representation of the pagan obelisk? Indeed!
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So in St. Peter's square, the symbol of Baal is within the symbol of Ishtar, and at the center is an Egyptian obelisk, all representing pagan sun worship. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Pope Celebrates Palm Sunday at Pagan Sun Pillar
Above are pictures of John Paul II, dressed in scarlet, celebrating Palm Sunday in St. Peter's square on April 16th, 2000, with a "grove" of potted palms and hundred-year-old olive trees placed around the standing solar pillar (matstsebah) or obelisk, in the center of the Vatican's large pagan solar wheel symbolizing Baal and Ishtar.
Deu 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove (asherah) of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Deu 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image (matstsebah / pillar); which the LORD thy God hateth.
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Now below are two photos of a statue in St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
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It is supposedly a statue of Peter enthroned. Notice the sun wheel above his head? This statue is thought by some to actually be a pagan statue of Jupiter, removed from the Pantheon in Rome (a pagan temple), moved into St. Peter's and renamed Peter. The extended right foot has been nearly worn away from the many pilgrims who kiss it in homage. Note also that the pattern on the wall behind the statue utilizes the symbol of Baal / Shamash!
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia online article Portraits of the Apostles:
The famous bronze statue of St. Peter in the basilica of this Apostle in Rome is by some regarded as a work of the fifth or sixth century, by others as pertaining to the thirteenth. The latter date is adopted by Kraus and Kaufmann among others; Lowrie, however, maintains that "no statue of the Renaissance can be compared with this for genuine understanding of the classic dress", and, therefore, this writer holds for the more ancient date. The marble statue of St. Peter taken from the old basilica, now in the crypt of the Vatican, was originally, in all probability, an ancient consular statue which was transformed into a representation of the Prince of Apostles.
Here you see a photo looking up into the dome of St. Peter's. Notice the very obvious 16 ray sun wheel. Indeed the light from the sun streams into the center hub of the dome making a genuine sun-lit sunburst image at the center of the wheel.
Ezek 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Ezek 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here?
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Neviim Akharonim:
YirmeYahu / hymry
Jeremiah Chapter 16 16:19 O YHWH (יהוה), my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Goyim shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely Avoteinu have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
KJV O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
For the Record
To my fellow member of the human race
Peace
It has come to my attention that certain members of my people have been promulgating a doctrine that distorts the essence of the teaching that we were entrusted with.
You have heard how the Creator of all took us out of Egypt with signs and wonders and how He taught us His Torah through national revelation and through His prophet. The open miracles that God preformed for us spread our reputation as the possessors of God’s Law. These men of whom I speak, exploited our reputation as possessors of God’s truth, and they spread a teaching that has no basis in the Torah that God has bequeathed to us.
These teachers taught you that all of mankind is damned before God to eternal punishment. They taught that if a person commits one sin it is as if he or she violated all of the commandments. These men taught that the God of Israel will not forgive your sins unless you present a blood sacrifice. These men taught that the God of Israel is unapproachable. And they taught that the good deeds that you do will not bring you any closer to God.
All of these teachings are blatant falsehoods. As a member of the people who were entrusted with God’s Law, I see it as my duty to correct these falsehoods that were taught as if they were the Law of my God.
God does NOT condemn everyone to the fires of eternal damnation. You can search the Jewish Scriptures from cover to cover; you will not find one verse that supports such a teaching.
A person who commits one sin is NOT equivalent in God’s eyes as if they violated the entirety of the Law. The Scriptures explicitly teach that God judges every deed, both bad and good (Ecclesiastes12:14). The conscience that God breathed into all of us tells us that there is a great difference in God’s eyes between a person who lived a moral life on the one hand and a person who lived a life of cruelty and immorality on the other hand.
The Jewish Scriptures do NOT teach that God requires blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. The Scriptures openly declare that if you turn to God in sincere repentance, God will forgive you (Isaiah 55:7).
The Jewish Scriptures do NOT teach that God is unapproachable. On the contrary, our prophets declare that God is close to all who call upon Him in truth (Psalm 145:18).
If I were to say that the good deeds that you do will bring you closer to God, I will not have said enough. Our prophets taught us that the practice of justice IS intimacy with God (Jeremiah 22:16). When we follow the universal principle of justice: “that which you hate done unto yourself, do not do unto others”, we allow God’s truth to penetrate into our psyche. When we recognize the grace of God’s goodness that is expressed in every detail of existence, and we are moved to take the goodness that we were blessed with and allow it to flow towards another creation of God, we have then connected to the kindness and love of God. It is not that these activities bring us closer to God. The practice of kindness and truth are a connection to God in and of themselves.
There is one more false teaching that these men have propagated in the name of the Torah of my God. They have encouraged people to direct their hearts in worship of and in devotion to a man who walked God’s earth and breathed God’s air like the rest of us.
If there is any teaching that is contrary to the Torah with which we were entrusted it is this one.
My nation was called upon by God to serve as His witnesses (Isaiah 43:10). God taught us that there is none beside Him that is worthy of our worship and devotion (Deuteronomy4:35). Our core duty as a witness nation before God is to remain loyal to the truth that all created beings are equally subservient to the One Creator of all. Every facet of our existence, including our ability to love and to worship belongs to God and to God alone. It is my duty as a Jew to testify to you that your heart belongs to the One Almighty God who loved your heart into existence in the first place.
There is no greater joy on earth than approaching your Creator in heartfelt prayer. You don’t need anyone to plead for you and you don’t need to bring Him a blood sacrifice. The One who lovingly created every facet of your existence will accept you. All you have to do is to trust in His love.
The Baal Shem Tov said:
Every single thing one sees or hears is an instruction for his conduct in the
service of G-d. This is the idea of avoda, service, to comprehend and discern
in all things a way in which to serve G-d.
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..*Reprinted from a tract published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association about the year 1885.
ALL TEXT IN THIS MANUSCRIPT IS ORIGINAL TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NAMES OF OUR CREATOR YAHWEH, HIS
SON YAHSHUA,MASHIYACH
AND THE WORD SHABBAT AND KRISTIANAY WICH HAS BEEN EDITED OR RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL HEBREW/ARAMAIC FORM BY Morderchai Ramos.
100 Bible Facts Concerning the Sabbath
WHY keep the SHABBAT(Sabbath) day? What is the object of the SHABBAT?
Who made it? When was it made, and for whom? Which day is the true SHABBAT?
Many keep the first day of the week, or Sunday. What Bible authority have they
for this? There is now a growing count of over 500 denominations in the world that
keep the seventh day(SHABBAT), or Saturday. What Scripture have they for that?
Here are the facts about both days, as plainly stated in the Word of YAHWEH.
1.
After working the first six days of the week in creating this earth, the
great
ELOHIM rested on the seventh day. (Genesis 2:1.3.)
2.
This stamped that day as YAHWEH'S rest day, or SHABBAT day, as SHABBAT day
means
rest day.To illustrate: When a person is born on a certain
day, that day thus becomes his birthday.So
when YAHWEH rested upon the seventh day
that day became His rest, or SHABBAT, day.
3.
Therefore the seventh day must always be YAHWEH SHABBAT day. Can you change your
birthday from the day on which you were born to one on which you were not born? No.
Neither can you change YAHWEH'S rest day to a day on which He did not rest.
Hence the seventh day is still YAHWEH'S SHABBAT day.
4.
The Creator blessed the seventh day.(Genesis 2:3.)
5.
He sanctified the seventh day.(Exodus 20:11.)
6.
He made it the SHABBAT day in the Garden of Eden.(Genesis 2:1-3.)
7.
It was made before the fall; hence it is not a type; for types were not introduced
till after the fall.
8.
YAHSHUA says it was made for man (Mark 2:27), that is, for the race, as the word
man is here unlimited; hence, for the Gentile as well as for the Jew.
9.
It is a memorial of creation. (Exodus 20:11; 31:17.) Every time we rest upon
the seventh day, as YAHWEH did at creation, we commemorate that grand event.
10.
It was given to Adam, the head of the human race. (Mark 2:27; Genesis
2:1-3.)
11.
Hence through him, as our representative, to all nations. (Acts 17:26.)
12.
It is’ not a Jewish institution, for it was made 2,300 years before ever there
was a Jew.
13.
The Bible never calls it the Jewish SHABBAT, but always “the SHABBAT of the
YAHWEH
thy ELOHIM.” Men should be cautious how they stigmatize YAHWEH'S holy rest day.
14.
Evident reference is made to the SHABBAT and the seven-day week all, through the
patriarchal age. (Genesis 2:1-3; 8:10-12; 29:27-28.etc.)
15.
It was a part of YAHWEH'S law before Sinai. (Exodus 16:4, 27-29.)
16.
Then YAHWEH placed it in the heart of His moral law. (Exodus 20:1-17.) Why did
He place it there if it was not like the other nine precepts, which all
admit
to be immutable?
17.
The seventh-day SHABBAT was commanded by the voice of the living ELOHIM.
(Deuteronomy 4:12-13.)
18.
Then He wrote the Commandment with His own finger. (Exodus 31:18.)
19.
He engraved it in the enduring stone, indicating its imperishable nature.
(Deuteronomy 5:22.)
20.
It was sacredly preserved in the ark in the holy of holies.
(Deuteronomy 10:1-5.)
21.
YAHWEH forbade work upon the SHABBAT, even in the most hurrying times.
(Exodus 34:21.)
22.
YAHWEH destroyed the Israelites in the wilderness because they profaned the
SHABBAT.
(Ezekiel 20:12-13.)
23.
It is the sign of the true ELOHIM, by which we are to know Him from false gods.
(Ezekiel 20:20.)
24.
YAHWEH promised that YAHrushalayim should stand forever if the Jews would keep
the Sabbath (Jeremiah 17:24-25.)
25.
He sent them into the Babylonish captivity for breaking it. (Nehemiah 13:18.)
26.
He destroyed YAHrushalayim for its violation. (Jeremiah 17:27.)
27.
YAHWEH has pronounced a special blessing on all the Gentiles who will keep it.
(Isaiah 56:6-7.)
28.
This is in the prophecy, which refers wholly to the Christian[KRISTIANAY] dispensation.
(See Isaiah 56.)
29.
YAHWEH has promised to bless all who keep the SHABBAT. (Isaiah 56:2.)
30.
YAHWEH requires us to call it “honourable.”(Isaiah 58:13.) Beware, ye who
take delight in calling it the. “old Jewish Sabbath,” “a yoke of bondage,”
etc.
31.
After the holy SHABBAT has been trodden down “many generations,” it is to be
restored in the last days.(Isaiah 58:12-13.)
32.
All the holy prophets kept the seventh day.
33.
When the Son of YAHWEH came, He kept the seventh day all His life.
(Luke 4:16; John 15:10.) Thus He followed His Father’s example at creation.
Shall we not be safe in following the example of both the Father and the Son?
34.
The seventh day is YAHWEH'S. (See Revelation 1:10; Mark 2:28; Isaiah 58:13;
Exodus 20:10.)
35.
YAHSHUA was MASTER of the SHABBAT(Mark 2:28), that is, to love and protect it,
as the husband is the lord of the wife, to love and cherish her (1 Peter 3:6.)
36.
He vindicated the SHABBAT as a merciful institution designed for man’s good.
(Mark 2:23-28.)
37.
Instead of abolishing the SHABBAT, He carefully taught how it should be observed
. (Matthew 13:1-13.)
38.
He taught His disciples that they should do nothing upon the SHABBAT day
but what
was “lawful” (Matthew 12:12.)
39.
He instructed His apostles that the Sabbath should be prayerfully regarded forty
years after His resurrection. (Matthew 24:20.)
40.
The pious women who had been with YAHSHUA carefully kept the seventh day after
His death. (Luke 23:56.)
41.
Thirty years after Mashiyach's resurrection, the Holy Spirit’ expressly calls it
“the Sabbath day,” (Acts 13:14.)
42.
Paul,the apostle to the Gentiles, called it the “SHABBAT day” in A.D. 45.
(Acts 13:27.) Did not Paul know? Or shall we believe modern teachers, who
affirm
that it ceased to be the SHABBAT at the resurrection of Mashiyach?
43.
Luke, the inspired Christian[KRISTIANAY] historian, writing as late as A.D. 62, calls it the
“SHABBAT day.” (Acts 13:44.)
44.
The Gentile converts called it the SHABBAT. (Acts 13:42.)
45.
In the great Christian[KRISTIANAY] council, A.D. 49. In the presence of the
apostles and thousands of disciples, James calls it the “SHABBAT day.”
(Acts 15:21.)
46.
It was customary to hold prayer meetings upon that day. (Acts 16:13.)
47.
Paul read the Scriptures in public meetings on that day. (Acts 17:2-3.)
48.
It was his custom to preach upon that day. (Acts 17:2-3.)
49.
The Book of Acts alone gives a record of his holding eighty-four meetings
upon
that day. (See Acts 13:14, 44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4. 11.)
50.
There was never any dispute between the Christians[KRISTIANAY] and the Jews
about
the SHABBAT day. This is proof that the Christians[KRISTIANAY] still observed the
same day that the Jews did.
51.
In all their accusations against Paul, they never charged him with disregarding
the Sabbath day. Why did they not, if he did not keep it?
52.
But Paul himself expressly declared that he had kept the law. “Neither
against
the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar,
have I offended any thing at all.”Acts 25:8. How could this be true if he had
not kept the SHABBAT?
53.
The SHABBAT is mentioned in the New Testament fifty-nine times, and always
with
respect, bearing the same title it had in the Old Testament, “the SHABBAT day.”
54.
Not a word is said anywhere in the New Testament about the SHABBAT'S being
abolished, done away, changed, or anything of the kind.
55.
YAHWEH has never given permission to any man to work upon it.
Reader, by what authority do you use - the seventh day for common labor?
56.
No Christian [KRISTIANAY]of the New Testament, either before or after the
resurrection, ever did ordinary work upon the seventh day. Find one case of that
kind, and we will yield the question. Why should modern Christians[KRISTIANAY] do
differently from Bible Christians[KRISTIANAY]?
57.
There is no record that YAHWEH has ever removed His blessing or sanctification
from the seventh day.
58.
As the SHABBAT was kept in Eden before the fall, so it will be observed eternally
in the new earth after the restitution. (Isaiah 66:22-23.)
59.
The seventh-day SHABBAT was an important part of the law of YAHWEH, as it came
from His own mouth,and was written by His own finger upon stone at Sinai.
(See Exodus 20.) When Jesus began His work, He expressly declared that He had
not come to destroy the law. “Think not that I am come to destroy the
law, or the prophets.” Matthew 5:17
60.
YAHSHUA severely condemned the Pharisees as hypocrites for pretending to love
YAHWEH, while at the same tune they made void one of the Ten Commandments by
their tradition. The keeping of Sunday is only a tradition of men.
Forty Bible Facts Concerning the First Day of the Week
61.
The very first thing recorded In the Bible is work done on Sunday,
the first day of the week. (Genesis l: l-5.) The Creator Himself did this.
If YAHWEH made the earth on Sunday, can it be wicked for us to work on
Sunday?
62.
YAHWEH commands men to work upon the first day of the week.
(Exodus 20:8-11.) Is it wrong to obey YAHWEH?
63.
None of the patriarchs ever kept it.
64.
None of the holy prophets ever kept it.
65.
By the express command of-YAHWEH, His holy people used the first day of the
week as a common working day for 4,000 years, at least.
66.
YAHWEH Himself calls it a “working” day. (Ezekiel 46:1.)
67.
YAHWEH did not rest upon it.
68.
He never blessed it.
69.
Mashiyach did not rest upon it.
70.
YAHSHUA was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), and worked at His trade until He was
thirty years old. He kept the SHABBAT and worked six days in the week, as all
admit. Hence He did many a hard day’s work on Sunday.
71.
The apostles worked upon it during the same time.
72.
The apostles never rested upon it.
73.
Mashiyach never blessed it.
74.
It has never been blessed by any divine authority.
75.
It has never been sanctified.
76.
No law was ever given to enforce the keeping of it, hence it is no transgression
to work upon it. “Where no law is, there is no transgression.
”Romans 4:15 (See also 1 John 3:4.)
77.
The New Testament nowhere forbids work to be done on it.
78.
No penalty is provided for its violation.
79.
No blessing is promised for its observance.
80.
No regulation is given as to how it ought to be observed.
Would this be so if the YAHWEH wished us to keep it?
81.
It is never called the Christian[KRISTIANAY] SHABBAT.
82.
It is never called the SHABBAT day at all.
83.
It is never called the YAHWEH'S day.
84.
It is never called even a rest day.
85.
No sacred title whatever is applied to it. Then why should we call it
holy?
86.
It is simply called “first day of the week.”
87.
YAHSHUA never-mentioned it in any way, never took its name upon His lips, so
far
as the record shows.
88.
The word Sunday never occurs in the Bible at all.
89.
Neither YAHWEH, Mashiyach,nor inspired men ever said one word in favour of Sunday
as a holy day.
90.
The first day of the week is mentioned only eight times in all the New
Testament.
(Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2,9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2.)
91.
Six of these texts refer to the same first day of the week.
92.
Paul directed the saints to look over their secular affairs on that day.
(1Corinthians 16:2.)
93.
In all the New Testament we have a record of only one religious meeting
held upon
that day, and even this was a night meeting.(Acts 20:5-12.)
94.
There is not intimation that they ever held a meeting upon it before or after
that.
95.
It was not their custom to meet on that day.
96.
There was no requirement to break bread on that day.
97.
We have an account of only one instance in which it was done. (Acts 20:7.)
98.
That was done in the night-after midnight. (Verses 7-11.)YAHSHUA celebrated
it on
Thursday evening (Luke 22),and the disciples sometimes did it every day
(Acts 2:42-46.)
99.
The Bible nowhere says that the first day of the week commemorates the resurrection
of Mashiyach.This is a tradition of men, which contradicts the law of YAHWEH.
(Matthew 15:1-9.) Baptism commemorates the burial and resurrection of Jesus.
(Romans 6:3-5.)
100.
Finally, the New Testament is totally silent with regard to any change of the
SHABBAT day or any sacredness for the first day.
Here are one hundred plain Bible facts upon this question, showing conclusively
that the seventh day is theSHABBAT of YAHWEH in both the Old and New Testament.*
*Reprinted from a tract published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association
about the year 1885.
Many people -- some but not all Christians, and some Jews as well -- erroneously believe that just as one can be Black and Christian, just as one can be Oriental and Christian, one can also be Jewish and Christian. This is not true. The Jews are not a race. There is no genetic code passed from either mother or father to the child that makes that child a Jew. Genetics might indicate that ones ancestors were Jews, but that does not, in fact, make one a Jew. Even if all, or some, of the genetic code in a child proved to be of Jewish origin, that would not make the child a Jew. Jewish law determines who is a Jew, and Jewish law is quite clear. If a person's mother is a Jew, and that person has not converted to another faith and wishes to identify solely as a Jew, then that person is considered fully Jewish. In addition, a convert to Judaism is fully Jewish. Although one cannot convert to become a member of a race (for example one cannot convert to become an Asian or an African-American), one can convert to become a Jew. If someone who is Asian or African-American converts to Judaism, that person obviously remains an Asian or an African-American, and at the same time is a Jew. However, if one converts from Judaism to another faith, one is no longer a Jew. Read more: "Jews" for Jesus, Messianic "Jews", and "Hebrew" Christians are no longer Jews,even if they were once Jews.
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