on this last page, I will make comments about the subjects,most of which came from the web,and is not my
own, interpretation, but some how it seems closer to what I believe in, even though, there is no foundation for
my belief, you can say that I go with my gut feeling, and all my life it has served me well, Shalom to all the brother and sister CHILDREN of the supreme ELOHIM , our beloved HASHEM ,Master of the UNIVERSE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT NO ONE WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT

important Quotes #1 if this were the truth. If "faith and repentance and obedience" as the means of pleasing God and salvation was to be replaced in the future by the death and resurrection of another, then God is highly amiss to leave such an important fact completely out of his revelation to the Jewish people who again are called to be "a light to all other nations." Yet, He did not say one word about this. Nothing is found out of joint, pointing to a Christologic future in the Jewish Masoretic text. Only when we come to the butchered passages in Isaiah can such a case be made and a simple comparison with the Hebrew nullifies such passages quickly. 30/07/2005 important Quotes #2 Isn't it funny that a religion, which began with a jewish messiah,became bent on destroying the very same Jewish nation,which acording to messianic traditions it was surposed to save and protect where is the logic in all of this, Yeshua who said acording to his own followers,that the jewish scripture was authentic, and should stands for all time, is also the one acording to Paul, who endorses an updated,and a more acceptable and workable system, namely the new Testament Now if Yeshua during his ministry, thought that the scriptures of his time(namely the Holy Tanach) which was the only one available untill many,many years after his death, who was Paul, to dictate otherwise. We as humans, are so gullible, we tend to listen to the Roman Church,which througout history, have proved to be,the perpertrators, of multiple forms of genocide. firstly,the clencing of heretical non believers aposed to the doctrinal teachings of the agnostic Paul, and later the Jews in order to subvert,the hidden agenda acknowledging the paganistic rituals accosted by rome and its ties to idol worship. What happened to the "Loving of your neighbour as yourself"and do good even to those who wish evil on you. I guess this must refer to a different Yeshua, a Yeshua who was totally jewish, lived a totally jewish life, and practiced all of the jewish customs, as outlined in the Tanach We need to re-examine our decision, to follow blindly the dictates of men, who through the ages have been soiled by the blood of the inocent and the loving participants of Jewish metholody, in adherence to the holy scriptures as handed down by the ancients,the sages and the prophets now is a time for reflection, and the stepping away from all those lies and deceptions we accquired by taking as fact the information, handed down to us by our parents, who were even more gullible than we. With the advent of modern methods of getting at the truth,[through discoveries and technologies] we have no excuse, to continue addhering to lies and deceptions,because we allow our complacency, and lazyness to dictate our responses. This is all for now , your brother randolph shalom 30/07/2005 THIS IS SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION but I think, it addresses,this subject, a lot better than the garbage,we have been forced to swallow from the religious educators, and the parents who are to gullible and lazy to seek out and embrace the truth handed down by YHVH, to the prophets and saints Troubling most for me during my years of study was the fact that there isn't a single "unforged" reference to Jesus Christ anywhere in recorded history for the time he supposedly lived. The few references which some say allude to him are, according to modern scholarship, forged or manufactured long after the original writing in question in order to bolster support for the existence of a "historical Jesus" in the face of accusations to the contrary by Christian detractors. What should be inconceivable to a "thinking believer" is that during the alleged time of Jesus not one writer, either Jewish or Gentile, bothered to write down anything about this most extraordinary person and presumed Messiah. Many people alive at that time wrote extensively about everything that happened for it was a very troublesome time in the Middle East, and yet there is not a single reference to Jesus anywhere in all this wealth of first hand accounts. This strange silence on Jesus Christ which pervades almost a century of Christian correspondence cries out for explanation. Modern scholarship to day will tell us that all references to Jesus Christ outside of this "one" book given to the world by Rome are either forged, fabricated, or purely invented in order to place this "Jesus Christ" into a historical time-line of Rome's choosing. Of course they chose the Messianic time-line of the Jews but ironically the Jews tell us today that their expected Messiah never appeared and never fulfilled the expected Jewish and Hebrew prophecies in their Hebrew Scriptures. If one does some serious study and examines when the New Testament of Rome was truly written they discover that the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; the four books detailing the life of Jesus) are not referenced in any writings by any Christian writer or Church Father until the later half of the second century, a full 140 years after the "Christ Event" supposedly happened. You need to let that register. Not one reference to any of these 4 Gospels by name can be found in any Christian writer until after 180 A.D. Answer for yourself: Would you stop for a second and ask yourself how that can be since harsh debates with the Jews and the emerging Roman Christianity were ongoing during these years. 30/07/2005 Imortant Quote #3 If one does some serious study and examines when the New Testament of Rome was truly written they discover that the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; the four books detailing the life of Jesus) are not referenced in any writings by any Christian writer or Church Father until the later half of the second century, a full 140 years after the "Christ Event" supposedly happened. You need to let that register. Not one reference to any of these 4 Gospels by name can be found in any Christian writer until after 180 A.D. Preceding Christianity there was a school of science and philosophy which had accumulated practically all the wisdom and knowledge understandable to mankind. The object was to broadly educate the masses of the people by a unit system which would give to humanity a wisdom in common. This was the most potential period in human intellectual advancement the world has known. This school was called Gnosticism. Gnosis means to know - knowledge. Christianity means to believe - ignorance. These are the two schools; the one advocating the universal education of men, the other the universal ignorance of men. The one desired to develop the unit man, the other desired to suppress the unit and level all mankind to a common plastic mass. To accomplish this necessitated the suppressing of all extant knowledge; the closing of all the avenues through which people might acquire independent learning, education and intellectual training, and the debasement of humanity in abject ignorance The school which pitted itself against Gnosticism assumed the name Ecclesia. This name at once identified the purpose for which the organization was created to seize control of government, that it might exploit mankind for profit, and for its own glorification. Temporal power was the church goal. The name Ecclesia was derived from the Greek, and signified the legislative body which governed ancient Athens long before Christianity was invented. The first essential act of the Ecciesiasts was to suppress Gnosticism, and confiscate its vast accumulation of wisdom and knowledge, in order to control the education of future generations in a manner to adjust mankind to its purposes. Therefore the Gnostic wisdom was not wholly lost to the world but its great, universal educational system was supplanted and displaced. It is a well-established historical fact, not denied by the church that it required about 500 years to accomplish this submersion of Gnosticism, and to degrade the new generations in ignorance equal to the state of imbecility. History again points its accusing finger at the living evidence. The horrible results of such a crime against nature and mankind are pictured in the Dark Ages .. . Not even priests or prelates were permitted to learn to read or write. Even bishops could barely spell out their Latin. During this period of mental darkness, the ignorant masses were trained in intolerance, bigotry, fanaticism, and superstitious fear of an invisible power secretly controlled by the church; all of which begat a state of hysteria and imbecility. Through this terrorism popes seized control of the temporal power, retaining this control for nearly 500 years. They appointed and deposed kings at will, hence they dictated legislation to their ends and purposes - the very essence of government . . . This process of legislating evil into mankind is to vindicate that damnable doctrine of original sin, which slanders nature and insults all mankind . . . Originally the motive was to confiscate the intellects of man, but the modern policy is much more concerned in confiscating their personal rights and property. Here is the other aspect of the suppression of Gnosticism. Its method of teaching was an understandable symbolism. It specifically recognized nature as the great teacher, and visible things as the traditional records of past events, in progressive evolution from the lowest state to the highest, with thinking, reasoning man as the highest evoluted being. Man did not fall, he was raised up by a natural promotion. Hence every man was a Gnostic to the extent of his accumulated knowledge and understanding. Thus each unit man became a teacher, and all men were given equal rights in the acquirement of knowledge. It was wholly an educational system, and a natural consequence in evolution. The Ecciesiasts, the Roman church, being thoroughly familiar with the Gnostic wisdom concerning astronomy, chemistry, and mathematics, as demonstrated by the splendid systems of Babylon, Egypt and Assyria, conceived the idea of developing a religio-political form of universal government, to control and exploit the future generations of people upon the earth through living, personified agents of the imaginary heavenly powers. . . to monopolize such a divine power as that contemplated it was necessary to personify nature, using the Gnostic system of symbolisms, and to give to these wholly imaginary beings names and functions. The Gnostic system had to be confiscated, and Gnosticism suppressed, to prevent exposure. This is why Christianity is so viciously antagonistic towards science and philosophy (Thomas Sawyer Spivey, . The Last of The Gnostic Masters, Beverly Hills, California: Published by the author, 1926, pp. 544-551.) Let me say in closing this part of the article that once I obtained a through understanding of Ancient Gnosticism I could see the terrible and horrific transformation of their earlier and simpler Ancient truths as presented through the hands of Rome today that line the pages of our New Testaments. Not only would Rome burn the libraries of the world for hundreds of years to eradicate this prior knowledge of the Divine as understood since the beginning of time on this planet but would be responsible for the tragic reinterpretation of all things "Gnostic" and in so doing present the world with a counterfeit religion in the name of a "historical Jesus" which up to that time has been treasured and believed by the Ancient Egyptians on down through every successive nation as the "Christ Within" which was of a Mystical Nature and not possessing "flesh" of any sort. Paul and his authentic 7 epistles taught it correctly: Col 1:27 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (KJV) Gal 4:19 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, (KJV) ] 30/07/2005 important Quotes #4 Now hold on. The Bishop of Carthage, Tertullian, says that Christians were considered as sun worshippers because they prayed towards the east just like their pagan counterparts who also worshipped the sun. Tertullian goes on to say, “You say we worship the sun; so do you.” (Catholic Encyclopedia, xiv, 525; Ad. Nationes, xiii; Ante-Nicene Father. iii, 123). Here we have the testimony of a highly esteemed Christian Early Church Father who admits to this plagiarism. Answer for yourself: How much do you know about Tertullian? Tertullian went on to renounce Christianity and admitted that he was in error in accepting the "Christian interpretation of 'the Christ'". When challenged by their opponents the Christian's general argument was, "What better way to for the Devil to combat our True Religion than for the Devil to have previously created a whole bunch of false religions identical to our True Religion." I don't know how gullible you have to be to believe such a thing but they had not another course of action when called out; they were exposed as copy cats and they knew it! It is we who don't today! 30/07/2005 04:28:18 PM important Quotes #5 Note to the uninniatiated Jurists and courts of law lack the power to search a man's heart to determine the sincerity of his repentance. This only God can do. July 31, 2005 important Quotes #6 important note We fail to realize that if the Christian Mission were ever to be successful and that all the Jewish people were converted to Christianity then Christianity would accomplish what Hitler could not; the eradication of the faith and true religion of God from the world. Such is the great sin and ignorance of Christianity that goes unnoticed by the unlearned. July 31, 2005 important Quotes #7 One who leads the majority of a city to idolatry is in a special category and is called a persuader. If the one who influenced the city is a prophet, his punishment is stoning. If a person says, "The idol said to me, 'worship!'" or he says, "God said to me, 'Worship the idol,'" he is a prophet. If he influences a majority of a city, he is stoned. I will let you draw your own conclusions regarding the Christian ministry which as brainwashed most of our country. It is a tragic shame that serious study is absent in the life of most Pastors for if it were not then they would discover what I and thousands like myself have discovered; namely, the Christ Conspiracy over thousands of years ago by Roman anti-semites which altered the faith once given to the saints. Such Christian influences in our cities of this land are both good in many ways and terrible in many ways. But if he convinces them to serve another person or any other type of idolatry, and one he convinced accepted him and said, "Yes, let us go and serve," even though they have not yet served, both the seducer and the seduced are stoned. Again this applies to the Christian Mission and they stand guilty before God; guilty of idolatry because of the false texts they accepted without sufficient study and in their zealousness influence others to follow in their idolatry. This is nothing more than Christian fundamentalism and Christian evangelism today when a few passages out of the Gospel of John are taken over the rest of what both Paul and the Synoptic Gospels taught about Jesus (in these documents Jesus is never likened or made into God). 31-Jul-05 part 2 Similarly, a false prophet is killed by strangulation even though he prophesies in the name of God and teaches the Seven Universal Laws correctly, neither adding nor subtracting from their true meaning. If this law was upheld and carried out then I would have been a dead man years ago for teachings so many falsities in my Christian Pastorate. Over the years as my studies progressed I was torn by what I was finding versus what I had accepted by faith without question. But for the mercy of God and the disobedience in carrying out the Commandments of God I am alive today. These are sobering thoughts not meant to be taken lightly. One who prophesies words that he did not hear in a prophetic vision or one who hears the words of a true prophet and says that they were received by him and he prophesies concerning these words, is a false prophet. During the years of my Pastorate I was amazed at how many people prophesied out of their flesh and were little more than "well wishers" for God. This is false prophesy and falls under the penalty of death. One who holds himself back from killing a false prophet is a transgressor. And it matters not whether he fears to act because of the latter's exalted position in the realm of prophecy, or because he is fearful of the false prophet's words. A trick of all false prophets and other idolatrous practitioners is to instill fear in the hearts of their victims. Again somebody needs to tell Paul in Antioch as meat sacrificed to idols was not a problem for him unless a weaker brother was around who might be negatively affected by such conduct and compromises (see the Antioch articles on this website). A cursory reading of the New Testament does not always provide such an understanding, for most people approach and read it as if it is "inspired, infallible, and inerrant", and because of their unfamiliarity with the Old Testament as it exists in the Jewish Scriptures as opposed to the English corruption, never spot such textual problems contained within it as I have delineated above. Thus when reading the New Testament it reads like their Old Testament. They match. The problem still remains to which they have not been made aware; namely, the Jewish Scriptures from the Masoretic text (Palestinian Text) differ in hundreds of critical places which has caused many of their "beliefs and actions" to be opposite of what a Jew in the first century would have believed. Without such knowledge you never know to question anything about the New Testament. Such I found is not wise, and you will be amazed once you see it for yourself. Nothing could be farther from the truth than the "infallibility and inerrancy" of the New Testament, and this fact will become evident upon initial serious study of the New Testament. Understand such a false trust and belief in the New Testament by most Christians today is not based upon the reader’s personal and individual study of the New Testament, but rather upon the hearsay he has picked up by listening to others express such trust in the New Testament through preaching Sunday after Sunday. There should be less preaching and more teaching. The sad fact of the matter is that those who say such things have never done their homework to the depth necessary in these areas to see the problems inherent in accepting the New Testament as authoritative for faith and practice. What they miss is that in many ways the New Testament is a repudiation of what Biblical Judaism taught in the first century. The New Testament was never meant to be a replacement book for the Jewish Scriptures, the Torah, but sadly has become just that today for the vast majority of non-Jewish believers in God….the Christians. This is our legacy from the anti-Semitic Gentile Church of the earliest centuries of the Yeshua Movement within Biblical Judaism. Monday, August 01, 2005 After having seen the misquotations, mistranslations, and the hundreds of Old Testament passages taken and used out of context on purpose by the New Testament writers...the question is even more alarming.....How can this perversion of the Old Testament be considered as coming from God and how can we in all honesty trust it unquestioningly; let alone believe it and accept it as reliable for faith and practice in many places? This should break your heart when you first see it and realize that you have been deceived by men who, over two thousand years ago, had such dislike for the Jews that their anti-Semitism was to impel them to alter the existing beliefs about "the Christ" and write into the life of an assumed historical Jesus; which events by the way parallel exactly the same events that can be found in prior myths of the Sunn-gods. Today we read such accounts in the New Testament and believe that this a faithful reproduction of the truth as handed down by the faithful followers of this "Jesus Movement". Nothing could be further from the truth! There is no way you can be a follower of a "Jewish Jesus" as the paradigm for the non-Jew and contradict what normative Judaism both believed and practiced; no matter what Paul and the New Testament writers say which wrote much of their later theology in Paul's name. The sad fact is alarming: there is no way you can practice contemporary Christianity and be a true follower of "the Christ" or a follower of a Jewish Rabbi symbolized by Jesus in the New Testament. A Christian's religious belief system, when tested and exposed to contradictory facts from Biblical languages, Biblical history, Biblical culture, the study of Gnosticism as well as Comparative Religions, Astronomy and Astrology, and Archeology, must in the Spirit of Truth and Repentance, be flexible enough to change. Monday, August 01, 2005 Doctrine, when found in the New Testament, to be true, must conform to the Word of God.....THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES THAT ISRAEL CHERISHED...AND NOT THE FORGED COPIES WE HAVE INHERITED FROM ROME TODAY! WE FIND SUCH AN OLD TESTAMENT IN THE JEWISH TANAKH AND NOT THE KJV OR OTHER ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS! "To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." (Isaiah 8:20) Listen to what Isaiah said! Thus, if we find doctrines in the New Testament which contradict the Jewish Scriptures in the Hebrew (and not the mistranslated ones we inherited in English)...such doctrines are to be understood as fables and lies. To fail to acknowledge such contradictions when shown them means that you stand in opposition to the Prophets and that you contradict not only Isaiah the Prophet who is quoted above, but Moses and those in the earliest "Jesus Movement" in Israel Answer for yourself: Can we trust the early anti-Semitic Gentile Catholics to have been led into all truth by the Holy Spirit (just look at their doctrines and you know God did not give them such lies ), and should we trust these same people and their collection of writings called the New Testament Canon when their writings, in many places, contradict Moses and what Israel taught in the first century? We at Bet Emet cannot, and we offer no man apologies. Just understand that when you read the New Testament, with all its additions, purposeful misquotes and mistranslations of the Jewish Scriptures, changes, additions, deletions and various doctrinal creationism over the early centuries of the Gentile Church, that the doctrines behind the men who did it are expressed in Roman Catholicism today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you read this and are not Catholic, then you have need to be very concerned about what I say. My friends, I hope to stimulate your interest and study as a thinking believer in hopes that you begin to give serious attention to studying the document you have trusted your whole life as "infallible, inerrant, and inspired"….the New Testament. We must realize that one’s behavior and conduct before God or one’s fellow man is determined by what he believes. If we have a forged document, and we do, then our conduct, behavior, and beliefs are often wrong and much of what we do is considered "sin" by God and we never know it. Answer for yourself: What will you do when you discover that much of what you have been taught from the New Testament, which has influenced your conduct and behavior, is in error and opposed by Moses and "the mind of Christ"; and in reality has even led you into sin because of your ignorance of the Old Testament and what it teaches? Answer for yourself: What of other errors in the New Testament which can be shown to be false teachings created by the non-Jewish Gentile Church which have caused you to depart from what Yeshua would have you do; thus having a conduct, belief, or attitude contrary to what God and Israel originally desired you have? Answer for yourself: Are you aware of the glaring mistakes and untruths recorded in the New Testament passed off as truth, which can upon examination and comparison with the Jewish Scriptures, history, Archeology, Biblical culture, and Biblical Language, be shown to be outright errors and deceptions? Answer for yourself: What will you do after having allowed yourself to be shown that many cherished doctrines of the Christian faith are in reality sin when compared with the Jewish Scriptures and the faith of first century Israel? "I hope you said repent". Answer for yourself: Would you want to know of these which I speak before you die? I hope you would and this web page is decided to the defense of God and enlightenment of His people. part 3 Answerforyourself:What could this mean for the Christian concerning his obedience to the Sabbath, the Festivals, and righteous giving of his tithe to the place where Yahweh places His Name? You should shutter to contemplate a life filled with paganism masquerading as righteousness. The church is in dire need of repentance and forgiveness for substituting a religion about Jesus for the faith and religion of Jesus. I once was guilty, but now am free. You can be too! A SECOND COVENANT OR A SECOND PRIESTHOOD? WHAT IS IT? Often you have probably heard preachers tell YOU that Hebrews 10:1-12 does away with all the Laws of Yahweh. Answer for yourself: Is Hebrews 10:1-12 really true? Before you say "of course" it is, you better read this article because you might be surprised by the time you finish it. Answer for yourself: Presuming Paul as the author of Hebrews, would the same man who told you of Yahweh's Renewed Covenant, and of the FACT that Yahweh's Laws would be written in the hearts and minds of His People in the New Testament (Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16), then turn around and teach that these same Laws are done away with? Well he does. Just read Galatians and reference to Hebrews 10. Let us sort out the confusion as we familiarize ourselves with Heb. 10:1-12. I For the LAW, having a shadow of the righteous things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which THEY OFFER continually year by year, make those who come near perfect. 2 For then, would they not have ceased to be offered'? For the worshipers, once purged, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance; a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. 5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said (quoting Psalm 40:6-8): Sacrifice and offering You did not want, but a body You have prepared for Me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin, You had no pleasure. 7 Then I said: Behold, I have come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me) to do Your will, O Yahweh. 8 First He said: Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings and offerings for sin You did not want, nor had pleasure in them...which are offered according to THE LAW: 9 Then He said: Behold, I have come to do Your will, O Yahweh. He takes away the first PRIESTHOOD, that He may establish the second PRIESTHOOD. 10 And by that will, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Yeshua Messiah, once for all. 11 And every priest stands daily, ministering and offering again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this Man, after HE HAD OFFERED ONE SACRIFICE FOR SINS FOREVER, sat down at the right hand of Yahweh, Since the WHOLE CONTEXT of the passage deals with the Holy Day of Yom Kippur, then we must UNDERSTAND that it is "THE PRIESTHOOD" that is taken away (Aaronic) and not the COVENANT since "THE COVENANT" IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF THE PASSAGES. This is of critical importance as most try to interpret these verses as saying that Yahweh took away the Old Covenant and replaced it with a New Covenant. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let us investigate. WHAT IS THE CURSE OF THE LAW? The Apostle Paul also spoke to the Galatians about this LAW. Now LYING preachers will tell YOU that: '"The LAW is a CURSE." Again I warn you: Don't YOU believe it! Preachers will come and read Galatians 3:13, KJV: The MESSIAH hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree. Answer for yourself: First, I ask you: Exactly "what is" The Curse of the Law? Answer for yourself: Will observing "thou shall not kill" bring a curse upon you, or is it just the opposite? THE LAW itself (Torah-613 commandments) is not "the curse", because the Apostle John writes in John 7:49, KJV: "For this people who KNOW NOT The Law are CURSED." Answer for yourself: Is this a New Testament Scripture? Yes. Answer for yourself: Do you know the LAW? Answer for yourself: Are you under a curse from God and don't know it? Sure are. Answer for yourself: If the "CURSE OF THE LAW" is ignorance of the Law, then how can you remove that curse? Try studying the Scriptures. The Apostle Paul then shows the penalty for being cursed, saying in Hebrews 6:8, KJV: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected and is near unto cursing, whose END is to be BURNED. Most assuredly, the "Curse of The Law is: The Death Penalty for having BROKEN The Law!" Romans 6:23, KJV, tells us: For the wages of SIN is DEATH; Therefore, Galatians 3:13 reveals Paul's theology: The Messiah hath redeemed us from the DEATH PENALTY in the Law that applies to us when we first broke the Law, having become the Death Penalty for us... Answer for yourself: Does Paul get it only half right? He sure does. Besides Paul's idea of vicarious atonement attached to the death of Yeshua which is patterned from pagan mystery religions, he makes the statement that, as far as he was concerned, that Jesus delivered us from the death penalty associated with the violation of the Law of God. I do not wish to take Paul to task in this article about false atonements as we have articles to show you his error in this regard, but notice what Paul did not say which most read into Paul when associated with his writings; Paul does not say that JESUS DELIVERED US FROM THE LAW OR COMMANDMENTS...ONLY THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING IT! I know that was quite a revelation for most of you, so its "OK" to sit down and let that sink in. When you are ready please continue. This particular LAW that the Apostle Shaul spoke about to the Galatians was the same Law that he spoke about to the Hebrews-The Law of the Priesthood/Sacrifice! In Galatians 3:16-19, we find: 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and his seed. He does not say: And to seeds, as if to many people, but: And to your Seed. meaning One person: Messiah. [dont want to get into this now but this is a purposefull misquote...as the prophet quotes said refered to the plural as in "seeds" and not "seed as in singular" as Paul said..Paul lies outright in this passage...see our website about the Paul Problems in the New Testament]. 17 Now I say this; The Law of the Levitical Priesthood. which came into existence 430 years after the covenant (ABRAHAMIC COVENANT) was already ratified by Yahweh-does not do away with, nor abolish the promise (of the Abrahamic Covt). [In other words, the Mosaic Covenant does not replace the Abrahamic Covenant..it only enlarges it with CONDITIONAL BLESSINGS IF WE OBEY, AND THE LACK OF BLESSINGS IF WE DISOBEY]. 18 For if the inheritance is outside the Law, then it is no longer from the promise; but Yahweh has given it to Abraham through the promise. 19 What, then, was the purpose of the Levitical Priesthood/Sacrificial Law? It was added 430 years after the covenant for forgiveness of transgressions until the Seed would come to Whom it had been promised ordained by angels through the hand of a mediator. This ADDED LAW, which the Apostle Paul speaks of, was the LAW of the Levitical Priesthood! When Moses brought the Children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the Aaronic Priesthood was given to Moses' brother-who was the Firstborn Son in Moses' immediate family. This LAW of the Firstborn as Priests was IN EFFECT UNTIL the incident of the golden calf at Horeb. Because of this SIN which came to pass 430 years after the institution of the ratified Covenant, with the Firstborn as Priests, the LEVITES were taken as priests INSTEAD OF the FIRSTBORN, as Numbers 3:41,45, KJV, says: 41 And thou shalt take the LEVITES for Me (I am Yahweh) INSTEAD OF all the FIRSTBORN among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 45 Take the LEVITES INSTEAD OF all the FIRSTBORN among the children of Israel. and the cattle of the Levites INSTEAD of their cattle; AND THE LEVITES SHALL BE MINE: I am Yahweh For Paul, Jesus was his Messiah, and for Paul this Messiah took the place of the Levitical Priesthood. Hebrews 10:11-12 11 And every priest stands daily, ministering and offering again and again the same sacrifices. which can never TAKE AWAY sins; 12 But this Man, after He had OFFERED ONE SACRlFlCE for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of Yahweh, Hebrews 5:6: As He (Yahweh) also says in another Scripture You are a PRIEST FOREVER after the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 7:21 For they became priests without an oath, but he with an oath by Him Who said to Him: Yahweh has vowed and will not relent; you are a PRIEST forever after the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 10:21 And having a HIGH PRIEST over The House of Yahweh The Levitical Priesthood Law was ADDED, because of the SIN which was committed, but the covenant that was ratified at first INCLUDED the "Firstborn as Priest" as a PROMISE. However, Yeshua taking this "place" in the mind of the Pauline writer in no way "does away with" any of the OTHER Laws, Statutes, and Judgments- which were NOT "added", but were ordained from the beginning! You need to read that again! Yeshua, in taking this "place" as a priest of the order of Melchizedek, in no way "does away with" any of the OTHER Laws, Statutes, and Judgments- which were NOT "added", but were ordained from the beginning! Friday, August 05, 2005 HOW ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND YESHUA AS A PRIEST LIKE THAT OF MELCHIZEDEK? This baffles many people but really the metaphor is simple once you understand that Melchizedek was a non-Jew himself who was under the Covenant of Adam and Noah. His ministry was to teach the Laws and Covenant of Noah to the non-Jews of the world as at that time no Jew existed. Yeshua in like fashion never ministered to a true Gentile only a half-breed in Samaria but it would be his followers who would under the unction of the Holy Spirit begin to break free of a Gentile hating Judaism and take to the non-Jews of the world the Covenant of Noah and the Laws of Noah and no longer enforce upon the Gentile world circumcision to be part of the Israel of God as had been done by those Jews who used such an ordinance to keep the non-jew at arm's length. When one studies the first century one is alerted right off that there was little if any outreach to the non-Jew and this was on purpose as circumcision of adult males was enforced by Rabbi Shammai and others for the expressed purpose of using such a surgical procedure on an adult male as a deterent from his association with them as many died from infection for such a procedure; let us not forget that a 7 day old baby has his mother's antibodies to ward off infection...something an adult male lacked. As you now clearly see the outreach to the Gentile world through the Messianic branch of Judaism by Yeshua's followers where they functioned as a Holy Nation and Royal Priesthood (priests bring others to God) was just like what Melchizedek did as a Gentile priest. Thus the comparison and similarity. Answerforyourself:What could this mean for the Christian concerning his obedience to the Sabbath, the Festivals, and righteous giving of his tithe to the place where Yahweh places His Name? You should shutter to contemplate a life filled with paganism masquerading as righteousness. The church is in dire need of repentance and forgiveness for substituting a religion about Jesus for the faith and religion of Jesus. I once was guilty, but now am free. You can be too! The Levitical Priesthood Law, created for the offering of animal sacrifices AFTER the Firstborn Son of the Children of Israel had disqualified themselves as priests, was NOT from the ORIGINAL PROMISE. The Apostle Shaul then shows us in Hebrews 9:1-15: So then, the FIRST Priesthood had both the ordinances of service and a worldly sanctuary. 2 For this was the tabernacle layout: the first part in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the Holy Place; 3 And behind the second veil, the inner part of the tabernacle which is called the Most Holy Place; 4 Which had the altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were placed the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5 And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. 6 Now when these things had been arranged in this way, the priests always went into the first part; the Holy Place, performing the service of Yahweh; 7 But into the second part; the Most Holy Place, only the High Priest went once a year on the Day of Atonement, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins of the people which had been committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit signifying this: that the way into the Most Holy Place was not yet made manifest, as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. 9 This is a representation of the present time: in which gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him that performs the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience- 10 Only about foods and drinks, various washings, and ordinances of flesh, until the time of reformation. I I But the Messiah came near as a High Priest over the righteous things to come, with the great and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation 12 Nor through the blood of goats and calves, but THROUGH HIS OWN BLOOD He entered the Most Holy Place once, for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a red heifer sparkling the unclean, SANCTIFIES FOR THE PURIFYING OF THE FLESH, 14 HOW MUCH MORE will the blood of the Messiah, Who, through the eternal Spirit OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT SPOT TO YAHWEH, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living Father? 15 And FOR THIS REASON He is the Mediator of the RENEWED COVENANT, under which, through the means of death to bong redemption from transgressions committed under the covenant, the first who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. The Renewed Covenant, of which Yahshua is The Mediator in that it was in his name outreach was made to the Gentile nations, is NOT A "LAWLESS" COVENANT! The Renewed Covenant, which Yahshua mediates, is to obey Yahweh's Laws COMPLETELY; and to LOVE doing so. Hebrews 10:16 This is THE COVENANT that I will RENEW with them after those days, says Yahweh; I will put MY LAWS into their hearts, and in their minds I WILL WRITE THEM; LET'S REFLECT A MOMENT: Just think what a totally different world this would be IF just Yahweh's Ten Commandment Law was KEPT: If just this Law was observed there would be no breaking Yahweh's Sabbath Day of Rest, no dishonor to father or mother, no murder, no adultery, no theft, no false testimony brought forward, and no coveting of any kind. There would be Just, Perfect LOVE for Yahweh, and for Mankind. In Proverbs 2:6 we are instructed: For it is YAHWEH Who gives WISDOM; from HIS MOUTH comes KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTAND/NG. To have Yahweh's WISDOM, which IS His Knowledge and Understanding, and then to practice Yahweh's wisdom, would then bring the "peace" and "joys" that Yahweh desires for all His Creation. No wonder the Apostle James calls Yahweh's Law The Perfect Law of Liberty, saying in Yaaqob 1:25: But he who looks into the PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY, and perseveres (continues persistently) in it. he is not being a forgetful hearer, but a DOER of the work; this man will tee blessed in HlS PERFORMANCE OF THE LAW. Answer for yourself: Is this a New Testament Scripture? Yes Answer for yourself: Does this sound like the thinking of a man who believed the Laws of God had passed away? No way! The King James Version renders the last part of this verse, as: "his man will be blessed in his DEED." But you can prove to yourself that the word translated DEED is the Greek word "poiesis," word #4162 in Strong' s Greek Dictionary, and means: Performance of The Law! Answer for yourself: Is James the hand-picked pastor (by Jesus no less) of the Jerusalem church? Yes Answer for yourself: Did Jesus pick the right man to carry out faithfully what he had begun? Yes. Answer for yourself: How can we be blessed by performing commandments and Laws which we were told were passed away? We can't. This, my friend, is just another example of the ENMITY of which we read previously-the hatred and opposition-which those in this world, including those who TRANSLATED the King James Version and those who PREACH AGAINST the Laws of the Kingdom of Yahweh-have against Yahweh Himself. KNOWING that Yeshua lived a SINLESS life: a life without having broken even "one" of Yahweh's Laws, one then understands what Yeshua meant in Yahchanan 15:9-12, when he said: 9 Just as the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love; just as I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS, and ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be complete. 12 This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you. Most assuredly, Yeshua did not have "different" commandments from those of His Father. The Holy Scripture states emphatically that Yeshua Messiah is in ONE ACCORD with Yahweh his Father. In John 7:11, we see: 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your own Name those whom You have given me, that THEY MAYBE ONE, as WE ARE. John 17:17 17 Sanctify them through Your truth: YOUR WORD 1S TRUTH John 17:21 21 That they ALL MAY BE ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that THEY ALSO may be ONE IN US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. John 17:24-26 24 Father, it is my will that they, whom You gave me, also be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which You have given me; for You loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent me. 26 And I have made Your Name known to them, and I will continue to make it known; that the LOVE with which You loved me may be in them. and I in them. For anyone to tell YOU that Yeshua "did away with" any of His Father's Laws would be a sure sign that they are LYING to you. For anyone to tell YOU that the Apostle Paul "did away with" any of his Heavenly Father's Laws would ALSO be a SURE SIGN they are LYING TO YOU, AS WELL! The sure sign that there is NO SCRIPTURAL TRUTH in anyone who teaches against The Law of Yahweh is found in Isaiah 8:20, which says: To THE LAW and to THE TESTIMONY: if they speak NOT according to THIS WORD it is because there is no LIGHT in them. False teachers and lying preachers today proclaim to you, if you will listen to them, that "all those old Jewish laws are all done away with, that they were 'nailed to the cross'". PART 4 For it is YAHWEH Who gives WISDOM; from HIS MOUTH comes KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTAND/NG. To have Yahweh's WISDOM, which IS His Knowledge and Understanding, and then to practice Yahweh's wisdom, would then bring the "peace" and "joys" that Yahweh desires for all His Creation. No wonder the Apostle James calls Yahweh's Law The Perfect Law of Liberty, saying in Yaaqob 1:25: But he who looks into the PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY, and perseveres (continues persistently) in it. he is not being a forgetful hearer, but a DOER of the work; this man will tee blessed in HlS PERFORMANCE OF THE LAW. Answer for yourself: Is this a New Testament Scripture? Yes Answer for yourself: Does this sound like the thinking of a man who believed the Laws of God had passed away? No way! The King James Version renders the last part of this verse, as: "his man will be blessed in his DEED." But you can prove to yourself that the word translated DEED is the Greek word "poiesis," word #4162 in Strong' s Greek Dictionary, and means: Performance of The Law! Answer for yourself: Is James the hand-picked pastor (by Jesus no less) of the Jerusalem church? Yes Answer for yourself: Did Jesus pick the right man to carry out faithfully what he had begun? Yes. Answer for yourself: How can we be blessed by performing commandments and Laws which we were told were passed away? We can't. This, my friend, is just another example of the ENMITY of which we read previously-the hatred and opposition-which those in this world, including those who TRANSLATED the King James Version and those who PREACH AGAINST the Laws of the Kingdom of Yahweh-have against Yahweh Himself. KNOWING that Yeshua lived a SINLESS life: a life without having broken even "one" of Yahweh's Laws, one then understands what Yeshua meant in Yahchanan 15:9-12, when he said: 9 Just as the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love; just as I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS, and ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be complete. 12 This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you. Most assuredly, Yeshua did not have "different" commandments from those of His Father. The Holy Scripture states emphatically that Yeshua Messiah is in ONE ACCORD with Yahweh his Father. In John 7:11, we see: 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your own Name those whom You have given me, that THEY MAYBE ONE, as WE ARE. John 17:17 17 Sanctify them through Your truth: YOUR WORD 1S TRUTH John 17:21 21 That they ALL MAY BE ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that THEY ALSO may be ONE IN US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. John 17:24-26 24 Father, it is my will that they, whom You gave me, also be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which You have given me; for You loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent me. 26 And I have made Your Name known to them, and I will continue to make it known; that the LOVE with which You loved me may be in them. and I in them. For anyone to tell YOU that Yeshua "did away with" any of His Father's Laws would be a sure sign that they are LYING to you. For anyone to tell YOU that the Apostle Paul "did away with" any of his Heavenly Father's Laws would ALSO be a SURE SIGN they are LYING TO YOU, AS WELL! The sure sign that there is NO SCRIPTURAL TRUTH in anyone who teaches against The Law of Yahweh is found in Isaiah 8:20, which says: To THE LAW and to THE TESTIMONY: if they speak NOT according to THIS WORD it is because there is no LIGHT in them. False teachers and lying preachers today proclaim to you, if you will listen to them, that "all those old Jewish laws are all done away with, that they were 'nailed to the cross'". WHAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS? Colossians chapter 2, verse 14 is possibly on of the most misunderstood passages in all of the New Testament. For years I was taught that THE LAW was nailed to the cross and now we are UNDER GRACE. We at Bet Emet Ministries can find no Scripture in the Bible which commands one NOT TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. So with than in mind, let us rightly divide this Scripture. The Apostle Paul begins to tell us in verse 10 than we are complete in Messiah, through identification with him through Mikveh (baptism) and are quickened and made alive with him through his resurrection following his crucifixion. So far..so good. In verse 14 he states "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way by nailing it to the cross. As stated earlier I was taught that the WHOLE LAW was done away with in Christ's sacrifice. Is that so? Can you tell me what part of the Law is written against you? What part of the Law is contrary to you? Remember that it is those parts of the Law which were contrary and written against us that Jesus took away and nailed to the cross. But what if it was just part of the Law and not all of the Law? Are you familiar with Hebrews where it states that when there is a change of the Priesthood that is of necessity a change in the Law? Jesus replaced the Aaronic Priesthood with the Melchizedek Priesthood, and as states, there was a change in the Law. But notice, it does not say that there was the ABOLITION OF THE LAW OR THE CESSATION OF THE LAW! We begin again, what part of the Law was contrary to you? When Yahweh said "Thou shall not kill"....was that given as a commandment against you or to help you by warning you of what to avoid in order that He can bless you? When Yahweh said "Thou shall not commit adultery"...was that given as a commandment against you or to help you by protecting you from getting a communicable disease, or worse...aids? When Yahweh said "Thou shall honor thy father and thy mother"...was that given as a commandment contrary to you or was it because in obeying it you receive the manifestation of the promise that you will live long and prosper? It seems to me, as to any parent who has children, you give your children do's and don'ts BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM AND WISH THEY BE KEPT FROM HARM AND RECEIVE BLESSING INSTEAD. Answer for yourself: Can you not see the intent of each of Yahweh's commandments is to bless you and not curse you? I hope so. Answer for yourself: Can you find one commandment which was given "against" you by Yahweh? There is none. Answer for yourself: Can you name one commandment which is impossible to keep or obey? There is none. So, as Paul stated there must be something in the Law which was contrary to us and we must find out. This one is easy. The soul that sinneth shall die! Included in the Law are both blessings and curses. The curse of the Law is the death penalty for our disobedience. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. Yet, the handwriting of ordinances written contrary to us are not the blessings when we obey....but rather...the curse of the DEATH PENALTY when we disobey. The DEATH PENALTY for sin is definitely written in the Law and it is CONTRARY TO US...and it was nailed to the cross in Yeshua's body as he became THE CURSE FOR US...HE PAID THE PENALTY FOR OUR DISOBEDIENCE TO THE LAW. Thus, the only thing nailed to the cross was the judgment rightly coming to me and you, but not our eternal responsibilities to imitate Yeshua and Yahweh to the best of our abilities by obeying the commandments which are in reality manifestations of Yahweh's attributes. It is in obeying the commandments we become like Him. Yahweh would never take away the pattern, only the Gentile Christian Church who misinterpreted the pattern as bondage would, and did for over 1800 years. They forgot that Yeshua said "my burden is easy and my yoke is light." Let us never forget again. YOU NOW HAVE A CHOICE: However, Yahweh does not give "two different ways" to enter into His Kingdom; there is only ONE way, and that is Yahweh's Way and Yahweh says to YOU in Deuteronomy 30:15-16: See, I have set before YOU today LIFE and RIGHTEOUSNESS, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. 16 For I COMMAND YOU today to LOVE YAHWEH your Father, to walk in all His ways, and to KEEP His Commandment, His Statutes, and His Judgments, so you may LIVE and multiply, and so Yahweh your Father may bless you in the land that you go in to possess. This is your "choice". You can either OBEY what Yahweh has said, and receive Eternal Life, or we can DISOBEY Yahweh, and be cast out of His Kingdom. There are no two ways about it, and neither did the Apostle Paul preach two different ways! The Apostle Shaul taught the Romans, the Galatians, the Ephesians, the Colossians, the Hebrews, and all others whom he taught, to OBEY Yahweh and DO HIS WILL through Yahshua Messiah, His Son. Paul taught, that: IF you will DO these things, THEN you will be given Yahweh's Free Gift of Eternal Life in His Kingdom. Those who teach "another way" are called LIARS, just as our Heavenly Father inspired John to write in I John 2:4, saying: He who says: 'I know Him: and does NOT keep His Commandments, is A LIAR, and The Truth is NOT in him'. The LIARS who will not repent of their LYING will most assuredly suffer destruction in The Lake of Fire, which is The Second Death, as we see in Revelation 21:8: But the fearful, and unbelieving. and the abominable' and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and godworshipers, and ALL LIARS, will have their part in The Lake which burns with fire and brimstone-which is The Second Death. Our Heavenly Father also says that the ONLY ones who will be given Eternal Life, and who will enter into His Holy City, are those who WILL OBEY His Commandments, as we see in Revelation 22:14: Blessed are those who do His (Yahweh's) Commandments, that THEY may have right to the tree of life and MAY ENTER IN through the gates into the city. It is our prayer for you at Bet Emet Ministries that Yahweh Bless your UNDERSTANDING of the Apostle Paul's teachings, which are sometimes 'hard to be understood'- but which do NOT 'do away with' any of The Perfect Laws of Yahweh, in any way. SHALOM brother randolph

ACTS AND THE ACCOUNT OF STEPHEN....TRYING TO COVER UP THE TRUTH ABOUT PAUL?

TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR

THE NEW TESTAMENT'S PREMISE THAT IS ACCEPTED TODAY

Paul was a Pharisee of Pharisees
Paul was a highly educated Pharisee who was an expert in the Jewish religion owing to the fact that was trained by the best; Rabbi. Gamaliel
Being so highly trained above his peers, he was in a unique position to be the great interpreter of Jesus' role; thereby he alone was able to see, when others could not, the continuity between the new covenant and the old, and to guarantee, by his own bridging of the gap, that his unique interpretation of Jesus provides the true fulfillment of Old Testament religion.
This unique understanding of Paul regarding Jesus, his atoning death, burial, and resurrection, is made to replace the prior message of God regarding how mankind obtains salvation and Eternal life

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THOUGH OUR INVESTIGATION SO FAR

Paul was born in Tarsus, a Greek city that had a very small Jewish population
Paul was a non-Jew who grew up indoctrinated with Gentile mystery religions which were themselves based upon sun-worship
Paul, as an adult went to Jerusalem, where he became a convert to Judaism and affiliated himself with the High Priest and the Temple police
Paul, in his employment by the High Priest and the Sadducees, were responsible for the harassment, arrest, and deaths of many Messianic Pharisee believers.
Paul was a Sadducee and not a Pharisee; that is until he was not allowed to marry the High Priest's daughter whereupon he turned his back upon the Sadducees and desired acceptance by the Pharisees.
In addition, the historical evidence from the book of Acts shows that when Paul persecuted Jesus' followers he was acting on behalf of the High Priest, who was a Sadducee and an opponent of the Pharisees, this shows once more that Paul was not a Pharisee.
Understanding that Paul was not a Pharisee we better understand his persecuting role in relation to Jesus' followers contradicts evidence that the Pharisees did not persecute that movement at all; that the continuation of the picture of persecuting Pharisees from the Gospels is built on sand, for the evidence in the Gospels and from other sources is that Jesus was himself a Pharisee and was never persecuted by the Pharisees;
The alleged evidence in Paul's writings that he had a Pharisee training is mere self-deception on the part of scholars who have persuaded themselves into finding what they were looking for...Paul's letters betray the fact that he was never schooled by R. Gamaliel or other Pharisaical institutions since they provide internal evidence of his inability to think, reason, or write in the accepted manner of the Pharisees
Paul is best understood as an innovator, who created a myth about Jesus that had no roots either in Judaism or the actual historical circumstances of Jesus' life and teachings.
We have also made mention of the fact that Jesus' movement, as it was before the advent of Paul, did not hold any religious doctrines that were foreign to the Jewish faith and that would have brought upon itself any persecution from the guardians of Jewish religion, the Pharisees. We even mentioned that speculation concerning the Messiah was not cause for ostracism or persecution by the Pharisees as their movement on the whole was known for its theological leniency.
Any claim to be "the" Messiah of Israel was not in any way blasphemous; and his followers who had placed their hopes in him as the Messiah of Israel, after his death, had merely continued to believe in his Messiahship in the same way (having come to believe that he had been brought back to life by a miracle).
The Apostle's belief in the resurrection of their Messiah did not mean that they entertained any beliefs concerning him that he was God. The Messiah of Israel was never understood to be deity, and if Jesus was to be their Messiah, then no one would entertain such beliefs that the Messiah of Israel was a God.
The only Christian doctrines that would have been regarded as blasphemous by the Pharisees were those introduced by Paul some time after his conversion. Before the conversion of Paul, therefore, there can have been no clash between the Nazarenes and the Pharisees on religious grounds; though there may well have been conflict between the Nazarenes and the High Priest on political grounds, since the High Priest, the non-Zadok guardian of Roman interests, would certainly have regarded with suspicion a movement which still declared Jesus, a crucified rebel, as their leader.

THE STEPHEN ACCOUNT....TRYING TO CHANGE THE TRUTH CONCERNING PAUL

It is time to move on to other studies in this series. There is one episode recorded in the book of Acts, however, that seems to challenge all the conclusions summarized above. This is the story of the death of Stephen the first Christian martyr.

Answer for yourself: Is the account of the death of Stephen written in such a way as to cover up the truth and achieve a theological advantage for a certain group?

Answer for yourself: Has the account of the death of Stephen been "backwritten" in such a way to make it look as if the early Jewish church held a "Pauline religious belief system" when in reality they did not?

Answer for yourself: Is it possible that Stephen's death was not because of "religious and theological" reasons as it appears in the text of Acts but was because of "political reasons" because active Messianism was basically political activism and this threatened the High Priest and the status quo of Roman peace in Jerusalem?

Answer for yourself: Has the unique religious understanding of Paul's gospel and his Jesus been backwritten by the later author of Acts in order to make it look as if these same "Pauline religious concepts concerning Jesus" had existed in the beginning of the infant church by those who knew Jesus best, when in reality the Jewish Church of Jesus had never believed such "doctrines" about Jesus?

Answer for yourself: Could the account of Stephen's death be an attempt by the later author of Acts to link Pauline theology with the infant church and thereby defuse the charges leveled against Paul much later that he was the inventor and originator of the doctrines of Christianity as applied to Jesus and not the Apostles who did not hold such beliefs about Jesus?

Answer for yourself: Could it be that the writer of the account of Stephen's death is "backwriting" the deification of Jesus and pushing it back in history to make it look as if was not a Pauline invention but that the first church also held to such ideas concerning the glorification and deification of Jesus as "the" Godman of Judaism?

Answer for yourself: Was the writer of the account of Stephen's death, himself a devotee of Paul (Luke), trying to link Pauline theology with the beginning of the Jewish Apostolic Church thereby showing the continuity of Pauline doctrine with the Apostles since Paul's doctrine of the Messiah was recognized my most Jews as purely creative genius loaded with heavy borrowing from pagan mystery religions and their ideas of their solar godmen?

As you can see not only the above questions but the very story of Stephen is very im

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