Transcript 2 Much in every way

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Temple Sheckles Available In The Hallway!
Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit
is there of circumcision? 2 Much in every way!
PENING
low the Shofar
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PENING
Why do we blow the Shofar?
Exodus 19:16
“On the morning of the third day there was
thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over
the mountain, and there was the sounding of
a very loud SHOFAR blast. Everyone in the
camp trembled.”
Because this is the way G-D begins sacred
assemblies
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Announcements
• Read letter from WFA
• TLM Synagogue pamphlet after teaching.
News
• Egypt.
HEMA ISRAEL
Hear oh Israel
Shema Israel
Adoni
Elohaynu
(Hear
oh Israel the L-RD
our G-D)
Adoni
Echad
(The L-RD
is one)
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HEMA ISRAEL
Hear oh Israel Part 2
Barukh shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed.
Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for
ever and ever.
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hy do we recite/sing the SHEMA?
Because Messiah said it was the greatest Commandment
Mark 12:28-29
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard
them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had
answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the
greatest commandment of all?”
29 And Yeshua answered him, “The first of all the
commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord
our God is One Lord:”
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e-nay Ma Tov
Behold how good - Psalm 133:1
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He-Nay Maw tove
Behold how good
Oo-maw nye—eem
And how pleasant it is
Shevet aw-heem
For brothers to dwell
Gum Yaw Hawd
In unity
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men
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A-men ….A-men….A-men, A-men, A-men
Baw-rouk Ha-Shem, Baw-rouk Ha-Shem,
Blessed be the Name, blessed be the Name
Baw-rouk Ha-Shem Me-she-ach
Blessed be the Name of Messiah
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-Seh Shalom
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O-seh Shalom
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Beem rue-mawv
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Who yah-seh
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Shalom aw-lay-nu
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V'al kol
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Yees-raw-ale
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B'-eem rue Eem rue Ah- main
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Ya-a-seh sha-lom
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Ya-a-seh sha-lom
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Shalom aw-lay-new V’al kol Yees-raw-ale
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Chavareem Toveem!
• Chavareem Toveem!
• Meet any new people. Let them see that Messianics truly
understand community and brotherly/sisterly love.
• If someone is already talking to a visitor stand in line to meet
them don’t just walk away. We want to descend on them like
they are a lost relative.
• Say hello to old friends. Find out how their week has been
going. Show that you care.
• Say hello to anyone you have something against… and give
them a hug . There is room in the Body for forgiveness.
• Exercise modesty with your hugs.
Chavareem Toveem
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Chavereem toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem (Good friends)
this is the time to stand up and sing
Chavereem Toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem (Good friends)
on this Sabbath day it's an offering we bring
Baruch HaShem chavere shellee (Blessed be The Name my friend)
we're brothers and sisters… one family
Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem
this is the time to stand up and sing
Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem
on this Sabbath day it's the offering we bring
Baruch HaShem chavere shellee
united in Him we will live throughout eternity.
Chaveereem toveem
Prayers
• Pray for Bob for strength and health through his
treatments for cancer.
• Pray for Israel. May His Shalom (Yeshua) come
quickly.
• Pray for Gleeah for healing of her various illnesses.
• Pam’s fall, pray for favor at her daughter’s job
interviews
• Safety for Joann’s travel
• Jesse needs a place to live and a job.
• Adoption for Danni’s daughter’s girl.
Special
ring our gifts to the altar
We Bring Our Sacrifice With Praise
We Bring Our Sacrifice With Praise
Unto the House of the LORD (2 X)
And we offer unto Him
Our sacrifices with thanksgiving
And we offer unto Him
Our sacrifices with joy
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La'asok B'divray Torah
Blessing Before The Reading Of The Torah
Next Week’s Parsha
• Feb 5, 2011 Teruma ("Heave offering"):
• Exodus 25:1-27:19
• 1 Kings 5:26-6:13
• Mark 10-11
Parsha
• Jan 29, 2011 Mishpatim ("Judgments"):
• Exodus 21:1-24:18
• Isaiah 66:1-24
• Mark 9
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We’re going to read…
Torah… Ex 21:1-11
Haftarah… Isaiah 66:1-24
Brit Hadasha… Mark 9:1-12
Ex. 21: 1-11
• KJV Exodus 21:1 Now these are the judgments
which thou shalt set before them.
• 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he
shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out
free for nothing.
• 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by
himself: if he were married, then his wife shall
go out with him.
Ex. 21: 1-11
• 4 If his master have given him a wife,
and she have born him sons or
daughters; the wife and her children
shall be her master's, and he shall go
out by himself.
• 5 And if the servant shall plainly say,
I love my master, my wife, and my
children; I will not go out free:
Ex. 21: 1-11
• 6 Then his master shall bring him
unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door
post; and his master shall bore his
ear through with an aul; and he shall
serve him for ever.
Ex. 21: 1-11
• 7 And if a man sell his daughter
to be a maidservant, she shall not
go out as the menservants do.
Ex. 21: 1-11
• 8 If she please not her master, who
hath betrothed her to himself, then
shall he let her be redeemed: to sell
her unto a strange nation he shall
have no power, seeing he hath dealt
deceitfully with her.
Ex. 21: 1-11
• 9 And if he have betrothed her unto
his son, he shall deal with her after
the manner of daughters.
• 10 If he take him another wife; her
food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
Ex. 21: 1-11
• 11 And if he do not these three
unto her, then shall she go out
free without money.
• END
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• Before we start the next parsha, I want to talk
about the word “Yahweh”. It is used in the
Jerusalem Bible Translatiuon we’ll be using
• There is no “Yahweh”!
• Yahweh is an Arabic slur.
• What the Arabs did was they took Yud Hey Vav
Hey and they changed the Hebrew “Vav” into
the Arabic letter “Wah” and thus came up
with “Yahweh” rather then “Yehova”.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• Hebrew Scholars in Israel NEVER use the word
Yahweh because they know where it came
from.
• It is a new thing, it gained popularity about a
hundred years ago when 2 German
archeologists heard the word Yahweh being
used by the Arabs.
• But it is nothing more then a slur.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
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"Concerted effort has been underway for the past
several generations to alter the pronunciation of
the Divine Name, known as the Tetragrammaton,
from Yehovah into the Egyptian slur, Yahweh.
In spite of these efforts, there is compelling evidence
to stick with the traditional pronunciation."
--LambLion; by Scott Jones
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• "Yehovah - pronounced {yeh-ho-vaw'} is the correct Hebrew rendering. "
• -Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• NJB Isaiah 66:1 Thus says Yehova:
With heaven my throne and earth
my footstool, what house could
you build me, what place for me
to rest,
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 2 when all these things were made
by me and all belong to me? declares Yehova. But my eyes are
drawn to the person of humbled and
contrite spirit, who trembles at my
word.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 3 Some slaughter a bull, some kill a
human being, some sacrifice a lamb,
some strangle a dog, some present an
offering of pig's blood, some burn
memorial incense, a revolting blessing;
all these people have chosen their own
ways and take delight in their disgusting
practices.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 4 I too take delight in making fools of
them, I shall bring what they most fear
down on them because I have called and
no one would answer, I spoke and no one
listened. They have done what I regard as
evil, have chosen what displeases me.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 5 Listen to the word of Yehova, you
who tremble at his word. Your
brothers, who hate and reject you
because of my name, have said, 'Let
Yehova show his glory, let us witness
your joy!' But they will be put to
shame.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 6 Listen! An uproar from the city! A voice
from the Temple! The voice of Yehova
bringing retribution on his enemies.
• 7 Before being in labour she has given
birth. Before the birth pangs came, she
has been delivered of a child.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 8 Who ever heard of such a thing,
who ever saw anything like this? Can
a country be born in one day? Can a
nation be brought forth all at once?
For Zion, scarcely in labour, has
brought forth her children!
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 9 Shall I open the womb and not bring to
birth? says Yehova. Shall I, who bring to birth,
close the womb? says your God.
• 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, be glad for her, all
you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice with her, all
you who mourned her!
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 11 So that you may be suckled and satisfied
from her consoling breast, so that you may
drink deep with delight from her generous
nipple.
• 12 For Yahweh says this: Look, I am going to
send peace flowing over her like a river, and
like a stream in spate the glory of the nations.
You will be suckled, carried on her hip and
fondled in her lap.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 13 As a mother comforts a child, so I shall
comfort you; you will be comforted in
Jerusalem.
• 14 At the sight your heart will rejoice, and
your limbs regain vigour like the grass. To his
servants Yehova will reveal his hand, but to his
enemies his fury.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 15 For see how Yehova comes in fire,
his chariots like the whirlwind, to
assuage his anger with burning, his
rebukes with flaming fire.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 16 For by fire will Yahweh execute fair
judgement, and by his sword, on all people;
and Yehova's victims will be many.
• 17 As for those who sanctify themselves and
purify themselves to enter the gardens,
following the one in the centre, who eat the
flesh of pigs, revolting things and rats: their
deeds and their thoughts will perish together,
declares Yehova.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 18 I am coming to gather every nation and
every language. They will come to witness my
glory.
• 19 I shall give them a sign and send some of
their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put,
Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant
coasts and islands that have never heard of
me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my
glory to the nations,
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 20 and from all the nations they will bring all
your brothers as an offering to Yehova, on
horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on
camels, to my holy mountain, Jerusalem,
Yehova says, like Israelites bringing offerings in
clean vessels to Yehova's house.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 21 And some of them I shall make into priests
and Levites, Yehova says.
• 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth
I am making will endure before me, declares
Yehova, so will your race and your name
endure.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 23 From New Moon to New Moon,
from Sabbath to Sabbath, all
humanity will come and bow in my
presence, Yehova says.
NJB (New Jerusalem Bible) Isaiah 66
whole chapter
• 24 And on their way out they will see the
corpses of those who rebelled against
me; for their worm will never die nor
their fire be put out, and they will be
held in horror by all humanity.
• END
Mark 9:1-12
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• KJV Mark 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto
you, That there be some of them that stand here,
which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the
kingdom of God come with power.
• 2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and
James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high
mountain apart by themselves: and he was
transfigured before them.
Mark 9:1-12
• 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding
white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can
white them.
• 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with
Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
• 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus,
Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us
make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one
for Moses, and one for Elias.
Mark 9:1-12
• 6 For he wist not what to say; for they were
sore afraid.
• 7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed
them: and a voice came out of the cloud,
saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
• 8 And suddenly, when they had looked round
about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus
only with themselves.
Mark 9:1-12
• 9 And as they came down from the mountain,
he charged them that they should tell no man
what things they had seen, till the Son of man
were risen from the dead.
• 10 And they kept that saying with themselves,
questioning one with another what the rising
from the dead should mean.
Mark 9:1-12
• 11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the
scribes that Elias must first come?
• 12 And he answered and told them, Elias
verily cometh first, and restoreth all things;
and how it is written of the Son of man, that
he must suffer many things, and be set at
nought.
• END
Noten HaTorah
• Baruch atah Adonay Eloheynu melech
ha'olam, asher bachar banu mikol-ha'amim,
venatan lanu et-torato.
Baruch atah Adonay, noten hatorah.
• Blessed are You, LORD our God, king of the
universe, who chose us from all the peoples
and gave to us His Torah. Blessed are You,
LORD, giver of the Torah.
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Today’s Joke
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Ira Goldberg was in front of me heading out of the
Synagogue one day, and as always our rabbi was standing at
the door shaking hands as the congregation departed.
The rabbi grabbed Ira by the hand and pulled him aside.
The rabbi lunged these words at him, "You need to join the
Army of G-d!"
Ira riposted, "I'm already in the Army of God, Rabbi."
Rabbi questioned, "How come I don't see you except for
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?"
Today’s Joke
• He whispered back, "I'm in the secret
service."
Messianic Judaism 101
By Rabbi Stanley
Purpose
• What I hope to do
in this series
(Messianic Judaism
101) is lay out an
historical and
Biblical basis
(foundation) for
restoring Messianic
Judaism as the
original faith in
Yeshua, the Son of
G-d.
Purpose
• By the end of this
series we will know
the beginnings of
the First Church,
and where the
Messianic
Movement is now
going.
Purpose
• In this class we’ll be
able to look at and
understand some
critical terminology
and what different
names were used
for the First Century
Believer in Yeshua.
Purpose
• We’ll find out what
some of the earliest
Church Fathers
have to say about
the First Messianics
and how they felt
about them.
Purpose
• We’re also gonna
find out if
“Christian” is a four
letter word.
• Then we’re gonna
find out who YOU
are and what you
should or want to
be called?
Purpose
• But before we can
know anything else,
we have to know
it’s history. We have
to know the roots
of the First Church.
Roots
• There is a lot of
talk out there
these days about
getting back to
our roots or
getting back to
the New
Testament
Church.
Roots
• One thing many fail
to realize is that the
original New
Testament Church
didn’t have a New
Testament OR a
Church.
Roots
• What they did
have was the
Tanach (Old
Testament in
Hebrew) and the
Synagogue.
Roots
• At the time of the
original group of
Believers in Yeshua
the word
“Christian” hadn’t
even been coined
yet and neither had
the word “Church”.
Roots
• This helps us
understand that
Yeshua didn’t come
to start a new
religion called
“Christianity”, He
came to be the
Messiah of Israel.
Who’s who?
• Now the first
thing we want
to look at is
who’s who in
the first
Messianic
movement.
Who’s who?
• We can’t know anything
till we know who is who
so we have to
understand what they
(Believers) were called.
• Terminology is
important.
Who’s who?
• The first group of people
who followed Yeshua were
called the people of “The
Way”. Not “Christians”!
• They were a mix of
Pharisees, Sadducees and
other sects
• We see the first time “The
Way” is used in Acts…
Who’s who?
• Acts 24:14
• 14 "But this I do admit to you: I worship the God of
our fathers in accordance with The Way (which they
call a sect). I continue to believe everything that
accords with the Torah and everything written in the
Prophets.
Who’s who?
• Another thing we
need to notice here is
that it is called a
“sect” (section, part of
a whole)
• A sect of what?
• A sect of Judaism!
• How is the word sect
used in the New
Testament?
Who’s who?
• Acts 5:17
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that
were with him, (which is the sect of the
Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation.
• Acts 15:5
But there rose up certain of the sect of the
Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was
needful to circumcise them, and to command
them to keep the law of Moses.
Who’s who?
• There were many sects of
Judaism. There were the
Essenes, The Dead Sea
Sect, The Herodian Sect,
The Daggermen (Sicarii)
etc. Many different sects
and one of them was the
sect of the
Notzreem/Netzareem
(Nazerenes)
Who’s who?
• The word Christian first appears in Acts
• Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they
assembled themselves with the church, and taught
much people. And the students (disciples) were called
Christians first in Antioch.
Who’s who?
• David Stern points out
correctly that the term
“Christian” was used to
denote Gentile believers
in Yeshua, not Jewish
believers in Yeshua.
(David Stern Messianic
Manifesto)
Who’s who?
• Where is Antioch?
Who’s who?
• Who was in Antioch?
• Paul and Barnabas!
• Their students, in
Antioch were called
“Christians”.
Who’s who?
• It’s not saying that THE
Disciples were first
called Christians in
Antioch… it’s saying that
the disciples of Paul and
Barnabas were first
called Christians there.
• Paul and Barnabas
weren’t even part of the
12 Disciples. They were
apostles!
Who’s who?
• The people of Antioch
were Gentiles, NOT
Jews.
• The Jews who believed
in Yeshua were the
Jewish sect of the
Nazarenes!
• They called themselves
“Jews”.
Who’s who?
• Acts 21:39
• But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a
city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech
thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
• More specifically in his particular case he called
himself a Pharisee in Acts 23:6 …
Who’s who?
• Acts 23:6
• Then Paul, knowing that some of them were
Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the
Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a
Pharisee. I stand on trial because of my hope in the
resurrection of the dead."
The Law?
• I’m gonna stray just a
little here, but it ties
back shortly…
• These first Believers in
Yeshua kept the Laws
of the Old Testament
(Tanach).
• The famous Church
Father, St. Jerome
(350 AD), who was a
Christian says this of
the original Church…
The Law?
• He said, “They are
those who accept
Messiah in such a
way that they do not
cease to observe the
old Law”
• St Epiphanius
(310 AD), another
Christian and Church
Father goes into a
little more detail…
The Law?
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“These sectarians didn’t call themselves Christians but Nazarenes, however
they are simply complete Jews. They use not only the New Testament but the
Old Testament as well. They have no different ideas but profess everything
exactly as the Law proclaims it in the Jewish fashion. Except for their belief in
Messiah if you please! For they acknowledge the resurrection of the dead
and the divine creation of all things and declare that God is one and that his
son, Yeshua is the Messiah. They are trained to a nicety in Hebrew for among
them the entire Law, the prophets and the entire Writings are read in Hebrew
as they surely are by the Jews. They disagree with Jews because they have
come to faith in Messiah but since they are still fettered in the Law,
circumcision, the Sabbath and the rest they are not in accord with Christians,
they are nothing but Jews. They have the good news in Mathew in it’s entirety
in Hebrew. For it is clear that they still preserve this in the Hebrew alphabet
as it was originally written.”
The Law?
• Wouldn’t it be great
to have this as a
statement of faith!!!
• “What’s your
statement of faith?”
• “Actually, our
statement of faith is
one of YOUR Church
Father’s criticisms. We
believe in the Old
Testament, Keeping
the Sabbath Holy…
The Law?
• So here we see the
First Church keeping
the Shabbat and
circumcision and the
rest of the Law.
• They were quite
different then the
Christian Church as
early as 310 AD!
The Law?
• Epiphanius says: “they
are not in accord with
Christians”.
• So you can begin to
see why I don’t call
myself a Christian.
Even from way back
most “Christians”
weren’t really Christian.
The Law?
• So we know that the
original Jewish Believers
were called Jews. More
specifically… a Person of
The Way.
• (Later on they were
called
Notzreem/Nazarenes.)
The Law?
• More specifically they
could be a Pharisaic
Notzreem or an Essenic
Notzreem or Herodian
Notzreem etc.
• But never were Jews
from the first century
called “Christians”.
• Furthermore, a “Christian
Jew” is a contradiction of
terms.
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• Gentile Believers in
Yeshua were called
Christians and it
was actually a
derogatory label
placed on them
• It was not a name
they gave
themselves.
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• “Well isn't Paul
called a Christian by
King Agrippa in Acts
17???”
• Let’s look at it…
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• Acts 17:28
• Then Agrippa said to Paul, 'Do you think
that in such a short time you can persuade
me to be a Christian?'" (NIV)
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• Herod Agrippa was the
grandson of Herod the
Great.
• He was NOT a Jew.
• Do you remember the
teaching I did on Herod
the Great?
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• I showed you his
lineage. He was the
son of an Idumean and
a Nabatean princess.
Not a drop of Jewish
blood in him.
• Some ask me why it
was important to know
about King Herod? It’s
pretty important.
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• You’ll see me
coming back to
the Herod
teaching time and
time again.
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• The word "Christian"
appears only three
times in the New
Testament.
• The New Testament's
use of this term
indicates that it was a
term of derision, a term
placed upon Gentile
followers of Yeshua, by
their critics.
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• What if somebody calls you a Christian, what
should you do?
• Peter 4:16: "However, if you suffer as a Christian,
do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear
that name"
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• Peter was talking to
Believers here!
• “Christian”
obviously was a
name that Believers
didn’t like.
Is Christian A Four Letter Word?
• But Peter says if they
call you this name,
praise G-d for it.
• And Peter is correct
here.
• Even though I’m a Jew,
if I’m called a Christian
by a persecutor, I’ll
bear it gladly.
• They can call me
anything they like for
the cause of Yeshua.
Then What In The World Am I?
• That doesn’t mean I’d
call myself that and it
doesn’t mean you have
to call yourself that
either if you so choose.
• How do we know that
Christians didn’t call
themselves
“Christian”?
• Let’s look at the Bible
in Acts 11:26 again
Then What In The World Am I?
• Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they
assembled themselves with the church, and taught
much people. And the students (disciples) were called
Christians first in Antioch.
Then What In The World Am I?
• In Greek if you place a
name on yourself you’d
say “you call yourself” or
“they called themselves”.
• If someone else is calling
you something, you’d say
“they were called”…
• This was a name forced
on them.
Then What In The World Am I?
• So then what should a
Gentile Believer call
themselves? Who are
they?
Then What In The World Am I?
• “A Believer” is an ok
name. But “A
Believer in what?”
would be a good
question.
• “A Messianic
Believer” is a good
name. That denotes
that it’s about the
Meshiach.
Then What In The World Am I?
• If you’re keeping the
particular Laws that
apply to the Jewish
people then you can
call yourself a
Messianic Jew or a
Jew even if you don’t
have any Jewish
blood.
• How can I say that?
Then What In The World Am I?
• Because if you’re keeping the
covenantal Laws, you ARE a
Jew!!!
• If you’re a Gentile believer
but do not keep the
covenantal laws and you call
yourself a Jew.
• The Bible says you’re of the
synagogue of Satan.
Then What In The World Am I?
• Revelation 2:9
• 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,
(but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of
them which say they are Jews, and are not, but
are the synagogue of Satan.
Then What In The World Am I?
• That’s exactly what that
verse is talking about.
• If you’ve ever said “I’m a
spiritual Jew” but you’re
not keeping covenant.
Please stop saying it.
There’s no such thing.
• Just like there’s no such
thing as a spiritual
Irishman
• Either you’re a Jew or your
not!
Then What In The World Am I?
• If you’re keeping
Sabbath, if you’re a
male and circumcised,
you wear the tzit tzits,
you keep Biblically
Kosher, you’re doing
your best to keep all the
other laws as you learn
about them… welcome
to the family.
Then What In The World Am I?
• But, if you believe G-d’s Laws are
of no effect and/or don’t have
any Jewish blood and call
yourself a Jew… you’re of a
different synagogue.
• There’s a lot of Messianic
synagogues that bear
resemblance to what I’m saying
here.
Then What Should I Be?
• So why in the world
would you want to be
a Jew? What
advantage is there?
• I have one answer to
that…
Then What Should I Be?
• MUCH IN EVERY WAY!
• Romans 3:1
• 1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what
profit is there of circumcision?
• 2Much in every way. chiefly, because that unto
them were committed the oracles of God.
Then What Should I Be?
• If one wants to be a
Jew, then come on
board.
• But let me tell ya…
• It aint easy.
• We’re the most
persecuted people on
the planet.
• You may have to give
up many things that
ya like
Then What Should I Be?
• Gotta observe all the
commandments given to
the Jewish people that
pertain to you (male or
female etc.
• It’s really hard at first but
you do come to love
them and understand
that they are beneficial
and healthy.
• Before long, you’ll
actually look for more
Instruction (Torah).
Then What Should I Be?
• If you want to stay a
Messianic Gentile, no
problem. You’re still
our brother or sister
in Yeshua.
• Simply put, there are
promises for Believing
Gentiles and there are
promises for Believing
Jews.
Then What Should I Be?
• Different promises but
never-the-less
promises.
• Believing Gentiles will
receive a portion of
the “World to come”
outside of Israel
• And the Believing Jew
will receive a portion
of HaAretz (Israel) in
the “World to come”.
Messianic Judaism?
• So what the Messianic
movement is trying to do
now is get back to the
way it was during
Yeshua’s time.
• We feel we’ve been going
down this Paganized
Christian road for 2,000
plus years and now it’s
time to stop and get back
on track.
Messianic Judaism?
• That doesn’t mean we
have to go back to
wearing robes, but it
does mean that we have
to keep His Laws and
Commandments in order
to be a part of the
Covenant.
Messianic Judaism?
• We encourage Gentiles to
keep covenant for a
variety of reasons.
• For one… it is a healthier
lifestyle.
• For two… there are
advantages “in every
way” (not meaning the
Greek 100%)
Messianic Judaism?
• This is NOT Judaizing!
• Judaizing is saying you
can’t be SAVED unless
you keep the Peculiar
Laws of the Jewish
covenant with G-d.
• Otherwise if you told
someone to not murder,
you’d be a Judaizer!
Messianic Judaism?
• A gentile who doesn’t
keep the Peculiar Laws
is just as Saved or
Born Again, as I am.
• After Salvation there
are differences.
• This really isn’t that
different then how
the Church sees it…
Messianic Judaism?
• In a Church, if I sacrifice a
lot for G-d (ie. fasting)
will a Pastor tell me that
that causes me to grow
closer to G-d?
• Yes, he will say that.
• If I sacrifice my very life,
he’d say I have treasures
in heaven through
eternity as a martyr.
Messianic Judaism?
• I’m saying if you
become a Messianic
Jew, you will be
sacrificing a lot and in
turn, you will grow
closer to G-d.
• It’s really not that
different in that
regard.
Messianic Judaism?
• We even see this in
the model of the
Temple.
• In the very structure
of the building we see
where G-d’s Shechina
rested. His throne was
in the holy of holies.
• Further away from His
throne was the holy
place.
Messianic Judaism?
• Further away
from G-d’s
throne was the
Court of the
Jews and the
furthest away
from that was
the court of the
gentiles,
X
Messianic Judaism?
• They were on the
outskirts because
they didn’t want to
get circumcised and
keep all the peculiar
laws.
• They were Saved, no
doubt about that, but
they didn’t get to look
into the inner Temple.
Messianic Judaism?
• Speaking metaphorically, I
want to look into G-d’s
inner Temple. I want to
see the holy of holies, at
least the Holy Place.
• I’m not saying that a
Gentile Believer can’t grow
in the L-rd, but I do have
to agree with Paul that
there are advantages to
being a Jew.
Messianic Judaism?
• For women, it’s really
quite easy being a Jew
• If you’re a man and not
yet circumcised… not so
easy.
• But it’s worth it.
Messianic Judaism?
• I truly believe that if you
become a Messianic Jew, G-d
will open up the Scriptures to
you because it becomes your
inheritance.
• Being given the Oracles of G-d
is a great advantage, it means
G-d gives us a better
understanding of His
Scriptures!
• Why else do we need
Messianic Judaism?
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• “The truth, the whole
truth and nothing but
the truth.”
• We say this phrase in
front of a court of
Law here in the
United States
• But few in
Christendom
approach Scripture
this way.
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The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• In most Churches today
we’re presented a onesided, Gentilized version
of a faith that shows us
only the grace of God
without showing us His
expectations as well.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• This one sided view is
only a partial gospel
and not the whole truth
• At best… I’d say the
Church isn’t presenting
the “whole counsel of
G-d” and at it’s worst
I’d say it’s presenting
“another Gospel” all
together.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• Paul said in Acts 20:27
• I did not shrink from
declaring to you the
whole counsel of God.
• What did he mean by
that.
• Paul in this chapter
was warning Believers
that wolves would
come in among them.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• These wolves would
teach false doctrines
and try to lead the
elect into darkness.
• Today’s “Grace
Theology” is doing
exactly that.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• Grace Theology is
the idea that
“Whenever we
commit a sin, we
simply ask Jesus to
forgive us and
nothing more is then
required. His grace
covers us.”
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• This theology leaves
out repentance,
restitution, change of
attitude and lifestyle as
well as obedience to
His Torah.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• The Church as a whole
ignores repentance
because the Church
teaches that we are
sinful beings who
can’t stop sinning.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• It contends that since
we can’t stop, then
we’re not really
responsible for our
own sinful behavior.
• “We’re born that
way!”
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• Christians will often
tell Messianics that
“There are too many
laws to keep anyways,
it’s not even possible
to keep them all”.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• “We’re born into sin
right?
• It’s not our fault
• So it’s really out of our
control.
• Jesus even said we’d
all sin, every one of
us”
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• This sadly and
inevitably leads to the
next conclusion…
• “If it’s not possible to
keep all of G-d’s Laws,
then why should we
even try.
• Besides, we sin
everyday”
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• This is a Gentile way of
looking at Sin.
• It isn’t Jewish by any means.
• This Church Gospel of
“Grace” is only part of the
message of Yeshua and His
Talmideem (Disciples).
• We need Messianic Judaism
in order to give the whole
council of G-d.
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• What the Church offers
today isn’t the whole
counsel of G-d.
• In Judaism we don’t
believe that G-d would
tell us to do something
that was impossible to
do.
• What kind of Father
would do such a thing?
The Whole Counsel Of G-d
• In Scripture we see one
being told, “Go and sin no
more”
• Thus it IS possible to go and
sin no more.
• Why else do we need
Messianic Judaism?
• Because without it, the
Great Commission can not
be fulfilled.
The Great Commission?
• Without the Jewishness
of the Gospel infused
into it’s teachings it is no
longer a light unto the
world but becomes
foolishness.
The Great Commission?
• Many times that sinners
call Christians fools…
I’m sorry, but it’s not for
the Gospel’s sake.
• It’s often times because
Christians are thinking
and acting foolishly.
• When we’re acting
foolishly, we’re not a
light to the world.
The Great Commission?
• If the Church is NOT a
light unto the world
then it can’t possibly
fulfill the “Great
Commission” no matter
what they’re missions
program might
promise.
The Great Commission?
• Without the Jewishness
of the Gospel all we’re
left with is off-target
preaching which is open
to anti-Semitism and the
neglect of the Salvation
of the Jews.
The Great Commission?
• Messianic Judaism comes in
an opposite spirit of the
Church concerning the
Great Commission.
• Messianic Judaism reveals
that the power of the Great
Commission lies in
preaching it to the “Jew
first” and then to the rest of
the world.
The Great Commission?
• It’s said that “Missions
start at home!”.
• I’d change that popular
saying to “Missions start
with the Jew and
wherever he/she may be”
• Why else do we need
Messianic Judaism?
Provoke Jews To Jealousy
• Romans 11 teaches that in the
end days, the Church will
make the Jew jealous.
• If we think we’re in the End
Days, then I’d say
Christendom must be at a
point of provoking the Jew to
jealousy right?
Provoke Jews To Jealousy
• I don’t know any Jews
who are jealous yet.
• What are they going to
be jealous of?
• Pagan Christmas trees
• The worship of Ishtar
(Easter)
• Silly doctrines that we
hold onto which are unBiblical.
Provoke Jews To Jealousy
• Are they jealous of a power
that’s always talked about in
the Church but very rarely (if
at all) realized?
• I don’t see any power in
today’s Church myself.
Provoke Jews To Jealousy
• I do see rapidly declining
numbers.
• I see a bunch of con men
who are still making
millions everyday on TV
deceiving people.
• I see adultery, immorality,
the breaking of the
Sabbath and other
Commandments.
• I see doctrines that
promote lawlessness.
Provoke Jews To Jealousy
•
•
I don’t see any Jews
who are jealous of
that.
We’re in the End
Days but there’s not
one jealous Jew?
Provoke Jews To Jealousy
•
•
•
I’d say there has to be
some change in the local
Church.
A Church that changes to
such a degree that it
doesn’t have any spots or
wrinkles.
A Body of Believers that
Yeshua would come back
for.
Where’s The Beef?
•
•
I would submit to you, that
a Congregation that is
Torah Observant is a
Body He’d come to take
home
I’m not saying that there
aren’t people who aren’t
Saved in Churches out
there
Where’s The Beef?
•
•
But I am saying that when
the Last Days are upon
us, we wont be going to
Church to find out what’s
next.
Rather, the local Church
will be going to their local
Messianic Synagogue to
get the latest news.
Where’s The Beef?
•
•
And if they’re staying
for lunch, they wont
be getting a ham
sandwich.
And if they want to
stand and read the
Scriptures, they’re
going to have to put
on a Tallit or wear Tsit
Tsits
Where’s The Beef?
•
They are going to
have to conform
or they’re going
to have to go
back to their
Church and be
left to their own
doctrine, or
deceit or
misinformation.
Where’s The Beef?
• I want to read to you a
typical confession that
Jews who accepted
Jesus used to have to
say.
• This was actually
written up by Christians
word for word.
Where’s The Beef?
• I found it on a website that
archives ancient
documents.
• I was very angry when I
read it.
• It’s a profession of faith that
was world-wide that Jews
would have to recite publicly
in order to become a
Christian.
• They’d have to say…
“I Gotta Say What???”
• “I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms unleavened breads and
sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all other feasts of the Hebrews,
sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and
propitiations, and fasts, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns,
and chants, and observances, and synagogues, and the food, and
drink of the Hebrews; in one word I renounce absolutely everything
Jewish, every law, rite and custom and if afterwards I wish to deny and
return to Jewish superstition or shall be found eating with Jews or
feasting with them or secretly conversing and condemning the
Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning
their vain faith then let the trembling of Cain and leprosy cleave to me
as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable.
And may I be anathema (a person detested or loathed ) in the world to
come and may my soul be set down with Satan and the Devils.”
“I Gotta Say What???”
• So I wrote this up for
Non-Messianics who
wanted to become
members of Messianic
Synagogues.
• (I’m NOT implementing
this ).
“I Gotta Say What???”
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
I will no longer eat of the abomination of swine’s flesh. I will keep all of G-d’s Laws that
pertain to me and will not cause G-d’s Chosen People to abandon the traditions of their
forefathers
I will recognize and keep all of G-d’s appointed times and feasts.
I will forsake the superstitions of the Church like the Christmas tree and the worship of
Ishtar and other idols and saints.
I understand I am grafted into the main olive tree which is the faith of the Hebrews and I
will remain humble and grateful to Yeshua for allowing me any place at all.
Whenever I hear other Christians misusing words such as “legalism” and “Judaizing” I will
confute them in their vain interpretations.
I will enjoin in Messianic prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and
propitiations, and fasts, and Sabbaths, and hymns, and chants, and observances in their
Synagogues and thank G-d for such a blessing to befall me.
Lastly, I repent for my non Torah Observance and misappropriation of my tithes and
offerings to a Church who knew not the truth.
May I be accountable from this time forth that I may sin no more.
Omain.
“I Gotta Say What???”
• If the Church as a whole
were to do this…
every Jew in the world
would take notice and
perhaps even be a little
jealous.
“I Gotta Say What???”
• The profession I read to you
earlier that Jews had to say
in order to be part of “The
Body of Christ” dates back
to the church of
Constantinople.
• But many of these same
feelings exist today in most
churches.
Conclusion Of Class One
• These are just a few of the
reasons that Messianic
Judaism is a must.
• There’s many more that
we’ll be seeing through
the rest of this course.
Conclusion Of Class One
• We’ll also look at why we
do many of the things we
do like…
• Why do we wear Tzit
Tzits?
• Why do we wear Tallits?
• Why do we post
Mezuzahs to our
doorways?
Conclusion Of Class One
• Why do we keep
Shabbat?
• Why do we keep Biblically
kosher?
• And why do we keep the
Feasts of the L-rd?
• All these questions will be
answered.
• Shabbat Shalom.
The End