An argument for why living the Torah; Climax of the Protestant Reformation?

Hearing many of the false prophets out there, as they declare the "Reformation is over," and then lead the church to return to its pagan roots and ways which Scripture declares wickedness(!) really irks me.  They seek to realign us with the Vatican, and the Pope, against whom the Protest-ants initially cried out, and seperated from, to follow thte Scriptures by faith.  One young priest, who said the Vatican believes "we are saved by grace, just as we do!" was totally deceptive.  Yes, they believe a person is saved by grace, after keeping all the sacraments of the RC church.  Mormons believe you are saved by grace, "after you have done all you can do" 2 Nephi 25:23.

It appears to me, that the Reformation, is indeed not over, but at it's most critical time!  And indeed, the time has come for believers to be willing to stand up to the point of laying down their lives for the gospel, as did the original Reformers, not because through that we earn salvation (as Islam teaches), but because Truth is worth laying your life down for, and Yeshua, the Messiah, who is Truth, laid His life down, in order that all who believe in Him by faith might be saved.

But the initial Reformers spiritually were not in the place to Reform as far as they needed to go.  Today, in the last hours, Yhwh is beginning to open Revelations and spiritual eyes to see and understand.  In a letter to an older, more accomplished minister, I write in response to a conversation we had had concerning the diaspora of the Northern Tribes of Israelites, of which he politely but sternly brushed off without giving consideration to.  And many will do this.  They want to tow the Denominational line, and won't give heed to the massive evidence of scriptures.

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I know as a minister, when you speak God's word, you speak and teach it as truth.  Yesterday, when I shared the scriptures with you, I was not trying to be argumentative, but I shared them with you as truth.  I think the Church at large, even many Messianics, fail to distinguish between the different houses of Israel in the Tanakh, and therefore mis-interpret much of Yhwh's intended meaning in the scriptures.  And I think in partiality, this is due to a spiritual blindness on the people, but God speaks of truths being unveiled in the last times, and I believe more and more people are waking up to these things.

4 But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and seal the scrollj until the time of the end; many will run back and forth and knowledge will increase.”

When Yeshua said "I will build my Church," he was speaking to a Jewish audience (no Ephraimites or Gentiles present), and for the first 10 years or so, there were no Gentiles within "the Church" that Messiah was building.  They made little differentiation to the form of worship as they continued to attend Synagogue on Shabbat, and preach scriptures and share on Shabbat in the Synagogue.  It was this way for the first 325 years of the Church, till things began to be altered at the Council of Nicea in 325 etc.  Sure, some tensions were in place between Jew and Gentile I think leading up to that point, but the greatest reason for the changes we have was political expediency of an unbaptized, wicked pagan ruler, a worshiper of the sun-god (Nimrod, a type, and maybe fulfillment of the antichrist)!

The Apostle/Rav Paul tells us that we were grafted into the tree of Israel, that we are Jews by faith.  We were grated into a "cultivated" olive tree, being a wild branch.  By faith, believers are considered descendants of Abraham, for circumcision is of the heart (Rom. 4:16).  It seems to me, that the Pre-Tribulational view of the rapture is not a Semitic-friendly view, but rather Anti-Semitic.  Now I don't intend to make you mad.  Please hear me out.  Why would Yhwh rip out a branch (i.e. catch away) He has so graciously and carefully grafted into a cultivated olive tree (Rom. 11:24), then suddenly rip it out, and leave the cultivated tree to endure the worst storm in history?

It seems better, if, the branches realized that they were now part of the tree, and worked collectively for the betterment of the tree, that they were there to stay, as indeed Elohim grafted them in!  It seems that the pre-trib rapture view is at its basis, anti-semitic, viewing still, that the Church has replaced Israel in God's plans (and heart), and God has more care/concern for the Church than he does His people Israel!

Rom. 11:18 do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against them, you do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in.” 20 Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant thoughts, but be afraid.

But that is not the picture God's word gives of His people, Ephraim:

 8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I hand you over, O Israel?

How can I make you like Admah?

How can I treat you like Zeboiim?

My heart is disturbedl within me;

⌊all⌋m my compassions are aroused.

9 ⌊I will not execute⌋n ⌊my fierce anger⌋,o

I will not again destroy Ephraim;

because I am God

and not a mortal,p

the Holy One in your midst;

and I will not come in wrath.

I have researched numerous eschatological positions rather thoroughly, in my search for understanding, and have held all viewpoints at various times, but Yhwh has been drawing me through all this.  According to scriptures' commands: "What then, do we nullify the Torah by faith?  May it never be!  On the contrary, we establish the Torah!" (Rom. 3:31) and, "Therefore, he nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but He who keeps them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven" (Mt. 5:19).

The 'Son of God, Catholics, Protestants, and the New Age

With the new movie that was just released, 'The Son of God,' I have noticed a few things that make me concerned.  Now I have not seen the movie itself, and would like to.   It's not that I don't think we shouldn't have a movie depicting the life of Messiah... and I know Roma Downey and Mark Burnett's vision and desire to create this epic.  I say praise God for their desire to get this move, as far as it's a re-creation of the Biblical true-story account of Yeshua.

When I was serving in missions in Africa, the missionaries I was visiting had a time when the showed 'The Jesus Film' to the people group they were working with.  Of course the missionaries had been there for over a year, and others before them, teaching them the word of God and stories of the bible, using the method of Biblical 'storytelling,' where the stories are memorized and taught to the pre-literate tribes.  But on this occasion, The Jesus Film was shown to the people, and after the people saw it, many decided to ask Yeshua into their heart and began a new life in Yeshua (2 Cor. 5:17; Jn. 3:3).  

One danger that I see with the movie, not having seen it, is that they are usually made through Gentile eyes, with less emphasis and detail on the Jewish Feasts that are so integral to Jewish Life (framed by the Creator Himself) and the coming of Messiah.  We Gentiles miss the significance and much of the miraculous aspects of the feasts, an their fulfillment.

Another thing that concerns me concerning the film, is the ecumenical support that was given to it.  At my work their is a TV in the corner, and I saw a commercial about the upcoming movie, and it featured many Catholic Fathers and some Protestant Celebrities such as Joel Osteen, Rick Warren... and I can't recall now if who else it featured.  But this alone was alarming.  The Catholic Church pronounced Anathemas against all wjho believed that we are saved by grace through faith, apart from any meritorious works of our own (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5).  The Catholic church' s position is that that teaching, of salvation by grace through faith, apart from self-works of righteousness, is Anathema!  The Mormons teach a very similar belief, and that is what sets Biblical Christianity apart from all other religions, the Bible teaches that one is saved by faith in the crucified and resurrected Jewish Messiah when one turns from their sin and to Yeshua in faith for salvation and everlasting life (Rom. 10:9-10).

How then can Protestant Pastors and Catholics come together on this?  And these particular Pastors mentioned are false teachers... and they should be recognized as that.  Joel Osteen is much like the Pope... "who am I to judge someone's sin?"  Well, you're a pastor aren't you?  At the very least, you should guide the people into finding out what the Bible teaches about sinful lifestyles and behaviors (lust, fornication, adultery, murder, homosexuality, magic, witch craft, Gal. 5:19-21; 1 Cor. 6:9-10), and leading them to repent and place their faith in Messiah Yeshua.

Rick Warren uses business growth models to grow his churches... and many undiscerning pastors who translate big numbers as "success" and blessing from God have adopted his methodologies... resulting in the leading astray of many in the church, the focus of the Church on Man-centered methodologies, instead of believeing that by simply focusing on relationship with God, and serving one another, living a Spirit-filled life, that God adds to the numbers (Acts 2:46-47).

Examining these crucial differences in belief on salvation, it is apparent that Catholics and true Protestant Pastors CAN NOT come together in a theological work/teaching for the populace.  And this is part of what makes me nervous.  The Pope has reached out to Pentecostals, and to Kenneth Copeland to "come togther."  Never mind any renouncing of anathemas!  This concerns me because their is a push for merging the world religions, of bringing unity... that is, with all but one group, the Protestant Evangelicals, or as they might otherwise be called, Truth Activists, or the Anti-Hypocrisists, or the Anti-Sin party, if the liberal media were to introduce a new term to demonize us, or "spin" the truth... but actually, it will probably be something like the Anti-humanists, or the Anti-Peace or Anti-Unity or Anti-Globalists.

Christians are taught in God's word to love those who hate them, and to pray for those who persecute them (Mt. 5:44).  But all those who are of the god of this world (2 Cor.4:4) will seek to demonize, to accuse those whom they hate.  This is very much the tactic of the Satan, as Yeshua explains:

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from thebeginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

The time of the New Age is on us, and truly, it is not a NEW AGE, but an old one, that existed before the days of the Global flood, through which only Noah and Seven others were saved (2 Peter 2:5), to which Hitler pursued to bring back, as did Nimrod/Gilgamesh when he built the Tower of Babel (Gen. 10:8-12, 11:1-9).

Ultimately, we will see how this movie portrays the Son of God, as revealed in the Bible, God's inspired, revealed truth (2 Tim. 3:16-17).  Will it be the same, to the praise and glory of God, a sweet offering offered up, or will it be a tool used in the hands of the evil one (1 Jn. 5:19), to accomplish his ends?  Let us not be naiive!

And so, with the closing words of John, from his first epistle:

18 We know that no one who is [o]born of God sins; but He who was [p]born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and weare in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

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The Hour of Code is here

An Artificial Golem - Technology for the image of the Antichrist?

http://www.fastcompany.com/3015657/fast-feed/can-we-build-a-real-golem-these-academics-think-so

At the university of West Bohemia in the Czech Republic this November, they will host a conference on artificial intelligence, and one of the questions will be how to develop a Golem.  The article states that a Golem is "an artificial, human-like creature that's animated by magic."  Did I leave out the part where this Golem is giant?  So the conference is calling for scientists to submit papers on how one can create something like this.  Another question looks at how to use mystical Jewish Kabbalah in the labs.  I wonder if that has anything to do with the predicted return of Kabbalah's Messiah this year?

Thinking out Loud — Maybe we DO build ‘that’

This is an excellent article by Shaorn K. Gilbert, whom I've just gained a lot of respect for, looking at the pronoucements of God from long ago on the strivings of man's attempt to build a one-world system, and the very same today, much through the very thing you're using to read this comment.

Thinking out Loud — Maybe we DO build ‘that’