Yeshua is telling his followers to follow the Torah. Spot on!! Keep reading and sharing. I’m a Christian and I agree. Christianity has been hellenized. The reformation continues! I love Jeshua and the Torah.💕
Couple of points, Paul was not far removed temporally from Jesus. He met Peter and the other apostles in Jerusalem more than once according to other books in the New Testament. He also supernaturally appeared to Saul (who became Paul) on the famous road to Damascus and dealt with him directly (after His resurrection and ascension.)
I have wondered about Jesus as the nephew of the priest Zechariah. Mary, his mother, was cousin to Elizabeth, who was John the Baptist’s mother and wife of Zechariah the priest. There is a fascinating passage that describes how John the Baptist was promised by Yahweh. I thought possibly he might have taught Jesus to read and other things, since he would have been aware of Mary’s messages from the angel Gabriel.
I very much appreciate your Hebrew thoughts and reflections because I do believe the old and new testaments are one book. And, I have seen other Jewish Christians who say, that’s us not what my Bible says, referring to our translations of both! I suspect Christians have missed a lot of context and meaning because of our unfamiliarity with the thousands of years experienced by the Israelites. It’s a shame enmity rose up from the beginning, but not surprising I suppose, considering that Satan creature.
Thanks for all you do. You and yours are in my prayers.
Thinking further on it, the irony here is rich. Using your terms, not only is Jesus a feminist, but he is also DEI. Very funny.
From Genesis 1 - 12 the Creator is God of all creation human, animal and mineral. The Creator then selects, for eternity, a peculiar people to be his advocates to this creation - human, animal and mineral. Once, according to faith in a promise made, a certain human flesh was born from these people and innocent blood shed in self sacrifice, that then brings all creation, human, animal and mineral, back to Genesis 1 -12, DEI.
See also, “Copernicus and the Jews” by Daniel Gruber.
There Mr. Gruber goes further than Judaism and Christianity being the same, but that scripturally speaking, there is no Christianity or church, apart from the institutions established over the past 1700 years. These two words are contrived. Jesus is Jewish and we go from there.
This is so good to listen to, the comments about Yeshuah helping people to understand the Torah really hit the mark! So interesting, thank you! (I would have translated Ha-shamayim as the heavens rather than sky, but a minor point).
Interesting that you think Christians think Heaven is some far off place. Since the statements are throughout Jesus' teachings that the kingdom of heaven is within you. I never was taught it was some far off place or that one had to wait for it to come. I was taught it had come. I was also always taught that "till heaven and earth pass..." did not mean that one did not pay attention to the Torah but that Jesus came to fulfill the Torah and the prophets so it was important to know what the Torah teaches and what the prophets were saying and never forget as these were to show us that what was taught and what the prophets proved was indicating not only what Jesus demonstrated but what we are supposed to also do. So "till heaven and earth pass.." was meant to imply it never will pass away so always not one jot or tittle (in my Bible) will be changed as we are also to follow Jesus example by also fulfilling the promises given us as we follow God's guidance and instructions there. Add to it the perspective Jesus put on these... such as in the Chapter 4, most of Jesus' answers to the temptations came directly from Deuteronomy.
Thank you for doing this Naomi. I was raised as Catholic and was never encouraged to read the Bible. I finally started reading it just the last few years so I would probably call myself a baby Christian, there is much to learn. I'm curious when you say you feel a connection to Jesus but not Paul, what are your sources for Jesus and what are your sources for Paul? I watched this video live last Sunday before going to our church. Interestingly enough, our pastor brought up 1 Corinthians 9:20-22.
"20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some."
Thank You Naomi!! Really appreciate you sharing the Geneva Bible reading with us!
Yeshua is telling his followers to follow the Torah. Spot on!! Keep reading and sharing. I’m a Christian and I agree. Christianity has been hellenized. The reformation continues! I love Jeshua and the Torah.💕
Couple of points, Paul was not far removed temporally from Jesus. He met Peter and the other apostles in Jerusalem more than once according to other books in the New Testament. He also supernaturally appeared to Saul (who became Paul) on the famous road to Damascus and dealt with him directly (after His resurrection and ascension.)
I have wondered about Jesus as the nephew of the priest Zechariah. Mary, his mother, was cousin to Elizabeth, who was John the Baptist’s mother and wife of Zechariah the priest. There is a fascinating passage that describes how John the Baptist was promised by Yahweh. I thought possibly he might have taught Jesus to read and other things, since he would have been aware of Mary’s messages from the angel Gabriel.
I very much appreciate your Hebrew thoughts and reflections because I do believe the old and new testaments are one book. And, I have seen other Jewish Christians who say, that’s us not what my Bible says, referring to our translations of both! I suspect Christians have missed a lot of context and meaning because of our unfamiliarity with the thousands of years experienced by the Israelites. It’s a shame enmity rose up from the beginning, but not surprising I suppose, considering that Satan creature.
Thanks for all you do. You and yours are in my prayers.
Thinking further on it, the irony here is rich. Using your terms, not only is Jesus a feminist, but he is also DEI. Very funny.
From Genesis 1 - 12 the Creator is God of all creation human, animal and mineral. The Creator then selects, for eternity, a peculiar people to be his advocates to this creation - human, animal and mineral. Once, according to faith in a promise made, a certain human flesh was born from these people and innocent blood shed in self sacrifice, that then brings all creation, human, animal and mineral, back to Genesis 1 -12, DEI.
J.
See also, “Copernicus and the Jews” by Daniel Gruber.
There Mr. Gruber goes further than Judaism and Christianity being the same, but that scripturally speaking, there is no Christianity or church, apart from the institutions established over the past 1700 years. These two words are contrived. Jesus is Jewish and we go from there.
J.
This is so good to listen to, the comments about Yeshuah helping people to understand the Torah really hit the mark! So interesting, thank you! (I would have translated Ha-shamayim as the heavens rather than sky, but a minor point).
Interesting that you think Christians think Heaven is some far off place. Since the statements are throughout Jesus' teachings that the kingdom of heaven is within you. I never was taught it was some far off place or that one had to wait for it to come. I was taught it had come. I was also always taught that "till heaven and earth pass..." did not mean that one did not pay attention to the Torah but that Jesus came to fulfill the Torah and the prophets so it was important to know what the Torah teaches and what the prophets were saying and never forget as these were to show us that what was taught and what the prophets proved was indicating not only what Jesus demonstrated but what we are supposed to also do. So "till heaven and earth pass.." was meant to imply it never will pass away so always not one jot or tittle (in my Bible) will be changed as we are also to follow Jesus example by also fulfilling the promises given us as we follow God's guidance and instructions there. Add to it the perspective Jesus put on these... such as in the Chapter 4, most of Jesus' answers to the temptations came directly from Deuteronomy.
Thank you for doing this Naomi. I was raised as Catholic and was never encouraged to read the Bible. I finally started reading it just the last few years so I would probably call myself a baby Christian, there is much to learn. I'm curious when you say you feel a connection to Jesus but not Paul, what are your sources for Jesus and what are your sources for Paul? I watched this video live last Sunday before going to our church. Interestingly enough, our pastor brought up 1 Corinthians 9:20-22.
"20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some."