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  1. Aaron Rich

    Can a Christian, in good conscience, pray to hashem - the Jewish name for God?

    If we consider how Jesus spoke about God and how all the Apostles spoke about God, this idea is right in line with their practice. HaShem is a circumlocution. Nothing more. When an observant Jew is in the synagogue they will pray using "Adonai" when they are outside the synagogue speaking about...
  2. Aaron Rich

    Rapture in Scripture

    Thank you! I will have to study this a bit. I can already see that my understanding is definitely different than yours on several things, but I'm interested to dig into your viewpoint a little. Specifically, I really struggle anytime someone suggests that anything is "new" in these mysteries...
  3. Aaron Rich

    Rapture in Scripture

    Thank you! I will study through these verses to see what all I find. The Matthew 24 verse Thank you! I will work on these verses within this context. I have pretty much determined that Matthew 24:40 is the absolute *worst* text to use for this theology. I have heard this one used too often...
  4. Aaron Rich

    Rapture in Scripture

    I truly never expected someone to drop and Enoch quote! Fascinating. Thank you!
  5. Aaron Rich

    Rapture in Scripture

    This is a response I never expected to read/hear from a student of a Scripture. I will flatly disagree with you. Looking for proof in Scripture, the only written source of truth, is literally the foundation of the faith. To say it is a poor study of theology is like saying a microscope is a...
  6. Aaron Rich

    Rapture in Scripture

    Hi all! Google doesn't seem to want to give me a list of proof-texts that are used to show the rapture in Scripture. I'm researching it trying to understand the theology behind it more. Can you all share the proof verses you know about within Scripture? Surely the entire theology has not...
  7. Aaron Rich

    Christianity and Capital Punishment

    Without reading through every else's comments on this, I'll answer the original posters question. If we as a body that believes in the Master Yeshua (Jesus) would simply return to His ways and quit trying to find our own path, quit making up our own creeds, statements of faith, "comfortable"...
  8. Aaron Rich

    Worship Software - Sorry if it's the wrong forum

    Hello! My congregation rents a church that uses Mediashout 4. Some of my leadership has expressed a desire to create slides from home that we can then import into Mediashout. So - A. Is that possible? B. What open source software would be best and easiest to use for this purpose? We would...
  9. Aaron Rich

    Why Believers are not under the Old Covenant Law of Moses

    There is so much confusion in the church. We all listen to our pastors and other lay people more than we study the ENTIRE Word of God. It's quite frustrating to me. We seem to try and make Yeshua and God the Father and the Holy Spirit into completely separate beings. They are ONE!!! When...
  10. Aaron Rich

    Who Is Jesus?

    I have a strange stance on this myself. I agree that the Catholic church, guided by the Holy Spirit, had a hand in directing the final product that we now recognize as the complete Bible - Genesis to Revelation. Although, we are told that God uses all things for the good of those who love Him -...
  11. Aaron Rich

    Who Is Jesus?

    Sibyl - I'm not so sure you're one of the faithful. Either that or I'm just completely misunderstanding your entire response. Perhaps you forgot to indicate that you were being sarcastic? That's my hope, but I'll reply to what you said anyway. You seem to be questioning everything regarding...
  12. Aaron Rich

    Who Is Jesus?

    Perhaps it will help you to settle this matter by looking into the original language? The name our Messiah was given by His mother, as it was spoken by those that actually knew Him, would have been "Yeshua". So take a look at Isaiah 12:2 "Behold, God is my [Yeshua]; I will trust, and will...
  13. Aaron Rich

    A thought on how we celebrate WITH our Bride-Groom

    How much do you learn about God from your marriage? How about from your other important relationships? There are some incredible things you can learn by simply paying attention. I got married a few years ago to my beautiful wife who has turned out to be the single biggest blessing in my life –...
  14. Aaron Rich

    Our hypocrisy as a faith group

    I agree! HIS WAYS are outlined from Genesis to Revelation and yet we decide HIS WAYS changed when he specifically says they won't. #faithofconvenience
  15. Aaron Rich

    Our hypocrisy as a faith group

    My search isn't turning anything up. I see Col 2:14 which is saying the "record of debt" was nailed to the cross. Can you please direct me to the text reference so I may read where it says the "law" was nailed to the cross? I want to read everything around it to see what we (as a faith group)...
  16. Aaron Rich

    Our hypocrisy as a faith group

    Why is forever truly forever when it comes to hell, but it's suddenly isn't forever when it comes to God's commandments? We strive to tell people where they're going if they don't accept Jesus as their savior and in the same breath we will tell them that the "law was nailed to the cross". I...
  17. Aaron Rich

    Are there 3 heavens?

    I did try to indicate that those writings had fallacy in them and for that reason the Scriptures are the only absolute authority. My apologies if you misunderstood or I misspoke.
  18. Aaron Rich

    Are there 3 heavens?

    Given the original question, I would suggest looking into Hebrew literature on the question. There's a wealth of commentary. It will give you more to consider if nothing else. The fact is, the Bible is a completely 100% Hebrew manuscript regardless of the language it was given to us in. Paul was...
  19. Aaron Rich

    Do you love God enough?

    Over the past couple of years I've met dozens of people that have studied their way into keeping God's ways. Not perfectly obviously, but they studied themselves into working toward that end. Rather than simply accepting the churches teachings of "it was nailed to the cross" they actually read...
  20. Aaron Rich

    How do you humble yourself before God?

    Obey the Torah. Simple as that. Follow the stuff that makes you uncomfortable, the stuff that our "leaders" in the church claim are obsolete. Yeshua gave us the gift of forgiveness, it's now our turn to reply with obedience to the best of our ability. It's certainly humbling to realize just...