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It is often said by our detractors and parroted by many Messianics that Yeshua borrowed material from the sages of Judaism and applied those Parables as his own. An interesting thing is that the Gospels predate the writing of the Mishna and the Gemara (or Talmud) by a couple centuries. Perhaps...

Enoch and the New Covenant Torah Now for something completely different. What if you were to discover that there was a "Kingdom Torah" long before there was a Torah given to Moshe? Would that not rattle the entire tree? Who was Enoch and why was he taken to be with God? And what was he...

Let's try this again. And do it without side issues. The most Jewish thing you can do! This is a response I made to a post in the Kaballah thread, but I am breaking it out as a statement here so that it is not hidden away in the rush of things. I am posting this as a statement of...

This is a response I made to a post in the Kaballah thread, but I am breaking it out as a statement here so that it is not hidden away in the rush of things. I am posting this as a statement of clarification. I have been accused more than once of being anti-semitic or anti-Jewish. This is my...

When I search the Bible, the terms "Synagogue" and "Rabbi" don't appear until you come to the New testament. They were not features or doctrines of the Old Testament times. In fact it seems that they appear first in Mishnaic writings and are connected to the time spent in Babylon. Isn't it...

We call it the Gospel, the Good News. News means something newly revealed. And it was Good news, exciting news that caused men to run in the streets to proclaim it with excitement even if it was going to cause them great personal harm. What was that Gospel ? Have we lost sight of it? How was...

MSNBC News Services Updated: 6:52 a.m. PT July 10, 2007 LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were...

I cringe when I stop and think about how many hours I have spent on this Forum trying to write concise and articulate posts fortified with scriptures and historical referrences, only to have the threads locked and conversations cut off. It seems only fluff and frills and the finer points of idle...

I hear a lot of Messianics say that Yeshua is the living Torah. This idea comes in large part from the opening verses of John. I thought at one time that there could be merit to this "Yeshua is the living Torah" but after giving it deeper thought I think the scripture is saying something else...

I wanted to say that I have no hard feeling toward any individuals on this forum. I have enjoyed some of my time here over the years. I have seen this MJ forum go through many changes, in doctrine, in temperment , and in membership. The forum, for better or worse seems to continue. I have...

A Message from Charles YTK For the most part when those of the Messianic Movement look for guidance in the establishment of doctrine they look to Talmud and the teaching of the Pharisees and Saducees. In fact there has been a movement to re-establish Talmudic laws in the movement. I think that...

I was PM'ed by one of our members here who expressed having some misunderstanding with my posts because of the term I use "New Covenant Torah". I had a thought that maybe others also misunderstand and think I am speaking of the Christian doctrine of only two laws or some other such thing. That...

If the Tabernacle was set up say on Mount Olives, would you see this as a good thing? Would you be excited at the prospect? Would you gladly take part in it? You see many seem to be anxious for a new temple to be built. However there is no need for a stone Temple. And it does not have to be...

New Testament trans-covenant Church Over the years I have been so disappointed with the disparity between Christianity and the faith of those people in the New Testament. There clearly is very little similarity between these two groups. But really it all comes down to a critical 100 year chunk...

There is a big difference of opinion on how much of the old Covenant remains or is brought into the New Covenant. Some MJ's believe we are to keep all the laws of Torah. (613) Some believe we should also keep much or all of the Rabbinical laws of the Talmud. Personally I believe that the Torah...

I suppose the idea is that God sent his son to die for us not to forgive our sins, or to take away the record of our sins but instead to eliminate the law. Where there is no law, there is also no sin, because sin is breaking the law of God. The problem with this is that the law defines sin and...

The Body of Messiah was never meant to be an organization or a denomination. We are to be an extension of the Messiah and live by the continuous direction of the spirit living in us creating a new nature within which is obedient to Gods will. We are to be ministers to one another and to the...

I Cor 15: [29] Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? This is one of those obscure passages which no one seems to have a good explanation for. Does anyone here have a Jewish/ Messianic explanation for...

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