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The rainbow is a modern symbol of Noahidism
Noahidism (/ˈnoʊə.haɪd.ɪsm/) or Noachidism (/ˈnoʊə.xaɪd.ɪsm/) is a monotheistic branch of Judaism based on the Seven Laws of Noah,[1][2] and their traditional interpretations within Rabbinic Judaism.[2][3] According to the Jewish law, non-Jews (Gentiles) are not obligated to convert to Judaism, but they are required to observe the Seven Laws of Noah to be assured of a place in the World to Come (Olam Ha-Ba), the final reward of the righteous.[1][2][3][4][5] The divinely ordained penalty for violating any of these Noahide Laws is discussed in the Talmud,[3] but in practical terms it is subject to the working legal system which is established by the society at large.[3] Those who subscribe to the observance of the Noahic Covenant are referred to as B'nei Noach (Hebrew: בני נח‬, "Children of Noah") or Noahides (/ˈnoʊ.ə.haɪdɪs/).[1][2] Supporting organizations have been established around the world over the past decades by either Noahides or Orthodox Jews.

Historically, the Hebrew term B'nei Noach has applied to all non-Jews as descendants of Noah.[1][3] However, nowadays it's primarily used to refer specifically to those non-Jews who observe the Seven Laws of Noah.[1][2]

According to a Noahide source in 2018, there are over 20,000 Noahides, and the country with the greatest number is the Philippines.

The Seven Laws of Noah
Main article: Seven Laws of Noah
The seven laws listed by the Mishnah in Sanhedrin 56a are: to have laws and courts for the society, and to refrain from blasphemy, idolatry, a set of six forbidden sexual relationships, murder, theft, and eating flesh that was removed from a living animal.[7]

Historical movements
The Sebomenoi or God-fearers are an early example of non-Jews being included within the Jewish community.

Modern Noahidism
There are two different concepts of Noahidism in Judaism:
1.The B'nei Noah movement whose members observe the Seven Commandments or Laws[9] only and hold that the remaining commandments do not apply to them. This is the view of Chabad-Lubavitch and a few other movements. This means that Noahides may not observe the Sabbath, study Torah (except for the Seven Laws), etc.
2.The B'nei Noah movement whose members hold that they can adhere completely to Judaism in order to learn from the Jews and together promote the World to Come (Olam Ha-Ba) but without becoming a part of the Jewish people (i.e. without performing a giyur). After B'nei Noah accept the obligatory seven commandments, they can, if they so desire, carry out the rest of the Jewish commandments, including studying the Torah, observing the Sabbath, celebrating Jewish holidays, etc. This view is held, for example, by Ravi Yoel Schwartz and Rav Uri Scherki.
According to the first approach, the answer to the question "Can a non-Jew observe the Sabbath and study the Torah?" is negative, and according to the second one, it is affirmative.

In one place in his books, Maimonides writes "The goy must not observe the Sabbath and study the Torah," while in another place he says "If a Noahide wants to observe additional commandments besides the seven basic ones of B'nei Noah, he receives a reward from Heaven, and we (the Jews) must support him in this." Many people quote the first of his statements, not knowing about the existence of the second one. Rav Uri Scherki (and the rabbinical council of the Brit Olam organization) explain this contradiction in Maimonides by saying that the goy and B'nei Noah are different halakhic concepts. A goy is a gentile who has not yet accepted the commandments of B'nei Noah. However, if he has already accepted Seven Laws, he ceases to be a goy and became a B'nei Noah, and as such can follow additional commandments, including keeping the Sabbath and teaching the Torah.[10]

High Council of B’nei Noah
Main article: High Council of B'nei Noah
A High Council of B’nei Noah, set up to represent B'nei Noah communities around the world, was endorsed by a group that claimed to be the new Sanhedrin.

Rabbinical Council for the Noahide Movement
The Rabbinical Council for the Noahide Movement is composed of the rabbis of the Noahide Academy of Jerusalem which include Rabbi Moshe Weiner, author of the Divine Code, the complete compilation of the Noahide Code of Law, Rabbi Moshe Perets, Executive Director of the Noahide Academy of Jerusalem, Dr Michael Schulman, Rabbi Shimon Cowen, Rabbi Ytshock Dubovick, Rabbi Assaf Studnitz, Rabbi Zalman Notik, and Rabbi Assi Harel.[13]

Acknowledgment
Rabbi Meir Kahane organized one of the first Noahide conferences in the 1980s.[14] In 1990, Kahane was the keynote speaker at the First International Conference of the Descendants of Noah in Fort Worth, Texas.[15]

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been the most active in Noahide outreach, believing that there is spiritual and societal value for non-Jews in at least simply acknowledging the seven laws, and even more so if they accept or observe them. In 1991, they had a reference to these laws enshrined in a Congressional proclamation: Presidential Proclamation 5956,[16] signed by then-President George H. W. Bush. Recalling Joint House Resolution 173, and recalling that the ethical and moral principles of all civilizations come in part from the Seven Noahide Laws, it proclaimed March 26, 1991 as "Education Day, U.S.A." Subsequently, Public Law 102-14 formally designated the Lubavitcher Rebbe's 90th birthday as "Education Day, U.S.A.," with Congress recalling that "without these ethical values and principles, the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos," and that "society is profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of these principles, that has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of civilized society."[17]

In April, 2006, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafak Tarif, met with a representative of Chabad-Lubavitch to sign a declaration calling on all non-Jews in Israel to observe the Noahide Laws as laid down in the Bible and expounded upon in Jewish tradition. The mayor of the Galilean city of Shefa-'Amr (Shfaram) — where Muslim, Christian and Druze communities live side-by-side — also signed the document.[18]

In March, 2007, Chabad-Lubavitch gathered ambassadors from six countries to take part in a gathering to declare, in the name of the states they represent, their support of the universal teachings of Noahide Laws. They represented Poland, Latvia, Mexico, Panama, Ghana, and Japan. They were part of a special program organized by Harav Boaz Kali.[19]

In April, Abu Gosh mayor Salim Jaber accepted the seven Noahide laws as part of a mass rally by Chabad at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. In May, the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, Dovid Zaoui, who presented him with literature on the universal teachings of the Noahide Laws.[20]

In 2016 Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef taught that Jewish law requires that the only non-Jews allowed to live in Israel are Noahides: "“According to Jewish law, it’s forbidden for a non-Jew to live in the Land of Israel – unless he has accepted the seven Noahide laws.” The Anti-Defamation League issued a strong denunciation of Yosef’s comments, and called on him to retract them.
 
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I'm glad that this isn't how someone becomes right with God, and enter the new world. It is interesting how they gather something like that outside of biblical, inspired literature and declare it divinely legitimate. The gospel saves, not obeying certain laws (that all aren't necessarily found in Genesis anyways).

Teaching the doctrines of men...
 
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From the insight of Messianic Jew, “We observe Torah, not are saved by Torah, but because we have been saved”. Gla5:23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law. 1John5:2In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.5:3For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

Noahide Laws (For all mankind)are the base of Moses’ Laws.(For Israelite) If a Christian should observe the Ten commandments(except the Sabbath law), he should also observe the seven principles of Noah.

In this forum(Christianity and other religions) and in this thread , I want to share another way of "a religion for all mankind ". Christianity is a kind of very popular religion for all mankind. Islam is another, Buddhism is another, Communism is another. But to me the only theory which can challenge Christianity is Judaism.

Noahidism is just the religion for all mankind of Judaism. It gives some way to deal with the relationship between Judaism and other religions. So Noahide Christianity, Noahide Islam, Noahide Hinduism, Noahide Buddhism, Noahide Taoism etc. appear. That means all the religions need to come back to their root of Monotheism. Noahidism is not the only way, but it looks like a kind of spiritual Eye.

To Judaism, Christianity invented Messianism(Messianic Judaism) to be buffering agents, so Judaism invented Nohidism(i.e Noahide Christianity) to be buffering agents.
 
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The rainbow is a modern symbol of Noahidism
Noahidism (/ˈnoʊə.haɪd.ɪsm/) or Noachidism (/ˈnoʊə.xaɪd.ɪsm/) is a monotheistic branch of Judaism based on the Seven Laws of Noah,[1][2] and their traditional interpretations within Rabbinic Judaism.[2][3] According to the Jewish law, non-Jews (Gentiles) are not obligated to convert to Judaism, but they are required to observe the Seven Laws of Noah to be assured of a place in the World to Come (Olam Ha-Ba), the final reward of the righteous.[1][2][3][4][5] The divinely ordained penalty for violating any of these Noahide Laws is discussed in the Talmud,[3] but in practical terms it is subject to the working legal system which is established by the society at large.[3] Those who subscribe to the observance of the Noahic Covenant are referred to as B'nei Noach (Hebrew: בני נח‬, "Children of Noah") or Noahides (/ˈnoʊ.ə.haɪdɪs/).[1][2] Supporting organizations have been established around the world over the past decades by either Noahides or Orthodox Jews.

Historically, the Hebrew term B'nei Noach has applied to all non-Jews as descendants of Noah.[1][3] However, nowadays it's primarily used to refer specifically to those non-Jews who observe the Seven Laws of Noah.[1][2]

According to a Noahide source in 2018, there are over 20,000 Noahides, and the country with the greatest number is the Philippines.

The Seven Laws of Noah
Main article: Seven Laws of Noah
The seven laws listed by the Mishnah in Sanhedrin 56a are: to have laws and courts for the society, and to refrain from blasphemy, idolatry, a set of six forbidden sexual relationships, murder, theft, and eating flesh that was removed from a living animal.[7]

Historical movements
The Sebomenoi or God-fearers are an early example of non-Jews being included within the Jewish community.

Modern Noahidism
There are two different concepts of Noahidism in Judaism:
1.The B'nei Noah movement whose members observe the Seven Commandments or Laws[9] only and hold that the remaining commandments do not apply to them. This is the view of Chabad-Lubavitch and a few other movements. This means that Noahides may not observe the Sabbath, study Torah (except for the Seven Laws), etc.
2.The B'nei Noah movement whose members hold that they can adhere completely to Judaism in order to learn from the Jews and together promote the World to Come (Olam Ha-Ba) but without becoming a part of the Jewish people (i.e. without performing a giyur). After B'nei Noah accept the obligatory seven commandments, they can, if they so desire, carry out the rest of the Jewish commandments, including studying the Torah, observing the Sabbath, celebrating Jewish holidays, etc. This view is held, for example, by Ravi Yoel Schwartz and Rav Uri Scherki.
According to the first approach, the answer to the question "Can a non-Jew observe the Sabbath and study the Torah?" is negative, and according to the second one, it is affirmative.

In one place in his books, Maimonides writes "The goy must not observe the Sabbath and study the Torah," while in another place he says "If a Noahide wants to observe additional commandments besides the seven basic ones of B'nei Noah, he receives a reward from Heaven, and we (the Jews) must support him in this." Many people quote the first of his statements, not knowing about the existence of the second one. Rav Uri Scherki (and the rabbinical council of the Brit Olam organization) explain this contradiction in Maimonides by saying that the goy and B'nei Noah are different halakhic concepts. A goy is a gentile who has not yet accepted the commandments of B'nei Noah. However, if he has already accepted Seven Laws, he ceases to be a goy and became a B'nei Noah, and as such can follow additional commandments, including keeping the Sabbath and teaching the Torah.[10]

High Council of B’nei Noah
Main article: High Council of B'nei Noah
A High Council of B’nei Noah, set up to represent B'nei Noah communities around the world, was endorsed by a group that claimed to be the new Sanhedrin.

Rabbinical Council for the Noahide Movement
The Rabbinical Council for the Noahide Movement is composed of the rabbis of the Noahide Academy of Jerusalem which include Rabbi Moshe Weiner, author of the Divine Code, the complete compilation of the Noahide Code of Law, Rabbi Moshe Perets, Executive Director of the Noahide Academy of Jerusalem, Dr Michael Schulman, Rabbi Shimon Cowen, Rabbi Ytshock Dubovick, Rabbi Assaf Studnitz, Rabbi Zalman Notik, and Rabbi Assi Harel.[13]

Acknowledgment
Rabbi Meir Kahane organized one of the first Noahide conferences in the 1980s.[14] In 1990, Kahane was the keynote speaker at the First International Conference of the Descendants of Noah in Fort Worth, Texas.[15]

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been the most active in Noahide outreach, believing that there is spiritual and societal value for non-Jews in at least simply acknowledging the seven laws, and even more so if they accept or observe them. In 1991, they had a reference to these laws enshrined in a Congressional proclamation: Presidential Proclamation 5956,[16] signed by then-President George H. W. Bush. Recalling Joint House Resolution 173, and recalling that the ethical and moral principles of all civilizations come in part from the Seven Noahide Laws, it proclaimed March 26, 1991 as "Education Day, U.S.A." Subsequently, Public Law 102-14 formally designated the Lubavitcher Rebbe's 90th birthday as "Education Day, U.S.A.," with Congress recalling that "without these ethical values and principles, the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos," and that "society is profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of these principles, that has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of civilized society."[17]

In April, 2006, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafak Tarif, met with a representative of Chabad-Lubavitch to sign a declaration calling on all non-Jews in Israel to observe the Noahide Laws as laid down in the Bible and expounded upon in Jewish tradition. The mayor of the Galilean city of Shefa-'Amr (Shfaram) — where Muslim, Christian and Druze communities live side-by-side — also signed the document.[18]

In March, 2007, Chabad-Lubavitch gathered ambassadors from six countries to take part in a gathering to declare, in the name of the states they represent, their support of the universal teachings of Noahide Laws. They represented Poland, Latvia, Mexico, Panama, Ghana, and Japan. They were part of a special program organized by Harav Boaz Kali.[19]

In April, Abu Gosh mayor Salim Jaber accepted the seven Noahide laws as part of a mass rally by Chabad at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. In May, the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, Dovid Zaoui, who presented him with literature on the universal teachings of the Noahide Laws.[20]

In 2016 Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef taught that Jewish law requires that the only non-Jews allowed to live in Israel are Noahides: "“According to Jewish law, it’s forbidden for a non-Jew to live in the Land of Israel – unless he has accepted the seven Noahide laws.” The Anti-Defamation League issued a strong denunciation of Yosef’s comments, and called on him to retract them.

...for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

If you hold to the laws of Noah it makes you a Noahide. If you accept Christianity and hold to the laws of Noah it makes you a Christian.

When did the law go forth from Zion, and who taught the world to obey the law? The law was delivered to the world by the apostles.
 
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Noahide Laws

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Noahide Laws, also called Noachian Laws, a Jewish Talmudic designation for seven biblical laws given to Adam and to Noah before the revelation to Moses on Mt. Sinai and consequently binding on all mankind.

Beginning with Genesis 2:16, the Babylonian Talmud listed the first six commandments as prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, and robbery and the positive command to establish courts of justice (with all that this implies). After the Flood a seventh commandment, given to Noah, forbade the eating of flesh cut from a living animal (Gen. 9:4). Though the number of laws was later increased to 30 with the addition of prohibitions against castration, sorcery, and other practices, the “seven laws,” with minor variations, retained their original status as authoritative commandments and as the source of other laws. As basic statutes safeguarding monotheism and guaranteeing proper ethical conduct in society, these laws provided a legal framework for alien residents in Jewish territory. Maimonides thus regarded anyone who observed these laws as one “assured of a portion in the world to come.” Throughout the ages scholars have viewed the Noahide Laws as a link between Judaism and Christianity, as universal norms of ethical conduct, as a basic concept in international law, or as a guarantee of fundamental human rights for all.

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Thank you all for reply. Just seeking friendship and common base among religions, which is a way of “Evangelism”.

In the movement of Noahide (son of Noah)invented by Chabad Judaism, i.e. Rabbi Kaplan, to Gentiles Jesus Christ could be looked as a Mediator to Israeli God, but Jewish need not.

They quote:
Deut4:19 And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given(Sent) equally to all peoples under heaven.

That means Jesus Christ could be sent for Gentiles, but should not be worshiped by them as one idol. In this way Monotheism could be kept. In the sight of Jewish, trinity is an extraordinary progress to Gentiles but an extraordinary backward motion to Jewish.

Noahide could take part in activity of a Christian church. They have a parable. If I want to eat cheese, especially cheese in Chocolate cake. But there is only strawberry cake, which also contains cheese. So I choose strawberry cake, better than no cheese to eat.

Noahide could be welcome in a Jewish synagogue. But maybe not accepted in a Christian church. In the experience of them, if they avoid the sensitive problems, i.e. Trinity, they can stay there friendly.
 
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i explored the path of the Noahide after I left Christianity. Was very eye opening reading the Tanakh (OT) outside the frame work of Christianity.
Humans have two eyes, but God even some Angels have many “Eyes” (Rev4:6-8). Hoping you can do something for “Noahide Christianity”.
 
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From the insight of Messianic Jew, “We observe Torah, not are saved by Torah, but because we have been saved”. Gla5:23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law. 1John5:2In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.5:3For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

Noahide Laws (For all mankind)are the base of Moses’ Laws.(For Israelite) If a Christian should observe the Ten commandments(except the Sabbath law), he should also observe the seven principles of Noah.

In this forum(Christianity and other religions) and in this thread , I want to share another way of Universalism. Christianity is a kind of very popular Universalism. Islam is another, Buddhism is another, Communism is another. But to me the only theory which can challenge Christianity is Judaism.

Noahidism is just the Universalism of Judaism. It gives some way to deal with the relationship between Judaism and other religions. So Noahide Christianity, Noahide Islam, Noahide Hinduism, Noahide Buddhism, Noahide Taoism etc. appear. That means all the religions need to come back to their root of Monotheism. Noahidism is not the only way, but it looks like a kind of spiritual Eye.

To Judaism, Christianity invented Messianism(Messianic Judaism) to be buffering agents, so Judaism invented Nohidism(i.e Noahide Christianity) to be buffering agents.

First question: Why should a religion be a Universalism?
Religion, any religion, means to separate, right?
 
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First question: Why should a religion be a Universalism?
Some religions are for all mankind, i.e. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Communism. Some religions are national, i.e. Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism,Judaism. Religions for all mankind can also have national or denominational character, National Religions can also have tendency for all mankind. Judaism to Jewish is very national, most Jewish don’t care even refuse Gentiles to convert, in general case. But the question is: Should Torah be preached to the whole world? If should, In which way? How to reply the requirement of conversion to Christianity or Islam? To answer these questions and deal with pressure, Noahidism appeared. Rabbi Maimonides thinks Christianity and Islam are beneficial to spread out ideal of Torah to the whole world, they accomplish the works which Jewish could not accomplish. Without Christianity and Islam, impossible so many people are reading Jewish Tanahch(O.T.) So Judaism “has to “ think of the problem of religion for all mankind, though Noahide movement only gets partial support from Judaism. Confucianism is national, but Confucius also had ideal of Great Harmony (an ideal or perfect society of the whole world).

Religion, any religion, means to separate, right?
“Separate” has different meanings. First, the separated Evil people have no place to the world to come. Second, i.e. in Judaism the Gentile righteous are separated from Moses’ laws because they have no circumcision. But they have the world to come with Jewish righteous together, such relationship is not separated. To Hinduism, non-Hindu can hardly own Hindu spirit, which is very national and unique, this is a “separated”. That does not mean non-Hindu(Gentiles) will go to hell. Gentiles can be righteous.

To Christianity can a “righteous” Hindu be saved? Zwingli said “Maybe”, John Calvin said “No”. That is another argument.
 
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To Hinduism, non-Hindu can hardly own Hindu spirit, which is very national and unique, this is a “separated”. That does not mean non-Hindu(Gentiles) will go to hell. Gentiles can be righteous.

They will certainly go to a different place where Hindus will not go. if Christians go to a place called Hn, then non-Christians will not go to Hn. That is separation. That is what a religion does.

Universalism does not make the basic sense of a religion.
 
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They will certainly go to a different place where Hindus will not go. if Christians go to a place called Hn, then non-Christians will not go to Hn. That is separation. That is what a religion does.

Universalism does not make the basic sense of a religion.
Sorry “Universalism” is not a correct usage to express what I mean, I don’t mean all mankind will be saved. It should be replaced by “a religion for all mankind”

“if Christians go to a place called Hn, then non-Christians will not go to Hn.”That’s another argument even in different branches of Christianity, Who is “Christian” in the meaning of Antioch? And are Christians sure that Jewish or Hindu righteous are not in Hn ? This word to me means restoration in the eternal world to come.

Jews going to heaven? (2)
 
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Noahidism - Wikipedia

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The rainbow is a modern symbol of Noahidism
Noahidism (/ˈnoʊə.haɪd.ɪsm/) or Noachidism (/ˈnoʊə.xaɪd.ɪsm/) is a monotheistic branch of Judaism based on the Seven Laws of Noah,[1][2] and their traditional interpretations within Rabbinic Judaism.[2][3] According to the Jewish law, non-Jews (Gentiles) are not obligated to convert to Judaism, but they are required to observe the Seven Laws of Noah to be assured of a place in the World to Come (Olam Ha-Ba), the final reward of the righteous.[1][2][3][4][5] The divinely ordained penalty for violating any of these Noahide Laws is discussed in the Talmud,[3] but in practical terms it is subject to the working legal system which is established by the society at large.[3] Those who subscribe to the observance of the Noahic Covenant are referred to as B'nei Noach (Hebrew: בני נח‬, "Children of Noah") or Noahides (/ˈnoʊ.ə.haɪdɪs/).[1][2] Supporting organizations have been established around the world over the past decades by either Noahides or Orthodox Jews.

Historically, the Hebrew term B'nei Noach has applied to all non-Jews as descendants of Noah.[1][3] However, nowadays it's primarily used to refer specifically to those non-Jews who observe the Seven Laws of Noah.[1][2]

According to a Noahide source in 2018, there are over 20,000 Noahides, and the country with the greatest number is the Philippines.

The Seven Laws of Noah
Main article: Seven Laws of Noah
The seven laws listed by the Mishnah in Sanhedrin 56a are: to have laws and courts for the society, and to refrain from blasphemy, idolatry, a set of six forbidden sexual relationships, murder, theft, and eating flesh that was removed from a living animal.[7]

Historical movements
The Sebomenoi or God-fearers are an early example of non-Jews being included within the Jewish community.

Modern Noahidism
There are two different concepts of Noahidism in Judaism:
1.The B'nei Noah movement whose members observe the Seven Commandments or Laws[9] only and hold that the remaining commandments do not apply to them. This is the view of Chabad-Lubavitch and a few other movements. This means that Noahides may not observe the Sabbath, study Torah (except for the Seven Laws), etc.
2.The B'nei Noah movement whose members hold that they can adhere completely to Judaism in order to learn from the Jews and together promote the World to Come (Olam Ha-Ba) but without becoming a part of the Jewish people (i.e. without performing a giyur). After B'nei Noah accept the obligatory seven commandments, they can, if they so desire, carry out the rest of the Jewish commandments, including studying the Torah, observing the Sabbath, celebrating Jewish holidays, etc. This view is held, for example, by Ravi Yoel Schwartz and Rav Uri Scherki.
According to the first approach, the answer to the question "Can a non-Jew observe the Sabbath and study the Torah?" is negative, and according to the second one, it is affirmative.

In one place in his books, Maimonides writes "The goy must not observe the Sabbath and study the Torah," while in another place he says "If a Noahide wants to observe additional commandments besides the seven basic ones of B'nei Noah, he receives a reward from Heaven, and we (the Jews) must support him in this." Many people quote the first of his statements, not knowing about the existence of the second one. Rav Uri Scherki (and the rabbinical council of the Brit Olam organization) explain this contradiction in Maimonides by saying that the goy and B'nei Noah are different halakhic concepts. A goy is a gentile who has not yet accepted the commandments of B'nei Noah. However, if he has already accepted Seven Laws, he ceases to be a goy and became a B'nei Noah, and as such can follow additional commandments, including keeping the Sabbath and teaching the Torah.[10]

High Council of B’nei Noah
Main article: High Council of B'nei Noah
A High Council of B’nei Noah, set up to represent B'nei Noah communities around the world, was endorsed by a group that claimed to be the new Sanhedrin.

Rabbinical Council for the Noahide Movement
The Rabbinical Council for the Noahide Movement is composed of the rabbis of the Noahide Academy of Jerusalem which include Rabbi Moshe Weiner, author of the Divine Code, the complete compilation of the Noahide Code of Law, Rabbi Moshe Perets, Executive Director of the Noahide Academy of Jerusalem, Dr Michael Schulman, Rabbi Shimon Cowen, Rabbi Ytshock Dubovick, Rabbi Assaf Studnitz, Rabbi Zalman Notik, and Rabbi Assi Harel.[13]

Acknowledgment
Rabbi Meir Kahane organized one of the first Noahide conferences in the 1980s.[14] In 1990, Kahane was the keynote speaker at the First International Conference of the Descendants of Noah in Fort Worth, Texas.[15]

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been the most active in Noahide outreach, believing that there is spiritual and societal value for non-Jews in at least simply acknowledging the seven laws, and even more so if they accept or observe them. In 1991, they had a reference to these laws enshrined in a Congressional proclamation: Presidential Proclamation 5956,[16] signed by then-President George H. W. Bush. Recalling Joint House Resolution 173, and recalling that the ethical and moral principles of all civilizations come in part from the Seven Noahide Laws, it proclaimed March 26, 1991 as "Education Day, U.S.A." Subsequently, Public Law 102-14 formally designated the Lubavitcher Rebbe's 90th birthday as "Education Day, U.S.A.," with Congress recalling that "without these ethical values and principles, the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos," and that "society is profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of these principles, that has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of civilized society."[17]

In April, 2006, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafak Tarif, met with a representative of Chabad-Lubavitch to sign a declaration calling on all non-Jews in Israel to observe the Noahide Laws as laid down in the Bible and expounded upon in Jewish tradition. The mayor of the Galilean city of Shefa-'Amr (Shfaram) — where Muslim, Christian and Druze communities live side-by-side — also signed the document.[18]

In March, 2007, Chabad-Lubavitch gathered ambassadors from six countries to take part in a gathering to declare, in the name of the states they represent, their support of the universal teachings of Noahide Laws. They represented Poland, Latvia, Mexico, Panama, Ghana, and Japan. They were part of a special program organized by Harav Boaz Kali.[19]

In April, Abu Gosh mayor Salim Jaber accepted the seven Noahide laws as part of a mass rally by Chabad at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. In May, the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, Dovid Zaoui, who presented him with literature on the universal teachings of the Noahide Laws.[20]

In 2016 Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef taught that Jewish law requires that the only non-Jews allowed to live in Israel are Noahides: "“According to Jewish law, it’s forbidden for a non-Jew to live in the Land of Israel – unless he has accepted the seven Noahide laws.” The Anti-Defamation League issued a strong denunciation of Yosef’s comments, and called on him to retract them.

Thee US is a secular state. We do not recognize religious documents as the basis of our law. The basis of our law is what is revealed in nature.

It sounds to me somebody is greatly exaggerating the significance of Meir Kahane and the presidential proclamation of a day of education.

Is is impious for a Christian to promote Kahane's fanatical pietist religion. Jesus Christ is the fulfiller of God's promise to enlighten the Gentiles, not Meir Kahane or the Chabad sect.
 
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The Wikipedia article was certainly informative.

The new Sanhedrin formed a committee to collect opinions as to the exact location of the Temple on Temple Mount

I hope that the opinion of the Holy of Holies perhaps being near the Gihon Spring is carefully considered.

It is an impressive theory and puts the Holy of Holies no where near either the Al Aqsa Mosque or the Dome of the Rock.


Ernest L. Martin - Wikipedia
Haram al-Sharif is not the location of the last Temple. This was significant given his relationship with Herbert W. Armstrong whose editorial in The Plain Truth magazine was cited by Denis Michael Rohan as a reason for setting fire to the Al Aqsa mosque during the 1960s.

The basis of this work began with Martin's first visit to Jerusalem in 1961 when he first met Benjamin Mazar and later his son Ory Mazar, who informed him of his belief that the Temples of Solomon and Zerubbabel were located on the Ophel mound to the north of the original Mount Zion on the southeast ridge. In a 1996 draft report to support this theory, Martin wrote, "I was then under the impression that Simon the Hasmonean (along with Herod a century later) moved the Temple from the Ophel mound to the Dome of the Rock area." However, after studying the words of Josephus concerning the Temple of Herod the Great, which was reported to be in the same general area of the former Temples, he then read the account of Eleazar who led the final contingent of Jewish resistance to the Romans at Masada which stated that the Roman fortress was the only structure left by 73 C.E.. "With this key in mind, I came to the conclusion in 1997 that all the Temples were indeed located on the Ophel mound over the area of the Gihon Spring."[5] From these conclusions, Martin produced his book in which he asserted that the Temples of Jerusalem were located over the Gihon Spring and not over the Dome of the Rock. He wrote, "What has been amazing to me is the vast amount of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian records that remain available from the first to the sixteenth centuries that clearly vindicate the conclusions that I have reached in this book of research."

Since the formation of the Sanhedrin sets the stage for the fulfillment of Ezekiel 40
to Ezekiel 48
I think it can be said that it sets up the world for the millennium..... because Ezekiel 47 will change the whole world.

8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.

There is quite a bit of support for the building of the Jerusalem Third Temple by Christians.

Should Christians support Rebuilding of Jerusalem Third Temple.
 
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The Wikipedia article was certainly informative.



I hope that the opinion of the Holy of Holies perhaps being near the Gihon Spring is carefully considered.

It is an impressive theory and puts the Holy of Holies no where near either the Al Aqsa Mosque or the Dome of the Rock.


Ernest L. Martin - Wikipedia


Since the formation of the Sanhedrin sets the stage for the fulfillment of Ezekiel 40
to Ezekiel 48
I think it can be said that it sets up the world for the millennium..... because Ezekiel 47 will change the whole world.

8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.

There is quite a bit of support for the building of the Jerusalem Third Temple by Christians.

Should Christians support Rebuilding of Jerusalem Third Temple.

Curious,
what do those Christian builders think of Rev 21:22?

How does it hang together from a Christian POV?
 
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Curious,
what do those Christian builders think of Rev 21:22?

How does it hang together from a Christian POV?

My theory is that the next 1000 - 1100 or so years.... the Ezekiel chapter 40 - 48 temple complex is the main temple.

I assume that in the Ezekiel Temple complex the Levitical rituals will all be done.


"The Sacrificial System Will Continue

One of the most perplexing ideas to students of Scripture is the idea that God intends that the annual feasts, along with animal sacrifice, will continue into the Millennium. Many Christians who have studied the prophetic portions of Zechariah 14, Isaiah 66, and Ezekiel 40 - 48, which clearly describe these Millennial worship ordinations, are confused by the idea. They ask, "Didn't the sacrifice of Christ eliminate animal sacrifices forever?"

............"Only the complete sacrifice of Jesus could ever totally atone for our sins. However, God clearly demanded the sacrifices from Adam to Christ. Those sacrifices were acts of obedience to the direct command of God, as well as acknowledgements of one's own personal sinfulness and need for God's forgiveness. Animal sacrifices covered the sins of the people temporarily until the prophesied Messiah would come and offer Himself once and for all as the necessary atonement for sin. If animal sacrifice can never atone for sin, why would God allow Israel to resume such sacrifice in the Third Temple, prior to Armageddon, and then demand that Israel continue such sacrifice in the Millennium? There are two reasons why I believe this is true."

First, the early Jewish - Christian Church continued to offer sacrifices in the first century.".......



.......Second, New Testament writers used the legal sacrificial system to illustrate very important points concerning Christ's sacrifice on the Cross.......

..... These examples of the way early Jewish believers used God's law to teach great love when He sacrificed His only Son on the cross will be repeated during the Millennium." (Grant R. Jeffrey, Messiah, War in the Middle East and the Road to Armageddon, page 317, 318 and 319)

The higher New Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven though......... seems to my thinking to be more than a thousand years in the future.


Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
 
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My theory is that the next 1000 - 1100 or so years.... the Ezekiel chapter 40 - 48 temple complex is the main temple.

I assume that in the Ezekiel Temple complex the Levitical rituals will all be done.




The higher New Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven though......... seems to my thinking to be more than a thousand years in the future.


Revelation 20:4

The way things are going we will be lucky if we see next year, let alone thousand years.
 
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The way things are going we will be lucky if we see next year, let alone thousand years.

Anyhow,
It is now 5779, 221 years to deadline 6,000

The academy of Eliyahu taught:

The world is destined to exist for 6,000 years.

The first 2,000 years were of nothingness;
The second 2,000 years were of Torah;
The third 2,000 years could all have been the days of the Messiah.
Tractate Sanhedrin 97A.

The world was created in six days.
Genesis Chapter 1.

Indeed, a thousand years are in Your eyes like yesterday that has passed.
Psalms 90:4.

In the sixth century of the sixth millenium,
(5600-5700 corresponding to the years 1740-1840)
Galillo 1564-1600
Sir Isaac Newton 1645-1727.
Industrial revolution begins early 1800,s

the portals of wisdom above, and the fountains of wisdom
below
will be opened,
Zohar 1:117a
this is alluded to in the words,

"In the six hundreth year in the life of Noah,
the windows of heaven opened and all the fountains of the great depths burst forth."
Genesis 7:11.

Matthew 24:37
 
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