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WAS JESUS A “JEW”?
Not at all… Despite the clamor of the blinded in part, “church-goer” and the duped “Judeo Christians” following the likes of Billy, Jerry, and Pat, et. al, Jesus would have been a follower of the Babylonian Talmudic Pharisaism of the day, which exists in the very same antiChristian Judaism form today… In fact, St. Paul even described it as well, noting that it was even then, working in his day, that “mystery of iniquity.”
Judaism follows the Talmud and not the Torah, the first five books of Moses…The Torah takes a far distant 2nd place in the minds and comments of the Rabbi’s of Judaism and as a consequence, they do not follow the original Hebraism of the early Israelties, those who met and agreed to abide by the Law given to them at Mt. Sinai.
When the tribe of Judah was taken to Babylon in a mild form of captivity, they abandoned their ancient Hebraism of the Torah and began to follow the “oral traditions” of the Pharisees who were called upon to circumvent these early Laws of the Torah while they were in the Las Vegas of the day, Babylon… This circumvention given to the Figs of Judah, both the good and bad, evolved into the long series of Rabbinical traditions that became the infamous, Talmud… now 63 volumes of very antiChristian writings and commentary… and cleary anti Jesus..
So, when He called them down and stated that their rules make the Laws of non-effect, He was speaking about their Talmud…
So, would Jesus have become a Jew in order to abide by the Talmud… Go figure… Hardly… Jesus was not a Jew..
–J, Richard Niemela.
Was Jesus A Jew?
The First Jew
by Barton A. Buhtz
You and I, everyone has a heritage. We are intrigued by our past. Where did we come from? Who might be our ancestors? Few of us can trace our specific family ancestry back more than a few generations. In a broader sense we can often trace our racial ties back to Europe, Africa, Asia and so on.
Even the people of today called “Jews” are for the most part a social, religious group whose ancestry is nearly as obscure as others.
Have you heard the disciples of Jesus referred to as Jews? Have you heard Jesus Himself called a Jew? Was Abraham a Jew? What does Scripture reveal? According to the Bible, who was the first Jew?
God, through his servant Moses, very carefully laid the groundwork for the answer to these questions in Genesis chapter ten.
His description of the geneology began with Noah and his three sons Shem, Ham and Japheth. Moses recorded the descendants of Ham and Japheth, but only for a few generations. The focus, however, was on Shem. Note that he dealt with the eldest son last.
Beginning with Genesis 11:10 Moses detailed the geneological line of Shem. His great-grandson was Eber. That name means “The Land Beyond” or The ones who crossed over.” Genesis revealed that Eber’s region of settlement was from Mesha toward Sepher, the hill country of the East. (Gen. 10:30)
The land of Eber can generally be defined as East of the Fertile Crescent and North of the Tigris-Euphrates river. This region became known as the Land of Eber and the Bible refered to his descendants as “Hebrews.”
Thus, as we trace the family tree, we come to Terah, a Hebrew. He was the father of Abram later named Abraham by God. Abraham was a Hebrew as was his nephew Lot. Their ancestor had migrated to and settled in the Ur of the Chaldees.
Abraham’s story is well-known. The call of God. His migration to Canaan, to Egypt and to Canaan again. The birth of Isaac. The choice of Isaac’s bride from the Land of Eber. The birth of Jacob and Esau to Isaac and Rebekah.
Clearly to this point in history all of the descendants in the geneology are Hebrews. But with Jacob a change took place. God gave him the name Israel.
Now Jacob was still a Hebrew, but he was also the first Israelite. Jacob married two women, both daughters to Laban, also a Hebrew.
Jacob had twelve sons. All twelve were identified as children of Israel and all were Hebrews.
Only one of the twelve sons of Jacob, now Israel, was named Judah. He became the patriarch of the tribe of Judah from which we get the expression “Jew.” Judah, therefore, was the first Jew. King David was a descendant of the tribe of Judah. After King Saul’s death David became king of Judah. Later the other tribes of Israel made a treaty with him and David became king over all Israel.
Jesus was clearly a descendant of King David as recorded in Matthew and Luke, but was Jesus a Jew?
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Why Watch Pharisees
By C. E. Carlson
What better time than the birthday of Jesus Christ to examine the Pharisees, as He did. Jesus had much to say about this sect that had established control over spiritual life in Judea and was even able to manipulated the leaders of the occupying Roman Legion. The noun Pharisee occurs at least 87 times in the New Testament. They are invariably in conflict with Jesus. However, any use of this word has mostly been eliminated from the teaching of seminaries and pulpits of America’s churches and the professing Christian media .
What is a Pharisee and WHY don’t we hear about them any more?
Webster defines Pharisee: “One of the members of a school or party among the ancient Jews noted for the strict formal observance of the rites and validity of traditions of the elders. Pharisee interpretation provided the standard of observation and belief for the great majority of the Jews from the 1st century A.D. Pharisaic: Hypocritical, self righteous and censorious of others”(Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd edition, 1950.)
Jesus confronted the Pharisees daily, as we believe all true followers of Christ should do. No longer an exclusive Jewish term, the pharisaic influence can be found in every church and synagogue in America, busily reshaping Christianity into its own image.
Every mention of “Pharisees” occurs in the New Testament, forming the center of conflict swirling around Jesus, His disciples and followers. The Pharisees stalked and persecuted them throughout their missions. Along with the 78 verses where they are mentioned by name, the Pharisees are also named by the pronouns “they” or “them” in many more verses. They are the object of Jesus’ debates in several complete chapters of Matthew, John and Luke which provide accounts of the ongoing conflict and plot against his life.
The name Pharisee occurs 54 more times than the infamous name of Judas, and twenty times more often than the name of Pontius Pilot. It is without a doubt the most infamous name in the New Testament, second only to Satan. Jesus consistently denounced them as associates of Satan and his lies.
Yet the word “Pharisee” has been pointedly ignored and all but forgotten in modern Christendom. It may be the most avoided word found in the Bible. Many church pastors and most televangelists are capable of preaching the year through without ever mentioning the word Pharisee, except in passing over it like an extinct and irrelevant species. Bible study courses rarely mention who the Pharisees were, and why Jesus pronounced upon them so harshly. Could it be that any celebrity Christian who wants keep his TV contract knows that he must never suggest that the Pharisee’s war on Jesus has anything at all to do with us, or that this anti-Christ sect may have survived to this day ?
The word “Pharisee” has not yet been removed from any Bibles we know of. Though we believe this too might soon be attempted. Most Bible commentaries and concordances avoid any serious treatment of who the Pharisees are and what they believe. One example is the concordance in the new, very popular Thompson Study Bible which is supposedly designed to help readers understand the scriptures. Amazingly it contains only one of the 78 sites about Pharisees found in Strongs, the accepted standard. The 1962 edition contained four of the 78. It appears that the publisher is progressively phasing the word out of our Christian vocabulary.
Jesus denounced this most powerful and destructive faction of anti-Christianity as damned, calling them a “generation of vipers” and “sons of Satan.” However, most study Bibles and courses omit all but a casual mention of the Pharisees.
The purpose of Pharisee Watch is to bring to light the ongoing influence of the Pharisees on our modern society and how they continue the attempt to control our lives. Jesus clearly shows us how they controlled Judea during His time. Needless to say we do not think Pharisees have gone away or they would not still be tampering with The Faith. Webster’s definition spotlights Pharisaism as modern Judaism. This is proudly echoed by many rabbinical sources, who are quite arrogant of their station. They would move heaven and earth to discourage thousands of pastors and televangelists from teaching what Jesus has told us so clearly.
The granddaddy of all the Pharisee censors is the powerfully promoted Scofield study Bible, first printed in England in 1908, but sold in America. It contains hundred of notes about the “rapture in the last days” and the return of the ancient tribe of Israelites to the Holy land.
The latest version of Scofield has even advanced “anti-Semitism” to the status of a “sin.” Each of the four successive editions have further advanced the claim of the self-proclaimed Jews to the real estate known today as the State of Israel. However, Scofield hardly contains a note about the hundreds of verses recording Jesus’ daily conflict and the plot of his death by the Pharisees.
The first mention of Pharisees occurs in Matthew 3:7 when they appear in number at the Jordan River where John the Baptist proclaimed the coming of the Messiah. John’s encounter is vividly recorded in Mt. 3:7: “But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” Matthew 3:8, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.”
One early exchange between Christ and the Pharisees occurred in Matthew 12 where Jesus called them “an evil and adulterous generation”in a powerful exchange that fills most of the chapter.
Matthew 23 primarily highlights Jesus’ condemnation of the Pharisees. Verses 31-34 reads: “Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city” (King James version).
How can such a discourse be ignored during the entire careers of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jack Van Empe and dozens more like them? They have made a career of promoting The State of Israel, regardless of the moral cost.
Luke 21 and John 8 contain more of the incessant confrontations of Jesus with the evil ant-Christ sect. We suggest every skeptical reader look up and read each of the 78 situations in Strongs containing the word “Pharisee.” Ask your own pastor when he last preached on what Jesus meant. Every follower of Christ should ask himself, “Why is almost all mention of the most powerful and evil cult to appear in the New Testament avoided and shunned by Christian leaders today?”
Toward the strait gate (Mth. 12:7)
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