Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:35:45 -0500
From: Blaine V. Krisp
Subject: Re: How are non-Jews to express their faith in YHVH?
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
WHAT ABOUT ACTS 15 ??????
(Part 1 of 2)
Shalom,
In reference to your e-mail, Should gentiles keep the Law of
Moses? We are in need to understand somethings before we delve into
coming against our brethren. In the early century, we find that the
faith of excepting Yeshua as the Messiah was mainly Jewish. When we
began to see it explode to the Gentiles, like a natural thing, we find
that there becomes a desire to convert those who are not like us to do
the things that we should do. I am Jewish and I believe in Yeshua.
Does that mean that the gentiles should do what I believe that they
should do "convert into Judaism? NO! this is not what Mr Eddie
Chumney from the Hebraic Heritagte Ministries Int'l is giving you.
What this man is not telling you is what the Holy Spirit had
estabelished in Acts 15 & Acts 21.
Acts 15:22: Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole
church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul
and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men
among the brethren: 23: And they wrote letters by them after this
manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the
brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
24: Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us
have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must
be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25: It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send
chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26: Men that
have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27:
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the
same things by mouth. 28: For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to
us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29:
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from
things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep
yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. 30: So when they were
dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the
multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
We have from the Holy Spirit that the gentiles as far as
touching the laws that:
1. they should abstain from meats offered to idols
2. and from things strangled
3. and from fornication
Are gentiles supposed to keep the 10 Commandments of course, the
Laws of Moses are more than just keeping of the 10 Commandments. We
have ordanances, customs, Laws, Comandments, and Sacrifices. The laws
that govern the Nation of Israel are not to keep, and the Laws thats
pertaining to the Sacrifical System Gentiles are not to keep. Every
Nation has its own governing laws. This Nation has more laws than you
can shake a stick at.are gentiles still to keep the sacrifical system?
of course not. Are gentiles to keep the Jewish feasts no. It is not
required. Because of the taking away of the Jewish things in
Christianity, God has applied the difference between Christianity and
the Jewish people. The Jewish people are to keep these thing because
God has commanded them to keep these things, but for the Christians.
if they want to keep these things. its ok, but not a requirement.
As the centuries has passed you have more Christians than you
have Jewish believers. There becomes an opposition of what was intended
for the Jewish people to Keep the Laws of Moses. Christians have
presented and said to the Jewish people that you should convert into
Christianity and not keep the Laws of Moses. Paul was preaching to
the gentiles and there were Jewish people there who were keeping the
Laws of Moses. Paul was saying that the gentiles did not need to keep
the Laws of Moses and there were Jewish people there. This was not
right for the Jewish people were to keep the Laws of Moses. Let me
remind you that Paul was sent by God to the Gentiles and not to the
Jewish people.
Acts 21:20: And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said
unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are
which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21: And they are
informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the
Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise
their children, neither to walk after the customs. 22: What is it
therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear
that thou art come. 23: Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have
four men which have a vow on them; 24: Them take, and purify thyself
with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their
heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed
concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest
orderly, and keepest the law. 25: As touching the Gentiles which
believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such
thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to
idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. 26:
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them
entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of
purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one
of them.
I do not know how clearer you can get. The scriptures are very
clear about the Jewish people are to keep the Laws of Moses and the
gentiles are not demaned to keep all the Laws of Moses.
There are people like Eddie Chumney from Hebraic Heritagte
Ministries Int'l who is desired to be Jewish. I do not know if he is
or not, but if anyone who is not Jewish who calls him/herself Jewish
is in direct violation of God and this is what the scriptures says
about this kind of person:
Rev 2:9: I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art
rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and
are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
It is ok for a gentile or Christian to have a desire to keep the
Laws of Moses, to keep Shabbat, The feasts exc., but to be calling
yourself a Jew and you are not, this is not right. The MJAA is a very
good orginization and I would not seek to bring Judgement against them
Mr. Chumney least God comes against you and brings forth Judgement
against You!
Shalom,
Blaine V. Krisp
A Prophet of God
A Jew, from the Tribe of Levi, A decendent of the High Priest.
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REPLY FROM EDDIE:
In Blaine's reply to my article: "How are non-Jews to express
their faith in YHVH", Blaine attempts to make the following claims in
his reply.
#1) Non-Jews are to keep SOME of the Torah (10 commandments ...
except for the 4th commandment about keeping the Sabbath) but not ALL
of the commandments (the sacrificial Torah commands are ONLY for
Jews)
"We have from the Holy Spirit that the gentiles as far as
touching the laws that:
1. they should abstain from meats offered to idols
2. and from things strangled
3. and from fornication
Are gentiles supposed to keep the 10 Commandments of course, the
Laws of Moses are more than just keeping of the 10 Commandments. We
have ordanances, customs, Laws, Comandments, and Sacrifices. The laws
that govern the Nation of Israel are not to keep, and the Laws thats
pertaining to the Sacrifical System Gentiles are not to keep."
#2) Non-Jewish believers in Messiah are NOT to keep the Biblical
Festivals (he called them JEWISH feasts rather than what the Torah
says in Lev 23 that these are the FEASTS of YHVH)
"Are gentiles to keep the Jewish feasts no."
#3) TWO different set of Torah instructions based upon whether one is
Jewish or non-Jewish
"God has applied the difference between Christianity and
the Jewish people. The Jewish people are to keep these thing because
God has commanded them to keep these things, but for the Christians.
if they want to keep these things. its ok, but not a requirement.'
" Christians have presented and said to the Jewish people that you
should convert into Christianity and not keep the Laws of Moses. Paul
was preaching to the gentiles and there were Jewish people there who
were keeping the Laws of Moses. Paul was saying that the gentiles
did not need to keep the Laws of Moses and there were Jewish people
there. This was not right for the Jewish people were to keep the
Laws of Moses."
"The scriptures are very clear about the Jewish people are to keep
the Laws of Moses and the gentiles are not demaned to keep all the
Laws of Moses."
#4) If a non-Jew desires to follow Torah then they are trying to be
"Jewish". In other words, this person believes that the Torah =
Jewish. If a non-Jew tries to follow Torah then they are trying to be
'Jews' and are instead of the "synagogue of Satan"
"There are people like Eddie Chumney from Hebraic Heritagte
Ministries Int'l who is desired to be Jewish. I do not know if he is
or not, but if anyone who is not Jewish who calls him/herself Jewish
is in direct violation of God and this is what the scriptures says
about this kind of person:
Rev 2:9: I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art
rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and
are not, but are the synagogue of Satan."
#5) Blaine believes that teaching that non-Jews are to keep Torah is
an attack against the MJAA and an attack against the MJAA is an
attack against God Himself.
" The MJAA is a very good orginization and I would not seek to bring
Judgement against them Mr. Chumney least God comes against you and
brings forth Judgement against You!"
#6) Blaine calls himself a prophet of YHVH
"Blaine V. Krisp
A Prophet of God
A Jew, from the Tribe of Levi, A decendent of the High Priest."
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Now, let me try to reply to each of these issues.
In order to accept Blaine's view that Acts 15 is teaching that
non-Jews are NOT to express their faith in Messiah by keeping the
SAME commandments as Jewish believers in the Messiah, it is based
upon the following ASSUMPTIONS:
#1) ASSUMPTION #1: When YHVH said through Moses that there is ONE
TORAH for BOTH the native born and the 'stranger / sojourner' and
that ONE TORAH is a commandments for ALL GENERATIONS that YHVH DIDN'T
MEAN FOREVER when He said to Moses FOREVER
KJV Numbers 15:15 ONE ORDINANCE shall be BOTH for YOU of the
congregation, and also for the STRANGER that sojourneth with you, an
ordinance FOREVER in your generations: as ye are, so shall the
stranger be before the LORD.
KJV Numbers 15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the
stranger that sojourneth with you.
My view is that when YHVH told Moses FOREVER that He meant FOREVER.
If not so then YHVH has lied. Does YHVH lie?
KJV Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the
son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do
it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
YHVH has said that He does NOT lie. He has also said that He NEVER
changes.
KJV Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not ...
#2) ASSUMPTION #2: When Messiah said that the LEAST in the Kingdom of
Heaven do NOT keep the Torah and the GREATEST DO keep the Torah then
Messiah didn't mean what He said
KJV Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in
the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Blaine is TEACHING that non-Jews are NOT to keep Torah. According to
the words of the Messiah, Blaine has qualified himself to be LEAST in
the Kingdom.
#3) ASSUMPTION #3: Paul taught that Jewish believers in the Messiah
are to follow Torah and non-Jewish believers are NOT to follow Torah.
Did Paul teach this?
KJV Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith
without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he
not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is
one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and
uncircumcision through faith.
So, Paul says that it is ONE GOD which justifies the circumcism by
faith (Jews) and the uncircumcism by faith (non-Jews). The SUBJECT of
WHO is justified by faith without the deeds of the Torah is BOTH Jew
and non-Jew. Then Paul asks:
31 Do WE then make
void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
The WE in Romans 3:31 is BOTH Jew and non-Jew who have been justified
by faith without the deeds of the Torah. What are WE supposed to do?
WE are supposed to ESTABLISH (follow) the TORAH
#4) ASSUMPTION #4: Acts 15 = NEW THOUGHT / TEACHING which SUPERCEDES
/ REPLACES what Moses said in Numbers 14:15-16 that ONE TORAH is for
BOTH Jew and non-Jew.
Is Acts 15 a NEW THOUGHT regarding the non-Jew that Messiah brought
to us by His death on the tree? Did the death of Messiah on the tree
CHANGE what Moses said?
Messiah said that in order to believer HIS Words you NEED to believe
what MOSES said
KJV John 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me:
for he wrote of me.
One who teaches / believes that Messiah died on the tree to DO AWAY
with what Moses wrote is called in the NT a "FALSE WITNESS"
KJV Acts 6:13 And set up FALSE WITNESSES, which said, This man ceaseth
not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
KJV Acts 6:14 For we have heard him say, that this JESUS of Nazareth
shall destroy this place, and shall CHANGE the CUSTOMS which MOSES
delivered us.
My view is that the Bible is ONE BOOK and ONE REVELATION that YHVH
has given to His people and that the NT COMPLIMENTS but does NOT
REPLACE what was written by Moses.
#5) ASSUMPTION #5: Messiah DID NOT keep Torah and His followers should
NOT keep the Torah
In the NT, we are told what is required of the followers of Messiah.
KJV 1 John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love
of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
KJV 1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so
to walk, even as he walked.
A follower of the Messiah ought to "WALK AS HE WALKED". This is
HOW we KNOW that WE KNOW HIM.
HOW did MESSIAH WALK? Did Messiah keep the Sabbath? Yes. Did Messiah
keep Passover and the feast of Tabernacles? Yes.
According to I John 2:5-6, if Messiah kept the Sabbath and the
Biblical Festivals then we ought to "walk as He walked".
In Jewish understanding, the WAY in which you seek to KEEP the TORAH
is called "halachah". The Hebrew word "halachah" comes from the
Hebrrew word "halak" which means "to walk". The WAY in which you KEEP
the Torah in Jewish thought is called "halachah" or the "WAY one
WALKS"
About a month ago, I was having a conversation with a Reform Jewish
rabbi (NOT a believer in Yeshua / Jesus as the Messiah) who lives in
my community and I shared with him from the NT in our conversation
(I John 2:5-6). I then said to him. "You are Jewish. What does 'we
ought to WALK as He WALKED' mean to you from a JEWISH perspective?
He replied to me. "That is easy. It means to keep the commandments
(Torah)".
#6) ASSUMPTION #6: Paul AND the Messiah did NOT follow the Torah
Paul said to MOSTLY NON-JEWS in Corinth:
KJV 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of
Christ.
FOLLOW me (live your life) as I FOLLOW MESSIAH (how Messiah
lived His life).
Paul said that he followed Messiah. Messiah kept the Sabbath
and Festivals. Then Paul said to mainly NON-JEWISH believers in the
Messiah to FOLLOW him AS He FOLLOWED Messiah.
MANY of these ASSUMPTIONS are made if one seeks to interpret
ACTS 15 as saying that there are TWO DIFFERENT ways in which a Jewish
and non-Jewish believers is to express His faith in YHVH through the
Messiah.
Why do we THINK that Acts 15 speaks of TWO DIFFERENT ways in
which a Jewish and non-Jewish believer in Messiah is to express His
faith in YHVH through the Messiah?
It is because we INTERPRET that the OT was written to "THEM" and
the NT was written to "US". In order words, the Bible becomes an
"US" versus "THEM" book. It ASSUMES that the NT is NOT LINKED with
what is written by MOSES and the PROPHETS.
Why have we made this disconnect? It is because we have REJECTED
what YHVH spoke through Moses and we THEOLOGICALLY interpret the
Bible as TWO SEPARATE BOOKS. In other words, we do NOT have a HEBRAIC
UNDERSTANDING how what was written in the TORAH and the PROPHETS is
LINKED with the teachings of the Messiah and the words of the NT.
Therefore, in order to have a CORRECT understanding of Acts 15,
we need to take a HEBRAIC view of the Bible and understand how what
is written by MOSES and the PROPHETS is LINKED with what is written
in the NT and is LINKED with the decision in Acts 15. So, how is this
so?
In order to understand how ACTS 15 is LINKED with what is written
in the Torah and the prophets, we need to understand HOW the Torah
and the prophets describe the coming of the Messiah and the
Messianic Era. In other words, what were the EXPECTATIONS of what
Messiah would do and what are the ESCATOLOGICAL (study of the end of
days) view of the coming of the Messiah.
In order to understand the ESCATOLOGICAL view of the coming of the
Messiah, we need to understand what is written in the Torah and the
proophets and what was the current situation with the history of the
nation of Israel at the time of the first century and how this
relates to what the Torah and the prophets describes as some of the
Messianic expectations.
First, the CURRENT SITUATION:
#1) The covenanat that YHVH made through the Messiah with Abraham was
made with the descendants of Abraham AND the "MIXED MULTUTUDE"
(Exodus 12:37-28) at Mount Sinai. The covenant at Mount Sinai (Deut
28 and Lev 26) stated that if the covenant was BROKEN that the house
of Jacob (Exodus 19:3) (which INCLUDED the MIXED MULTITUDE who were
GRAFTED into the covenant that YHVH made with Abraham) that the house
of Jacob would be SCATTERED into the nations of the world. This was
fulfilled when the Northern Kingdom (house of Israel) was exiled into
Assyria and the Southern Kingdom (house of Judah) was exiled into
Babylon.
Next, I will share with you some of the MAJOR Messianic expectations.
#1) The TORAH and the PROPHETS foretold that with the coming of
the Messiah that there would be an END of the EXILE and that the
Messiah would REGATHER BOTH HOUSES of Israel an return them back to
the land of Israel
First, the Torah:
KJV Deuteronomy 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things
are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set
before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations,
whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the
LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command
thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul;
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity,
and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from
all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he
fetch thee:
5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which
thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee
good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
Next, the PROPHETS:
KJV Ezekiel 37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take
another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying,
Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph,
which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows,
and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and
will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of
Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no
more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any
more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their
transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces,
wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my
people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king
over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk
in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and
my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will
make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting
covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will
set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle
also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify
Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
In these passages from the TORAH and the PROPHETS, the END OF THE
EXILE is associated with several things:
A) The people would REPENT of their sins (from NOT obeying Torah)
Deut 30:2-3
2 And shalt return unto the
LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command
thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul;
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity,
and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from
all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
Ezek 37:23
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their
transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces,
wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my
people, and I will be their God.
B) Messiah would RULE over a REUNITED EPHRAIM and JUDAH and they will
KEEP His Torah
24 And David my servant shall be king
over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk
in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
C) They will dwell in the land of Israel
Deut 30:4-5
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he
fetch thee:
5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which
thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee
good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
Ezekiel 37:26-27
26 Moreover I will
make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting
covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will
set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle
also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
#2) With the end of the exile of the house of Jacob by King Messiah
that those from AMONG THE NATION would join themselves to the Messiah
and Messiah would teach ALL NATIONS the Torah from Jerusalem
#3) ALL NATIONS joining themselves to the Messiah would come from an
OUTPOURING of the HOLY SPIRIT
So to SUMMARIZE some of the MAJOR Messianic expectations of the
Messiah based upon what is written in the Torah and the prophets is:
#1) The TORAH and the PROPHETS foretold that with the coming of
the Messiah that there would be an END of the EXILE and that the
Messiah would REGATHER BOTH HOUSES of Israel an return them back to
the land of Israel
#2) With the end of the exile of the house of Jacob by King Messiah
that those from AMONG THE NATION would join themselves to the Messiah
and Messiah would teach ALL NATIONS the Torah from Jerusalem
#3) ALL NATIONS joining themselves to the Messiah would come from an
OUTPOURING of the HOLY SPIRIT
Next, let's see how the NT addresses these issues:
MESSIANIC EXPECTATION #1:
The TORAH and the PROPHETS foretold that with the coming of
the Messiah that there would be an END of the EXILE and that the
Messiah would REGATHER BOTH HOUSES of Israel an return them back to
the land of Israel
In John 10:16-17, Messiah tells us that ONE of the reason why He is
dying on the tree is to eventually restore and regather both houses
of Israel.
KJV John 10:16 And OTHER SHEEP I HAVE (the Northern Kingdom / house
of Israel), which are not of this fold (the Southern Kingdom / house
of Judah): them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be
ONE FOLD, and ONE SHEPHERD.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I LAY DOWN MY LIFE, that I might take it again.
Messiah was telling a JEWISH audience that He NEEDED to die in
order for their to be ultimately ONE FOLD and ONE SHEPHERD. This is a
restored and reunited house of Israel / Ephraim and house of Judah /
Judah.
We are also told this in John 11:49-52:
KJV John 11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest
that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the
people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 And this spake he not
of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus
should die for THAT NATION (Southern Kingdom / Judah / Jews)
52 And NOT for THAT NATION ONLY (the OTHER NATION is the Northern
Kingdom / house of Israel / Ephraim), but that also he should GATHER
together in ONE the CHILDREN of GOD that were SCATTERED abroad.
The "childen of Israel scattered abroad" are TWO NATIONS are both
houses of Israel.
In the Torah commentary on the book of Genesis, Moses
Nachmonides (RambaN: 1195 - 1270) who was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi of
the Middle Ages and who is widely read and quoted by many Orthodox Jews
TODAY says on page 588:
"Judah and Ephraim were considered as TWO NATIONS in Israel"
Messiah was asked WHEN this would happen and HOW He was going to
accomplish this task of a PHYSICAL return of Ephraim and Judah back
to the land of Israel in Acts 1:6
KJV Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time RESTORE again the
KINGDOM to ISRAEL?
The restoration of the Kingdom to Israel is the end of the exile
of Jacob and the nation of Israel ruling over all the other nations
of the world.
MESSIANIC EXPECTATION #2:
#2) With the end of the exile of the house of Jacob by King Messiah
that those from AMONG THE NATION would join themselves to the Messiah
and Messiah would teach ALL NATIONS the Torah from Jerusalem
In a traditional Jewish Sabbath Torah service, when the Torah is
taken from the ark, Isaiah 2:3 is recited:
KJV Isaiah 2:3 And MANY PEOPLE shall go and say, Come ye, and let us
go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for
out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
ALL NATIONS are prophecied to hear and follow the Torah.
KJV Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the
mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and ALL
NATIONS shall flow unto it.
ALL NATIONS included those from among the nations who are NOT
physically descended from the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Those from among the nations would be GRAFTED INTO the NEW covenant
that was ONLY made with the HOUSE of ISRAEL AND the HOUSE OF JUDAH.
KJV Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord, when I will make a NEW COVENANT with the HOUSE
of ISRAEL and with the HOUSE of JUDAH:
(End Part 1 of 2)
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