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Could it be some satanic consPiracy to hide the truth ,,because THE LORD is not a name but YAHwEH is Gods name ,y avoid the set apart and glorified name of El shaddai(God almighty) .because of lack of study. resulting to ignorance. because the mighty int if this world has made them written for him. and they are doing good work and very bad one for the kingdom. many are coming to the truth now. you can't ignore names by which purple are saved and will be saved. names of the father and his son are important. they are Hebrew names. so also the true Shabat day of worship Shabat Shalum |
vooks:i think you need to learn to talk politely to strangers. is that how you're father shatan taught you? will, you're repenting him well. kudos. nb: stop acting like you know me. I'm not James trims advocate. I'm not part of his assembly. reason before you spit fool. you just sold yourself out to be the a devils tool. שלום |
“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their vast array. On the seventh day Elohim completed His creative act which He had done, and He ceased on the seventh day from all His creative activity which He had done. Then Elohim blessed the seventh day and set it apart, for on it He rested from all His work - which Elohim had created and made.” Barukh ata YHWH Elohenu Melek HaOlam asher kidshanu b'mtzvotav vtzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat Shabbath Shalom! |
vooks:ok. שבת שלום |
vooks:that's obviously insignificant! anyone can have a PhD in divinity. that's just anothsr worldly title. |
vooks:who is a Jew? |
James the Just An important figure to the ancient Nazarenes was that of James the Just (Ya'akov HaTzadik). After the death of Yeshua, the Nazarenes recognized his brother James the Just as legal heir to the throne of David. For this reason the Nazarenes recognized James the Just as the Nasi of their Nazarene Sanhedrin (Acts 15). It is likely that James the Just had students of his own, and that his movement merged into the Yeshua movement after Yeshua's death. This is evident because there is scarecely any mention of James the Just prior to Yeshua's death, however very early on he became leader of the Nazarene movement (Acts12:17; 15:13-29; 21:18-26 & Gal. 1:19; Eusebius Eccl. Hist. 2:23). According to the Goodnews of Thomas, it was Yeshua himself who named James the Just as their new leader: The students said to Yeshua: "We know you will leave us. Who is going to be our leader then?" Yeshua said to them:"No matter where you reside, you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being." (Goodnews of Thomas saying 12) The Goodnews according to the Hebrews relates the following regarding James the Just: Now the L-rd, when he had given the linen cloth to the servent of the priest, went to James and appeared to him (for James had sworn that he would not eat bread from that hour wherein he had drunk the L-rd's cup until he should see him rise again from among them that sleep), and again after a little, "Bring you," said the L-rd, a table and bread", and immediately it is added", "He took bread and blessed and broke and gave it to James the Just and said to him: "My brother, eat your bread, for the son of Man is risen from among them that sleep." (Quoted by Jerome; Of Illustrius Men 2) This is likely the event Paul refers to in 1Cor. 15:7 and it likely had a profound effect upon James. The Nazarene historian Hegesippus (c. 180 C.E.) is quoted by Eusebius (4th century) as describing James the Just this way: But James, the brother of the L-rd, who, as there were many of his name, was surnamed the Just by all, from the days of our Lrd until now, received the government of the assembly with the emissaries. This emissary was consecrated from his mother's womb. He drank neither wine nor fermented liquors, and abstained from animal food. A razor never came upon his head, he never anointed with oil, and never used a bath. He alone was allowed to enter the sanctuary. He never wore woolen, but linen garments. He was in the habit of entering the Temple alone, and was often found upon his bent knees, and interceding for forgiveness of the people; so that his knees became as hard as camel's. in consequence of his habitual supplication and kneeling before G-d. And indeed, on account of his exceeding great piety, he was called the Just, and Oblias (or Tzadik and Ozleam) which signifies justice and protection of the people; as the prophets declare concerning him. (Hegesippus in the fifth book of his [lost] commentaries, quoted by Eusebius; Eccl. Hist. 2:23) James the Just was very popular with the Jewish community in general. Under his inflence the Nazarene movement grew until his death in 63 C.E, as Hegesippus goes on to say: Some of the seven sects, therefore, of the people, mentioned by me above in my commentaries, asked him what was the door to Yeshua? and he answered: "That he was the Saviour." From which, some believed that Yeshua is the Messiah. But the aforementioned heresies did not believe either a resurrection, or that he was coming to give to every one according to his works; as many however, as did believe, did so on account of James. As there were many therefore of the rulers that believed, there arose a tumult among the Jews, Scribes and Pharisees, saying that there was danger, that the people would now expect Yeshua as the Messiah. They came therefore together, and said to James: "We entreat you, restrain the people, who are led astray after Yeshua, as if he were the Messiah. We entreat you to persuade all that are coming to the feast of the Passover rightly concerning Yeshua; for we all have confidence in you. For we and all the people hear the testimony that you are just, and you respect not persons. Persuade therefore the people not to be led astray by Yeshua, for we and all the people have great confidence in you. Stand therefore upon a wing of the Temple, that you may be conspicuous on high, and your words may be easily heard by all the people; for all the tribes have come together on account of the Passover, with some of the Gentiles also. The aforesaid Scribes and Pharisees, therefore, placed James upon a wing of the Temple, and cried out to him: "Oh you just man, whom we ought all to believe, since the people are led astray after Yeshua that was crucified, declare to us what is the door to Yeshua that was crucified." And he answered with a loud voice, "Why do you ask me respecting Yeshua the Son of Man? He is now sitting in the heavens, on the right hand of Great Power, and is about to come on the clouds of heaven." (Ps. 110:1 & Dan. 7:13). And as many were confirmed, and glorified in this testimony of James, and said, Hosanna to the son of David, these same priests ans Pharisees said to one another: "We have done badly in affording such testimony to Yeshua, but let us go up and cast him down, that they may dread to believe in him." And they cried out: "Oh, oh, the Just himself is deceived," and they fulfilled that which is written in Isaiah: Let us take away the just, because he is offensive to us; wherefore they shall eat the fruit of their doings. (Is. 3:10) Going up therefore, they cast down the just man, saying to one another: "Let us stone James the Just." And they began to stone him, as he did not die immediately when cast down; but turning round, he knelt down saying, "I entreat you, O L-rd G-d and Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Thus they were stoning him, when one of the priests of the sons of Recheb, a son of the Rechabites, spoken of by Jeremiah the prophet, cried out saying: "Cease, what are you doing? Justus is praying for you." And one of them, a fuller, beat out the brains of Justus with the club that he used to beat out clothes. Thus he suffered martyrdom, and they buried him on the spot where his tombstone is still remaining, by the Temple. He bacame a faithful witness, both to the Jews and the Greeks, that Yeshua is the Messiah. Immediately after this, Vespian invaded and took Judea. (Hegesippus as quoted by Eusebius Eccl. Hist. 2:23) Josephus also records the death of James the Just this way: Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he [Ananus the High Priest] assembled the sanhedrin of the judges, and brought before them the brother of Yeshua, who was called Messiah, whose name was James, and some others, [or some of his companions;] and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned: but as for those who seemed the most equitable of the citizens, and such as were the most uneasy at the breach of the laws, they disliked what was done. (Josephus; Antiquities 20:9:1) According to Eusebius, his version of Josephus's works contained the following in relation to the destruction of Jeusalem and the Temple in 70 C.E.: These things happened to the Jews to avenge James the Just, who was brother of him that is called the Messiah, and whom the Jews had slain, not withstanding his pre-eminant justice. (Josephus quoted by Eusebius; Eccl. Hist. 2:23) |
vooks:I'm a Yoruba. Yes we do circumcise our males as commanded as a sign of the covenant made with our father Abraham. |
vooks:The messiah was circumcised. Israelites and their descendanats. Thats the sign of the covenant with Abraham. |
dhummystecah:thank you! |
FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT NIGERIAN LADIES; 1. They can never stick to one man, they end up having multiple sex partners in their lifetime. 2. 60% looses their virginity before age 21. Many of these lie abiut being raped. 3. They are very talented in falling for men with sweet mouth even when they know they're lying. 4. They form claim to be virgins even when they are not. 5. They are Heart breakers. They can date(have sex) with mre than 1guy and still lie about it. 6. They easily love men who give false promises. 7. They dont love the guy before sex, but they do after sex. 8. They fear pregnancy especially when they are hily respected members of the church. 9. They love rich dudes more than their womanhood!!! 10. 81% looses their virginity before they get married out of foolishness. One Love to my ladies keeping it real! Never listening to mens deceptions! One love to them keeping their virginity until Marriage. One Love! <3
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saints2:hes good. His brain is ticking!!! He should get some cash grant for this successful idea turned into reality. Kudos! |
Kizito2nv:the girl would get your friend into trouble if he doesnt wise up. She might not be the wife material he "might" be looking for. |
Evathyst:ive read it somewhere, and also believes that the woman is supposed to ask for it in a modest way, and the husband should always listen to her wife's body language. The frequency should be as frequent as possible, "Access Should Always be granted" except for certain times of female uncleaniness or seperation for spiritual obiligations. "Thou shall not strave thy wife, man, perform your conjugal obligation when you're required to do so!" also see: www.nairaland.com/2862533/sex-marriage-judaism-perspective |
The Rabbinic requirement of regular relations in a marriage does put some responsibility on the wife. It is considered desirable for her to solicit her husband to the act. (Nevertheless, the laws of modesty suggest that she be a bit less brazen and subtler than her husband.) "R Samuel b. Hahmani, citing R. Johanan, stated: A woman who solicits her husband to the (marital) obligation will have children the like of whom did not exist even in the generation of Moses. (Eruvin 100b) Jewish Law is concerned not only with the frequency of the act but with the manner in which it is performed. The Talmud recommends nudity: "R. Joseph taught: ‘Her flesh’ implies close bodily contact, i.e., that he must not treat her in the manner of the Persians who perform their conjugal duties in their clothes. This provides support for a ruling of R. Huna who laid down that a husband who said, "I will not perform (conjugal duties) unless she wears her clothes and I mine’ must divorce her and give her also her ketubbah" (Kettubot 48a). The myth that religious Jews are required to make love through a hole in a sheet is nonsense. Pleasure was a concern of the rabbis; they understood that it is enhanced by nudity. In fact, if one of the partners does not wish to have relations in the nude, it is considered grounds for divorce (Shulchan Arukh, Even ha-Ezer 76-13). A tension exists in Rabbinic literature between what the Rabbis regard as modest and proper on the one hand and what they know will maximize a couple’s pleasure on the other hand. Modesty requires that scholars of the law not be with their wives too frequently like roosters (Berakhot 22a), yet even a scholar is responsible for maximizing his wife’s pleasure. Rabbinic teachings reflect this tension in their discussions about intercourse by day or night, proper positions, and natural or un-natural relations. According to tradition, relations should take place at night and in the dark. The Talmud forbids relations during the day or by the light of a lamp (Niddah 17). Maimonides teaches that, although intercourse on the Sabbath is a special mitzwah, if the Sabbath light has not yet gone out and there is no separate room to which they can move, the couple should wait (Mishnah Torah Issurei Biah 21:10). In fact, midnight was considered the ideal time for intercourse. Behind this law stands the principle "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Lev 19:18). The rabbis were concerned that a man might see his wife’s blemishes and that she would then become undesirable to him. Niddah 17a –. However, there are exceptions. "Although intercourse was reserved for the night, if because of ones nature one finds himself forced to sleep at night and ought not be aroused or excited, or if the woman’s nature is such that she is overtaken by sleep at night and is not receptive at that time, one is permitted to have intercourse during the day, with due modesty, in order that intercourse be performed with acceptance and love and not by force"—(Meiri Niddah 17a). Although they set normative guidelines, the ultimate concern of the Talmudic rabbis is maximizing the joy of relations. Traditionally most Jewish couples have made love in the dark out of a sense of modesty, but if a couple finds their relations enhanced when they "relate" the light, they are free to do so. Similarly, in Rabbinic Judaism a tension exists between mandating a particular position for couples and allowing for variety and experimentation. On the one hand, the Rabbis recommend the missionary position: "She on top and him below—this is the way of brazenness; she below and him on top—this is the way of proper intercourse" (Gittin 70a). According to Rabbi Johanan ben Dahabai, it is forbidden to "overturn the table" (practice unnatural intercourse or unusual positions), but the Rabbis explicitly disagree with him: "A man may do whatever he pleases with his wife (at intercourse). A parable: Meat which comes form the abattoir may be eaten salted, roasted, cooked, or seethed, so with fish from the fishmonger… A woman once came before Rabbi and said, "Rabbi, I set a table before my husband and he overturned it." Rabbi replied, "My daughter, the Torah has permitted you to him. What can I do for you?" (Nedarim 20b) Maimonides, usually quite conservative on "relations", proves quite liberal on this question: "A man’s wife is permitted to him. Therefore a man may do whatever he wishes with his wife. He may have intercourse with her at any time he wishes and kiss her on whatever limb of her body he wants. He may have natural or un-natural relations , as long as he does not bring forth seed in vain. However, it is a sign of piety not to show too much levity but to sanctify himself at the time of intercourse… A man should not depart from the way of the world and its custom because its ultimate purpose is procreation. (Mishnah Torah Issurei Biah 21:9) The issue of un-natural relations (biyah lo kedarkah) is particularly difficult form a Jewish perspective. Un-natural relations refers to any sexual activity in which semination does not occur in the traditional place, (Rassi on Yevamoth 34), such as MouthAction, anal sex, or what the rabbis termed "threshing within and without" (premature withdrawal). Talmudic sources talk freely about such activity, permitting it under certain circumstances between husband and wife. Nonetheless there is a concern with the wasteful spilling of seed, which Judaism forbids based on the biblical story of Er and Onan. Tosefot raises this contradiction and cites the position of Rabbi Isaac to resolve it: "It is not considered like the act of Er and Onan unless it is his intention to destroy the seed and it is his habit to always do so. However, if it is occasional and the desire of his heart is to come upon his wife in an unnatural way, it is permitted. (Tosefot on Yevamoth 34)." In other words, un-natural relations is permissible only if it is occasional and not exclusive, and if the intent is mutual pleasure. Both husband and wife must agree on any unnatural forms of sex, for Jewish law forbids a man from forcing his wife into any sexual act against her will. This includes getting her drunk. The Rabbis of the Talmud disagree on whether a man is permitted to fantasize about another woman when he has relations with his wife. Michael Gold / "Does G-D Belong In The Bedroom" source: chayas.com/ksex.htm |
Divinerspell:its like a krishna worshipper saying hes a catholic bishop, the two doesnt have aaanything in common. Those who practiced kabbalah are the jews, except your talking of magik, like the ones fremasons and illuminatis do? Anyway, i understand you. When the time comes יהוה will teach me the way to go about it. Shalom! |
analice107:the acts of the apostles is the act of the believers, it isnt fraud. It shows the apostles kept the 7th day shabat more than 80times, and not sunday. Apostle Paul was regarded as one of the ringleaders of the Nazarene sect of Judaism in the book of Acts 24:5 |
those in the pics were serving punishments, not going through traning. |
Kizito2nv:im very sorry. But you meant all these ranting was about sex and sexual ordeals and not love ![]() My advice? If he truely loves her, 1. He wouldnt and shouldnt have sex with her. 2. He would avoid situations that may lead to sexual relations( all those heads and necks should be avoided by all means) 3. He would build the relationship on some spiritual rock. 4. He shoul stop thinking of her as a sexual tool. 5. He should makeplans to marry her!!! Thats the only way he can prove his love for her. Stop smelling the food you know you aint gonna eat. Its a very bad habit. Shalum! |
Divinerspell:are you a Jewish Ravi? |
There are many mystical practices associated with clipping nails. One of these involves the order in which the fingernails are cut: If you hold out your hands in front of you, looking at your fingernails, the fingers can be numbered on the left hand: 3-1-4-2-5, then moving to the right hand 8-6-9-7-10. Some refrain from trimming nails on Rosh Chodesh. Further, according to kabbalah, one should not cut the fingernails on the same day as one's toenails. You should also wash your hands after cutting your nails. It is a mitzvah to cut one's fingernails on Friday in honor of Shabbat, and before Yom Tov. However, one may not cut nails on Shabbat and Yom Tov, since that is one of the acts of forbidden labor. The habit of nail-biting is discouraged, especially since it may lead to biting fingernails on Shabbat, which is prohibited. Another mystical source says that it can be harmful for a pregnant woman to walk on a cut fingernail. One should therefore be careful to discard fingernail clippings. If a nail does fall and you cannot find it, just sweep or vacuum the area. To explain this, here’s an interesting bit from ohr.edu: According to kabbalah, Adam was created with a hard shiny membrane covering his whole body. When he ate from the forbidden tree Adam lost this covering, but it remained on the tips of his fingers and toes. This concept is a metaphor for a very deep idea: Every person is intrinsically immortal due to his spiritual soul. However, by attaching himself to the physical world through improper actions (Adam's sin) a person becomes vulnerable to death and material destruction (loss of protective covering). The concept of a fingernail harming a pregnant woman is based on the following idea: The nail, which is dead matter, represents death and the mortality of the human being. The pregnant woman represents creation, life and immortality. In mystical thinking, objects contain “sparks” of the ideas which they symbolize. Opposite “sparks” brought together can cause harm on the spiritual and physical level. Hence, the fingernail – representing death – is kept away from the pregnant woman, life. source: http://www.aish.com/atr/Fingernails.html?mobile=yes |
JOKLEVIZ:the Nazarenes are the followers of the way, who are Jews but also believes in the Messiah Yeshua aka Jesus. the early believers were not called Christians but were called Nazarenes. They worshipped in synagogues on Sabbath days and not on Sunday in churches. |
opeyemiieblog:she and her descendants are still slaves!!! the reason? check her name dear: Lady Sara Forbes Bonetta what that's a slave name!!!!she has lost her identity forever!!! why did you think Fela AnikulapoKuti changed his name ![]() why do you think the American black pantha members and seeds like the late poet/rapper tupac amaru shakur have their names changed ![]() you're identity is in your name!!! |
dhummystecah:what's the book of negros about please? |
Divinerspell:no I'm a student of ha Torah not kabbalah. i will graduate to the Hebrew mysticsim when the time is right. shlum! |
the energies are spirits. which becomes an unclean spirit when a woman joins in sexual relations with different men. it's a spiritual thing, sex was always a spiritual issue in the first place. i don't expect egoish souls stuck in the flesh to understand that. ![]() שלום |
‘Casual sex’ with multiple partners can intertwine the energies and spirits of a lot of people into your own aura if they are not severed and cleansed. You become joined to every person with whom your partner has slept, as well as all the partners those people had. This type of "soul clutter" can be felt by your partner's subconscious. Even if they are not completely in tune or aware of the extra-curricular sexual activities, they still are able to sense the subtle disturbances of multiple energies and/or familiar spirits that have entered causing restlessness and inner turmoil. |
What is Tu B'Shevat? Any answer ought to start from the same place that all of our Jewish tradition flows from: Torah and Talmud. The Torah doesn't mention the date, but it is a subject in Tractate Rosh HaShana. In fact, the tractate opens up with the following words: "There are four new years. On the first of Nisan is the new year for kings and for festivals. On the first of Elul is the new year for the tithe of animals. R Eliazar and R Shimon say on the 1st of Tishrei. On the 1st of Tishrei is the New year for the years, for the shmitta (Sabbatical) and Yovel (Jubilee) years, for the sapling and for the vegetables. On the 1st of Shevat is the New Year for the tree according to Beis Shammai, Beis Hillel say on the 15th." O.K. So it's a new year for trees. What does that tell us? Well, tithing is a pretty important concept regarding produce in Israel. Without getting into all the complications of it, suffice it to say that tithing is on a seven-year cycle (the seventh year is the "shmitta" year, where we are not allowed to grow anything in the land of Israel -- btw, this year is a shmitta year), and different years require different tithes, and you are not allowed to pay the tithe of one year with produce from a different year. Later in the Talmud (RH 14b), we read the following rule: "If one picked fruit from an esrog tree on the eve of the 15th of Shevat before the sun went down, and he then picked more of its fruit after the sun went down, we may not separate the tithes from one batch for the other... either from the new crop for the old or from the old crop for the new one..." So, the 15th of Shevat marks the end and the beginning of the "fiscal year" for trees. By the 11th century, we can read from the writings of Rebbenu Gershom (he is probably most well known as the one who issued the decree that a Jew may not marry two wives) that one may not fast on that day, just as we may not fast on Rosh HaShana. By the 18th century we read in "Kaf HaChayim" that erev Tu B'Shevat there is a custom for special learning, for learning Mishna, Zohar, and to make blessings on fruits and eating it. So, clearly, there is some religious significance to the day. But what is it? Before we look into that question, we must digress and talk about Jewish holidays in general. Jewish tradition posits that time is both linear (we are progressing) and circular (that each time of the year has a spiritual similarity to the same point in the other years). And so, just like a place can be holy, a particular time, being simply another dimension, can be holy. Just like a place can have a certain attribute, a particular time can have a certain attribute. To put it in larger terms, Jewish holidays are _not_ a re-enactment of an event, or simly a memorial or remembrance of an event, but rather it celebrates an appropriate time for a particular aspect of human growth. Let me give an example: The 10th of Tishrei (Yom Kippur), according to Jewish tradition, is a propitious time for atonement. In fact, that day is so spiritually full of atonement, that a Jew atones for his sins during the year simply by living through that day. (That doesn't mean to blow off Yom Kippur, however -- for Yom Kippur alone does not atone for sins committed _on_ Yom Kippur!) Thus, it is no coincidence that G-d forgave the Jewish people for the sin of the golden calf on the 10th of Tishrei. So now the question becomes: what is it about the 15th of Shevat and Trees that should relate to us? Consider the following: Trees are often a metaphor for humans. Many of us have heard the injunction that during war one may lay siege to a town, but one may not cut down the trees. The entire verse, Deut. 20:19, reads: "When you lay siege to a city for many days to capture it by making war against it, you shall not destroy its tree, wielding an axe against it; for you shall eat of it but not cut it down; for man is a tree of the field..." Man is a tree? (I should hasten to point out that halachically speaking, and you can see in this verse where it comes from, that one is only prohibited from cutting down trees that bear fruit!) In Tractate Ta'anit (7a) we read: Rabbi Zeira explained the strange verse "Ki ha'Adam Eitz ha'Sadeh" (for a man is a tree in the field) with the seemingly contradictory verse there "Ki Mimenu Sochel, ve'Oso Lo Sichros" (for you shall eat of it and not cut it down) -- that if he is a worthy teacher, then eat from him (learn from him). Otherwise, destroy him and cut him down. Others consider the fruit of one's "tree" as the mitzvos that we do. And, indeed, trees are often a metaphor for Torah. The most famous expression of this is in Proverbs (3:18): "It is a tree of life for those who hold fast to it." I'd like to bring in one other tradition about Shevat: In Jewish tradition, the entire book of Deuteronomy was Moshe's last speech, and he gave it over the last 5 weeks of his life. Tradition posits that he started on the 1st of Shevat. It is said that the average person who was there and listening to it began to feel spiritual growth on the 15th of Shevat -- Tu B'Shevat. (It occurs to me, I wonder if the dispute about the "new year for trees" between Beis Shammai (who asserted it was on the 1st) and Beis Hillel (who asserted it was on the 15th is related to this ... ?). So, tying it all together: We see that the 15th of Shevat is an important growth period for trees. We also see that trees, in our tradition, are related to both Torah and to mankind, and that the 15th of Shevat was a time when there was major spiritual growth among Jews. So, Tu B'Shevat is a time for Jews to focus on "the Tree" -- the Tree of Torah and the Tree of our own spiritual growth, and our potential for growth. And so, just as we enjoy the fruits of the trees and wish for a good year for trees, I wish you all a good year for growth in Torah (keep on studying!), and for your own spiritual growth. |
OLAADEGBU:anything that can be created, can also be destroyed! everyone was regarded as Nigerians, until some decided to turn into terrorists, then wat began! we are all Nigerians why then do we fight ourselves? the war began because of rebellion, the created rebelled against their creator, then the loyals of the creator against the loyals of the rebel... the creator wins at the end.... the book of Enoch states where their punishment lies... |
Who were the Nazarenes? The first believers in Yeshua were a Jewish sect known as "Nazarenes" or in Hebrew "Netzarim" (Acts 11:19; 24:5). The "church father" Jerome (4th Cent.) described these Nazarenes as those "...who accept Messiah in such a way that they do not cease to observe the old Law." (Jerome; On. Is. 8:14). Elswhere he writes: Today there still exists among the Jews in all the synagogues of the East a heresy which is called that of the Minæans,and which is still condemned by the Pharisees; [its followers] are ordinarily called 'Nazarenes'; they believe that Messiah, the son of God, was born of the Virgin Miriam, and they hold him to be the one who suffered under Pontius Pilate and ascended to heaven, and in whom we also believe." (Jerome; Letter 75 Jerome to Augustine) The fourth century "church father" Epiphanius gives a more detailed description: But these sectarians... did not call themselves Christians--but "Nazarenes," ... However they are simply complete Jews. They use not only the New Testament but the Old Testament as well, as the Jews do... They have no different ideas, but confess everything exactly as the Law proclaims it and in the Jewish fashion-- except for their belief in Messiah, if you please! For they acknowledge both the resurrection of the dead and the divine creation of all things, and declare that G-d is one, and that his son is Yeshua the Messiah. They are trained to a nicety in Hebrew. For among them the entire Law, the Prophets, and the... Writings... are read in Hebrew, as they surely are by the Jews. They are different from the Jews, and different from Christians, only in the following. They disagree with Jews because they have come to faith in Messiah; but since they are still fettered by the Law--circumcision, the Sabbath, and the rest-- they are not in accord with Christians.... they are nothing but Jews.... They have the Goodnews according to Matthew in its entirety in Hebrew. For it is clear that they still preserve this, in the Hebrew alphabet, as it was originally written. (Epiphanius; Panarion 29) Nazarene Judaism maintains a belief in Yeshua as the Messiah. We do not leave the Jewish identity, heritage and culture to "convert" to a new or foreign religion. To some the concept of Jews believing in Yeshua and practicing Judaism to a contradiction in terms. The common wisdom is that on the one side you have Jews and Judaism, and on the other you have Gentiles and Christianity. However in the first century there were literally hundreds of thousands of Jewish followers of Yeshua (Acts 2:41, 47; 4:4; 6:7; 9:31; 21:20) they were zealous for the Torah (Acts 15:19-21; 21:17-27) and met in synagogues (James 1:1, 2:2). The big question then was, had Yeshua come for the Gentiles as well (Acts 10; Acts 15). The greatest paradox in history eventually occured, for today people question how one can follow Yeshua and remain Jewish. Today we are seeking to put Yeshua back into the context of first century Judaism. Nazarene Judaism is a spiritual renaissance, a revival, a return to the pure faith of first century Nazarenes. A return to the Tanak and to the root of the olive tree (Rom. 11). As the prophet Jeremiah tells us: Thus says YHWH, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it: And you shall find rest for your souls...." (Jer. 6:16) Nazarenes are Yahwists and do not feel compelled to completely censor the use of the Name (Jer. 23:27). They were in some cases martyred for publicly reciting a drash of Ps.110:1-2 in which the Name was used while connecting Yeshua to the right hand of YHWH. Nazarenes recognize the seventh day-- Friday evening to Saturday evening-- as being the Sabbath (Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; 32:12-17). We still observe the rite of circumcision for Israelites. We observe the Holy Days described in Lev. 23 which are to be "celebrated as a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places... forever" (Lev. 23:14; 21; 31; 41). |
steveneche:I'm interested, which of the networks? |
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