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Hebrew For "The House of Truth"
Craig M. Lyons M.Div.
Before We Begin...The Method Of Interpretation Of Jesus As Used On This Website
I, as a non-Jewish believer in God, have always wanted to attend the "synagogue-church" that I read about in the book of Acts; in other words if I could choose any congregation where I and my family could attend and worship God I would choose the "synagogue-church" in Jerusalem as described in the Book of Acts to be my church home if possible. I have always desired to return to that unique time in the first century, sitting at James' feet or the feet of other Apostles, when I could have heard the"present truth" as taught by the Apostles and Disciples of "the Christ". Notice in the passage below the warning that there exists a "present truth" in the days of Peter which alternately means that not always will "this truth" possibly exist.
2Pet 1:12 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. (KJV)
Notice if you will that Peter mentioned that there was a "present truth" which he described in the first century which sadly I have discovered, along with other truth seekers, gets diluted, corrupted, and altered down through time due to many influences; none of which are positive. The end result is that what we have inherited today in Western Christianity is anything but the reflection of that "present truth" as it existed in the first century.
If one has done any serious study into the history and origin of Christianity then they have without a doubt noticed the alteration and change in the Apostle's Doctrine that has occurred over the last two thousand years as we find Judaism and Gentile Christianity polarized at different ends of the theological spectrum. The fruits of Replacement Religion are noticeable by any serious student of the origins of Gentile Christianity.
Systematic theology is the study of all facts about God and His work, from any and every source, but revealed primarily in the Bible, and brought together in a coherent and inter-related manner in order to instruct, encourage and guide the saints in godliness. What we need to remember when we progress throughout this website is that if Gentile Christianity is the culmination and fulfillment of Biblical Judaism as it maintains then we should NOT expect to find the contradiction of or the replacement of prior theological religious doctrines, dogmas, and theologies but rather an overlap and harmony expressed between them as found in Biblical Judaism and Gentile Christianity. The problem that I found in Seminary and afterwards in my serious studies of my faith is that we do not find this harmony and overlap but rather an outright replacement of prior Jewish religious beliefs by later antisemitic Gentile religious beliefs taken from the Gentile's background in sun worship. It would do you well to see these things for yourself in preparation for the further studies on this website as we trace the "Pattern of Worship" throughout the Hebrew Scriptures as well as the New Testament to see if we have been taught this "Eternal Pattern of Worship" as Gentile followers of Jesus and "the Christ".
Answer for yourself: Have you ever contrasted or compared the "Systematic Theology" between Judaism and Gentile Christianity? Well you should as it is an eye opening experience to see for yourself just how Gentile Christianity, which is made to be the culmination of Biblical Judaism, departs so drastically from the faith of its parent.
Answer for yourself: In Malachi 3:6 6 is is recorded that God revealed to the prophet Malachi: "For I am the LORD, I change not..."(KJV)? Then if you believe this statement is true then have you wondered how the God who "changes not" decided to change the "faith once given to the saints" as we find so clearly demonstrated when we compare the systematic theology of Biblical Judaism and Gentile Christianity? It is time we think deep thoughts that are bathed in knowledge long kept from us a followers of the Biblical Jesus and "the Christ".
The stark realization is, as I have discovered in my studies over the last 17 plus years, that the "Pattern of Worship" as well as numerous religious dogmas intended to be taught to all mankind by Israel has been adulterated and changed almost beyond recognition today by the antisemitic predisposition of the early Gentile Christian Church following the destruction of the Temple. Nowhere is this more tragic than in the area of worship as we as Gentile believers today have deviated from the "Pattern of Worship" given to Israel and which was intended to be taught to the Gentile world.
Sadly this opportunity of recovering this "Pattern of Worship" does not exist today in Christianity as we have so far removed ourselves from the Biblical and Jewish Roots of our parent faith; Biblical Judaism. We should remember that Paul teaches;
Rom 11:17 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (KJV).
It should appear clearly that if we as non-Jewish believers are grafted in among the olive tree of Israel that we should "resemble" our parents not only theologically but in worship of the Creator as well. This is where the "Pattern of Worship" given to King David comes in as we will soon discover. We will soon see by any doubt that we as non-Jewish believers have departed from this "Pattern of worship" drastically and that goes without saying theologically as well. Any attempt to restore this "Pattern of Worship" is usually met with the cries of "bondage" by those who fail to grasp the tragic alteration of this "Pattern of Worship" over the last two thousand years.
Yet I found over the years of intense Biblical and historical study, both during and after Seminary and during my Pastorate years, that it is possible to gleam the knowledge hidden behind the Hebrew and Greek words of our Christian Bibles and restore the picture of what First Century Worship entailed; especially as it concerned the non-Jewish believers who will be called in this website a "God-fearers". Not only that but I will show you in this website that although the opportunities might not exist where you can return to "the faith once given the Saints" (Jude 1:3) in your typical denominational or non-denominational congregations of today there is nothing stopping you from incorporating the Divine Pattern of Worship as practiced in the first century "synagogue-church" into you life and into your families lives. I did and the outgrowth of this "repentance" (called Teshuvah in Hebrew) was the formation of Bet Emet Ministries and a congregation that returned to the true Hebrew Roots of the Christian Faith as it existed in the earliest centuries before Rome obliterated it almost beyond recognition. One only needs to read Constantine's Easter letter to see this tragic loss of the "Divine Pattern of Worship" intended for the all of mankind.
First of all you need to know that there is a "Pattern of Worship" that God desires be followed but few know of its existence today. Space does not allow at this time we examine it in detail but as we study throughout this website we will see beyond any doubt that such a "Pattern of Worship" exists and we will be instructed how to incorporate this "Pattern of Worship" into our lives. In fact we find that all the way back with Egypt mankind knew of this "Pattern" and we see this in the religious ethic of Egypt: "So as above so below". We need look no further than King David to see that he would be reminded of this "Pattern of Worship" when given the plans for the Temple and its construction by God.
As a typical Christian I assume you desire to follow in the steps of Jesus (Yeshua is the Hebrew name) and consider yourself a follower of Jesus of Nazareth described in the Christian New Testament. Likewise it goes without saying that such a follower of Jesus and "the Christ" also assumes that he also continues to follow the "Apostle's doctrine" of the early Jerusalem Messianic Church (Synagogue).
Acts 2:42 42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. (KJV)
But few Christians have ever taken the time to study for themselves the origin of most of mainline Gentile Christianity's Religious dogmas and doctrines and compare them with the "Apostle's Doctrine" that existed in the first century in Jerusalem. Not having done this the best one can do is assume that he is a follower of Jesus. Notice I said "assume"!
Answer for yourself: Are you confident that you are a follower of a Jewish Rabbi named Yeshua in the first century? Well you might want to read the accompanying article and think really hard on this one.
Having done in-depth scholarly studies into my Christian faith for over fifteen years to date I and Bet Emet Ministries has felt compelled to make this information available to the Christian believer and numerous websites have been created that tackle this issue and we have covered this issue in-depth and the work has been done for you and we encourage you to examine this information for yourself. If you do take the time to search out the origin for your Catholic and Protestant Religious Dogmas of today you see sadly see that most represent a Replacement Religion that has little if anything in common with the "Apostolic Doctrines" of first century Judaism. It is not a stretch to say that we as followers of Jesus and "the Christ" today practice a totally different religion from the Jesus of Nazareth and the Messianic Apostles of the first century.
Having seen these tragic departures from "the faith once given the Saints" the question that arises in the minds of the readers of Bet Emet Ministries is a simple one: "Having shown us what not to do on other websites then what is it that we should do; how, as non-Jewish believers in God, should we worship and how do we return to the true Apostolic Doctrine"? This website is devoted to answering this very important question as we will turn our focus on restoring the true Jewish Roots to the Christian Church and the Gentile believer and God-fearer as seen in the New Testament. In so doing we will repent and draw near to the Kingdom of Heaven.
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