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Hebrew For "The House of Truth"
Craig M. Lyons M.Div.
The Pursuit Of Excellence In Ministry
It is my intention to demonstrate to the serious student of the Bible that there exists both in the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Testament) as well as the New Testament a "Pattern of Worship" that includes both the Jew and the Non-Jew (the Godfearer). This "Pattern of Worship" was shared between both the first century Jew and non-Jewish believer as well.
Now one would expect that if a non-Jew converted to Judaism that he would be observant of the same Biblical Festivals and Sabbaths as was the Jew born into Judaism but what is startling is that there exists a overlap, if you will, between the "stranger", or the non-Jewish convert, and the Jew regarding not only these Holy Days and Sabbaths but a host of other commandment involved with the "Pattern of Worship" given to all of mankind. We will in this website begin to present the evidence and to trace this "Pattern of Worship" and the idea of this "common salvation" shared between the non-Jew and the Jew from the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament down through to the New Testament. In so doing we can get a better picture of what the non-Jew was commanded by God to observe and adhere to in his worship of the Creator according to his Covenant and see how this relates to what Commanded of the Jew as well. Let us begin at the beginning and see if a "pattern" develops and make the necessary applications to our lives as we go.
To be able to recognize the requirements of God laid upon the non-Jew in his worship of the Creator it is necessary that we begin at the "beginning" and learn to recognize the non-Jew in the Hebrew Scriptures with emphasis upon the context and any possible connections to descriptions and pictures of them relating to their worship of God as commanded in the Hebrew Scriptures. It is from these pictures that we can draw our conclusions especially as our study deepens and we trace any possible "pattern" we find later into the New Testament. Now let us look at the the examples of the non-Jew as relating to worship in the Hebrew Scriptures and let us never forget what we see as the God who changes not had not changed His mind on this; sadly other antisemites down through history have and extended great efforts to destroy and conceal this "Pattern of Worship of the Jews intended for all mankind.
LET US BEGIN BY LOOKING AT "THE PATTERN" OF WORSHIP IN RELATIONSHIP TO "HOLY DAYS" AND "APPOINTED TIMES" IN THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES......AND WE THOUGHT THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS AND FEASTS WERE JUST FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.....WELL EVIDENTLY THEY ARE NOT!!!
Having noticed how the non-Jews were observing the same "appointed times" of God along with the Jews in the Hebrew Scriptures now let us focus on the very important ruling of James in Acts 15 whereby we see many things; one of the most important is that the non-Jews were being incorporated into the "Israel of God" through full conversion and we find these non-Jews attending the synagogues with the Jews. Yet this was to change as the Acts 15 ruling will begin a movement of total acceptance of non-circumcised non-Jews as a "non-covert" into the Israel of God providing certain"necessary things which seemed good to James and the Church as well as the Holy Spirit" (Acts 15:28) were done. Let us go deeper. This is "Olive Tree Theology" as its best!
This page and articles are under construction at present and will be added and completed throughout the coming year as we approach these holy days so please be patient as I am working every spare minute to complete this task. Thanks you. Craig Lyons M.Div.
We have seen and examined thoroughly in the above articles not only the issue of "full conversion" of the non-Jew to Judaism but also how the non-Jew was historically accepted within Judaism without "full conversion". Having understood these facts now it is time to see just how this "acceptance" of the non-Jew without full conversion was accomplished and how it related to worship and his participation in the Sabbaths of God.
We now will focus on just how the "non-Jewish" believer in God, the "Godfearer" related to each of the "appointed times" of God and the Biblical Sabbaths, Feasts, and Festivals. It is our quest to see if we can amass enough evident to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that non-Jewish believers in the God of Israel were observing and keeping the Sabbaths, Feasts, Fasts, and Festivals of God along side the Jew. When you see this for yourself and remember what you have learned on this website how Constantine forbid these "Sabbaths" of the non-Jew and changed them all then this should make you want to repent and set at the feet of the Jews and learn the message of God in His "Holy Days" for you. Blessings...Craig Lyons M.Div.
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