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After Jesus'/Yeshua's death and "believed" resurrection and the subsequent evangelization of the non-Jewish world, no longer would the Gentile HATE the LAW (613 Commandments) which was, in and of itself, a major obstacle in his coming to MONOTHEISM and turning from IDOLS and PAGANISM.
Answer for yourself: How was that accomplished?
With circumcision as the first obstacle to overcome for the adult Gentile male, this was quite a hurdle for a grown man to overcome who had engaged in idolatrous-fornication-worship his whole life. Besides circumcision, there were LAWS concerning and regulating one's whole life which Gentile multitudes deemed much too difficult and restrictive to accept (kosher food laws for example), thus relegating them to remain as Pagans, ignorant of pleasing God and suffering separation from God as their inheritance after death.
I want you to please read this whole article very carefully because I wish to show you how Jesus, through his death and the resultant ministry of his followers who took the Laws and Covenant of Noah to the Gentile world, reaffirmed the right of the Gentile to inherit Eternal Life and opened the way for the Gentile to become part of THE ISRAEL OF GOD by establishing within Judaism a Messianic movement that would allow for Gentile inclusion [at the time of Jesus in the first century there was NOT a concerted effort by Israel to REACH the Gentile]. This is seen dramatically by James' declaration in the Acts 15 Church Council where he stated that ALL that was necessary for the Gentile to be part of Israel was adherence and obedience to the Laws of Noah (not 613 laws but only 66 laws given to Adam and Noah which were prior to the Laws of Moses at Sinai for Gentile Salvation).
This opportunity of faith and repentance has not been made to the non-Jew by the vast majority of Israel unless the Gentile male would first undergo "conversion requiring circumcision" and this was purposefully done in order to keep these "unclean dogs" at arms-length from the Jews. How convenient!
Guess what? This was not new to James, the Messianic Community within Judaism or Judaism itself. This had been understood and known since Noah and the Covenant given to Noah. The problem was that as Gentiles had repeatedly been used by YHVH to judge His people Israel through war and captivity, the Jews harbored resentments and hatred to the Gentiles, which culminated in their withholding ETERNAL LIFE from Gentiles by not giving them the knowledge and invitation to the Covenants, the Torah and Monotheism.
Just look at Jonah who refused to go the Ninevites (Assyrians) who had attacked and killed his forefathers. In Acts 15, James quotes 4 of the 7 Laws of Noah which were understood by Jews of his time as necessary for Gentile acceptance with God. The problem was that the Jewish establishment of Sadducees and Shammai’s Pharisees would not take this message to the Gentiles and in fact persecuted them as seen in the early church after the Gentiles entered. It was the Hillel School of Phariseeism (of which Jesus would be a the leading spokesman in his day) that the message of repentance and faith in the One God of Israel was taken to the Gentiles through the FIRST Great Commission in 20 B.C.E. Later Jesus' Great Commission in Matt. 28, would be a SECOND call to world evangelism and we see the fruit of it in the Apostle's journeys and Paul's journeys.
Paul was NOT saying that "Yeshua abolished the Laws of Yahweh", he was SAYING that Yeshua had abolished the ENMITY—the HATRED and OPPOSITION—to all of Yahweh's Laws (ESPECIALLY FOR THE GENTILES-after all who wants to be circumcised as an adult male where often, without the antibodies of the mother that the baby has in the first six months of his life, many men died following circumcision? Also, who would desire to abide by 613 laws anyway if you never understood them since you had no prior knowledge of them....sounds like the church doesn't it?).
Yeshua abolished , through his his death and subsequent ministry of his apostles, the "enmity" that brings "death" by alleviating the PRIOR NECESSITY OF ALL GENTILES TO BE CIRCUMCISED AND CONVERT TO JUDAISM AND THUS BEING FORCED TO ACCEPT ALL 613 LAWS OR MITZVOTH FOR ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION IN ISRAEL (the redeemed of the LORD). Accepting 66 Laws of Noah for Eternal Life is much easier and appealing to Gentiles than accepting 613 Laws (especially if circumcision is not among them!). This was the "mission" and "Gospel" as originally taught by the Jerusalem Church before the "Pauline altered message" would take hold long after his death. Scholars today estimate that in the first century Paul more than likely had no more than 50 converts his whole life; the reason being the Apostles and their associates followed him everywhere and tried to "undo" his false teachings of a "lawless Gospel." One only needs to read the New Testament to see these "Jews" are a constant plague against Paul and "my gospel". Little does Christianity today understand the dynamics involved in the Paul problem of the first century where he preached "another gospel" while blaming the Apostles that they were guilty of the same. Ironic, isn't it?
Let the reader understand...no Jew ever hated the Law...they all loved the Law for it was Yahweh's Word to them. So any hostility to the Law was from the Gentile who lacked proper understanding of the Law as does the Gentile Christian Church of today. Just look to David as a type of Messiah and try to understand how he could "delight in the Law day and night."
Answer for yourself: Does this sound like someone who saw the Law of God as bondage?
Just the opposite of what is taught today by mainline Gentile Christianity did Yeshua accomplish on the Cross.
Instead of ABOLISHING THE LAWS, JESUS REALLY PROMOTED THE LAW (THE LAWS OF NOAH TO THE GENTILES (through the Great Commission) although not realized in full at the time of the Cross, but UNDERSTOOD COMPLETELY BY JAMES (HIS HAND-PICKED PASTOR) AT THE ACTS 15 CHURCH COUNCIL IN 50 A.D.). It would take 20 years for it to happen, but when it did, the flood-gates were opened for Gentile inclusion and acceptance in the Israel of God. Notice this flood-gate would come through the Messianic Branch of Judaism, and not the mainstream Sadducean or Pharisaical Judaism.
HAVING THIS BACKGROUND let us read these troublesome Ephesian Scriptures NOW CORRECTLY TRANSLATED AND UNDERSTOOD, LEAVING OUT THE ADDED WORDS:
Eph 2:15
Having abolished In his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, for us to make in himself of twain one new man, so making pleace;
First of all know for certain that in the Greek of Eph. 2 there are no such words as "even," "contained," or "so" in the verse; they have been added by the editors of your New Testament and are identified as such by their being in italics in the verses. We must read these verses without such additions if we ever hope to arrive at the truth of the verse and what was intended to be understood by the original writer.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
2189 echthra- 1) enmity 2) cause of enmity
To be correct then we must understand that Jesus' death abolished the CAUSE of this hatred and enmity toward the Law of Commandments as seen by the Gentiles at that time in Israel. To say that Jesus abolished the Law or Commandments by his death is a TOTALLY INCORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE VERSE; BUT SUCH AS BEEN DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE READER COMES AWAY FROM THE PASSAGE NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW!
By adding words to the New Testament we end up with false doctrines that lead us into sin. Almost no greater lie could be told that that which we have here; supposedly that Jesus' death abolished the law and commandments in ordinances. Rightfully understood his death abolished the hatred toward the Law by the non-Jew because in time the ministry of Jesus will no longer require enforced circumcision for inclusion of the non-Jew and the relaxation of such bigotry of the Jews toward the non-Jews and we see this fact in James' ruling at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 where only the Laws of Noah are required for Gentile inclusion into the Israel of God.
Answer for yourself: Understanding now how Jesus abolished the hatred and opposition toward the Law for the Gentiles by removing the “death penalty” for transgression of the Law [by his disciples' mission to the Gentile world following his death whereby the Laws and Covenant of Noah was taken to the pagan world in which faith and obedience to the laws of God and repentance of them when transgressed was taught ensuring Eternal Life to the non-Jews] and [nailing those handwriting or ordinances WHICH WERE AGAINST US...the death penalty was against us but blessing for obedience to the Law was not...which would be the fruit of the non-Jew receiving the Laws of Noah and the Covenant of Noah from teachings that accompanied the Great Commission], then why do you most likely have such opposition toward the LAW in your religious belief system in your Christian Church today as you hear it preached by multitudes of preachers today?
Answer for yourself: Can you not see not that your New Testament has been forged in order to teach just opposite to what Jesus wanted you to know and live out?
There are two reasons:
Answer for yourself: In light of what I have shown you, should you not began to re-think your religious belief system concerning the Law of God and the attending obedience to those Laws pertaining to the Gentile believer in God? Definitely!
This opens a can of worms when you begin to study Paul and the Paul problem in-depth!
This is important for these "same laws" command a type of worship that is not only neglected in Christianity today, but outright rejected and replaced by Gentile paganism in the disguise of "orthodoxy."
Ephesians 2:15-16 NOW AGREES perfectly with all the other Scriptures of Yahweh, which command His People to Keep His Laws. In Romans 8:6-7 we again read about ENMITY and Yahweh's LAW, which says:
Answer for yourself: Is being “carnally minded” being NOT subject to the Law of God?
Yes. I cannot say for you but surely you understand that "carnally minded" which is the fruit of not subjecting yourself to the Laws of God is not a condition you want to be in when you die and meet your Creator.
Answer for yourself: Don't you find it rather odd that Paul would speak of "not being submitted to the Laws of God" in the book of Romans long after the Cross while yet maintaining that the "Law has passed away" and that we are "no longer under the Law"? [THINK]
Answer for yourself: Don’t you find it rather surprising that the Law of God existed for Paul after the cross when he wrote the book of Romans? You should considering what you have been taught most likely and begin to open your mind to the "double-speak" of the New Testament. Is contains a "mixed" message; one of Paul, or those who altered him and Rome along with the true message of Yeshua and the early church.
Answer for yourself: Are preachers who teach the LAW has passed away considered carnal minded by God? Sure are! Maybe you should ask your Pastor this Sunday if he is carnally minded.
Lets examine the text in the Greek Scriptures:
6 For <1063> to be <5427> <0> carnally <4561> minded <5427> [is] death <2288>; but <1161> to be <5427> <0> spiritually <4151> minded <5427> [is] life <2222> and <2532> peace <1515>. {to be carnally...: Gr. the minding of the flesh} {to be spiritually...: Gr. the minding of the Spirit} 7 Because <1360> the carnal <4561> mind <5427> [is] enmity <2189> against <1519> God <2316>: for <1063> it is <5293> <0>not <3756> subject <5293> (5743) to the law <3551> of God <2316>, neither <3761> indeed <1063> can be <1410> (5736). {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}
BDB/Thayers # 4561 [carnally]
4561 sarx {sarx} probably from the base of 4563; TDNT - 7:98,1000; n f AV - flesh 147, carnal 2, carnally minded + 5427 1, fleshly 1; 151
BDB/Thayers # 5427 [minded]
5427 phronema {fror-ay-mah} from 5426; TDNT - 9:220,1277; n n AV - mind 2, carnally minded + 4561 1, spiritually minded + 4151 1; 4
1) what one has in the mind, the thoughts and purposes
BDB/Thayers # 5293 [subject] 5293 hupotasso {hoop-ot-as'-so} from 5259 and 5021; TDNT - 8:39,1156; v AV - put under 6, be subject unto 6, be subject to 5, submit (one's) self unto 5, submit (one's) self to 3, be in subjection unto 2, put in subjection under 1, misc 12; 40
BDB/Thayers # 3551 [law] 3551 nomos {nom'-os} AV - law 197; 197
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentile believers in Rome long after the cross that they were carnally minded and opposed to God if they were NOT subordinate and in subjection to the Law of God after the cross? Yes. Confusing isn't it?
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach after the cross that the Gentile believers in Rome were carnally minded and opposed to God if they were NOT obedient and subject to the Law and observances which are approved of God [would include such things as the Sabbath and the Biblical Festivals]? Yes.
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentile believers in Rome that they were carnally minded and opposed to God if they were NOT obedient and subject to Mosaic Law which referred to the volume of Law and its contents in the Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the Bible)? Yes.
Answer for yourself: Do you realize dear child of God that you are “carnally minded” and “opposed to God” if you agree with and subscribe to the majority of the Gentile Christian Church’s teachings concerning the Torah and the Law today? You should by now, or at least coming to that awareness.
The writings of Paul in Ephesians 2:15-16 and in Romans 8:6-7 are in perfect accord with his writings in Romans 3:31, which says:
Are we then doing away with the Law through the faith? BY NO MEANS! Rather, we ESTABLISH THE LAW!
31 Do we <2673> <0> then <3767> make void <2673> (5719) the law <3551> through <1223> faith <4102>? God forbid <3361> <1096> (5636): yea <235>, we establish <2476> (5719) the law <3551>.
2673 katargeo {kat-arg-eh'-o} from 2596 and 691; TDNT - 1:452,76; v AV - destroy 5, do away 3, abolish 3, cumber 1, loose 1, cease 1, fall 1, deliver 1, misc 11; 27
BDB/Thayers # 2476 [establish]
2476 histemi {his'-tay-mee} a prolonged form of a primary stao {stah'-o} (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); TDNT - 7:638,1082; v AV - stand 116, set 11, establish 5, stand still 4, stand by 3, misc 17, vr stand 2; 158
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentiles in the church of Rome (according to the Greek words he used) that we are NOT to render idle, inactivate, destroy, abolish the Law thereby causing it to be deprived of its influence or power? He sure did.
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentiles in the church of Rome that we are NOT to cause to cease, put an end to, do away with, annul, abolish the Law of God contained in the first 5 books of the Bible (Torah), or cause to cease or to cause the Law to pass away or cease? He sure did.
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentiles in the church of Rome that we are NOT to be separated, severed, or be loosed from the Law contained in the Pentateuch? He sure did.
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentiles in the church of Rome that INSTEAD of abolishing the Laws and Commandments of God, we are to rather ESTABLISH THEM? He sure did.
Answer for yourself: Did Paul teach the Gentiles in the church of Rome that INSTEAD of abolishing the Laws and Commandments of God, we are to rather cause or make the Law and Torah to stand firm, to be kept intact thereby sustaining the authority or force of the Law? He sure did.
Paul, if he were a good Jew, would never "say" that Yahweh's Laws were abolished! It was his teaching, that: "The Law is HOLY, and the Commandments Holy, and Just, and Righteous," saying this in Romans 7:12. It would be elsewhere in the New Testament where he would later say that as his theology would evolve to such a point. We take up this sad issue at:
http://www.faithofyeshua.faithweb.com/
Of course, all YOU have to do to translate Ephesians 2:15-16 CORRECTLY, is just to take OUT the words that have been added to it by DECEIVING, LYING translators...who had CARNAL MINDS, and who had ENMITY AGAINST (hatred and opposition TO) Yahweh's Laws. Yeshua abolished that enmity; that hatred and opposition to Yahweh’s Laws, through himself...for those who would OBEY. Your only problem is that no one every interpreted the Bible correctly for you by doing in-depth study of the original languages in which the Bible was originally written.
False teachers and lying preachers today proclaim to you, if you will listen to them, that "all those old Jewish laws are all done away with, that they were 'nailed to the cross'".
Colossians chapter 2, verse 14 is possibly on of the most misunderstood passages in all of the New Testament. For years I was taught that THE LAW was nailed to the cross and now we are UNDER GRACE.
Answer for yourself: Can you not agree that for the most part that is the message you have heard from the pulpit of your church most of your life?
We at Bet Emet Ministries can find no Scripture in the Bible which commands one NOT TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. So with that in mind, let us rightly divide this Scripture from Colossians. The Apostle Paul begins to tell us in verse Colossians 2:10 that we are complete in Messiah, through identification with him through Mikveh (baptism) and are quickened and made alive with him through his resurrection following his crucifixion. So far..so good. In verse 14 he states "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.
As stated earlier as I grew up in church I was taught that the WHOLE LAW was done away with in Yeshua's death. Is that so?
Answer for yourself: Can you tell me what part of the Law is written against you? Is learning that we are not to murder something God told us to hurt us?
Answer for yourself: What part of the Law is contrary to you? Is learning not be live in idolatry meant to harm us?
Remember that it is "those parts of the Law which were contrary and written against us that Jesus' death, as explained above whereby the Covenant and Laws of Noah, with their Covenant responsibilities, were taken to the non-Jews. In this way the "death" penalty incurred by non-Covenanted and obedient people was taken FIGURATIVELY away and was, in the terms of Paul, 'nailed' to the cross through the results of Jesus' death and the subsequent resulting mission to the non-Jewish world by the Messianic fraction of Judaism in the first century.
Answer for yourself: But what if what "hurts" us within the "Law" was just “part” of the Law and not all of the Law?
Answer for yourself: Are you familiar with Hebrews where it states that when there is a change of the Priesthood that is of necessity a change in the Law?
First of all one must begin with the understanding that Melchizedek was a non-Jew; he was a Gentile and his ministry at that time was to non-Jews. Let us not forget that Jesus never had a ministry to non-Jews; only his followers would following his death after they were dispersed from Jerusalem. In a rather ironic way Jesus' death propelled from within Biblical Judaism a mission to the non-Jew as mentioned previously. In this way conversion with mandatory circumcision was not required any longer for non-Jews to come to God and be a member in good standing in the Israel of God. No longer was the Aaronic Priesthood the method whereby one was to approach God (again figuratively), but through the Melchizedek Priesthood (a non-Jewish ministry and Priesthood), and as stated, there was a change in the Law. That part of the Law was that no-longer non-Jews had to be circumcised. When this important point of contention becomes "real" for you then you can understand that in the whole of the book of Galatians written by Paul the ONLY LAW he was taking against and reiterating that the non-Jew was no longer "under" is the Law of Circumcision; all other Laws within the Covenant of Noah were BINDING! But notice, it does not say that there was the ABOLITION OF THE LAW OR THE CESSATION OF THE LAW!
Answer for yourself: We begin again, what part of the Law was contrary to you?
Answer for yourself: When Yahweh said "Thou shall not kill"....was that given as a commandment against you or to help you by warning you of what to avoid in order that He can bless you?
Answer for yourself: When Yahweh said "Thou shall not commit adultery"...was that given as a commandment against you or to help you by protecting you from destroying your family or getting a communicable disease, or worse...aids?
Answer for yourself: When Yahweh said "Thou shall honor thy father and thy mother"...was that given as a commandment contrary to you or was it because in obeying it you receive the manifestation of the promise that you will live long and prosper?
It seems to me, as to any parent who has children, you give your children “do's” and “dont's” BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM AND WISH THEY BE KEPT FROM HARM AND RECEIVE BLESSING INSTEAD OF HARM.
Answer for yourself: Can you not see the intent of each of Yahweh's commandments is to bless you and not curse you? I hope so. Since these were never "required" to be kept without breaking for SALVATION, ONLY A GOAL TO BE STRIVED FOR BECAUSE OF GOD'S MERCY IN SALVATION BY FAITH, THEN HOW COULD YOU EVER ENVISION THESE COULD CEASE AND PASS AWAY AS MANY ARE TAUGHT IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TODAY?
Answer for yourself: Can you find one commandment which was given "against" you by Yahweh? There is none.
Answer for yourself: Can you name one commandment which is impossible to keep or obey? There is none. If you will be honest with yourself there are many commandments you might not want to obey but not one, not one is too difficult to do. In reality it is a matter of the heart.
So, as Paul stated there must be something in the Law which was contrary to us and we must find out. This one is easy. The soul that sinneth shall die! Included in the Law are both blessings and curses. The curse of the Law is the death penalty for our disobedience of the Law. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Yet, the handwriting of ordinances written contrary to us [in the Law] are not the blessings when we obey the Law and Commandments of God....but rather...the curse of the DEATH PENALTY when we disobey the Law.
The DEATH PENALTY for sin is definitely written in the Law and it is CONTRARY TO US...and it was metaphorically nailed to the cross in Yeshua's (body) death became the stimulus for the mission to the non-Jewish world whereby the non-Jews would be taken the revelation of God, the Word of God, and the Covenants of God was the result. This is all hind-sight. Again it bears repeating that up to this time little concern had been given the non-Jewish world by mainline Judaism as it had fallen under the influence of Rabbis which harbored hatred for non-Jews. In would be in this "renewed" revelation from God taken to the non-Jewish world that the gift of salvation would be made available to the non-Jewish people of the world along with the resultant responsibilities toward or "Saving" God. In this way, by coming to saving faith along with accountability to God the non-Jews would come to understand how they were once under the death penalty from God and how now though faith and repentance that such a death penalty was to be removed.
Answer for yourself: Dear non-Jewish believer, who was once alienated from God and the commonwealth of Israel, who was once a stranger to the Covenant promises, who was once without God in the world, is it not true that directly linked to Jesus' death is your current relationship to God, for had it not been for this tragic event, which Rabbi other than Jesus has come to you with the knowledge of the Covenants of God, faith, and repentance except him and those who come in his name (even thought much else shared at times by them is terribly wrong...the basics are right)?
If you will be honest so much is directly attributable to Yeshua's death, and again, this event ultimately caused his followers to repent of their "biased" anti-Gentile religious belief system and take salvation to the world; and in this way the death penalty that rested on the non-Jewish world was to be removed.
Thus, the only thing nailed to the cross was the judgment rightly coming to me and you, but not our eternal responsibilities to imitate Yeshua's message and Yahweh to the best of our abilities by obeying the commandments which are in reality various attributes of God acted out ....only manifestations of Yahweh's attributes
The Positive Commandments, which you have been taught you are "not under and have passed away" are nothing more that attributes of God and what He is and what He does; the Negative Commandments only the attributes of God and what He is not and what He does not do. To be like God, to be Holy for He is Holy, then we must model our lives around them regardless of how Paul has been interpreted; for in last analysis, your standing today before God is solely determined not on your faith to disobey, but your faith in God to obey as you "reach for the mark of the high calling in God" as you learned by Yeshua's example and in his name. This tragic message of the Law not valid today is the result of the two differing Gospels in the New Testament.
It is in obeying the commandments we become like God. Yahweh would never take away the pattern, only the Gentile Christian Church who misinterpreted the pattern as bondage would, and did for over 1800 years. They forgot that Yeshua said "my burden is easy and my yoke is light." Let us never forget that.
Ephesians 2:11-18, CORRECTLY INTERPRETED tells us:
See and UNDERSTAND that the carnal mind is AGAINST Yahweh's Laws! It is BITTERLY OPPOSED TO THEM! Therefore, the "ENMITY" THAT WAS DESTROYED BY THE CROSS IS NOT THE LAWS OF YAHWEH THEMSELVES—as the carnal minded, worldly, LYING preachers would have YOU to believe. The "ENMITY" THAT WAS DESTROYED BY THE CROSS IS THE HATRED AND THE OPPOSITION TOWARD YAHWEH'S LAWS—which the Carnal Mind harbors.
Answer for yourself: As a Christian will you allow the Yeshua's death work in your heart, what it accomplished in the first century, and let it destroy the "lies you accepted as truth" from well meaning preachers (kind of like the Rabbis of the first century if you can see the analogy) who know no better because they have let themselves be brainwashed and failed to study better?
Answer for yourself: Will you repent of this false doctrine that destroyed the manifestation of your love for God...obedience to His word?
Please understand, that you probably obey many of God's Laws without even knowing, but many you don't know which God holds you accountable for those you don't; regardless of conscious disobedience or ignorance. Sadly in the Christian Church today there is rampant paganism masquerading as righteousness. Such beliefs, conducts, and behaviors, whether done knowingly or unknowingly, along with many other Christian religious beliefs are contrary to the written Word of God and are sin because they cause you to disobey not obey the Commands of God given since the beginning but taint your worship of the Creator
We at Bet Emet Ministries call upon you and ask you to reconsider the Sabbath commandment, the multitude of commandments concerning the Festivals of the Lord, as well as the commandments concerning both how and where you are to Tithe. It only begins here. It gets much harder when you look into the truth that has been kept from you about who Jesus really was; was he God, is he to be prayed to, is he to be sung to, what is the mass, what is communion, are we to take the Eucharist, how much Sun-Worship is revered in Christianity today and passed off as pleasing to God? It get real hard real quick if you truly want to come to the truth concerning Jesus and really return to his faith, the faith that once went into all the world before it was corrupted and changed ultimately by Rome. This is where you should start your study and your repentance, for these issues lie at the very heart of whether your worship is in Truth and in the Spirit of Truth, or else falls into the category of Nadab and Abihu. They did not know their worship was displeasing to God until they were dead. This is what I desperately am trying as the Pastor of Bet Emet Ministries to prevent happening to millions of good people whose only sin is the sin of not knowing the truth because they trusted "unworthy shepherds" to lead them.
Now, having a much better understanding of the condition of the Gentile-Christian believer after repentance and faith in Yeshua's real Gospel and message of the first century, we find the Gentiles coming into spiritual union with the root of the Olive Tree (Israel), and where they previously had been considered a "Gentile" who was at one time separated from God, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, without (any knowledge) of God in the world (Ephesians 2:12), now they had become fellow-heirs (of Abraham), fellow-members and citizens of Israel and the Israel of God, and fellow-partakers of the promise (made to Abraham).
More to follow as we continue to rightly divide the Word of God as we seek our place as Gentile believers in the Olive Tree of Israel as well as adhering to the Covenant of Noah.