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Hebrew For "The House of Truth"
Let me say in the beginning of this study that if you are a
Christian then most likely you grew up in a Christian Church where you
were taught to be a follower of Jesus. Seldom does it dawn upon the
traditional
Christian the fact that Jesus
Christ, as depicted in the New Testament, was not a Christian but is
depicted as a faithful "Orthodox Jew" with a completely
different "religious belief system" than a typical Christian.
Fewer still ever think at the ramifications of such a
statement and go on unknowingly as a traditional Christian as if they are
actually a "follower of Jesus" never once allowing the full
weight of such a statement to hit home where they begin to compare "doctrinally"
the Jewish faith with their Christian birth faith. Fewer still every think
that a "Jewish Jesus" of the first century could not and would
not ever ascribe and adopt many of the same "religious beliefs"
which they hold and cherish which has been taught them by Gentile Roman
Christianity. Certainly Judaism's rejection of the Christian Jesus should
give us pause to think deeply about what we "believe" as
Christians about this "Jesus" when the Jewish faith, to whom the
Messiah was promised, flatly rejects this Christian Jesus. It should seem
quite silly to such a "thinking believer" to consider himself a "follower
of this Jesus" when the above statements hit home and if they do then
it is almost impossible for a Christian to honestly consider himself a "follower
of this Orthodox Jew" like the Jesus which our religious belief
systems are so opposite and different in "key" theological
places?
Answer for yourself: Why don't we, as Christians desiring to be followers of this "Orthodox Jesus" in reality "cherish and hold sacred" the same religious beliefs as a first century Jew like this Jesus when considering such important theological dogmas like salvation, atonement, the Messiah, fulfilled prophecy, and have the same Old Testament that the Jewish people and Rabbis use? Why does Christianity depart so drastically from this "mind of Christ" but yet assure its adherents that they are "followers" of this Jesus when a honest comparison of the above doctrinal differences between Judaism and Christianity is one of the most uncomforting studies that one can undertake?
So the big question we tackle in this website is if we, as Gentile Christians, are truly followers of "Jesus" and we answer that question by looking at Judaism in the first century; in particular how Judaism incorporated the "non-Jew" or "Godfearer" within it without requiring his full-conversion. It should seem to a "thinking believer" that the "religious belief system" of the "non-Jew" or "Godfearer" in Judaism in the first century should be the same for every "follower of Jesus" and "the Christ" today as well. But is it?
Answer for yourself: What did a Jew like Jesus "believe" in the first century? What was his "religious belief system" and how does it compare with the religious belief system of the "non-Jewish Christian today"? If it can be shown that a Jew like Jesus had an entirely different religious belief system in the first century as compared to the one developed in the 3rd century by Roman Gentile Christianity then what does that say about us being "true followers of this Jesus today"? Well, we have to reconstruct first century Judaism and the place and role of the "non-Jew" within it in the first century in order to make such comparisons and answer this question honestly. We need to reconstruct as honestly as possible a picture of first century normative, conservative Judaism and take a "kodak-moment" and luckily for us modern scholarship will allow us to reconstruct an accurate historical picture of first century Judaism and the non-Jew within it today in order to answer this hard question. Now on with the study with a "disclaimer" before start.
It is important for the reader to understand that in this website, in comparing first century Judaism and their Messiah with later Christianity and their presentation of the Jewish Messiah along with the unveiling of the historical truths concerning the non-Jewish "believer" in the first century, I will use a "literal-historical" approach to the "Jesus Story". If you have studied our other websites then you know that "the Christ" can be interpreted from 3 different perspectives down through recorded history:"mystical", "mythological", and "literal-historical". Only after one has spent a considerable time in dedicated and scholarly studies in such areas as Biblical Judaism, the Jewish Messiah and true Messianic prophecy as taken from the Hebrew Scriptures and not the later forged texts of Rome, manuscript evidences, the history and origin of the Roman New Testament, the Gnostic Paul vs the Roman Paul, the Essenes and their "literal godman", Gnosticism, Egyptian religion and the ancient "Jesus Story", Comparative religion, and Astrotheology can he understand and be certain which two of the above three methods of interpretation of "the Christ" are accurate and factual. I have come through my studies to the truth behind the "Jesus Story" and I will leave all conclusions to the reader based upon the facts and evidences that he obtains through these studies. Again for purposes of comparing Judaism vs Christianity and the implications that this holds for the non-Jew and "Godfearer" we adopt in this website and for all studies in this website a supposed "literal-historical" interpretation of "the Christ" as well as the Jesus of the New Testament. Only in so doing can we adequately contrast the truths of Judaism vs the emergence of later Christianity and their conflicting and opposing theologies which both oppose and contradict the truths of their mother faith. In this chronological comparison of "beliefs" we can trace and see clearly Divine Truths handed down the corridors of history from nation to nation and see the earliest Divine revelations of God given mankind and sadly observe their gross alterations at the hands of antisemites and Roman Christianity; Divine Truths given in the beginning of mankind by our Creator which were intended for both "Gentiles" and "Jews" as well. I will let you be the judge of the results of such studies and leave to the reader to draw the necessary conclusions as we attempt to compare Jewish and Christian theological perspectives all the while dealing with the New Testament Jesus and the "Jesus Story" in a "literal-historical" manner in order for such an accurate comparison to be done effectively. One more thing needs to be said in preparation for our studies.
When one undertakes a diligent study into all facets of recovering the Jewish Roots of Christianity and the Hebraic Heritage of Christianity one often uncovers "hidden truths" concerning Jesus and the Jewish Messiah you wished you had never found so let me say right up front that the material on "this" website is definitely "strong meat". If you don't want the truth then this website, as well as others by this Ministry, is not for you. In your studies on this website plus others offered by this ministry you will encounter things that will challenge your mind and emotions on all levels as you learn the difference between the truth and fiction, fable and reality, the Jewish Messiah and the false Christian Messiah, the true Jesus Christ and the false Jesus Christ, the truth that lies behind the teaching of a historical Jesus as opposed to Mystical Christ of the earliest "Chrestians". Yes, I didn't misspell it. These are just some of the things which we will study and you will learn about as we see how Rome "reinterpreted" this Jesus Christ and kept these truths of Judaism from you. You will come to see what was the religious belief system concerning this Jesus and "the Christ" as it existed up until the 3rd century as taught by the earliest "Chrestians" (not Christians) before the emergence of the Roman juggernaut we recognize today as Orthodox Christianity. Expect the gamut of hurt, anger, and tears as you uncover the greatest deception of all mankind; namely, the replacement religion of Western Christianity which took the place of the Jewish faith which offered a place for believing "non-Jews" in the first two centuries before being counterfeited and replaced in the 3rd century with a paganized Judaism which we call Gentile Christianity today. Such deception is foisted upon us today by a document touted to be "inspired, infallible, and inerrant, but when examined scholarly is found to be far from such an assessment on all counts. Of course by that I mean the New Testament. You will come to see for yourself the forgeries and purposeful misquotations, mistranslations, and verses taken out of context within the Canon of the New Testament when compared with the true Hebrew Scriptures. You will see how not only these Hebrew texts were forged and inserted into our Christian Bibles but how a substitute "religious belief" system was given to the non-Jewish world by the efforts of antisemitic Roman Christianity. Along with this expect to see the truth concerning the canon of the New Testament and the biased selection and deletion of religious texts used by the early church after Rome took charge. You will come to see how the problem began with the Essenes at Qumran and culminated with Rome and it's antisemitism. If you have the courage to look for yourself into these deceptions regarding fulfilled Messianic prophecy recorded in your New Testament along with the truth about unfulfilled Messianic prophecy and the "Jesus Story" then I challenge you to "think" through the information on this and other websites from our ministry as you come to see the New Testament for what it really is - an antisemitic filled book created by the anti-Judaism of the early Roman Religious Establishment intended to lead you away from true Biblical faith and the true faith of "the Christ" (Biblical Judaism/Jewish Christianity as it existed in the first three centuries). My prayers are with you and you have nothing to fear from recovering the truth concerning the Hebrew Roots of Christianity. Your personal Exodus from falsehood to HaShem's truth is about to begin! Baruch Hashem! Craig M. Lyons M.Div.
TESHUVAH is a Hebrew word that defies an exact translation into English. It is a process that one goes through of an awareness, an awakening and a search. It is a deeper understanding of the true nature of self and the Holy, awesome, perfect nature of God. The act of TESHUVAH is a point at which a decision is made to turn away from the old ways when shown to be contradictory to the true Word of God and move closer toward God in loving obedience. The condition of a Baal Teshuvah is a broken and contrite heart that yields to repentance when shown that our Gentile Christian religious beliefs and resulting conducts and behaviors are often diametrically opposite to the "faith once given to the saints" in these first 3 centuries. We, through study and knowledge today, can see that many of our inherited Christian texts and religious beliefs are simply wrong when exposed to comparison and correction by the true Hebrew Scriptures, subsequent Biblical languages (Greek and Hebrew), unbiased Biblical History, the fruits of Archeology, a knowledge of Gnosticism, a knowledge of Egyptian religion, and Astronomy, etc. It is in such a spirit of repentance and loving obedience Bet Emet Ministries [Hebrew for "the House of Truth"] answers the call of God to help share long lost Biblical truths and knowledge in order to provide for you "a more perfect way" whereby you can experience a renewed dedication to follow God's heart and Word more correctly being led by "truth" rather than a received erroneous antisemitic tradition. This website is primarily for the Christian believer but yet all people of all faiths can learn much from this website. The information in this website is brought to by Bet Emet Ministries through many years of in-depth and detailed study of the original languages in which the Bible was originally written and other areas of study. Besides those mentioned above Bet Emet has spent years of intense scholarly study in a comprehensive analysis of Biblical history, the Essenes and Qumran culture, the Greek corrupted translation of the Jewish Scriptures called the LXX or the Septuagint, Archeology, the discovery of modern scholarship of the real Gnostic Paul as against the Romanized Paul we were given by Roman tradition, the First Gnostic New Testament that taught only the "Christ within", Egyptian religion which is the foundation for Judaism and which Rome will "reinterpret" in the 3rd century in given the world a "literalized Christ". We offer you the ability to listen and understand, maybe for the first time in your life, God's voice no longer clouded by Gentile antisemitism and anti-Judaism as seen in many of Christian doctrines today which originated when the Gentile Christian Church separated from its Jewish Roots and Hebrew Roots since the second and 3rd century C.E. I don't expect any reader to "agree" with what we teach without his or her personal study but I do expect that you understand up front that your evaluation of such information and knowledge can only honestly be done when verified by your own personal study into the areas in which I write. We must be like King David and "recover it all" if we ever hope to come into the "unity of the faith" as we "contend for thefaith ONCE given to the saints." Through much misunderstanding and false traditions, the Christian Church today is devoid of many truths it once had; lost in the 3rd century with the emergence of Constantine and Roman orthodoxy. It is time to re-evaluate what we have been taught our whole lives in light of in-depth Bible study, as well as these other areas of study above, in order to see "if we be in the faith" once practiced by Jews like this "Jesus" and which can be shown today was also taught to the "non-Jews" by Israel during the first three centuries before the rise of Constantine and the Roman juggernaut called the Roman Church.!
God has a plan for the non-Jewish believer and if you take our challenge and read the materials presented on this website you will come to the certain knowledge that the Gentile Christian Church, by and large, has failed to teach you adequately and has not prepared you for your final judgment of your soul properly
In the New Testament "the Christ" is recorded as saying: "Why do you say you love me and not obey me?" We cannot answer that question for all, but what we can help you do is understand the words of "the Christ" and his Apostles as originally understood by the hearers so that misunderstanding and misinterpretation of his words does not cause you to stumble and sin like so many today who do not possess such knowledge presented in this and our other websites #1 and websites #2. It is hoped that our recommended book list will profit all our students as it provides a sure path for your advanced study.
My brothers and sisters, it is not a very popular thing to do - to live like "the Christ" (symbolized in the New Testament by this 'Jesus') nor to teach this true message of God which today is drowned out by the voices of the early Catholic Church Fathers like Ignatius, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and others. Instead of understanding what "born again" meant in Jewish terms we have lost the true understanding of "salvation" as taught by the Jews along with the Ancient Wisdom they possessed and in it's place received a "literalized" form of sun-worship in the name of Rome's Jesus. Bet Emet Ministries has a message to share with Jews and non-Jews alike in revealing and restoring the Hebrew Roots to the Gentile Christian Faith of today. We may be small and not very popular, but God didn't call us to be popular - only obedient. So while some may have never heard of these truths we share today, but that does not nullify that they are still TRUTHS given by God for all mankind and easily verified as such by your own personal study.
A Christian's religious belief system, when tested and exposed to contradictory facts from Biblical languages, Biblical history, Biblical culture, Archeology, Gnosticism, and Astronomy, must in the Spirit of Truth and Repentance, be flexible enough to change
Let it be said that if you cannot agree with the above statement then this website, and others from Bet Emet Ministries, will not be for you. But if you want "truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God," then understand you will find it here. There is no higher religion given mankind by God than "truth"!
Recover "The Faith Once Given To The Saints" Which Has Been Perverted By Gentile Christianity And Their "Literal" and "Historical" Interpretation of the Sacred Texts
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