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"GODFEARERS" IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: THE PATTERN FOR GENTILE PARTICIPATION IN THE ISRAEL OF GOD #4
We concluded the previous article with anticipation as we were to see just "what" was to be taken to the Gentiles of the world in fulfillment of the Great Commission given not only to the disciples and apostles, but to you and me as well as believers in God through the Jewish Christ.
Let me fore warn you that a study of the Greek words will not only challenge what you have been told and heard from preachers who stopped with the English translation, but what is more startling, understanding of the original meanings of the Greek and Hebrew words will CORRECT what you have been incorrectly taught by well-meaning pastors and teachers who lack these necessary language skills!
Answer for yourself: When the Jewish Christ commanded his disciples and Apostles to go into all the world in an effort to teach and disciple all men everywhere (the Gentiles) to observe those things he had previously commanded them (the Torah), do you think he was aware that he would have to wait a thousand years for the English language to be developed in order for the real meaning of what he intended could be conveyed to the hearers? Do you think that he was content to wait for 380 years before Rome will canonize a "New Bible" called the New Testament? Or do you think the Jewish Christ understood perfectly what was to be conveyed to his disciples and did perfectly convey to the Apostles such message, and they, correctly understanding the message set out in obedience to his commands and accomplished the task right then an there as seen in Acts 15 and 16 an following where the Jerusalem Council took the message of God as to how the "non-Jews" and Gentiles were to become part of believing Israel, the Israel of God and the Kingdom of Heaven?
Answer for yourself: Is it possible we lost much of the truths God intended we receive as "non-Jews" when the Jewish Christ's message was translated from Hebrew Gospels into the Greek language and lost even more when this Greek translation of Hebrew thoughts and words was finally translated into English by men who left hundreds of traces of their dishonesty in forging these New Testament documents we are taught to revere today?
Answer for yourself: Do you know that linguists tell us words change meaning every 70 years, and that being so how much have we failed to understand of God's revelation and the Jewish Christ, as well as the Apostles' words which undeniably have changed in meaning since the original context in which they were spoken or written almost 2000 years ago?
Luke 1:2
....after that he (the Jewish Christ) through
the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the Apostles whom he had chosen…
Answer for yourself: Do you see that the Jewish Christ continued to direct the Apostles (Jerusalem Church and the Acts Council) through the ministry of the Holy Spirit ("it seemed good to us and the Holy Spirit…that Gentiles adhere to these 4 'necessary things" to be part of the the Jewish Christ Movement and the Jewish Christ's Church)?
Answer for yourself: Since I have shown you through examination of the original language as well as the Biblical history surrounding the events concerning the inclusion of believing Gentiles in Israel and Messianic Judaism (the Jewish Christ's Church) following the time allotted for the life and death of this Jesus (without the necessity of circumcision as had been previously required by bigoted Jews) and since we have seen as well that the Jewish Christ continued to direct and spiritually lead the Apostles up and through the Jerusalem Council through the Holy Spirit, then if you have a faith or belief system that ignores, neglects, or says that such things as kosher is just for the Jews, that the Sabbaths of the Lord are just for the Jews, or that you are a New Covenant believer without understanding that the Jewish Christ commanded adherence to the Covenant of Noah AFTER the time of this Jesus, then can you not see that you have been deceived and have not been given the correct message the Jewish Christ intended all Gentiles like you and me receive?
As you
can see the above scenario illustrates an important point; namely that in
any translation of languages (for example from Hebrew to Greek, and then
from Greek to English) the concepts and meanings carried by the "original
word" or words from the original language MUST be faithfully
carried over to the second language or third language if the intent of
the speaker (ie. the Jewish Christ/ Apostles/Paul) is to be retained
uncorrupted and truth is to be obtained from these passages and applied to
our lives correctly
Answer for yourself: Since the Jewish Christ is a Jew and spoke Hebrew, do we as Gentile believers today, when reading the English language of our Bibles (which is a translation of a Greek translation that is a translation of the original Hebrew) receive the original thoughts intended by the Jewish Christ when commanding his followers to go into all the world with his message in the Great Commission? Before you answer "yes" to this question I suggest you read a book entitled Understanding the Difficult Words of the Jewish Christ by Roy Blizzard and David Bivin and you will get the shock of your life when you see just how far "off" the English is from the Hebrew ideas and thoughts which fail to be brought over into the English we read in our Bibles.
Such "disclosure of truth" from the original language is good because we are finally getting to the REAL WORDS OF the Jewish Christ, and only that way, can we truly understand his message both then and NOW. To do otherwise, by trusting translations in English without personal evaluation on the believer's part of the original language of the texts we read, often leads us into sins of conduct and behavior of which we are not aware because the English words fail to convey to us the original intended meaning of the Word of God and their corresponding actions which are required by God.
Let us examine the Great Commission from Matthew 28 and its implication for Gentile evangelism and the impact on the Godfearing Gentiles as seen in the Book of Acts.
Matt 28:18 (KJV) And <2532> the Jewish Christ <2424>
came <4334> (5631) and spake <2980> (5656) unto them <846>,
saying <3004> (5723), All <3956> power <1849> is given <1325>
(5681) unto me <3427> in <1722> heaven <3772> and <2532>
in <1909> earth <1093>. 19
Go ye <4198> (5679) therefore <3767>,
and teach <3100> (5657)
all <3956> nations <1484>,
baptizing <907> (5723) them <846> in <1519> the name <3686>
of the Father <3962>, and <2532> of the Son <5207>, and <2532>
of the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>: {teach...: or, make disciples
of all nations} 20 Teaching
<1321> (5723) them <846>
to observe <5083> (5721) all
things <3956> whatsoever <3745> I
have commanded <1781> (5662) you <5213>: and <2532>,
lo <2400> (5628), I <1473> am <1510> (5748) with <3326>
you <5216> always <3956> <2250>, [even] unto <2193>
the end <4930> of the world <165>. Amen <281>.
Let us continue this very important study by looking at the word "go":"
Lexicon Greek 4198
4198 poreuomai {por-yoo'-om-ahee} middle voice from a derivative of the same as 3984; TDNT - 6:566,915; v AV - go 117, depart 11, walk 9, go (one's) way 8, misc 9; 154
Let us now examine the tenses for the word "go":
Lexicon Greek 5679
5679 Tense - Aorist See 5777 Voice - Passive Deponent See 5789 Mood - Participle See 5796
Answer for yourself: Did you notice that the word "go" in the Greek IS NOT A VERB, BUT A PARTICIPLE and is used by the Holy Spirit in the "passive voice" ?
A proper interpretation would be as follows: "as you go through life and as you order your life in its daily course, journey, and routine, without any big fan-fare or big productions (like renting football stadiums or coliseums and holding massive evangelist crusades), order your life in such a way that you let your light of your correct beliefs and obedience shine and be for a witness and a teaching tool to those you influence and have contact, thereby bringing them into the knowledge of the God of Israel and what He requires and deems "necessary" to be part of the Jewish Christ's Church (being a Godfearer…who adheres to the decision of the Jerusalem Council concerning Gentiles who are to accept the Covenant of Noah and who can afterward choose those things that please God "as Moses is read" as shown in Isa. 56… such as the Sabbaths [Feasts, Festivals, and Weekly Sabbaths])."
Answer for yourself: What amazes me is that most Christian churches gear up for big productions and events in hoping to win some to Christ, not realizing that the best evangelism is person-to-person, not person-to-crowd evangelism that has little or no follow-up with little or no accountability and discipleship. Notice again that "go" is in the passive voice, meaning don't make a special attempt or don't go out of your way to evangelize or plan for such large promotions that detract from the personal approach which is best done by the example of your life (one-on-one).
Answer for yourself: Can you now better understand that the failure of the Christian Church to "win the world" over the last 1900 years is not for lack of "effort" in hold big meetings, big crusades, and building big monstrous churches that can house a lot of strangers," rather we have failed because we have put on the "few who we hire as representative ministers" OUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY found in the Great Commission that requires that all believers to let their lives be a "model" that would attract those to whom we have influence and contact to God? I hope so.
Let us look at the Greek word used by the Holy Spirit for "teach."
Lexicon Greek 3100
3100 matheteuo {math-ayt-yoo'-o} from 3101; TDNT - 4:461,552; v AV - teach 2, instruct 1, be disciple 1; 4
The "root" word in the Greek for "teach" is as follows:
Lexicon Greek 3101 3101 mathetes {math-ay-tes'} from 3129; TDNT - 4:415,552; n m AV - disciple 268, vr disciple 1; 269
1) a learner, pupil, disciple
Let us now examine the voice and mood:
Lexicon Greek 5657 5657 Tense - Aorist See 5777 Voice - Active See 5784
Mood - Imperative See 5794 Count - 376
Answer for yourself: What does the imperative tense mean?
Lexicon Greek 5794 5794 Mood - Imperative
The imperative mood corresponds to the English imperative, and expresses a command to the hearer to perform a certain action by the order and authority of the one commanding. Thus, the Jewish Christ's phrase, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel" (Mk.1:15) is not at all an "invitation," but an absolute command requiring full obedience on the part of all hearers.
Answer for yourself: Do you see that the Holy Spirit used the imperative mood of the word "teach" to instruct us that we HAVE BEEN COMMANDED by orders of the one commanding (the Jewish Christ), to teach the doctrines and precepts of the Jewish Christ, and which was verified to the Jerusalem Council by the Holy Spirit to ALL Gentiles, thus helping all Gentiles of all nations become disciples of the Jewish Christ and his faith? I hope so.
Answer for yourself: Did you see that we have been given an absolute command requiring our absolute obedience to teach ONLY THOSE THINGS WHICH HE COMMANDED and not the traditions and doctrines of men which make what he commanded and the Commandments of God of none effect? I hope so.
Answer for yourself: Are you aware from these previous studies that in many instances the Christian Church has done just the opposite of what the Jewish Christ commanded, and that the Christian Church stands guilty of "Sin" for having replaced many of the teachings of the Jewish Christ, as well as many which were given to his Apostles which seemed good to the Holy Spirit, with those of their own creation which have anti-Semitic and anti-Judaic motives? I hope so.
Notice that the Jewish Christ's disciples and Apostles were to teach all Gentiles in all nations to observe the things both believed and taught by the Jewish Christ.
Answer for yourself: If the Jewish Christ believed things which you do not, should you not repent and accept the mind of Christ and his beliefs and cast down beliefs you hold when shown to be incorrect when compared to the "religious belief system" of a Jew like this the Jewish Christ in the first century?
Answer for yourself: If we as Christians have a belief system that can be shown to be contradicted by the teachings of the Jewish Christ, his Apostles, the original languages of the Bible, and facts and evidences that exist outside this Roman Bible that proves it forgery or as the Holy Spirit as revealed in Scripture, should we not cast down, no matter what the source, our vain imaginations that exalt themselves against the truth and knowledge of God contained in the Hebrew Bible and texts when correctly understood and validated all today's facts and evidences of modern scholarship which shows us without a doubt that this New Testament is a gross forgery in certain "key" places?
Answer for yourself: the Jewish Christ in Jn. 7:16 state "My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me." Knowing this, can the Jewish Christ teach or preach something other than the doctrines of God that existed then and which can be traced to Sinai and the giving of the commandments of God? No.
Answer for yourself: the Jewish Christ in Jn. 14:23 states (KJV): "the Jewish Christ answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." If we don't keep the Jewish Christ's words, which are the Father's Words spoken to the Apostles through the Holy Spirit, can we say we really love him since he says our failure to keep his words is anything but an expression of love?
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN THIS SITE HOW YESHUA AND PAUL DISAGREE ON SALVATION AND AT OTHER OF OUR SITES WE EXAMINE INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES WHERE ROMANIZED PAUL ABSOLUTELY CORRECTS AND CHANGES THE TEACHINGS OF THE JEWISH CHRIST.
No, it appears to me that our failure to obey the words of this Jewish Christ is evidence of a lack of love for him and God who sent this message into the world through His Logos, this Jewish Christ within us all.
Answer for yourself: Did the Jewish Christ say that our failure to obey his words is an indication we don't love him, and are his words found in the Acts 15 Church Council's decision? Yes, you bet they are.
Answer for yourself: Did the Jewish Christ say that his word was not his, but his Father's word? Yes
Answer for yourself: Can we be certain...absolutely certain… that the Jewish Christ NEVER changed his Father's words, and those things he commanded his disciples to take to the Gentiles was his Father's Words ("teach them [Gentiles] to observe the commandments") as well as the words spoken by the Holy Spirit in Acts 15 which affirm the Laws of Noah for all Gentiles as necessary to be part of the Jewish Christ movement and his church? Absolutely. This of course requires a good bit of study but this is our responsibility before God as well, and let us not forget that Biblical Judaism has always taught that study if the highest form of worship of God that exists.
Answer for yourself: Since the Jewish Christ did not have the authority or desire to change his Father's Laws, then what give us as Christians the right to change the Father's Words (Acts 15 for an example since our traditional Christian experience contradicts what is recorded and commanded by the church and the "non-Jews" by the Jewish Christ and the Holy Spirit in Acts 15).....or even more, to violate his words by substituting our denomination's faith, message, dogmas, doctrines, ordinances, visions, plans, desires and programs, and even worse, doing so in his name?
Let us examine the word for "nations" as found in the Great Commission:
Lexicon Greek 1484 1484 ethnos {eth'-nos} probably from 1486; TDNT - 2:364,201; n n AV - Gentiles 93, nation 64, heathen 5, people 2; 164
Answer for yourself: Did you notice that in the Great Commission only Gentiles, and not Jews were to be taught? I hope so. You see I found that Judaism has always had "the truth" of God; it is us, the "non-Jews" of the world who are best described:
Eph 2:11-12 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (KJV)
Answer for yourself: Do you see that the Jewish Christ intended the Jews, who according to Romans 9:4 ("Who are Israelites (Jews) to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of God, and the promises) had these Godly truths and manifestations of their religion, were to share with the Gentiles their religion (Second Temple Conservative Pharisaical Judaism)?
Answer for yourself: Why did the Gentiles need adoption, glory, covenants, Law, service of God and the promises?
Simply because the Gentiles of the world had false religion and their worship of God was in vain!
Let us read it again...and THINK!!!
Eph 2:12 12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants
of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (KJV)
Answer for yourself: How could the
Apostle Paul, after the time of this Jesus as depicted in the New
Testament, use the term "Gentiles" [which
according to our definition inferred false religion and worship]
for "Christian Gentiles" after they had come to the knowledge of
God (Monotheism)? That's easy. The Apostle Paul understood,
like you should, that just
because you come to the faith and knowledge of God as the ONLY God,
your "converted" Gentile Christian
religious belief system and lives are yet filled with memories of "what
you used to do in a religious setting before you learn from
the Jew about God's adoption, glory, covenants, Law, service of
God, and the promises of God.
It would be so much easier today if we did not have to unlearn much of what we have accepted in religious teachings believing what we were told was God's truth our whole lives. But much of what has been passed off as truths from God are in reality manifestations of Replacement Religion begun long ago by the early Gentile Christian Church of the Dark Ages, who being very antisemitic and anti-Judaic, changed and substituted "their understandings" for what the Jewish Christ commanded the Jew to teach them. Simply said Jew-hating Gentiles in power, men like Constantine, made sure the "non-Jewish" world did not look to the Jews or Judaism for anything; let alone Spiritual Truth. You only have to read about Constantine and his Easter Letter to see this for yourself. Scholarship reveals the tragic events of such a deception which you and I have accepted wholeheartedly without questioning and study to verify if what we were told is the truth as it existed in the Jewish Christ's day and thereafter before changed by Constantine in the fourth century and others like him because of hatred toward the Jews.
Answer for yourself: Is it possible to go to Christian Churches who do not teach the Hebrew Roots of the Church and be completely devoid in your Christian religious belief system of truths concerning adoption, glory, covenants? Did you notice in the above passage from Ephesians the word "Covenants" is in the "plural"; thus meaning more than one? Yet Christian Churches only tell you about one…ie., as in "new", when the real word in the Hebrew does not mean "new, as in replaced" but "renewed, as in keeping the same but reaffirming it". Thus this is a reference to not a "new" covenant after all, but to others like the Covenant of Noah which stand side by side with the Covenant of Moses. The passage goes on to speak of other things given the Jews by God; namely, the Law, the service of God [Hebrew for worship], and the promises of God!
Answer for yourself: Can we go to church our whole lives and never understand what is contained in this passage of Ephesians 2 that refer to the Jews and their gifts from God that they are required to share with the "non-Jewish" world since they are God's Holy Nation and Royal Priesthood? Let me answer that for you. I was! Even after Baptist Seminary I was to a large extent for I was taught from a Gentile "perspective" all the while forgetting that the Jewish Christ said "salvation is of the Jews"….not "was of the Jews"!
As the disciples and Apostles of the Jewish Christ "went" in fulfillment of the Great Commission they were to be teaching the Gentiles to observe those things commanded of God as taught and reminded by the Jewish Christ.
Let us focus on the Greek term for "teaching" as found in the Great Commission:
Lexicon Greek 1321 1321 didasko {did-as'-ko} a prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb dao (to learn);
TDNT - 2:135,161; v AV - teach 93, taught + 2258 4; 97
Answer for yourself: Was the Jewish Christ intending the Gentiles of the world learn "Apostolic doctrines" as it existed then and which the early church "steadfastly continued in adherence towards according to Acts 2:42" or was he referring to Greek Catholic doctrines taken from a purposeful corrupted Greek translation of the prior Hebrew texts, antisemitic Reformation doctrines taught by John Chrysostom and Luther and others, or Protestant doctrines which would be created much later which seem to be a better "compromise" than the harsh unmerciful ones that were responsible for Rome killing millions of Jews throughout the middle ages and burning them and their families alive in their synagogues along with all their Torah scrolls and Tanakhs whereby today the oldest existing Torah scrolls cannot be found any earlier than 900 to 1000 A.D. due to the extermination of the Jews, their truths, and there religious documents by the glorious Roman Church who were doing God a favor by killing them along with their Divine truths? It was only with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls some 50 years ago that the earth brought forth a thousand year older Isaiah manuscript and whole scroll (book) that exactly agrees with this much older Jewish scroll from 900 to 1000 A.D. which today proves the forgery of the LXX from the prior existing Hebrew Scriptures. This fact alone validate the Hebrew Scriptures over the Greek and validates Judaism over a falsified Christianity which today stands naked and ashamed for what it has done to the world. That should not be hard for you to understand as your studies progress as you see the horror of what has happened to "the faith once given saints" at the hands of Rome some 1,700 years at present. And tragically and sadly this same dogma and doctrine is preached from our pulpits from Sunday to Sunday and no one seems to know or care that over 6000 alterations have been made to the Greek and English Isaiahs we carry in our Christian Bibles and Isaiah 53 still is seen as the backbone of Christian Theology and the Christian Faith when examination of the Isaiah scroll and the Hebrew Bibles that exist today which agree totally theologically this Qumran Hebrew Isaiah which corrects the Greek and 1,700 years of Christian lies about the Jewish Messiah and shows the truth about this Roman Jesus presented in this Roman book that undergirds all of Christianity today. No wonder the Jews cannot believe in this Christian Jesus or let alone begin to believe he is the Jewish Messiah. They have the real Bible, they have the real deal; it is us who follow the fables and Catholic "make believe" and never know it because we are not taught the value of study by Christianity.
Answer for yourself: Any wonder why now that study is not paramount in Christianity?
Answer for yourself: Do you see that the Jewish Christ intended his Apostles and Paul, as well as others, to share with Gentiles, to instruct them, teach them, impart instruction, instill doctrine into them, and explain and expound the things he taught? I hope so.
Answer for yourself: Having heard repeatedly in churches our whole lives that we are to take the Jewish Christ to the nations and for them to accept him and believe "in him" and the theology that surround him in this Roman New Testament then does not the Great Commission in reality actually say JUST THE OPPOSITE; that we are to TEACH GENTILES TO OBSERVE what the Jewish Christ COMMANDED concerning the Laws and Commandments he is to "observe" in the Covenant of Noah and the Laws of Noah and not replace such an absolute commandment from the Jewish Christ which was given to his Apostles and disciples with "man-made doctrines created around the Roman identify of this "Jewish Christ"?
Answer for yourself: Where does the Great Commission say we are to teach "theology" about Christology or the doctrines around the Jewish Messiah to anyone let alone that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah? It simply does not? It does not command that the death, burial and resurrection of this Roman Jesus be taught to anyone let alone the decisions of the Nicean Council of 325 A.D. Instead what does it command?
It commands that the "non-Jews" are to be taught "what to observe"!
Let us examine the Greek word for "observe."
Lexicon Greek 5083 5083 tereo {tay-reh'-o} from teros (a watch, perhaps akin to 2334); TDNT - 8:140,1174; v
AV - keep 57, reserve 8, observe 4, watch 2, preserve 2, keeper 1, hold fast 1; 75
Answer for yourself: Did the Jewish Christ command his followers to teach other Gentiles in all the world to KEEP, OBSERVE, WATCH OVER, AND PRESERVE those things he had taught and carefully take this teaching and commandments to the Gentiles? What did this Jewish Christ teach and what was his Gospel? What did this Jewish Christ teach concerning Eternal Life and how to inherit it? If you are not certain or don't know then these links are there to show you clearly what his message was that luckily can still be found in this New Testament.
Answer for yourself: Did the Jewish Christ command his followers to teach other Gentiles in all the world to attend to carefully to his commandments and to observe those thing he had commanded? He sure did.
Answer for yourself: Did the Jewish Christ command his followers to teach the Gentiles in all the world to "hold fast" and carefully observe "all those things which he had previously commanded the Jews?" He sure did. Did this Jewish Christ ever teach Nicean theology? Never. Did this Jewish Christ ever teach that salvation of God is dependent upon what you believe about him? Never! This is Rome's doing as the links above will show you.
Answer for yourself: As a Gentile Christian, and according to the words used by the Holy Spirit, have you been taught, let alone observe, things commanded of the Jews which were also taught to the "non-Jews" in their Covenant with God? Sadly, most likely not!
Answer for yourself: Since it can be clearly shown, upon study, that Gentiles kept the Biblical Feasts and Saturday Sabbath well after the time of this Jesus and did so up through the fourth century before changed by Roman paganism, do you carefully observe all those things the Jewish Christ had previously commanded the Jews such as the Feasts and Sabbaths? Do you consider yourself engrafted into the Israel of God and if so what is your fruit that testifies to this being a reality in your life?
Answer for Yourself: What is the true
message of the Great Commission and have you ever really hear it calling
out to you in "truth" before now?
Answer for yourself: Can you preserve those things both taught and commanded by the Jewish Christ if you ascribe to REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY which says that the Law and the Biblical Feasts have passed away and that we are no longer under the Law (remember the Apostle Paul commended the Law to the Romans church in Romans 9:4)? No way. Let is be said there is a huge difference between the "real Paul" and what he taught and what the Romanized Paul teaches in this same New Testament. Unknown to most Christians is that the first Gnostic New Testament championed the real Paul for he was Gnostic, but only later made to appear "non-Gnostic" by Rome and their forgeries of the First Gnostic New Testament. That is why in reading the New Testament and Pauline writings today that he appears schizophrenic; Rome has had their way with these texts and such glaring contradictions are proof of it.
Answer for yourself: Can you preserve and obey those things both taught and commanded by the Jewish Christ if you believe that the writings and letters of this Romanized Paul (New Testament) have replaced the writings of Moses (Old Testament) [understand it was 380 years after the time for this Jesus before there was an official canon of the New Testament]? No.
Answer for yourself: Are you aware that the Jewish Christ never read one thing Paul wrote, and would be appalled today to know that the New Testament has replaced the Old Testament in his churches? I bet you didn't, but it is a sobering thought once you see the scope of what is being said.
Answer for yourself: Are you aware that almost all of Paul's letters are for "correction of Gentile beliefs and actions" and none are for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction of Jews? For after all Paul is the "apostle to the Gentiles; not the Jews".
Let us now investigate the Greek word for "command" as the Jewish Christ taught his followers to teach all Gentiles to observe all those things which he had previously commanded to be done.
Lexicon Greek 1781
1781 entellomai {en-tel'-lom-ahee} from 1722 and the base of 5056; TDNT - 2:544,234; v AV - command 10, give commandment 3, give charge 2, enjoin 1, charge 1; 17
1) to order, command to be done, enjoin
Having looked extensively at the Great Commission, we now know for sure that the Jewish Christ never intended for the Gentiles in the various nations of the world to be taught anything OTHER THAN the COMMANDMENTS AND LAWS OF GOD IN THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD AND HOW TO CORRECTLY OBSERVE THEM!
I'm sure that now you see the importance of such a commandment issued to all Gentiles as they were shortly to be included in the the Israel of God without having to make complete and formal conversion to Judaism as was previously expected and required by the majority of Shammai influenced Judaism in its day. Not only that but their previous beliefs and religious pagan ceremonies were to be repented of and a new "service of God" instituted whereby they would worship the Father in Spirit and Truth instead of darkness as previously done.
This new Messianic movement within Judaism of the Second Temple
Period, having obeyed the Great Commission, would now face a problem of
the highest magnitude within twenty years after the Cross of Christ:
"What are we going to
do with these Gentiles who claim to be followers of the Jewish Christ?
The solution came in the form of a declaration by the Apostle James, both
the Lord's brother and head of the Jewish Christ's church: "We
should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God."
(Acts 15: 19-21). In saying that
James reaffirmed the it would be "necessary" for Gentiles
turning to God in faith to not be "converted" to Biblical
Judaism but to observe and keep the Covenant of Noah with the 66 Laws of
Noah in order to be "acceptable" to God and become part of the
Israel of God.
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