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The old testament is completed in the new.

The new testament is incomplete without the old.

We have one God, one bible and one truth.

Here are just three examples of misunderstood verses with quotes from the old testament because of the false notion that one can be a new testament only Christian.

Romans 9:24-25 is from Hosea 1:9 where the phrase “not a people” is a description of the House of Israel, the Ten Northern tribes, who became known in scripture as Nations [Gentiles] after their divorce from God. Scripture later calls those people “Sons of the Living God” or Christians. The bible defines its own terms.

Romans 11:2. The concept of the fulness of nations is from Genesis 48:19 where the descendants of Joseph would become a multitude (fulness) of Nations.

1 Peter 1:16 is from Leviticus 11:44 where the context makes Peter’s meaning of holy to be understood.

The writers of the new testament only knew the old testament. The Holy Spirit was given to the apostles so that they could, among other things, fully understand the Law and Prophets.

Luke 24:44-45 “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,”

When did Christ give the Holy Spirit to the apostles? Christ gave the Holy Spirit to the apostles in John 20:21-22.

“And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you. And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you”.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 was a special event. It is never repeated in the rest of scripture.

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There is much scripture teaches that most Christians have never heard because they do not follow the clues. Meanings are altered because few look for the context of old testament quotes.

You are at church and the speaker reads Ephesians 2:11-14.

“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; That at that time ye were without Christ, being alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition”.

Did the speaker or your preacher ever examine the words Uncircumcision and Circumcision, alienated, covenants of promise, far off and middle wall of partition to explain the meaning of those verses? This would be very rare. If they taught the actual meaning of that verse, then the lie about Jews and Gentiles most know today would begin to fall apart. This is what I mean when I say most Christians have been misled about meanings in the bible. These clues are not hidden.

Paul used those words to tell us who he was referring the reader of the Word to explain his meaning.

At the time of Christ the Uncircumcision was the House of Israel living off in Europe. The House of Judah was the Circumcision as they had the Law. In the King James bible the word aliens is a verb and is properly translated as alienated. Alienated tells us that at one time the two parties were one. This was never the case between Israel and non-Israelites. When the House of Israel was divorced by God they lost the right to be called Israelites, ruling with God. The scripture is always accurate. From that point forward they were always referred to as Nations or “Gentiles”. Notice the promises of God. God does not break promises. For more examples see Romans 2:14-15 and 9:24-25.

History shows us that the Ten Tribes eventually escaped the Assyrian captivity and moved North through the Caucasus Mountains. The path they took is still called the Pass of Israel today. Over the centuries they moved into Europe and so were “far off” from the House of Judah.

One of the prophecied goals of Christ was to reunite the two Houses of Israel. This is the breaking down of the “middle wall of partition”. Hosea 1:11 shows that the two houses would be reunited.

“Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.”

Gathered together in the new land promised to King David. The one head is Christ. Ephesians 2 is the fulfillment of prophecy. It does not teach about some Plan B people brought in because Israel supposedly rejected Christ. Mostly only the Edomite leaders of Christ’s day rejected Christ as proven by Christ’s own words in John 5, 8 and 10. The clues lead us to know that those Paul was writing about were those of the Ten Northern Tribes, the House of Israel. Spiritualizing verses to make them all inclusive destroys the original intent.

There is much scripture teaches that most Christians have never heard because they do not follow the clues. Meanings are altered because few look for the context of old testament quotes.

You are at church and the speaker reads Romans 2:14-15.

“For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another”.

Did the speaker or your preacher ever examine the phrase “the Law written on their hearts” to explain the meaning of those verses? This would be very rare. If they taught the actual meaning of that verse, then the lie about Jews and Gentiles most know today would begin to fall apart. This is what I mean when I say most Christians have been misled about meanings in the bible. This clue is not hidden.

Amos 8:11 “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Yahweh, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh”.

Paul used the phrase to tell us who he was referring the reader of the Word to explain his meaning. This is Hebrews 8:10.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people”.

The House of Israel, the Northern Ten Tribes, were the “Gentiles” or Nations that Paul was speaking about. For more examples see Romans 9:24-25 and Ephesians 2:11. When the House of Israel was divorced by God they lost the right to be called Israelites, ruling with God. The scripture is always accurate. From that point forward they were always referred to as Nations or “Gentiles”. Notice the promises of God. God does not break promises.

The Law of God was only given to Israel.

Psalms 147:19-20 “He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Yah.”

The promise of the Law being written on the heart of Christians was only made to the House of Israel and the House of Judah. This is the new covenant. As scripture shows these are those who are Christians today.

Romans 2:14-15 does not teach about some Plan B people brought in because Israel supposedly rejected Christ. Mostly only the Edomite leaders of Christ’s day rejected Christ as proven by Christ’s own words in John 5, 8 and 10. The clue leads us to know that those Paul was writing about were those of the Ten Northern Tribes, the House of Israel. Spiritualizing verses to make them all inclusive destroys the original intent.

There is much scripture teaches that most Christians have never heard because they do not follow the clues. Meanings are altered because few look for the context of old testament quotes.

You are at church and the speaker reads Romans 9:24-25.

“Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.”

Did the speaker or your preacher ever take you back to Hosea to explain the meaning of those verses? This would be very rare. If they taught the actual meaning of that verse, then the lie about Jews and Gentiles most know today would begin to fall apart. This is what I mean when I say most Christians have been misled about meanings in the bible. This clue is not hidden.

Amos 8:11 “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Yahweh, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh”.

Paul referred the reader of the Word to Hosea to explain his meaning. The context of Hosea is all important. Hosea explained how the House of Israel would be called, “not my people”, but at one point they would be called “children of the living God” or Christians. Prophecy in Hosea requires that the House of Israel would not disappear in the Assyrian captivity. The House of Israel, the Northern Ten Tribes, were the “Gentiles” or Nations that Paul was speaking about. For more examples see Romans 2:14-15 and Ephesians 2:11. When the House of Israel was divorced by God they lost the right to be called Israelites, ruling with God. The scripture is always accurate. From that point forward they were always referred to as Nations or “Gentiles”. Notice the promises of God. God does not break promises.

Hosea 1:9-10 “Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be yours. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.”

Romans 9:24-25 does not teach about some Plan B people brought in because Israel supposedly rejected Christ. Mostly only the Edomite leaders of Christ’s day rejected Christ as proven by Christ’s own words in John 5, 8 and 10.

Many focus on John 1:11.

“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” KJV

Here is a better translation of the Greek.

“He came into His own land, and the men of the country received Him not.” CNT

So today churches teach that the Judeans, the Greek word translated Jew, all rejected Christ. Christ failed in His mission and had to come up with a plan B. Many times it is helpful to read the next verse.

John 1:12 “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”.

Again, a better translation from the Greek.

John 1:12 “But as many who received Him, He gave to them the authority which the children of God are to attain, to those believing in His Name”. CNT

So not all rejected Christ. Looking closely in John and Acts thousands became Christians. Reading through the first several chapters of John, we are told that many believed Christ. The scripture calls “those who heard Him gladly” and those who argued with Christ Judeans, as in country. It is obvious here that there are two different kinds of Judeans. The scripture shows us just that in John 5, 8 and 10.

There are no examples of discourse between Christ and “those who heard Him gladly”. There are several examples of those who sought to kill Christ, the leaders of the Judeans. This group was the Pharisees and Saducees.

The first instance is in John five there is a different type of Judean that Christ talked to. Healing a man during God’s Sabbath is not a sin. Healing a man during the Pharisees sabbath was against their rules. After healing a man on the Sabbath leaders confronted Christ. Christ went into a long discourse that ended with Christ saying

John 5:38-47 “And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”

The next instance is in John 8. Christ was speaking to the Judeans who believed. Then those who confronted Christ felt the need to justify themselves.

John 8:33 “They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?”

Christ finished His thought and then responded to them in verse 37-44.

“I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

Those were some pretty strong words for the Judean leaders. Notice that they claimed to be the seed of Abraham. Christ acknowledged that, but said they did not count as children of Abraham. Christ defined the word children in Matthew 15 and here in John 8.

Matthew 15:24-26 “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.”

Scripture also defines “sheep” as Israel in many places. See Jeremiah 50:17 and Matthew 10:6. In John 8, Christ shows that the children are children of Isaac through Jacob. The children of Esau are these leaders who argued with Christ as they were “never in bondage to any man”.
This was their admission that they were not Israelites. Christ called them children of the devil. Because of this they could not understand Christ nor could they hear His word. John 8:43. Esau is Edom, Genesis 36.

Christ had another run in with the leaders in John 10. Here Christ told them they were not His sheep (Israel).

John 10:25-30 “Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.”

So the Judean leaders, Pharisees, were Edomites. Where are they today?

“Edom is in modern Jewry”, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1925 edition, Vol. 5, p. 41.

God had plenty to say about Esau’s descendants. They can not be saved. They will have perpetual war with God and God’s people.

The term Gentile is a Latin word that just means Nation. It does not mean “non-Jew”. If one lets the context determine the who of the Nations, then the Gospel’s and the book of Acts is the story of Israel becoming Christians. Israel, God’s sheep, did not reject Christ.

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.”

John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”.

After King Solomon died, Israel split into two separate countries with their own Kings. This was the beginning of God’s promise to make of Israel, many nations. So there were then two nations. The one who stayed home was the House of Judah. The other rebelled and was moved by God into captivity. This was the House of Israel.

2 Kings 17:6 “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

The House of Israel later escaped that captivity as archaeological records show. Their goal was to return to God, but it was to be in God’s new promised land.

2 Samuel 7:10 “Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime”.

In Hosea, The House of Israel was prophesied to be “children of the living God” or Christians as has happened.

“Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass… there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.” Hosea 1:10

When Paul and others came and began preaching repentance and the Kingdom of God to the Nations of Israel, there was jealousy on the part of the House of Judah.

So now in Luke 15:11-32 Christ tells a story about a man’s two sons. Read the parable and see how it compares to the history you just read. The parable tells us a bit about the condition of Israel in captivity. God allowed them to escape, but God prevented them from returning to their former land.

Hosea 2:6 “Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.”

So as God intended and archaeology shows, The House of Israel went through what is now called the Pass of Israel and were found in the area North of the Caucasus Mountains at the same time that history records the Caucasian peoples being there. Then they moved into Europe and eventually America where they were joined by the House of Judah and renewed their relationship with God.

Hosea 1:11 “Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.”

Saw a post today that said, “We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasures.”, Ryle. This is very true. Here is some simple digging. The word adoption as we know it is not found in the new testament. The English word adoption is translated from a Greek word that means, “the placing of a son”. That is a coming of age ceremony for a man who was born into an Israelite family and has reached the age set by his father. You can spiritualize these verses and destroy God’s intended meaning or do some digging and figure out what God wanted you to understand. The easy way is not always the correct way.

Romans 8:15 “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of the placing of a son, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

Romans 8:23 “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the placing of a son, to wit, the redemption of our body.”

Romans 9:4 “Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the placing of a son, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises”.

Galatians 4:5 “To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the the placing of a son.”

Ephesians 1:5 “Having predestinated us unto the placing of a son by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will”.

Remember Paul is writing to the Nations of Israel who were dispersed after the Assyrian captivity. According to the Law of the Kinsman Redeemer, only a true physical kin can redeem a relative. This is why the bible spends so many words showing the kinship of Christ to true descendants of Jacob/Israel. Also the phrase “under the Law” is reserved for those who are descendants of Jacob/Israel. Only those who were foreknown, that is true descendants of Jacob/Israel, by God could be predestined, Romans 8:29-30. Also the word called is defined by scripture as descendants of Jacob/Israel only, Isaiah 48:12. Remember, the modern day Jews have never been God’s Israel people.

If you really want to know what God through scripture is saying to you, then you have to do some work. Don’t depend on the guy who was taught just enough to keep his job as a preacher at your church. He might know more after thirty years, but he is still not going to say anything that will jeopardize his job.

Judaism – A religion built on destroying God’s morality, God’s Law, and Christianity. The Talmud is their “bible”. They do not follow the old testament. It is the written goal of Judaism to destroy Christianity and all Christians. Jewish statements on Judaism say it is Communism. There is no logic in a Christian claiming to be a Judeo-Christian.

Christian Zionist is a confused Christian who for all practicality worships those who hate Jesus Christ. Zionism is built upon a lie that the modern day Jews are God’s Chosen People. Scripture fully refutes this through over 100 prophecies about true physical Israel. Jewish writings also fully refute this. History and Archaeology both clearly show who is true Israel and that the modern day Jews are not. To believe the Jews are Israel, one must believe that Jesus failed. Helping much less worshiping them is considered treason to Jesus in scripture and will bring punishment upon Christians. This is both a national and personal sin.

2 John 1:7, 9-11 “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antiChrist. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.”

2 Chronicles 19:2 “And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.”

There are groups that try to emulate or adopt current day Jewish practices. These practices use names and methods that are rarely scriptural. One does not follow those who hate Christ to learn to be a good Christian.

There are so many diversions and doctrines created to cause division today. People argue over and want everyone else to comply with what is mostly false doctrine and teachings. Scripture is plain and obvious in the Hebrew and Greek. There is unity of faith and doctrine in the Hebrew and Greek texts.

A lukewarm Christian is spewed, vomited, out of Christ’s mouth in Revelation 3:15-19. A person who continually and willingly violates God’s Laws is not a Christian in good standing with God. They are to be treated as an infidel.

2 Corinthians 6:1 “And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?”

1 Timothy 5:8 “But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

Matthew 13 is a collection of information about the Kingdom of God. It is related in parables. For example we are told about planting seeds and what happens when they grow in different types of soil. Any farmer will tell you that he does not spend any time trying to make the seed in the way side, rocky or thorny ground grow. He spends all of his time caring for the seed that fell in good ground. There is little or no harvest in the bad ground. The same goes for missionary work today. Missionaries spend most of their time working in the bad ground. There is little to no harvest in the bad ground. The results prove Christ’s point. Much of the “good results” we have heard about are related to paying or enticing some to respond. When you hear numbers like, 100’s of churches or 10,000 have been saved, you can be fairly sure it is caused by enticement. Once the enticement is removed, so are the results. This has been seen many times and is well documented, but never made public. One major detail has been ignored even though it is found in three of the Gospels. The key is to follow the scripture rather than trying to buy converts.

Matthew 10:14 “And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.”

1 Corinthians 3:7 “So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”

When there is no Increase it is of God.

John 6:44 “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw (drag) him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” See also John 6:65 and John 14:6.

Bring all missionaries home! There is plenty of work here.