Christian Study

Scripture says,

“Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.” Genesis 1:28

Psalm 127:3 “Lo, children are the inheritance of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb is a reward.”

Based on current growth numbers Yahweh’s true Israel will cease to exist in the near future and the last of our people will not have a pleasant time as is seen in locations of the world now.  I don’t believe that our God will let us go out of existence. At the same time should we ignore scripture?

God is a divorcee.

Jeremiah 3:8 “I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn’t fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.”

That is just one of many verses. The whole of scripture from the Exodus from Egypt to the end of Revelation is about the marriage, divorce and remarriage of God to his special treasure, Israel.  Here is the story.

If heaven is where we spend eternity then why will there be a new or renewed earth?

Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.”

Psalm 37:9 – 11 “For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on Yahweh, They shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”

Rapture you say? The rapture doctrine is backwards.

Proverbs 10:30 “The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not inhabit the earth.”
Matthew 13:49 “So shall it be at the end of the age: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just”

Wherever those “raptured” are taken will be found by Eagles, scavengers. See Luke 17:34-37.

If Jacob-Israel were to visit your church next Sunday with his four wives would he be welcome to place membership? God does not change his morals. The true nation of Israel began with one man and four women with God’s blessings.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not have eternal life in torture, but have eternal life (in peace, joy and love).”

Hmmmm, what does John 3:16 really say?

We did it again. A well known phrase is that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. So not only have we done it again, but we have done it over and over again.

The model given to us by scripture has a hierarchy of order. God is at the top followed by man and then women. God is the protection of men and women are under the coverature of man. That order has never changed. If you believe that we have not outgrown our need for God’s protection then understand that scripture teaches that women are still made as a help meet to men, to be by man’s side, to be under man’s coverature.

1 Samuel 8:4-5 “Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah; and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

If you realize the similarity then we did it again in 1776 when some men got together and created a nation that did not have God as its head. If there is any question about whether this nation was formed as a Christian nation then the Treaty of Tripoli of 1797 should remove all question. Article 11 of the treaty plainly states that “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” The treaty was in fact a violation of God’s Law in that it made an alliance with believers of Islam. Regardless of the intent of those who approved of the constitution, it was written in a way as to allow the free practice of almost anything that calls itself a religion.

So we did it again. “Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.” 1 Samuel 8:7

In 1920 the nation was convinced to grant women the right to vote. Now the right to vote is not necessarily a problem, but it was just a step in the direction for those who wanted to change God’s order. In Christ, Christians are equal with one another, but man usually never knows when to quit. Laws have been passed to give preferences to not only women, but to minorities and now followers of Islam; a “religious” group who are just starting to push for their own preferences. Liberal courts have been ruling in their favor or ignoring their activity.

One of the complaints commonly heard is that men are not behaving as men and so women are having to take up the job. I just heard that again on the radio. It is time to consider that women have had their share in the problem. Women have been wanting men to behave more like women for a long time. The truth includes the idea that women have not been behaving like women for a long time as well.

The radio program then went on to blame men and pornography. Has anyone considered why men might use pornography? A woman on a pedestal may not behave like a help meet. A woman on a pedestal is likely not going to look favorably on “her” man paying any attention to other women, regardless whether the women are real or in pictures. Perhaps a woman on a pedestal is not fulfilling her God appointed role?

Let me suggest that it is not only time for men to behave as Godly men, as required by scripture, but for women to step off the pedestal and begin to behave as Godly women, as also required by scripture. Humility is an important aspect to receive God’s blessing and protection.

The point is that if we want God’s protection and blessings then we must put and keep ourselves under his coverature. Women are to be properly under the protection and coverature of men. Those who do not may do as they wish, but should not complain when things do not go well for them.

Tim

Recently there was an article posted on line about the idea that so many people can read the Bible and come away from it with different conclusions. There are a few very good reasons for this. Here are just two.

Let me suggest a scenario where I tell a story about three dogs. The story eventually gets to a part where the dogs go into hibernation. Some readers might not notice anything strange about that. Some readers might see that as strange that dogs were going into a winter hibernation. If I told you that the story was supposed to be about bears then the part about hibernation would make more sense.

A number of people through the years, including one of the founders of the united States, disregarded scripture because they would read in scripture about some people and then compare them to what was believed to be the modern portion of those same people. It did not make sense. Many misunderstand scripture because of the people who today call themselves Jews. The story wasn’t about dogs, but bears. Scripture is not about a modern people called Jews, but rather a people who were Hebrews, called Israelites, and in scripture a portion of them were referred to as Judeans or Judahites. These words were changed in English Bible translations to Jews in 1775. The term Jew did not exist before 1775.

About ninety percent of today’s Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who descend from a grandson of Japheth, Ashkenaz through Gomer. Around ten percent are descended from Esau who is Edom. “Edom is in modern Jewry” is a quote from the Jewish Encyclopedia. The rest are Sephardic Jews who’s history we won’t get into here. The fairy tale concerning Jews being Israelites continues on today with as much validity as the Easter Bunny. Much of the available evidence for this comes from Jewish writers although scripture has plenty to say about this as well. There are an endless number of quotes that could be cited.

So the first problem for many in reading scripture is that the wrong people have been assigned to the most important roll. Israelites are not modern day Jews. Modern day Jews are not Israelites.

“Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a ‘Jew’ or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew.” (1980 Jewish Almanac, p. 3, A brief History of the Terms for Jew).

“Khazars, a non-Semitic, Asiatic, Mongolian tribal nation who emigrated into Eastern Europe about the first century, who were converted as an entire nation to Judaism in the seventh century”. (The Jewish Encyclopedia)

The term Gentile does not mean non-Jew as it is misunderstood today. The term Gentile is a Latin word first used by Jerome in his Latin translation of scripture for the Greek ethnos. The term Gentile includes the idea of kinship. The basic meaning of ethnos is nation or race. The idea was that a nation was made up of a people of the same race, they were kin.

There are several instances where translations use the word Gentile, but the context clearly refers to Israelites. I have covered this elsewhere, but my favorite is in Romans 2:14-15 where we are told a group of Gentiles has the Law of God written on their hearts. Scripture is very plain stating in Jeremiah 31, Hebrews 8 and Hebrews 10 that only Israelites have the Law written on their hearts as a part of the new covenant agreement. This is a contract and has never been amended in scripture to include any other people.

The basic story of scripture starts with a man described as Adam in Genesis 2 and follows his descendants down through a man named Jacob, renamed Israel. From that point on scripture is mainly only about a people who descended from Jacob Israel. To suggest otherwise makes God a promise breaker and a liar.

There is a group that would like this truth to remain unknown. Because of that there is a lot of incorrect and misleading information on the internet concerning who truly is Israel today. It’s not a spiritual only group. It is a physical people who’s history is obvious when one does just a bit of research. If you are interested you can start at this very short web site for just the beginning.

Tim