Vogce: ., , .... c.,od,/.ce to ~ Yeshua said. 'I tell you Christiania7 to unite the various peoples and d H,g,l,' ~ , De.a,.l
regions, pagan practices, rites and holidays r ,,,u. leun:#~, ~ *'~,- t. ~ be.ed, t -/rdX ~ the truth, until heaven
* ..... " , d.^ lX~. I ruc, a.,- S~ were adopted, renamed with Christian sym- j~-/,4 ~ .~,~~ to ~ ~,e a.~ and earth disappear, not
bolism, and anti-Semitism became norma- the smallest letter, not
bt ~ .t, vro~ ~ r_. ,...,,,,,,.d.e, ~ I a,u,t a;, .n, aw the least stroke of a pen, tive. The 'Blood Libel' charge against the
a.c,t£ Pa.~en"er'..F'. r_ ~ ~"~\].~.'r,-,,,~.ed, t't,Y,,te "/u'~~; will bv any means disap- Jews was instituted and Biblical observances
c¢'e~/¢,t C/,¢.)'B~. y~,~, -v,.,~ ~ B//,q,e ..qo-od.g pear from the Law until were outlawed - not because pious, learned
, ....... .1-- le~O'~ "g Z¢44.,17 ~..,~,,~.,.,~_, men studied and found it to be unsupported ~a*~-.,.-- a...~" ~:~ ........ . ....... ........... :.:, ::~ everything is accom-
by Scripture, but rather, it was to cut all ties to
the Jews. The Sabbath was changed to Sun- • ..... who breaks
dav. Passover was also outlawed - under pen- 11 d ' one oft he least
alF of death in later Na1~ - and the sunrise of these com-
.___-. J- ~ mandmerlts and service for the goddess Eshtar was adopted as
the Church's Easter sunrise service, etc. Thus --J -J teaches others to
began the sad legacy of underlying contempt .... .......... do the same will be called
that formed the bedrock of generations of ~ ................ least in the kingdom of heaven." (Matt.
persecution, genocide, expulsion, forced bap- 5:18. 19) Much is revealed in this passage.
tisms & conversions, torture, prejudice, and First, as long as heaven and earth exist, God's
finally the Holocaust, in the name of Chris- Dear GR Law is valid. And second, it is not a salvation
tianitv This is not what a true Christian be- Thank you for writing - and welcome to issue. The Kingdom is available to all who
lieves, but it is the origins of our modern day the family of Believers! receive God's free gift of salvation. The "To-
observances. You are correct regarding the first follow- rah" or Law never provided salvation - it was
There was no reason to question or exam- ers of Yeshua (Jesus). The first "Church" was given to an already redeemed people. It was a
ine the traditions until this last generation, very Hebraic, and continued observing the wav of life for those in Covenant relationship
with the phenomenon of great numbers of Biblical Commandments through the early with God.
Jews coming to faith in Yeshua, the Messiah. centuries. Yeshua and the Apostles did not By the Third CentuD', with Constantine's
With this "revival" is a restoration of these establish a new religion. Yeshua clearly and "vision" of a cross in the sky with the rues-
lost riches, the Jewish (Biblical) Roots of emphatically reaffirmed the Ten Command- sage: "With this Sign thou wilt conquer,"
Christianity T - perhaps a fulfillment in part of ments, taMng them to the deeper levels of the the fate of this fledgling faith was sealed. As
Romans 11:15 - life fivrn Ne dead/ .-" heart. Constantine established a state-mandated
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