False Doctrine
Which is more important: A theological position? A doctrine? Or the very Words of the Creator of Heaven and Earth Himself?
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
Topics:
- In Matthew 15:17-20 Yeshua declared all foods clean...did He really?
- The Old Covenant Obsolete?
- The Error of Dispensationalism
- Never-ending Punishment
- Many many more to come!
In Matthew 15:17-20 Yeshua declared all foods clean...did He really?
In Matthew 15:11 Yeshua says "It is not that which goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but that which comes out of the mouth that defiles a man." Yeshua's lesson was about what is in our hearts. By no means did He do away with the clean/unclean distinction of what is food and what is not, as declared by YHWH in Leviticus 11:2-47. (Actually, Noah knew which animals were clean and which were unclean (Genesis 7:2) way before YHWH made the distinction between them in Leviticus.)
All Yeshua was addressing was the mistaken belief of the Pharisees that not washing hands before eating in the ritualistic way the rabbis (not YHWH) invented and made tradition, supposedly would cause a person to become unclean/defiled. His point was that washing hands has nothing to do with a person being clean on the inside (in their heart /spiritually). This passage says nothing about food being clean or unclean. Man, put it in the footnotes and preachers talk about it like it is scripture. It is not.
Consider Peter who has a vision of a sheet coming down from Heaven. On it are clean and unclean animals and creeping things. YHWH says "kill and eat", to which Peter says "certainly not Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." Then the voice says "what God (YHWH) has cleansed, do not call unclean or common". This vision happens three times. After the third time, the sheet went back up to heaven. Immediately after this, three men that were sent from Cornelius, stood at the gate of Peter's home.
YHWH said "go with them for I have sent them". These were gentiles who previously Peter would have considered unclean or common but YHWH is instructing Peter not to consider them common or unclean anymore (Acts 10:28). This passage of scripture occurs well after the death and resurrection of Yeshua, so if He declared all animals and creeping things clean (and therefore food), Peter who spent much time with Yeshua himself and listened to His teaching, didn't get the memo!
YHWH is all about life. Have you ever noticed the unclean animals and creeping things are scavengers who eat dead things? And what about pigs who not only eat dead things, but just about everything else? Why do you think pigs/swine are spoken of in only negative ways in the scriptures? For example; Isaiah 66:17 which says:
In Matthew 15:11 Yeshua says "It is not that which goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but that which comes out of the mouth that defiles a man." Yeshua's lesson was about what is in our hearts. By no means did He do away with the clean/unclean distinction of what is food and what is not, as declared by YHWH in Leviticus 11:2-47. (Actually, Noah knew which animals were clean and which were unclean (Genesis 7:2) way before YHWH made the distinction between them in Leviticus.)
All Yeshua was addressing was the mistaken belief of the Pharisees that not washing hands before eating in the ritualistic way the rabbis (not YHWH) invented and made tradition, supposedly would cause a person to become unclean/defiled. His point was that washing hands has nothing to do with a person being clean on the inside (in their heart /spiritually). This passage says nothing about food being clean or unclean. Man, put it in the footnotes and preachers talk about it like it is scripture. It is not.
Consider Peter who has a vision of a sheet coming down from Heaven. On it are clean and unclean animals and creeping things. YHWH says "kill and eat", to which Peter says "certainly not Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." Then the voice says "what God (YHWH) has cleansed, do not call unclean or common". This vision happens three times. After the third time, the sheet went back up to heaven. Immediately after this, three men that were sent from Cornelius, stood at the gate of Peter's home.
YHWH said "go with them for I have sent them". These were gentiles who previously Peter would have considered unclean or common but YHWH is instructing Peter not to consider them common or unclean anymore (Acts 10:28). This passage of scripture occurs well after the death and resurrection of Yeshua, so if He declared all animals and creeping things clean (and therefore food), Peter who spent much time with Yeshua himself and listened to His teaching, didn't get the memo!
YHWH is all about life. Have you ever noticed the unclean animals and creeping things are scavengers who eat dead things? And what about pigs who not only eat dead things, but just about everything else? Why do you think pigs/swine are spoken of in only negative ways in the scriptures? For example; Isaiah 66:17 which says:
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one [tree] in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Think about it. Why would YHWH change His mind and make things that were unclean suddenly clean even though they are still scavengers that eat dead things?
The Old Covenant Obsolete?
Hebrews 8:13 in westernized bibles says:
When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
In the original Greek doesn’t have the word “covenant” it was added. It is talking about the human priesthood becoming obsolete not the Old Covenant !
Something else to consider:
With the terms “Old Covenant” and “New Covenant”, it is important to realize, the covenants don’t cancel each other out, they stack. For example: Genesis 9:12 says YHWHs covenant not to flood the Earth again is for “perpetual generations”. In other words, they are added to existing covenants, they don’t replace previous covenants. The delivery system or the way it works may change. For example: The “Old Covenant” written on tablets of stone is the same covenant as the “New Covenant”; the only difference is it is now written on our minds and hearts. In the language and Hebrew mindset, the term “new”, often actually means “renewed”. In Jeremiah 31:31 which says: “Behold, days are coming,” declares YHWH, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,” the Hebrew word translated as “new” is “chadash” which actually means “renewed”. A perfect example of this is the “new moon”. It is not new every month rather it is renewed every month.
Hebrews 8:13 in westernized bibles says:
When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
In the original Greek doesn’t have the word “covenant” it was added. It is talking about the human priesthood becoming obsolete not the Old Covenant !
Something else to consider:
With the terms “Old Covenant” and “New Covenant”, it is important to realize, the covenants don’t cancel each other out, they stack. For example: Genesis 9:12 says YHWHs covenant not to flood the Earth again is for “perpetual generations”. In other words, they are added to existing covenants, they don’t replace previous covenants. The delivery system or the way it works may change. For example: The “Old Covenant” written on tablets of stone is the same covenant as the “New Covenant”; the only difference is it is now written on our minds and hearts. In the language and Hebrew mindset, the term “new”, often actually means “renewed”. In Jeremiah 31:31 which says: “Behold, days are coming,” declares YHWH, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,” the Hebrew word translated as “new” is “chadash” which actually means “renewed”. A perfect example of this is the “new moon”. It is not new every month rather it is renewed every month.
From: http://messianicpublications.com/j-k-mckee/paul-opposed-or-not-opposed-to-the-torah/#sthash.daWqqZ11.dpuf
The widely-known controversy over Romans 10:4, which is commonly rendered with “Christ is the end of the law” (NASU), although telos (τέλος) can also mean “aim,” “purpose,” or “goal” (Common English Bible), or at least “culmination” (TNIV), or “consummation” (Greek Interlinear) is something that can be overlooked. –
If something like this can be overlooked, then more complicated issues like how to render dogma (δόγμα) in Ephesians 2:15,[2] or exesti (ἔξεστι) in 1 Corinthians 6:12; 10:23,[3] can catch people completely off guard. Issues like what “under the law” means, as either having to obey the Mosaic Torah or born again Believers not standing under the condemnation of the Torah upon Law-breakers, are often not even probed or considered.
The widely-known controversy over Romans 10:4, which is commonly rendered with “Christ is the end of the law” (NASU), although telos (τέλος) can also mean “aim,” “purpose,” or “goal” (Common English Bible), or at least “culmination” (TNIV), or “consummation” (Greek Interlinear) is something that can be overlooked. –
If something like this can be overlooked, then more complicated issues like how to render dogma (δόγμα) in Ephesians 2:15,[2] or exesti (ἔξεστι) in 1 Corinthians 6:12; 10:23,[3] can catch people completely off guard. Issues like what “under the law” means, as either having to obey the Mosaic Torah or born again Believers not standing under the condemnation of the Torah upon Law-breakers, are often not even probed or considered.
From Maria Merola http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2011/12/by-merola-copyright-double-portion.html
Christians have been erroneously taught to believe that under the “Old Covenant” animal blood took away sins (which it never did). And they are taught to believe that under the “New Covenant” it is the blood of MaShiYacH (Messiah) YaHuWShuWA that takes away our sins. But his blood alone is what has ALWAYS taken sins away even under Abrahamic & Mosaic Covenant: animal sacrifices were always meant to show us a “prophetic shadow picture” of our Messiah---not take our sins away!
Ibriym (Hebrews) 10:11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
A Sunday Church Service - ***** very good short video on how pastors remove scriptures about keeping His commandments from their sermons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TBSyRt54yvo
Christians have been erroneously taught to believe that under the “Old Covenant” animal blood took away sins (which it never did). And they are taught to believe that under the “New Covenant” it is the blood of MaShiYacH (Messiah) YaHuWShuWA that takes away our sins. But his blood alone is what has ALWAYS taken sins away even under Abrahamic & Mosaic Covenant: animal sacrifices were always meant to show us a “prophetic shadow picture” of our Messiah---not take our sins away!
Ibriym (Hebrews) 10:11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
A Sunday Church Service - ***** very good short video on how pastors remove scriptures about keeping His commandments from their sermons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TBSyRt54yvo
"We cannot keep the Commandments": Not according to Deuteronomy 30:9
9 Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your [k]body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for theLord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; 10 if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.
11 “For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.
9 Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your [k]body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for theLord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; 10 if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.
11 “For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.
"It’s not about works"
Really?
John 5:29 ...and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.*
*According to scripture, salvation is not based on works (even though this scripture seems to be saying so). That is what Paul is talking about when he says "under the law". The point here is false doctrine says to avoid works, they are not important and can cost you your salvation. According to this scripture, works are important and have something to do with judgment.
Really?
John 5:29 ...and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.*
*According to scripture, salvation is not based on works (even though this scripture seems to be saying so). That is what Paul is talking about when he says "under the law". The point here is false doctrine says to avoid works, they are not important and can cost you your salvation. According to this scripture, works are important and have something to do with judgment.
(Yeshua speaking)
John 5:36 36 But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 5:36 36 But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.
The Error of Dispensationalism
What is Dispensationalism?
What is Dispensationalism?
Dispensationalism: (In a nutshell: Israel and the "Church" are separate entities)
“Dispensationalism is a theological system that teaches that biblical history is best understood in light of a number of successive administrations of God's dealings with mankind, which it calls ‘dispensations.’ It maintains fundamental distinctions between God's plans for national Israel and for the New Testament Church and emphasizes prophecy of an end-times and a pre-tribulation rapture of the church prior to Christ's Second Coming. Its beginnings are usually associated with the Plymouth Brethren movement in the UK and the teachings of John Nelson Darby.” (www.theopedia.com)
Dispensationalism maintains:
1. A fundamental distinction between Israel and the church - There are two peoples of God with two different destinies, earthly Israel and the spiritual church.
2. A fundamental distinction between the Law and Grace. They are mutually exclusive ideas.
3. The view that the New Testament church is a parenthesis in God's plan which was not foreseen by the Old Testament.
4. A distinction between the Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ - The rapture of the church at Christ's coming "in the air" (1 Thess. 4:17) precedes the "official" second coming (to the earth) by 7 years of tribulation. (www.theopedia.com) Let's test this to scripture. Click HERE for video or for transcript click HERE
“Dispensationalism is a theological system that teaches that biblical history is best understood in light of a number of successive administrations of God's dealings with mankind, which it calls ‘dispensations.’ It maintains fundamental distinctions between God's plans for national Israel and for the New Testament Church and emphasizes prophecy of an end-times and a pre-tribulation rapture of the church prior to Christ's Second Coming. Its beginnings are usually associated with the Plymouth Brethren movement in the UK and the teachings of John Nelson Darby.” (www.theopedia.com)
Dispensationalism maintains:
1. A fundamental distinction between Israel and the church - There are two peoples of God with two different destinies, earthly Israel and the spiritual church.
2. A fundamental distinction between the Law and Grace. They are mutually exclusive ideas.
3. The view that the New Testament church is a parenthesis in God's plan which was not foreseen by the Old Testament.
4. A distinction between the Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ - The rapture of the church at Christ's coming "in the air" (1 Thess. 4:17) precedes the "official" second coming (to the earth) by 7 years of tribulation. (www.theopedia.com) Let's test this to scripture. Click HERE for video or for transcript click HERE
Never-ending Punishments
The Greek word “aion” and its variants (such as aeon, aions, aionian) means “an age of varying length.” or refers to an age that has a beginning and an end. Its variants refer to ages, or as an adjective to that which is age-lasting, or age-abiding. [In our Bibles] it Is incorrectly translated “course”, “worlds”, “eternity”, “forever”, “forever and ever” [(as if forever wasn’t long enough)].
From Joseph Herrin http://www.parablesblog.blogspot.com/ (Blog entry: Saturday, December 7, 2013 "Yahweh's Book - Errors in the Bible"):
"It is apparent that the translators were very inconsistent in the interpretation of this word. If the word aion and its variants mean eternal, everlasting, or forever, then the word should make sense when interpreted this way in the other Scriptures in which it is found. In this, it fails the test.
It is evident that in each instance the translators interpreted this word to mean what they thought it should say according to the beliefs they had adopted. In the original KJV Bibles that were released in the 1600s, the translators included a list of restrictions that King James of England had placed upon them. One of these instructions was that the Bible could contain no translation that would upset the orthodoxy of the Church of England. The Anglican Church taught a doctrine of eternal damnation, therefore the scholars working on the King James Bible had to conform their translation to this belief.
In the book God’s Plan of the Ages, (http://www.heart4god.ws/index_htm_files/Gods%20Plan%20of%20the%20Ages.pdf) ,
I have demonstrated how this word has been unfaithfully translated in a variety of inaccurate and often contradictory ways to support the false teaching of eternal torment. Following is an excerpt from that book:
I have demonstrated how this word has been unfaithfully translated in a variety of inaccurate and often contradictory ways to support the false teaching of eternal torment. Following is an excerpt from that book:
God's plan of the ages has been transformed (by men in the church) into something that is a gross aberration from the original. Yahweh is shown to be angry forever, and His wrath to be eternal. Those cast into hell and the lake of fire are believed to never escape. The reconciliation of "all things" through Christ is denied by the church. The church does not perceive the end of Christ's reign to come when all things will be subjected to Him that God the Father might be "all in all." - Joseph Herrin
Consider this from Ken Eckerty:
"Most Christians who believe in the doctrine of never-ending punishments base this on several passages in the New Testament that seem to speak of punishment in terms of “eternity.” Some of these passages include 2 Thes. 1:9, Rev. 14:11, and Rev. 20:10-15. However, the conclusion that God will torment most men forever is primarily based on a faulty understanding of the meaning of the Greek words “aion” and “aionios.” Unfortunately, most of our English Bibles do not accurately translate these words, and as a result, the doctrine of “eternal” hell continues to thrive in the midst of the organized church." -Ken Eckerty
"Most Christians who believe in the doctrine of never-ending punishments base this on several passages in the New Testament that seem to speak of punishment in terms of “eternity.” Some of these passages include 2 Thes. 1:9, Rev. 14:11, and Rev. 20:10-15. However, the conclusion that God will torment most men forever is primarily based on a faulty understanding of the meaning of the Greek words “aion” and “aionios.” Unfortunately, most of our English Bibles do not accurately translate these words, and as a result, the doctrine of “eternal” hell continues to thrive in the midst of the organized church." -Ken Eckerty
Conclusion from Joseph Herrin:
"Brothers and sisters, the errors that have crept into your Bibles are myriad, and they are profound. I have set forth just a sampling of the many deliberate alterations of the text of Scriptures that have unfaithfully been foisted upon the body of Christ. How is a disciple of Yahshua to recover from so much error in the church and in the Scriptures? There is only one way. They must take upon themselves the task of laboring diligently as a seeker of truth. Yahweh has allowed truth to be obscured through the introduction of much leaven. In this way He can test and prove those who are sincere lovers of the truth. These will pursue truth until they find it. They will manifest that zealous questing for truth described by Solomon in the Proverbs (Proverbs 2:1-5).
"Brothers and sisters, the errors that have crept into your Bibles are myriad, and they are profound. I have set forth just a sampling of the many deliberate alterations of the text of Scriptures that have unfaithfully been foisted upon the body of Christ. How is a disciple of Yahshua to recover from so much error in the church and in the Scriptures? There is only one way. They must take upon themselves the task of laboring diligently as a seeker of truth. Yahweh has allowed truth to be obscured through the introduction of much leaven. In this way He can test and prove those who are sincere lovers of the truth. These will pursue truth until they find it. They will manifest that zealous questing for truth described by Solomon in the Proverbs (Proverbs 2:1-5).
Is it time for you to do a truth check-up? How diligent has your quest for truth been? How zealously have you labored to acquire understanding and to arrive at the true knowledge of God? Yahweh has permitted the Bible to be corrupted by error so that those who are passionate for truth and who would acquit themselves as overcomers, might prove themselves by exercising themselves with patience, longsuffering, and perseverance in a lifelong quest for the true knowledge of heaven." - Joseph Herrin