Restoring the brethren to the Son of Joseph, one day at a time
If you are a Christian, the last few weeks of posts may have been difficult to read through. Most Christians know in a vague way that the official Church and professing Christian nations persecuted the Jews. However, when Christians think of “the Jews,” they think only of those who rejected the claims of Christ and …
Continue reading “Blinded to the Torah: The Holy One’s Means to Preserve Israel”
One cannot separate the Christian hostility for Jewish disciples who continue to keep the practices of their people from the Christian attitude of dismissal and even suspicion of the Torah, the “old law” or “law of Moses.” To the minds of most Christians, there is an insurmountable wall between the Law and the Grace they …
I have an article almost finished, but given that the next couple of entries would appear on Easter and on the last day of Hag Matzah (the Feast of Unleavened Bread), I really didn’t think posting a series called “Judenrein Christianity” was entirely appropriate. So in the meantime, I’d like to hit a subject very …
There’s a Golden Rule of scholarship: “Understand thy opponent’s position as well as you would have him understand yours.” Since I’m currently working on a book that deals with both Supersessionism (Replacement Theology) and Dispensationalism, I’ve been looking for books and articles on both to make sure that I present them fairly. Dispensationalism is easy. …
Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. Anti-Zionism is saying, “I’m fine with Jews . . . as long as they’re under somebody’s boot.” When this blog first started out, I would often comment on the news of the day. I’ve not done so as much recently due to not having the time and wanting to focus on my strong suit, …
Continue reading “When the World Denies the Resurrection . . . of Israel”
Imagine for a moment that you had two sons, who we’ll call Jacob and John. Jacob and John are stubborn, strong-willed, and resistant to punishment, so when they hit their teenage years, there’s a lot of chaos in the house. Sometimes you have to punish them severely, and on at least one prior occasion you …
Continue reading “Adoption vs. Replacement Theology vs. Dispensationalism”
Let’s face it: Rendering a fully accurate, nuanced translation from one language to another is a Herculean task at the best of times, even if the languages come from the same family tree; e.g., Italian to Spanish. The task is made ten times more difficult when you have to translate between two completely unrelated languages, …
Vaughn Olhman of The Practical Theonomist blog put an interesting question to me on the Blinded to the Torah thread that I don’t remember addressing before. In response to my statement, “Many Christians are uncomfortable with those of us who reject the Christian label and insist on being called Messianic Jews instead,” he asked: You …
The Return of Benjamin 