Coming to the faith once delivered
These things take time. My testimony. 3-4 years of unraveling stuff.
Videos make it much more difficult today. Very hard to tell the wheat from the chaffe.
Read the whole bible first. Then set boundaries for what you will study. If it goes against the fundamentals, it’s probably not worth your time. If it becomes ridiculous when taken to it’s logical conclusion, it’s probably not worth your time. You need a mechanism to quickly differentiate falsehood from something to be considered.
Paul, being as educated as a man could be on the Torah in his day, had to go away for three years to relearn. This is seldom mentioned.
Today, we learn something new and immediately broadcast it. Technology doesn’t discriminate between someone who’s off their rocker and sound teaching. In fact, it often puts the most outrageous stuff at the top of the queue because that’s what gets the most clicks and eyeballs. Sound teaching is boring.
The Sabbath is most often the truth that gets people into this walk. Genesis 1 defines a day as an evening and a morning. Sunday is never defined like that. Those who keep Sunday holy don’t know which hours to keep holy.
Genesis 1
Creation started in darkness then there was light. Once that first light faded into darkness the first time, God called it a day. Yom achad. An evening and a morning, one day. This is the end of that discussion. That’s the definition of a day right in the first part of the bible. Later on, the bible authors use common parlance when talking about time, just like we do today. Those things can get confusing if you try to define a day from later scripture. Knowing where key things are defined is foundational to your study.
The Sabbath was sanctified at the end of creation. When Jesus says later that the Sabbath was made for man, the Greek word was anthropos – mankind. It’s a double entendre because anthropos is the same Greek word use for adam here Genesis 1:26. Show that. So the Sabbath was made for Adam the man but that also meant for all of mankind from the start.
Keeping the Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset connects us to the first Sabbath of creation. It shows our fidelity to the Creator of the universe. In fact, the commandment says that’s a reason for keeping it.
Exodus 20: 8-11 For in six days YHVH made the heavens and the earth and then rested on the seventh.
This right here, the fourth commandment, is what very often brings people into the light. And it’s shocking information because it’s right here, plain as day. Christianity used to put a ton of focus on the Ten Commandments, rightfully so. But when it comes down to it, they only honor 9. Why is that? Do they have the authority to correct God? No, no they don’t.
This information leads us to question all of mainstream Christianity. If the pastors, priests, ministers, and professors can be convinced this commandment is no longer relevant or has changed, what else is wrong? This is where it becomes crucial to read your bibles and go directly to the source. The Spirit will lead you into all truth, so read with an open mind. Some hints: the chapters and verse aren’t really there. Ignore them if you can. The original books were not written with those aids. They were added, shockingly, about 1200-1300 AD. Yes, a thousand years after the close of scripture.
Acts 17: 10-12 Study to show yourself approved. Back then, the bibles were almost exclusively at the synagogues. This goes hand in hand with acts 15, which shows the Moses is read in the synagogues every Sabbath. The first century believers, both Jew and Greek, kept the Sabbath. It makes sense as that is all of mankind, right? And they tested what Paul taught against the scriptures. We need to do that to!
Shalom