Rico Cortes

[Vic]

(12-10-2009 02:01 PM)victormanuel Wrote:  Hello
I just know Rico and everything that is believed about him is true. he is a Levi and yes He played baseball in the minors and Yes he did played for the Reno team. I know him for the last 15 years and he is a Good person and friend so try to understand that I know him better than all of you. So just get your facts in line. maybe you guys should do a debate with him seeing that you all love to be big people over the computer.
this will be my last post
thanks

Well, Victor, since you can't answer any of the questions, and you have not contributed anything but the same rhetoric which you already gave, it likely is a good idea not to bother us with anymore empty posts. Especially since it's obvious you can't back up the heritage statements with any facts. Just another wannabe Jew claiming Levitical heritage to seduce the ignorant and careless into thinking he is really something special. We won't even get into Rico's errant teachings, because it's obvious those can't be defended by you or Rico either.

[sheep wrecked]

I was looking at a video of Rico's titled "Messiah Priest of War - Part 2" [Jesus is a war priest? ]. He made a statement that in Isaiah 61:1 of the Qumran Isaiah scroll [Dead Sea Scrolls] that was scribed by the essenes, that they had changed "YHWH" to Melchezidek. I found that to be an interesting implication considering that it was news to me, so I dug around and this is what I found:

http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qa-tran.htm

Quote: The Essenes in Qumran who copied this scroll approximately 100 BCE are not to be considered the protectors of an accurate text identical with the Tanach which would have been revered by the Rabbis. They were actually far from the main stream and it is clear that the Q text of Isaiah is a "dialect" of Hebrew. It is not a translation, but is characterized by modifications in spelling and personal pronouns to match the then current Aramaic dialect that the Essenes would have spoken. It was much like changing "ye," "thee" and "thou" to "you" and "thine" to "yours" would be to us. Thus the preservation of an identical letter for letter received text was not at all a part of their motivation in their use of the scriptures. The Qumran texts that I have translated (1QaIsa) and (1QpHab) are dialects of Hebrew and not the Hebrew of the Tanach. Preservation of the original Hebrew letter for letter text was the role played by the Rabbis of the "main stream" in Jerusalem and Babylon (Sura, Nahardea and Pumbidita) and they had a special class, an office called Scribes, who carefully copied manuscripts then kept the new and destroyed the old. The Essenes were not and did not claim to be copyists of the same genre.

With this fact in mind, (that the Qumran scribes used their own discretion to alter the text to fit their own dialect), then the correspondence between the text of the Great Isaiah Scroll and the Masoretic text of Isaiah is all the more remarkable.

Here is the actual translation of Isaiah 61:1 as taken from the essene qumran scroll:

Quote:(Chapter 61:1) The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because YHWH has anointed me to preach good tidings to the weak; {& he has sent me&} to bind up the brokenhearted, to call to the captives
27. liberty, and to the imprisoned the opening of prison. (2.) To announce the favorable year of YHWH, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all who mourn; (3.) To appoint
28. to the mourners in Zion, to give to them beauty instead of dust, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness; and they shall call
29. to them oaks of righteousness, the planting of YHWH, for glory. (4.). And they shall build the ancient ruins, the desolations of the beginning shall they raise, and they shall renew

http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qa-tran.htm

oops - wonder where Rico got his information from? Did he make it up? What Hebrew Roots "scholar" passed along this piece of junk? What troubles me the most about "teachers" like Rico is that they fill people's heads with doubt about the Word of God and promote themselves as superior in languages and prey upon the uniformed who pay homage and adulation to their "teachers". To my knowledge, Rico has zero training in Hebrew, but scarfed up what he could from others who don't know Hebrew either.

In this same video, Rico also had the great idea of assimilating the essenes and the sadducees as one group. They were completely different Jewish sects from one another

The lack of scholarship in the Hebrew Roots movement is atrocious

[malawk]

Quote:I was looking at a video of Rico's titled "Messiah Priest of War - Part 2" [Jesus is a war priest? ]. He made a statement that in Isaiah 61:1 of the Qumran Isaiah scroll [Dead Sea Scrolls] that was scribed by the essenes, that they had changed "YHWH" to Melchezidek. I found that to be an interesting implication considering that it was news to me, so I dug around and this is what I found:

He is more then likely quoting the "Melchizedek Scroll" 11q13 , which does indeed mention Isa 61:1 with reguards to melchizedek


4 [Its inter]pretation for the last days refers to the captives, about whom he said: Isa 61:1 "To proclaim liberty to the captives." And he will make
5 their rebels prisoners [...] and of the inheritance of Melchizedek, for [...] and they are the inheri[tance of Melchi]zedek, who

above quote you can find online from a quick search engine and of course the scroll is also published.

Quote:oops - wonder where Rico got his information from? Did he make it up? What Hebrew Roots "scholar" passed along this piece of junk? What troubles me the most about "teachers" like Rico is that they fill people's heads with doubt about the Word of God and promote themselves as superior in languages and prey upon the uniformed who pay homage and adulation to their "teachers". To my knowledge, Rico has zero training in Hebrew, but scarfed up what he could from others who don't know Hebrew either.

there you go

[sheep wrecked]

(12-11-2009 05:50 PM)malawk Wrote:  He is more then likely quoting the "Melchizedek Scroll" 11q13 , which does indeed mention Isa 61:1 with reguards to melchizedek


4 [Its inter]pretation for the last days refers to the captives, about whom he said: Isa 61:1 "To proclaim liberty to the captives." And he will make
5 their rebels prisoners [...] and of the inheritance of Melchizedek, for [...] and they are the inheri[tance of Melchi]zedek, who

above quote you can find online from a quick search engine and of course the scroll is also published.

Thanx for the info Malawk.

The bottom line is that even though I messed up on the information I gave, it does not make what Rico is teaching right. we need to stay in the written Word of God as He preserved it, not into the gnostic and mystic imaginations of man - which are considerable in regard to the essene's beliefs about Melchizedek and the "fall out" from these skewed and mistranslated passages. At some point we might be able to specifically address part of it.

[aahavaa]

I remember Rico from when he first started on Paltalk and when he began to learn about hebrew roots. I remember how he learnt a lot of stuff from one certain man who went by the nick Tzfat.Rico had zero idea about all these things that he now is teaching.Listening to some of the current videos made by Rico I see that he has appropriated all the stuff he "learnt " from him but has also added allof the worst heresies of the Hebrew Roots movement.
I remember how Rico was rebuked on Paltalk by an actual cohen ie jewish man from the priestly tribe, for doing the aaronic blessing since the blessing was reserved to be used by an actual cohen.Lo and behold I now find Rico now calls hismelf a cohen
I had a real hard time watching just one of the videos since it had been a while that I had heard him.He has waxed much worse and is now all over the place bunching together every heresy of the hebrew roots movement.
Its sad because this man,before he learnt about all these heresies , and due to his charismatic way of speaking ,would have seemed to be a good witness of the Gospel and could have put his talents to excellent use.

[Rahab]

I make it a habit to monitor "christian" Tv on a routine Basis. On the God Learning Channel, (GLC) this year, in a fit of passion, I heard Rico Cortes say that the Israelites were destroyed because they would not worship ALLAH.

[SheitlQueen]

(11-12-2009 01:58 PM)sheep wrecked Wrote:  They cannot see it because they are convinced that to be "special" to God, they must be Jewish in order to fully please Him.

I see this over and over again in the Messianic movement. They think
that if they are "Jewish" they are somehow more acceptable, more
authentic.
Nothing could be further from the truth.

And yes, let's see Rico's unbroken maternal chain of descent from
a Jewish woman. And an unbroken chain of paternal descent from
a kohane.

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(12-10-2009 02:01 PM)victormanuel Wrote:  I know him for the last 15 years and he is a Good person

No one is saying he isn't a "good person". We're just saying
he isn't a Jew or a kohane.

[sheep wrecked]

(12-14-2009 08:53 PM)SheitlQueen Wrote:  

(11-12-2009 01:58 PM)sheep wrecked Wrote:  They cannot see it because they are convinced that to be "special" to God, they must be Jewish in order to fully please Him.

I see this over and over again in the Messianic movement. They think
that if they are "Jewish" they are somehow more acceptable, more
authentic.
Nothing could be further from the truth.

And yes, let's see Rico's unbroken maternal chain of descent from
a Jewish woman. And an unbroken chain of paternal descent from
a kohane.

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(12-10-2009 02:01 PM)victormanuel Wrote:  I know him for the last 15 years and he is a Good person

No one is saying he isn't a "good person". We're just saying
he isn't a Jew or a kohane.

As they say, the proof is in the pudding - and so far it's real soggy in the middle aka it failed the "truth"pick test

[YYZ Skinhead]

(11-05-2009 03:59 PM)Vic Wrote:  
I can give you a clear example of the attitude of HR and their behavior. Read the 3 letters to me. And consider this is leadership that is head of an organisation in HR.

http://www.seekgod.ca/tommitchell.htm ;
letters 1 &2 http://www.seekgod.ca/tomemails.htm
letter 3 http://www.seekgod.ca/tomemail3.htm

or here with Michael Rood > http://www.seekgod.ca/roodbreakup2.htm

I have received emails from actual Jews practicing Judaism, including a renowned Rabbi, and I have never been treated with anything less than respect. And we have dialogued and discussed our differences (although one did get a little miffed with me and my question ). But I have never been spoken to in the manner that is common among people within HR. To me, that is the fruit of their beliefs. As one former member said, many develop an absolute hatred for Christianity and all it stands for, and Christians. That's why we deal with it so indepth. Because it has left the idea that it is somewhat 'christian'. It's not. There's a huge difference.

I've read those emails from "Rabbi" Tom Mitchell several times and I HAVE NO IDEA how you could maintain polite replies to that guy. Not only would I not have had the patience, I would have told him several creative ways to commit suicide and/or get executed.

[YYZ Skinhead]

(07-07-2009 07:57 PM)Vic Wrote:   I think if you reread the thread it was already established that Rico or Hernan played some baseball. We won't hold that against him. However, his new age insignia for his martial arts is more than a little "interesting". Wonder how that goes along with "Abstain from all appearance of evil."?

I looked on his martial arts page http://fcsproductions.com/ and I saw an offsite link to a site with a yin-yang logo, but what is new age about his logo? I am usually able to spot new agey/occultic symbols but I missed this one.