Eddie Chumney

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(07-05-2009 06:02 PM)heb13-13 Wrote:  Thanks I took a look at Chumney's site because I have some close friends in the Lord that mention his name, often.

Avi ben Mordechai is a Jewish believer in Yeshua as the Messiah and he is selling a Galations teaching series. He says, the book of Galatians is probably the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book in the New Testament. Why is this so? The main reason is that the book of Galatians has never been studied from a Torah-based First-Century Hebraic context. The Apostle Paul was originally a Pharasaic rabbinic Jew. In the book of Galatians, it is impossible to understand the writings of Paul without having an understanding of his Pharasaic rabbinic Judaism background."

I think this is an absolutely ridiculous statement, yet my friends probably agree with it. It sounds "scholarly", I guess.

Avi, the kabbalah king himself. And he denies the Deity of Christ. go figure ............

Quote:Anyway, my friends say that they "just want to do whatever Jesus did. If it was good enough for Him then it is good enough for me."

They then go on to say that Jesus observed the Feasts, including Hanukkah, and that He observed the Sabbath.

Luk 9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

I don't see anyone giving up everything they own and sleeping under the stars. Walking everyday and preaching the Gospel.

maybe they think they do that when they celebrate the feast of tabernacles - sleep out under the stars. well, except most of them either go to motels for a feast type conference complete with pool, a gym, and kosher food or tent camp. hard to quite focus on how this commemorates having been brought out of bondage (Egypt). but maybe they just have real good imaginations

Quote:They don't really observe Passover or Sabbath or the Feasts the way a religious Jew would, so what is the point in all of this?

Thanks.

From what I have observed and even tried to myself when I was in messy was to keep the feasts like Judaism does. They have to because there is no other way to interpret the Law without Judaism in regard to the feasts. Without the sacrificial system, Jews and messys are dead in the water so to speak. In my opinion, the Talmud was developed to replace Torah because no one can keep Torah - either Jews or messys. All of it is based on the Aaronic/Levitical sacrificial system so the Talmud replaces Torah in authority giving the Jews a way to observe the feasts and the laws. Messy's just follow along with a Talmud interp. Many do not realize it of course. Or if they know it's Talmudic are not aware of it's denial of Christ.