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To: editor-surveyor; CynicalBear; Buggman
>>Reading from the original Hebrew version of Matthew<<

There is no such thing! We have already established that.

Hey, Buggman, we need you to weigh in on this Michael Rood discussion since it touches on Messianic Christianity. Any thoughts?

433 posted on 05/26/2015 9:14:51 AM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins; editor-surveyor; CynicalBear
I know of Rood. In short (and I'm sorry, E-S), he's a false teacher who operates under false pretenses.

He claims to be a rabbi, but he hasn’t been ordained as such by any Messianic or traditional Jewish organization. He is not recognized by any major Messianic Jewish organization. His only known ordination as a minister comes from The Way International, which has its own problems. He keeps making false predictions on the timing of the Second Coming based on his “corrected” Jewish calendar. He makes extravagant and false claims about the traditional rabbis agreeing with him on various issues.

He relies on a supposed "Hebrew original" of Matthew that is, as far as anyone can tell, just a translation from the Greek with a few novel changes. He also casually tosses out passages of Scripture that disagree with him: Most famously, realizing that having three Passovers in John's Gospel account messes up his rather novel interpretation of the 70 Weeks, Rood has declared--without any scholarly support--that John 6:4 was falsely inserted into the text. That is easily refuted by anyone with even a basic knowledge of the Biblical manuscript data and the early Church fathers, or even with just access to Google.

Here’s a good summary of some of the other problems Rood has.

Or just Google michael rood false teacher

Unfortunately, between the extravagant claims, the garish pseudo-priestly costumes, the Gandalfian beard, and an incredible talent for self-promotion, he’s a lot of peoples’ first taste of the Hebrew Roots / Messianic movement. Most seem to start catching onto the false claims and drift away after a few years, but there’s always someone new who has just heard of him and gets caught up in his cult.

Honestly, First Fruits of Zion is a much better resource for someone trying to understand the Jewish roots of the Christian faith and where the Messianic movement is today.

Shalom

434 posted on 05/26/2015 10:57:25 AM PDT by Buggman (returnofbenjamin.com)
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