Here’s some interesting facts from one who has studied Rood for some time...and his followers:
Rood has a strong tendency toward mixing ‘wildly’ speculative material in with solid Biblical teaching in a way that ‘totally muddles’ just where solid Biblical or historical fact leaves off, and where his own pure conjecture starts..........
Rood uses a ‘rapid-fire verbal delivery in his public appearances and on video and audio tapes that often “overwhelms his listeners with information” for up to four hours and more at a time. He thus offers his listeners little time to meditate on one point he has made before he races on to the next.
His primary appeal seems in recent times to be individuals with very little or no foundation in studying the Bible. And thus they might well be expected to swallow his teachings whole, making no distinction between ‘Roodisms’ and solid Bible content....
He regularly makes statements which are not supported from either scripture or standard Biblical reference works, and yet offers no foundation for such statements from other sources.
His listeners, many of whom have ‘not’ been grounded in extensive study of the scriptures and Biblical history before becoming fascinated by Rood’s teachings, are often ill-equipped to sort out fact from speculation. And thus many end up just accepting every word of his presentations as “truth”.
Roods self-designation as a “Messianic Rabbi” seems to be designed to foster an illusion of “Biblical authority.”....... He seems to be attempting to subconsciously reinforce this same illusion through the choice of costume (evoking not just contemporary “Jewish” religious garments, but the garb of ancient Biblical characters such as the prophets)..... he uses in both his public appearances and on his website.
Roody has indicated over and over in his writings and speaking that he has been ‘the recipient of direct divine interventions’ over and over which he evidently offers as validation of his ministry. And over time he has tended to make bolder and bolder claims about himself and his role in End Times events...........There is no question that he is offering material as validation that he has unique insight from God into matters separate from just “diligent Bible study.”
http://www.isitso.org/guide/mixrood.html
How many times have I challenged you to show me a SINGLE instance where Michael Rood has presented ANYTHING that isn't verifiable in scripture? What's it been, months and even years now that I've been waiting...
That's because his teachings are nothing BUT from scripture. Whatever version of false churchianity you follow, doesn't seem to provide you with a very solid foundation in your faith, otherwise you wouldn't be so afraid of learning about the truth Michael Rood has uncovered.
http://www.seekgod.ca/roodteachings.htm
I had also read that he rejects the deity of Jesus Christ - that Jesus is true God and true man, the Almighty God incarnate. I wonder if those who support Rood can verify this or not?
Not to mention that he keeps trying to put people under the Law, from which we have been freed in Jesus Christ.
Acts 15 deals with that very thing. The Council at Jerusalem dealt with the Judaizers of their day and this is the recorded outcome.
Acts 15:1-29 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. 5 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”
And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,
“‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things 18 known from of old.’
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
Jesus came to set us free. Not put us back under the bondage of the Law.