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To: Revelation 911
Matthew 15 1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"

This is what Yeshua was talking about. The pharisee's were criticizing Yeshua's disciples because they didn't ritually wash their hands before eating. The discourse had NOTHING to do with Kashrut/kosher but the the 'traditions of the elders' which the pharisees piled on top of Torah.

Yeshua wanted the people to see Torah, not man made rules.

The typical Christian interpretation of this text is an other example of the anti-nomian bait and switch to try to make it look like Yeshua died so we could eat BBQ pork, which is absurd.

Im starting to get the impression that while you profess a faith to Yeshua - you still hold the Torah over the NT - which is fine if youre a Messianic Jew - but understand that in doing so, you are mocking these very words of Yeshua himself, diminishing what He has commanded of us through faith - not by the obedience of law

Eating pork is not an act of faith. It's a slap in the face to Torah. Yeshua NEVER said it was OK for us to disobey the law, neither did His disciples but anti-nomians blaspheme Him by claiming that we can break Torah ON PURPOSE and that Yeshua is pleased because of our "faith".

......which begs - why do you mock the Christ ?

Those who twist His words to induce Christians to flagrantly violate Torah are the blasphemers and mockers of Moshiach.

63 posted on 08/05/2004 3:45:59 PM PDT by Tamar1973 ("He who is compassionate to the cruel, ends up being cruel to the compassionate." Chazal)
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To: Tamar1973; Bobby777
Those who twist His words to induce Christians to flagrantly violate Torah are the blasphemers and mockers of Moshiach.

........continue playing the law abiding (muslim garbed)Christian, and at the point you find yourself spiritually empty for this unfulfilling ritualism, you'll realize the lukewarmness and doublemindedness you embrace has done you great harm

May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you

picture me shaking the dust from my sandals as I move on

65 posted on 08/06/2004 3:23:38 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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