@@EfraimPalvanovare you familiar with Tent of Abraham TH-cam channel and The Lies of The Flavians Dynasty by Flavious Josephus part 1,2,3. Shalom Blessings Chagg Semach Chanukah and Shavuah Tov Blessings. Chayim
Ironically I felt the exact opposite. Terrible misrepresentation of Christianity (at least in the first half - I didn’t force myself to watch the rest).
Thank you Rabbi Efraim. This is such a clear and concise explanation of Christianity and is much kinder than others. I am an ex-Catholic, ex-Charismatic, Pentecostal and Messianic Christian who has "had a beef" with the churches throughout the years. Even as a teenager, disagreeing with Catholic priests and refusing to bow down before the Archbishop. I never could bring myself to pray to Mary and never believed JC was G-d. I have, for the past 9 years tried to figure out if there actually was an historical figure who the church built their religion on. I figured there had to be. After leaving Catholicism, I was threatened by a Jesuit priest and in our ensuing argument, he calmly informed me that they, the Catholic bishops, wrote the Bible. Upon mentioning that they were not around at the time of Moses, he informed me that they preserved the "OT" but wrote the "NT". I am now what is known as B'nei Noach and so appreciate your videos.
ex-Catholic here, and I agree with the Marianism being bollocks. Iconophilia decision of the Seventh Council/Nicaea 2, was a political one, influenced by an Empress. Her husband was an Iconoclast and she basically stabbed him in the back with that Council decision she influenced. Then there's the Third Council which ruled against Nestorians by labeling Mary as "Theotokos", which causes a conundrum with the fact that Christianity teaches God is "triune". Hence why Nestorians demand that she be called "Christokos" instead. Another problem I have with the Mary specific stuff is the need to transpose divine traits to her because she "birthed the Mohsiach". It still disobeys the Christians' triune diagram of God for she is none of the hypostases. The reason I left Christianity is that the rot existed before Catholicism was made via the Schism.
Christianity has several problems. The major one being its pagan roots. But it also lies to its practitioners. Not only is Rome in trouble, but Christendom is doomed according to the Bible when Yahweh told the ending at the beginning...Yeshua spoke about the infiltration of Christianity while he walked the Earth. Jesus Christ is KING!
As a personal note especially to you Efraim, my paternal lineage springs from Yehudah even though I was unaware of this due to the fact I was orphaned as a baby by my parents and raised under foster care. I was brought up Christian but never really felt connected to Christianity and it's overall myriad of beliefs about **That Man**. But HaShem is Great and saw the longing of my heart to know the Truth and sent me a teacher, an elderly neighbor who showed me the Torah for the first time. He showed me the Testimony of Yehoshua, ( which I called "Jesus" ) in Yoseph son of Yacov. He was a Christian also but loved the Old Testament and particularly the Torah. It was thru this man I discovered the real Yehoshua of Nazareth. Baruch H"S. A year later my natural father dies in an accident while traveling in Italy and I discover upon his death that he was Jewish and I had close kin in Israel. My Grandfather was a Rabbi from Morocco.
As a Protestant Christian of over 22 years, this is all very challenging, and, dare I say, not a little depressing. Truly, I am shaken; and for that, rabbi, I bless you. Some of the objections you presented are consistent with what I have concluded independently in my own study, yet have been unable to reconcile due to my own ignorance. Now, thanks to you, I at least have a general sense of the direction I need to go to be “less wrong” (no relation to the online forum of the same name). May you continue to grow in understanding of God, for I benefit even from the crumbs. 😉
So, replying to myself three weeks later. Now that I’ve had time to go over the video a couple of more times and process, I do have some concerns. I see now that the risk of even discussing this topic is very high. The rabbi is right. There’s no way to win; there’s no outcome that does not make Christians and Jews adversaries. If Jesus is the Messiah, then the Jews missed it and are even partly responsible for his death because of their own spiritual blindness and hubris. The Christians were right all along and the Jews have a lot of catching up to do. If Jesus isn’t the Messiah, then he’s a blasphemer of the highest order and should have been put to death. The Christians were wrong and the entire basis for Christianity collapses. See? Too much risk, no one wins. Paradoxically, for the Christian and Jew who wish to live in harmony, the only way forward the right answer is, “Time will tell.”
You just have not studied these things very much. Modern religious Jews have an entire arsenal of "gotcha" theories that hold no water. Time to dig deeper, my friend. And yes from your comment below, the Jews were very adversarial to early Christians, most of whom were also Jewish. But Israel is very important in end times context and the future Ezekiel temple will be in Jerusalem. Israel and Hebrews are still a big deal to God.
Thank you so much for your lectures I've watched six or more hours just since yesterday, additionally appreciate the graphics that you put on the screen that I can screenshot for future use, the Buber quote was not there I will jot it down and thank you
I really do enjoy listening to you, good sir. It's been difficult with this one because I am a Christian, not a Catholic. But i wanted to know why Jewish people feel the way you do about Christians, so I listened. I love the Old Testament, what you call the Tenakh. I read it more than the New Testament, actually. So I am wondering, how do you explain Isaiah 53 and Zechariah 12:10? Your prophets describe Jesus Christ as "the one they pierced." And, "he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded." I dont intend on changing your mind. God opened my heart to understanding. He gave me the desire to know him when he showed me that I was a sinner and he died for me. His teachings are hard... old and new... for he came to fulfill the law... not change it. He makes life worth living. He convinced me he is real and really did live and die and rise again. No one can convince me otherwise.
Glad you like the content, thank you. Our prophets certainly did not describe Jesus as "the one they pierced". Zechariah 12 is not referring to Jesus at all. That chapter and the ones that follow are speaking about a future End of Days war. Zechariah 12:8-9 speaks of a coalition of nations invading Israel and God protecting all of Jerusalem's inhabitants in this war. Later, we read about the Mount of Olives splitting in half, a new great river emerging from Jerusalem, etc. Obviously none of this happened in the time of Jesus. He did not fulfil the descriptions or requirements of our prophets. For more on who the real Messiah is supposed to be and what he is actually supposed to accomplish, please see 'Who is Mashiach?' here: th-cam.com/video/3rvL-sW5J04/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nJQ0ijyjWY9WSD8t
@@tea-he8ei start at Isaiah ch.41/42 it says "who is my suffering servant but Israel" and continues to repeat that, so that by the time you get to 53 you know the "suffering servant is Israel". You might enjoy listening on YT Rabbi Tovia Singer. Sorry no one answered the Isaiah question but it shows that Christians/person who asked such questions, don't study, they just pluck out verses to fit their narrative. Best wishes on your journey 🤗
@@Growthisinthedirt there's no one answer? So has one of those answers (from the Jewish perspective) ever been that this material is about the Messiah? I'm relatively sure that's what Tovia Singer gambled his entire faith upon in a debate with the charismatic teacher Micheal Brown. Singer lost that bet. Israel was the name of a single man once, right? So repeating the mantra "it's Israel it's Israel" doesn't really help, not so long as learned Christians and Jewish people have ideas that this isn't strictly Israel. ❤️
Such a pivotal time period. thank you for your videos as always, I have been craving the jewish perspective on this period of time and these have given me some fantastic insight
I enjoy your videos but I do not think you did a fair assessment of the new testament. Jesus frequently tested people to prove their intentions, often through response questions or challenges (see John 4:16-18; and 4:50-53). His response to the Canaanite woman is similar. In testing her, Jesus declined her request and explained that she had no legitimate expectation of His help. The woman, however, lived out the principle Jesus Himself taught in the parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8). Her response proved that she understood fully what Jesus was saying, yet had enough conviction to ask anyway (Matthew 15:27). Jesus acknowledged her faith-calling it “great”-and granted her request (Matthew 15:28).
Ooops! I commented previously to this site inadvertently! It was actually meant for a financial video I had just watched prior to this one coming on. 🤦🏼♀️ But, the title of your video is quite intriguing! I may have to watch it after all! Again, sorry about the error for the posting.
Paul did meet Jesus, just one of many mistakes,, but keep learning... We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew,a ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you. 17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
@EfraimPalvanov I know u seem to not understand the meaning of the concept of "know Me" which has definitely been met here in this passage, vs know about Me, and that's the crux of all the rest; 2 know is also to have met,, I have met Jesus and thus know Him also, and I hope you will also decide to meet Him as Abraham did.. remembering that ALL scripture is inspired by God, because He can, because He loves all who will willingly KNOW Him. C Christianity is not a religion as defined by works,, because our sin even just one is beyond our ability to WORK off, so God did for us what we can not do 4 ourselves, thus because of His LOVE for His crowning jewel of all His creation,, aka "mankind"; tho admittedly I can't grasp why.. God's love is the center of the Christian faith, we do works, as in James, because we are saved,, not in order 2b saved,, that's the difference, we love Him, because He first loved us.. Shalom...
You said that Paul at very best possibly knew jesus from 2 degrees of separation and then said that Paul used to argue with the disciples of jesus all the time, and josephus never mentioned jesus but josephus mentioned that pilate sentenced him
I found the story about Yeshua denying help to the gentile woman. Like you mentioned, Yeshua started by being pretty rude to her! Turns out, her daughter is even demon possessed! Very interesting. I'll post the whole story below: Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon. A woman from Kena‘an who was living there came to him, pleading, “Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!” But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, “Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying.” He said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isra’el.” But she came, fell at his feet and said, “Sir, help me!” He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s food and toss it to their pet dogs.” She said, “That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master’s table.” Then Yeshua answered her, “Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted.” And her daughter was healed at that very moment. Mattityahu (Mat) 15:21-28 CJB bible.com/bible/1275/mat.15.21-28.CJB
The academic consensus is that Josephus did mention Christ as one of those historic persons, but that the recognition as the Messiah was added by some one else
As a non-Jew, Yeshua, (Jesus) follower, I found this a very interesting presentation from one among many Jewish perspectives and interpretations,. I just wonder what's the reason and purpose to reject the "Historicity of Jesus"??... . ... I think there are "Ancient Evidence for Jesus from Non-Christian Sources" , such as: Evidence from Tacitus, Evidence from Pliny the Younger, "Evidence from Josephus", Evidence from the Babylonian Talmud, Evidence from Lucian and so on."???
Error in understanding detected; when Jesus saud what he said about the Roman coin was transliterated by the Roman church to mean just pay you taxes, but that's a crap understanding. Because the coin was issued by Cesar, as evidenced by his picture on the coin, that meant that Cesar actually owned the coin. So, rendwr Cesar's property back to him. You have the image of God in you and that is your owner. So, to sum up; "y'all are worried about the wrong thing."
Great channel my dear Jewish Brother. I enjoyed your two videos aboyt Third Rome, Russia and Magog. I am a born again christian from Venezuela always praying for the Jews to come to aknowledge that Jesus was and IS The Jewish Messhiach you all have been waiting for. We are fully convinced you rejected Him wrongly and pray for that to be fixed at the end of The Time of Jacob's Trouble which will be the 70th week of Daniel (Dan 9:27) knows by us as The Tribulation revealed to John in Revelation. “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.” (Daniel 9:25) This verse gives us the key to the timing of the coming of the Messiah. Yeshua, the Anointed One, fulfilled this timing perfectly when He was born of a virgin (almah in Hebrew, see Isaiah 7:14) and mikvahed (baptized) by His cousin Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist). The same Angel Gabriel who announced to Daniel the timing of Messiah’s arrival also participated in its fulfillment when he announced to Miriam (Mary) that she was to give birth to the Holy One of Israel (Luke 1:26-33). With the birth of Yeshua, the following Biblical prophecies were fulfilled: * Prophecy: Isaiah 7:14-Isaiah prophesied that a virgin or pure young woman (almah) will give birth to the Promised One. Fulfilled: Luke 1:26-31. (Yes, I know you don't read The New Testament but I indicate it so you can find the fulfillment) * Prophecy: Isaiah 9:6-Isaiah prophesied that Messiah Yeshua would come as a baby; Yeshua is described by several names-“Wonderful, Counselor,” “The mighty God,” “The everlasting Father,” “The Prince of Peace.” Fulfilled: Luke 2:1-20. * Prophecy: Numbers 24:17-Balaam predicts that the Messiah will descend from the house of Jacob-“I see him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth.” Fulfilled: Matthew 1:2-16. * Prophecy: Isaiah 9:7-The Messiah shall be of the house of David. Yosef (Joseph) was of the line of David, as was Miriam (Mary). Fulfilled: Luke 3:23-38 tracks Yeshua’s lineage on Joseph’s side; Matthew 1:1-16 tracks Miriam’s (Mary) side. * Prophecy: Micah 5:2-Micah prophesied that Yeshua would be born in Bethlehem. Fulfilled: Luke 2:4-7. * Prophecy: Genesis 49:10-He would be a member of the tribe of Judah-“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between His feet, until tribute comes to Him; and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.” Fulfilled: Matthew 1:2. * Prophecy: Malachi 3:1-Yeshua would enter the Temple. This is important because no one would be able to enter the Temple again after it was destroyed in AD 70, about 40 years after Yeshua’s death. Fulfilled: Luke 2:25-27, tells us that Yeshua was brought as an infant to the Temple to be consecrated, and Simeon is there waiting His arrival. And daily, Yeshua taught at the Temple when He was in Jerusalem. (Luke 19:47) * Prophecy: The Messiah will end up in Egypt “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son” (Hosea 11:1). Fulfillment: “So he [Joseph] got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘Out of Egypt I called my son'” (Matthew 2:14-15). * Prophecy: The Messiah will be humbled in order to serve mankind “You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet” (Psalm 8:5-6) Fulfillment: “It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified: ‘What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor and put everything under their feet.’ “In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:5-9). * Prophecy: Jesus would become the perfect sacrifice “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire- but my ears you have opened- burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come- it is written about me in the scroll. I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:6-8). Fulfillment: “Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: ‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.’ “Then I said, ‘Here I am-it is written about me in the scroll- I have come to do your will, my God.’” “First he said, ‘Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them’-though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, ‘Here I am, I have come to do your will.’ He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:5-10). * Prophecy: The Messhiach would preach righteousness to Israel “I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, Lord, as you know” (Psalm 40:9). Fulfillment: “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'” (Matthew 4:17). * Prophecy: He would teach in parables “My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old” (Psalm 78:1-2) Fulfillment: “Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: ‘I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'” (Matthew 13:34-35). * Prophecy: His parables would fall on deaf ears. “He said, ‘Go and tell this people: “Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed”‘” (Isaiah 6:9-10). Fulfillment: “This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: ‘”You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them”‘” (Matthew 13:13-15). * Prophecy: The Messiah would be a stone that causes people to stumble “He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare” (Isaiah 8:14). Fulfillment: “Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,’ and, ‘A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.’ “They stumble because they disobey the message-which is also what they were destined for” (1 Peter 2:7-8).
* Prophecy: His ministry would begin in Galilee “Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan- The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned” (Isaiah 9:1-2). Fulfillment: “When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali-to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: ‘Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles- the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.’ “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'” (Matthew 4:12-17). * Prophecy: He would draw the Gentiles to himself “In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious” (Isaiah 11:10). Fulfillment: “Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!’ “Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘we would like to see Jesus'” (John 12:18-21). * Prophecy: The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner “A voice of one calling: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain'” (Isaiah 40:3-4). Fulfillment: “John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord”‘ (John 1:23). * Prophecy: Jesus will be a gentle redeemer of the Gentiles “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope” (Isaiah 42:1-4). Fulfillment: “Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ‘Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope.'” (Matthew 12:15-21). * Prophecy: Jesus would be despised and rejected “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem” (Isaiah 53:3). Fulfillment: “All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff” (Luke 4:28-29). * Prophecy: Jerusalem will rejoice as the Messiah comes to her upon a donkey “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). Fulfillment: “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ (Baruc Haba B'shem Adonai) ‘Hosanna in the highest heaven!’ “When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?'” (Matthew 21:8-10) * Prophecy: He will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver “I told them, ‘If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.’ So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. “And the Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’-the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord” (Zechariah 11:12-13). Fulfillment: “The chief priests picked up the coins and said, ‘It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.’ So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: ‘They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me'” (Matthew 27:6-10). Shalom !!!!!! We are waiting His Second Coming which will happen at the end of Daniel 70th week.
@@jewchainz613 I have to correct you: 1. As to the The hebrew text (Masoretic), the most ancient original copy of it is the Leningrad Codex dating almost 1,000 DC, while the Septuagint of which we DO HAVE ORIGINALS, dates 300 - 200 BC. So as we christians know very well the History of the Sanhedrin, The Pharisees and their "job-role"descendants, the "sages" and the Rabbies, I prefer to rely on the Septuagint rather than copies from copies from copies manipulated by the same ones who crucified The Messiah and paid the roman soldiers to lie saying that the Apostles stole His Sacred Body while in the reality He Resurrected as promised. So, in The Septuagint you read for Virgin: Septuagint: Strong 3933 parthenos παρθένος VIRGIN Noun, Nominative Singular Feminine And STILL, As for the Masoretic you find: Masoretic: Strong 5959 woman, a VIRGIN Original Word: עַלְמָה Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: almah Phonetic Spelling: (al-maw') Definition: a young woman, a VIRGIN Word Origin fem. of elem Definition a young woman, a VIRGIN. God, who is Jesus, The Messiah Bless You.
I am a Christian who believes in the way of richeousness, truth, and life. I want to know the truth. I'm learning more and more about my religious foundation of the Torah/Old Testament and how the gospel ties in. Im listening with a heartcthat trusts in the Lord of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I thank Yahweh for revealing all truth through His Holy Spirit. Thank you for these teachings.
then you shouldnt listen to this guy respectfully. If you knew the new testament texts he is speaking about; then you would see a man flailing coming up with ideas on why our spiritual leaders did certain actions. Instead read the texts and actually see what they said. Efraim has this whole conspiracy on why paul included the gentiles, when Acts 10 clearly states St Peter had a vision where the old clean and unclean laws are done away with.
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes.” - The King of Israel
I am presently watching this video and I wonder if it would be possible to more easily hear the attendees. It would add a layer of context when you respond to them. As it is, they are hard to understand what they are asking or saying. Thank you. I appreciate your words. You are making me think deeply.
This has been a very interesting lecture. I am seeking to know G-d as His people know Him. To understand scripture as a Jew would - as best as can be expected. What struck me was the comment on the Jerusalem church disintegrating and how the gentiles easily accepted Christianity because they were accustomed to polytheism. Further celebrating holidays have always bothered me despite knowing the root... will continue watching. I wish i could see more on this or find books on it - credible
Love your content ❤️🙌🙏 but when you talked about Jesus and taxation. The story isn’t about actual taxation. It’s about the Roman coin bearing the image of Ceasar. In my humbleness Jesus was referring to Genesis 1:26 “let us make mankind in our image. God is our supply for everything, so why should a coin that bears another image be of concern if we ourselves are made in God’s image. Thank you 🙏 have a beautiful day ! Love your videos ❤
I'm convinced of the perennial philosophy, I see righteousness of intentions everywhere. Anyone proclaiming goodness and virtue, must live the words. A famous sanskirt slogan "that thou art" best sums its philosophy.
Dr. James Tabor work is a good reference for historical and Archeological perspective in support of this lecture. More and more scholars are boldly coming out with their work historically, text, archeological…. Then the point is how does all the knowledge affect the Christians believe system. Interesting …….. the Baha’i concepts are very much aligned to this lecture as well. Fantastic work ! So grateful Thank you 🙏🏼 this was super Rabbi. Unity - diversity - loving each and everyone’s perspective regardless of differences. Shalom
If I could push back a bit, your point at the 14:50 mark is just patently untrue. While it is true that Luke (explicitly stated in the opening) is not an eye witness, and Mark (scholarly conclusion) says he was not an eye witness, John and Matthew were both apostles and are the attributed writers of their gospels. Along with that, you have 2 books from Peter (eye witness and attributed to being the author of his books), James (the brother of Jesus, and the attributed author of his book), and Jude (another brother of Jesus and the attributed author of his book). Along with John's gospel, he had 4 other books that are also included in the NT canon.
Also, your point at 17:50 is also incorrect. If anything, Paul is the main NT author that teaches salvation apart from works of the law and the separation of Jew and Gentile is done away with in the body of Christ. Romans 3:28 - For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
At 28:45 you listed the following "contradictions": Whether Jesus went to Egypt or not - This is only mentioned in Matthew but isn't contradicted in any of the other gospels, they just simply don't mention it either way. This is common though because all gospels contain things that the other gospels do not. Virgin birth - This is only mentioned in Matthew and Luke because they are the only gospels that recount Jesus' birth, so it wouldn't make since for Mark or John to start off with it. Son of God - This is explicitly stated in all 4 gospels so not sure why you mentioned it.
Your point at 39:40 is another example of just not reading the text. Luke 2 shows what Simeon says about Jesus when he is presented in the temple as a child: “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” The reason Jesus emphasizes evangelism to gentiles post-resurrection is because of the atonement nature of his sacrifice would've only been understood by the Jews. Also, the Jews were the only ones expecting a Messiah so his ministry would've made no sense to a gentile.
Your point at 50:30 is also blatantly incorrect. The first half of Romans is explicitly written towards Jews and Paul has two epistles to Timothy, a Jewish contemporary.
1:08:50 Kind of already addressed this but even a cursory reading of Romans would completely contradict this statement. Paul emphasizes that the role of the law is to give us knowledge of our sin and where we fall short. Romans 3:20: For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
And furthermore, why would you try to discredit the New Testament with “it was written by men way after Jesus”?Unbelievers could also use the same question for the old testament/Torah. Was it not written by men? In turn you invalidate you’re ignorant point. Jesus is son of God. The zealous jews could not accept that Jesus was and is whom he said he was, but not only did he say it he showed his power. The zealots could not believe because they loved more then God they’re money, power and position. The Pharisees could only see in a materialistic sense. They expected upon the arrival of God for him to bring more materialistic riches, and to fix all the affairs on earth within their mind, scope, and not the mind or the plans of God. They forget that God‘s ways are not our ways and gods thoughts are not our thoughts. To believe in Christ Jesus you need of the holy spirit to have faith. God promised to make all things new, and to restore mankind. This earth is reserved for judgment to fire. Gods judgment is clear, and God’s judgment is not the way we think God will judge. For God is not a fallible man, a sinful man, such as we all are. His ways are perfect . I tell you as Jesus said to the Pharisees then” God made the sabbath for man, not man for the sabbath “. Nicodemus was told by Jesus “ you must be reborn of spirit and water”
The authenticity of the Torah/Old Testament is not in question here. You and I both agree that the Torah is true. The New Testament cannot exist without the Old. What we disagree on is the New Testament. That's where the burden of proof lies.
I agree that the spirit of God inspired the Holy scriptures. Seeing how the Old Testament is in no question according to both of us. Please read the prophecy of Yashua in the book of the Old Testament in Isaiah 53. 53 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. That my friend is speaking of my Messiah JESUS Son of God whom is risen from the dead and is returning.
@@EfraimPalvanovYour bias blinds your mind. Ask God to open your mind to the truth for you are erring because of your bias and fear. There is no peace for the ungodly. Israel/Jews cannot have peace either of mind or in life because they are in constant rebellion towards God's will as revealed by the prophets and finally in Yeshua.
Jesus told Pilate in John 18:36 My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. So he was NOT a zealot!
He thought the end was near; he thought he was the promised Messiah. He promised his followers that some of them would not see death under him in the onset of the Messianic Age. But he was crucified and the Messianic Age in which his followers would not see death did not occur: ...''there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom" (Matthew 16:28). They are all dead now, they are not here. Show us one that survived to prove the truth of this prophecy. You can't, because it did not happen. This was a failed prophecy. How can you respond to this? If you say where they are now is a Kingdown 'not of this world' they would have had to die to get to that place that is 'not of this world' in a metaphysical way somehow. And this is not what Jesus meant as it makes no sense (he did not say you shall die and be reborn). He said they would not die and he really meant it, but they did... The more likely explanation is that the kingdom he meant is the World to Come that is promised in the Tanakh (which he as a Jew would have been very familar with). But if the World to Come were actually what we are actually living in right now (which we would if he was the Messiah), things would be a lot different from what they are, wouldn't they? See through this, wake up and smell the coffee. Before it's too late. (The notion of an afterlife was not known to Jews of his time), it was adopted a few hundred years later under the influence of Greco-Roman culture. The prophets which allegedly 'predicted' Jesus as the Messiah according to Christian 'mythology' in fact' knew nothing about it. Do some research. Travel back in time.
@@saschamilenkovic4320You know Jesus spoke metaphorically. So this is also very poor decoding of scripture, it's more plausible he was talking about the age. This age will not pass away. This age is not yet over many have calculated the age ending in a few more years so maybe you will be correct, in this point if we understand how the ages are calculated.
@Davemphipps It's not poor decoding. It's reading the scripture and trying to understand what he meant. And by all accounts this is most direct and plausible meaning. What makes you think that scripture needs to be 'decoded"? This is just another assumption Christians repeatedly jump to without any justification. As soon as you are employing hermeneutics and apolitic attempts at re-interpreting text you are a long way away from the truth. They are all man-made projections. For something to be true it's not enough to believe it is true and that belief then makes it true. There has to be a mind- independent and verifiable state of affairs that makes it true. A thousand years ago people thought it meant this... then 500 years ago they thought it meant that... and so it goes on forever. Every wondered why there are over 40 thousand different Christian denominations? Well this should give you a clue if you think about it for a bit. Stop projecting to see what you want to see (it won't make it true) and then dressing it up as 'decoding". People will argue forever whether something should be interpreted literally or metaphorically. And no one can prove conclusively which way is right. There are other reasons and a different overall metaphysical theological framework behind the reason I read his statement in a more literal way that you do. But that is definitely beyond the scope of a You Tube comment to my comment, which was a comment on someone else's... Be well!
This man always goes deep into the history and meanings of different teachings on every topic however, when it comes to this topic, the topic of Christianity, he seems to not give much consideration to the text he is referring to. Obviously, we expect some confirmation bias but wow.
There is substantive basis in Christian scripture, it all crumbles to dust once you look at it a bit more closely. How do you give much consideration to that?
Yeah. He dropped the ball on and didn’t mention the Arabic translation of Josephus which omits the Christian interpolations, doesn’t mention the Jerusalem community moving to Pella, the Ebionites, or Nazarenes and their later influences on the development of Islam, but that’s why people need to take notes and do their own research.
1-Jesus/Yeshua was a Jew but was not the Jewish Messiah due to a myriad amount of reasons (e.g., Ezekiel 46-that Prince is The Messiah so read what he does which is irreconcilable with the Christian narrative). 2-The Jewish Messiah was never suppose to die for sins (breaking of commandments 1 John 3:4) and even if he did (which it isn’t) those commandments belonged to the Israelites under the covenant made at Mt. Sinai NOT the gentiles. 3-If you have decided to worship the God of The Jews by worshipping a “”Jewish” Christ then you should ask them how to worship their God (Matt 23:1-3).
Agreed. It comes off as hypocritical, because he dismisses the NT based on the fact that it came later, but gives credence to a contemporary book because it seems to confirm his belief. If the chronological age of the source is grounds for its dismissal, then a contemporary book is useless.
Thank you so much for your teaching. It is so refreshing and very insightful. Can you explain how we became less involved in sharing Judaism for the purpose of making converts? You mentioned how Hillel very simply taught converts but then how did it become more complicated? Will our making peace with Esau help us merit Messiah?
My pleasure :) I'm really not sure how this happened. I spoke more about it towards the end of my recent interview with Eli Nash, which you can see here: th-cam.com/video/FYa-7oR475Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-HrSatcaFR1xpuJv
Thank you for an excellent basic exposure of the difference between the Christian faith and the knowledge of the Jews. Only one thing was a bit unclear, and that was in the the end of the presentation, where the rabbi seemed to accept unitarian Christian’s - as not being categorized as idolatry. So, are you saying it isn’t a huge problem that unitarian Christian’s still believe in a human sacrifice? Please explain!
You seem well studied and educated. A strong polemic indeed. How though can the double standard of religion exist? When the rabbis want a literal and/or metaphoric and/or combination explanation to Torah, they they explain everything through whichever one suits them best. What's the difference between explaining away New testament and/or Quran?
Respectfully, I disagree that Paul established a "shortcut" for the salvation of the gentiles. Rather, he recalled that Jews would be a blessing to the nations; and, that blessing, knowledge of the one true G-d, would be accomplished through Jesus. His ministry and experience led him to understand that circumcision and the complicated nature of the Law was going to be "a stumbling block" to the conversion of pagan gentiles. In his mind, it was more important to get the Gentiles "on board" with one true G-d than to require adherence to the Law. He asserted that Gentiles were at least responsible for upholding the covenant with Noah, and Peter eventually agreed. Jesus himself said not one "yot or tittle" of the law would fall away until everything was accomplished. What is "everything?" I don't know.
The whole basis for belief in any God, outside of man, is faith. Written or verbal, the belief in the words of others from the past still requires faith. The "faithful" and their leaders are always debating and seems pretty reasonably why Christianity is a reasonable path for faithful Jews. Thank you for this. Your work is great!
7MaryD7 perhaps if you read the whole book of Isaiah? The problem is that the Catholic bishops translated the Tanakh into Greek, changing and even inventing words to suit the Christian narrative. Then they translate all Christian bibles from that erroneous Septuagint. E.g.: 1, Isa 53. The word the in the original Hebrew Scriptures for the one to have a son is "alma" and the son was born to Isaiah's wife. It was his son. The bishops replaced "alma", meaning young woman, with "betullah", meaning virgin. In other words, what you think it says in Isaiah 53 is not accurate. 2. Psalm 22 is another place where they used a different word. In the Christian concordance, the original word that they say is "pierced", is actually "Ka'ari" which means "like a lion". The Christian translators say it is "karah", which means "cut". These are two examples of deceptive texts. PS! I have a Christian Bible, a Hebrew Tanakh and Psalms, a Hebrew Lexicon, a Hebrew dictionary and e-Sword with the concordance, on my computer. I have personally checked this out.
Is 53 is about the Jewish people. If you read all the previous servant songs, it was written about Jacob, Israel, my WITNESSES AND MY SERVANT. plural and singular. Same as is 53. Psalm 22 was written by David, being surrounded by his enemies, like a lion. Back up 10 verses or so. In context, there is no reference to a crucifixion but by death by wild animals, which was a metaphor for his enemies.
@@7MaryD7 You can find authentic understanding of those and other "Christian predictions of the Old Testament", in the relevant videos on the channels of: Tenaktalk. Jews For Judaism. Rabbi Tovia Singer. The Exodus Project (a former Christian minister). (You can search any of these names, together with the words "Isaiah 53", etc.)
How come you didn't mention the story equating Shimon haKipa as Peter and his role in defining Christianity to be so different from Judaism. Do you discuss this elsewhere?
Thank you for the amazing teachings. Believe me Achi there are many of us returning to this 1st century sect of Judaism you described. Although we came from the church systems, we are dropping all these false teachings we have been indoctrinated by from the Church which is rooted from Rome and the Early Church Fathers. Believe me there are many of us and we are growing. You must understand that the identity is going back to Netzarim, but also want to state that we are NOT interested in evangelizing or converting Jews. All Hashems covenants are only with the Jews which we seek. We just want to live Righteous and Sanctified by the Torah (Oral too) to be pleasing to Hashem. So thanks again for contributing to this.
I was raised Roman Catholic and left it at 13. I started rejecting some of the ideas shared by both Jews and Christians at the age of seven. But indoctrination is a powerful thing. The Greco-Roman overlays on the historical figure of the teacher, 'Jesus' didn't peel away until this year. But I do believe he existed. And if you believe Saul of Tarsus existed and his letters plus the writings attributed to Luke are real, then so must you. Saul reported meeting with the following that still survived after his crucifixion as you noted in your use of some of his writing to talk about the continuing Roman Empire. I agree it exists in a mutated form. I've come to accept Jesus as a well-accomplished desert mystic. His message of love doesn't lose any of its validity when the Greek mythological overlay is peeled back.
Jesus wasn't real and likely these notes were fabrications after the fact. Paper doesn't survive long and people copying it down over the years accurately or it even being real comes into question. The difference with Judaism is its so old and well documented almost all of the people in the Torah have evidence of existence that go into straight up mummification. Jesus has no such evidence and is known to have thousands of fake artifacts which make it seem even less real.
Context matters. These differences reflect a broader tension in early Christianity between the original Jewish followers of Jesus (many of whom believed Jesus was the fulfillment of Jewish prophecies and primarily the savior of Israel) and the later Gentile believers, who came to see Jesus as the universal savior for all humanity. There are instances where Jesus seems to extend His message, including his deeds, beyond Israel and toward a more universal audience e.g. in Matthew 8:5-13; John 4:1-42: Mark 7:32-37, etc.
As a pagan I find this super interesting. There’s a body of research on how Yahweh became “god”, taking on the attributes of El and even Baal, where he stood in the Canaanite pantheon, and what happened to his wife, Ashera. How text were later changed to make Judaism strictly monotheistic when it had a pantheistic origin. All these things would change the course of history and society. Really fascinating, thank you for your insights. 🙏🏻
@ViralChristianity You haven't said anything material. No knowledge is required, to say that. If you read the books I've referred, or watch the videos: "Espionage In The Bible", Videos of James Tabor and Barrie Wilson, you can address the factual points therein.
@ViralChristianity I'm referring to the comment which you addressed to me. I'm the other comment, you quoted a verse that not there. The discussion would require you to know some Hebrew. Maybe I'll help you with that.
Excellent teaching. I do have a few questions, but will ask only two - 1. Are you saying there is no question of the gospel "by" Matthew, Mark, Luke, being written on behalf of those men, like ghost writers, today? 2. I am under the impression, that from Adam' day, sacrifice had to be made for disobedience to God's first law, and all laws broken since then. That the issue of the human condition from the time Eve disobeyed HaShem, an animal had to be killed to atone for individuals' sins, which inevitably ended up via Moses, as the Day of Atonement. Is the New Covenant that HaShem said He would make with Israel still to come, one that does not require sacrifice for sin? (Because the human condition, to date, has not changed no matter how many good works are done.) Scripture tells us that HaShem doesnt change.
Those sources never lived in the claimed lifetime of Jesus, so you are proving that people who heard about the story from others, who themselves never knew the founder face to face. Hearsay is not valid in a court.
paul doesn't preach a dual message, i.e. one for jews and another for gentiles. he does preach against the law as a means of justification, but for everyone. he chastises peter for living as a gentile but spurning them when torah observant jews are present. his message of justification is faith from first to last. he does mention at one point that if someone prefers to keep torah he can do so, but that it's not a requirement.
@@conantheseptuagenarian3824 there us no such teaching as "justification" in the Tanakh. That is an invention of the church in order to justify their erroneous doctrines, I am sorry to say. HaShem says His people perish from lack of KNOWLEDGE. The NT opposes everything HaShem said. The "laws" are HaShem's instructions to His people, teaching them how He wants them to live, to treat others, animals plants, the Earth, actually all of His creation. Those "laws" teach people how to move closer to Him, how to be His people. If they reject His"laws", they reject Him. This is the way of the enemies of HaShem, to teach His people to turn their backs on Him and to disobey His instructions, and to turn to another. And this is what Christianity does, exactly that, Wanting Jews to spurn their G-d! 😔
@@sharonraffanti3632according to the Talmud Oven of Akhnai story, the Jews have rejected the words of G-d. They refuse to listen to voices from heaven or miracles from God, they only listen to the community of men.
Thank you… again. I have had nearly all the questions I needed answers to answered in the one month I have of listened to your teachings. I am born into a Christian home and a devout Christian but do not dedicate myself to “Church Doctrine” nor popular present day Christian beliefs…. This is hard to do. We Christians also need community (church) but as you stated- so many beliefs and teachings are simply nonsensical AND mythological. I began to study Judaism, listening to Rabbi’s through TH-cam. I accepted Astronomy/Astrology as taught through Kabbalah/mystic teachings. This is something I have kept to myself for 15 years. I struggled so much being “caught” between accepting Jesus as Messiah and Savior and the complete logic of Judaism. I’m not a born Jew. I live over an hour from a Jewish Synagogue and HOW do we convert if we want to? I spoke with a Rabbi via phone 15 years ago and he eluded to and demonstrated that converting is hard and to be discouraged. Today- you answered a deeply important question for me. Christianity is acceptable under certain circumstances. That is a relief and attainable if the Christian is humble, would the word Bitul be appropriate for what I’m expressing. I have been trying to understand and learn the perfect meaning of this word. I can not thank you enough for making your knowledge public.❤
In regard to Jesus, there are mentions of Rabbinic decrees, way before the Mishna was written. Hanukkah is mention as the "Feast of Dedication." The four cups of wine at the Passover Seder are mentioned. The prohibition of healing on Shabbat is contested. Washing hands before bread, Jesus refused to do, because he said they are teaching the laws of men as the law of G-d. It's strange that he would have four cups of wine, but refuse to wash hands? So what did Jesus believe? I think the Christians never worried about it, because they stopped doing Mitzvot very early. With Jesus, Mitzvah observance was always an issue.
31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. 32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” 33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.” 34Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’d? 35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came-and the Scripture cannot be broken- 36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God? 37If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me. 38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.” 39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
Isaiah 53 spoke of the Lamb of God, the covering for our sins that required a shed blood, once for all. Jesus 1st coming was to be our Redeemer & restore the veil that our sins separated us from Him. His 2nd one will occur in the last days, when the ppl He chose, will finally see Him as who He is, their Savior. He fulfilled so many prophecies written in Torah & Tanakh. When Abraham by faith ready to sacrifice Isaac (son of promise), the latter didnt even rebel. It was an image that would predicate how God the Father would give us His Son
Yes and the true Received Text says that Abraham told his son that God would provide Himself a sacrifice. This was fulfilled in Jesus when the Father sufferred in the son of God. But Jehovah Jesus was also wholly a man.
I have a question, for the Rabbi, that I have been asked repeatedly. Can a Jew/ from birth who did not grow up in Judaism be a Bnei Noach? Toda raba for your teachings. Ani Yehudi.
@@EfraimPalvanov Thank you, Rabbi. What about a person who only has 1/3 Jewish DNA. It turns out my mother was Hebrew, but didn't know it when she was alive. I show up as 1/3 Ashkenazi Jew, and call on Hashem only, and keep Torah. Is 1/3 Hebrew considered still Jewish? Before you answer, I will tell you Hashem told me Himself years before DNA test that I was a "Jew." LOL....how about that? I ALWAYS FELT JEWISH since birth, but grew up Pagan/Christianity. I guess Hashem says I am; needless to say, it's been a long journey into "Truth" for me. I LOVE YOUR MESSAGES. I am learning so much. Thank you.
@@EfraimPalvanov I learned from other channels that God's people were called Israelites and someone who is a Jew follows the Jewish faith, whether he is an Israelite or not? So anyone can become a Jew?
If your mother is Jewish or you have a legitimate orthodox Jewish conversion according to all the of the Jewish law, then you are Jewish. It’s really that simple :)
Shalom Rabbi! I remembered you mentioned once that there is a book written by Jewish scholars in which they analysed the Christian Gospel and found the Jewish root in many Jesus' teachings. Could you please remind me what that book title is? Toda raba!
As a non religious person, i believe in Jesus Christ. I have read the entire bible, and pray in the Lord's name for understanding. I do not idolize any man. I do not need a middle man to connect with God my Father. I find many things in scripture that raise questions, but my faith is strong. I don't question God, I trust Him.
Based on what Christian texts say about him, the same way I could describe Hercules according to Greek texts, even though there is no historical record Hercules ever existed.
@@EfraimPalvanov you know 100% that the Tanaka was written by Moses and he existed? Or you have a pre conceived belief or you were taught as a child and you look for evidence to support your belief?
What about the faith of the centurion that Yahshua marveled at? He said many gentiles would come from the ends of the earth and sit down in the kingdom with Abraham.
The Samaritans believed in Yehoshua of Nazareth so yes he was their savior who was crucified under the edict of Pontius Pilate as recorded in Josephus. @ 17:42
Interesting. I reckon some of your assertion of the contradiction doesnt really hold water though. In the example of the 4 gospels, they wrote for what marked them. John for example was Jesus' disciples & he wrote other letters aside of the gospel according to John. Peter even though he didnt write any of the gospel, Mark, his nephew wrote based on Peter s account. And Peter wrote 1&2 Peter. Also your understanding of the preaching of Jesus shared to non jews was 1st done by Peter to this roman commander & his family, which fulfilled what Jesus told of Peter being the one to whom the key to open the Kingdom of God was given. Thereafter, Paul & Barnabas were the main persons who preached to the gentiles. Another thing, early christians didnt hate jews. But over time, w the roman empire made it a state religion, from being persecuted, they welcomed the faith & perverted it to mix w their previous pagan belief. There re so many that I can discuss w you. On your outlook & understanding of Jesus' teaching and some of His rather confusing reprimand or words. I hope you ll get the chance to meet a messianic jew who understands the Scripture🙏🏽👌🏽🙏🏽
@@blasater because Jesus came not to take away the commandment but to fulfill it. And His 1st coming was the completion of the prophecies as are written in the Torah, Isaiah, Zechariah, Psalm, to be the final sacrifice. Even many Israelites didnt believe in God despite His own hand wrote the commandments & despite the many wonders shown to them. Since the begining of man s fall, God understood that men s issue stems from their heart, in following however & whatever they like. Therefore when Abraham believed in God, it was accounted to him as righteousness and those who believe in Yeshua the Messiah are made righteous w the same faith of Abraham's
@@lucyhidayat9063 wrong... Abrahams faith was that he believed in the promise of God. Jesus fulfilled nothing. Not a single Davidic requirement. Zero. And did God credit Abraham for the faith?? No .. He credited Abraham for keeping the because Abraham [a]obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”!
Well done Efraim! I am a Christian who believes Jesus was a man who HaShems spirit rested on. I personally think it’s unacceptable to pray to anyone else except HaShem. Also I believe all the mitzvots that apply to Israel is for the world as well except obvious things like laws for levites and such.. I know we disagree on this and that’s ok. To me it seems like the scriptures tell the world to join with Israel. To be a people dedicated to God. I disagree with your take on Paul though. I honestly don’t know what to think of him. I do not see him as a prophet or apostle.
You are only a Christian if you acknowledge that Lord Yeshau Christ was the son and God , was crucified for the sins of the world and became God in flesh after he appeared 3 days after his crucifixion. I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me. It's God's will that none shall perish due to disbelief.
@georginadownie1538 blah di blah standard brainwash nonsense regurgitated from your church, stop repeating it like a parrot (because you are not one). Stop telling people what they have to believe in in order to be a Christian (as if you actually knew...). Enjoy the day, embody Christian ideals and stay away from proselytising and arguing.
Correct. Josephus never mentioned Jesus. He didn't want to lose his pension and maybe his life. He was a Roman citizen with a pension to write history under Flavian patronage. Rome destroyed all of the messiahs Josephus mentioned. But not Jesus and his followers.
At time 18:06 you say there is no eyewitness in the New testament. But that is not true, because the gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of John both writers walked with Jesus. And John also wrote 1, 2, 3 John & Revelation. 1 & 2 Peter was written by Peter the apostle who walked with Jesus. The New testament book of James was written by Jesus's half brother as was the book of Jude. Jude was also the half brother of Jesus. Here are 5 different men who were eyewitness of Jesus the Messiah. They wrote 10 different books in the New testament. **Please give your life to JESUS before it's too late, & make sure your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life 🙏🏼
Profesor Shlomo Pines says that indeed Josephus mentioned Jesus. An Arab Version of the Testimonium Flavianum and Its Implications (Jerusalem, 1971): “At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and he was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and from the other nations were his disciples. Pilate condemned him to crucifixion and to die. And those who had made their disciples did not forsake him. They disclosed that they had been appeared three days after his crucifixion, and that he was alive. They therefore believed that he was perhaps the Messiah, about whom the prophets had told wonders. The sect of Christians called by his name has not disappeared until the day of today". (Agapius [Melkite Bishop of Hieropolis, 10th century], Mahbub Qustanin) According to Pines, Agapius's version was based on the version Syriac Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea IV CE).
It would be very strange for Joseph's to mention a man called "Jesus" as that is definitely not a name or word in any Semitic language. So if that is in there, it was definitely added by a Christian.
@@Oakborn25 why would you think that your opinion is more important than of the profesor Shlomo Pines?. Are you looking for the truth in any matter or your own desire?.
@@theholyeternalinfinite9368 everyone regardless of title is just a person, if there exists an authentic ancient record that contradicts later editions then the older source holds more weight in truth. The mention of Jesus is only in later versions not the older works, thusly it was added for an agenda.
Yes, but we do not believe the "Roman Empire" ended, it just morphed into other things. We consider ourselves to still be in the "Roman" exile and oppression. See the 'Third Rome' series here: th-cam.com/play/PLS68IUQOA2itggHThMzjQMnzoC4epda5d.html
That's very interesting and I think I agree. I was just telling someone that I think the Roman Empire never really ended -just sort of hydra'd -though I'm of the camp that believes Messiah already came... I enjoy your videos by the way! The one on the symbol of the Nachash was very insightful. I'd love to see you dive into Naamah (wife of Noah and sister to Tubal-Cain) and her connection to Sirens -and their connection to the women whom the "watchers" communed with. I say that because I'm currently working on a video essay that deals with her, and hearing your expertise on her would be interesting. @@EfraimPalvanov
Historian Hyam Maccoby in his books, (1)Revolution In Judaea and (2)The Mythmaker, Paul And The Invention Of Christianity offers this history: A little time after Jesus, another Jew came forward, Simon Bar Kokhba, and claimed he was the Savior who would save the Jews from Roman occupation. He was taken to chief Rabbi Akiva who examined him for several days and urged the Jews to accept him as their savior. Simon led a revolt and did accomplish freedom of the Jews from Roman occupation for several years. The Romans responded first with encirclement of the Jews, denying them trade for about 7 years, which reportedly made them miserable and weak, and then invaded them militarily, destroying their temple and cities and marching them as slaves in chains thru the streets of Rome. The important point is the Romans then made it a capital offense thruout their empire for anyone who advocated anything positive of Judaism. So the Christianity created was a systematic defilement of Judaism. Instead of monotheism, 3 gods, instead of the Sabbath beginning Friday at sundown, it starts Saturday at midnight, etc. Christmas is a celebration of God choosing for the mother of his only begotten child a woman already betrothed to another, which is declared an abomination in Deut 22: 23. Instead of bowing to nobody but God, bow to everyone, particularly the Pope in Rome.
IIRC either Robert Eisenmann or Daniel T. Unterbrink brought up the possibility of Josephus being edited and censored by the church as was done with other Jewish texts.
I guess that the success of the State of Israel, and the hatred & enmity of most of the world towards Israel & Jews, is not enough proof that G-d has chosen the Jews (as elucidated in the Torah) as His People?
It was exactly Yahusha's admission before the Sanhedrin that He was the Son of Yah that convicted Him. "Are you the Son of Yah? It is as you say." Hence, their unbelief, like that of the Jews today, will serve as the basis for their condemnation for rejecting the Masshiak. I pray more will see and realize why He went through such suffering willingly. His love compels us all.
Ok so in my ignorance I will say this, putting your faith in a man, let’s say the Jewish messiah isn’t it the same or maybe worst than putting my faith in the son of God? The Lord says that we should not trust man. We should only trust him ,the lord, meaning God the all mighty. There are many people in the Bible, but one of my favorites will always be King David. In his earlier years his trust “faith” was always placed on God. And so he won his battles. Of course power corrupts, but his heart was pleasing to the Lord in a way that the messiah would come from his lineage. I mention David because he didn’t trust a man. Now, having said that, when really young about 8 years old, I had a dream about Jesus. My family wasn’t religious like that. My grandma was always talking about the virgen Mary ( I don’t worship Mary, but respect her) but besides that no one was a believer. Later when 17 went to a Christian church and I saw many things but, I don’t trust easily, so I told Jesus: I will make a decision when I have a close encounter with you” And so it happened. But those are childish things aren’t they ? In my years I have tried to leave his side about 3 times. But what do you know, he has gone to get me every single time. I have no place to run but to him. Because I know I am his. The only thing this wonderful lecture doesn’t speak about is the breath of God, his Holy Spirit. He is the one that day by day transforms me and connects me. He is the one that cleans my thoughts. And guides my ways and fills me with joy when times are bad. The story about the king and the court, was the Christian’s there filled with the Holy Spirit? I don’t believe they were, otherwise they wouldn’t have done that to him. So, I am skeptic of politics and Christianity mixed together. But I might be naive, and I prefer to stay that way. Again, I love this channel. May God bless you always.
Daniel 9 says that 490 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem God will make an end to sin. In Ezra it’s says that Artaxerxes I sent out a decree to rebuild Jerusalem in the seventh year of his reign. Which would be 457 bc. 490 years after 457 bc is 33AD. The year Jesus Christ died. The same passage in Daniel says that god will confirm the covenant during a week and in the middle of that week sacrifice hall cease. The week represents 7 years. The Roman-Jewish war lasted 7 years and in the middle of it the temple was destroyed. Thus confirming the new convent the absolution of sins.
Ultimate sacrifice? Christians are so obsessed with sacrifice. They completely misrepresent sacrifice in judiasm. It is the most confident and most misleading religion. But like all con men they speak confidently and then rage and obfuscate when their claims are closely examined.
If everyone around you being happy with you means god is also happy with you… what do you do if you find yourself in the Soviet Union or Germany in the late 1930s? Making your social milieu happy might be very oppositional to God… at least it would seem like that to me.
Happy with you because of your righteousness, morality, and good manners, not because of your social and political views. And it's referring specifically to your closer circle of family and friends.
Jesus never said by himself he is Messiah, people said that. And he said he didn't come to bring peace but sword because he knew his teachings are revolutionary and they will create conflicts within people hearts. Because he didn't come to comfort the ego, but to help people to feel and identify with their souls and to feel and experience redemption. He didn't even brought people from the law, he said don't sin, so that ment keep the law, but know you don't have to suffer and you are not a body, you are not lost. He taught love and gave hope for the souls. The church has done something totally different out of him and his teachings
If there is no eye witness to Jesus how come you talk about him like he existed ? How do you know he existed? I’m done with this class for right now! To much hearsay ,
The woman was not asking for food! She asked Jesus to heal her daughter! Her answer to Jesus was; but even the dogs eat the crumbs from the table!! So Jesus told her; go home your faith has cured your daughter !!
I'm here for the rabbi's talk & bemused & bewildered at the excessive volumes of quotes posted in the saying "come to Jesus", he ain't listening to y'all Tldr
@@ralphowen3367 We are all sinners (Rom. 3:10,23). The wages of our sins is death (Rom. 6:23). Jesus paid our sin debt on the cross (Rom. 5:8). Salvation comes by faith, that is, by confessing with our mouths and believing in our hearts (Rom. 10:9,10). Call on the Lord for salvation and get saved (Rom. 10:13). Love the contradictions! Damned if you do and damned if you don't Damnit! Faithfully irrational or Irrationally faithful?
I've heard an explanation with regard to the zealoutness of Jesus, the turning if the cheek , when Romans struck a non Roman they did this with the back of the hand, a sign of disrespect to the non Roman, by turning the other cheek, the person being struck essentially forced the Roman soldier or officer to strike them with the open hand, forcing the Roman to acknowledge by striking with an open palm respect for that person ..(the irony....because slapping or striking someone is considered disrespectful)
The question is, did God want the Temple, or did David want the Temple. It seems to me thatvGod was okay with the Tent of Meeting. Actually, the first altar is specified as a rock not touched by human hands. The true Temple is your heart. You should know this.
Whom we beheld and held, He is the Logos Who was made flesh. John was with Yahusha for 3 years. He was just one of the over a hundred eyewitnesses who saw Him live, die and rise from death. If John was a liar and you are not, how come there are more believers of Yahusha than Yahudim who do not believe until now? Clearly, you reject all evidences to Yahusha's historicity. Discrepancies in date of birth do not mean He wasn't born. All prophecies point to His fulfilment of each one of them. Just 3 will prove to anyone only Yahuah can make them and all others come to pass.
I have an honest question how did almost every Jew become European. I hear very little from Ethiopian Jews? Was Moses European seems like he would be black?
One of your teachings saith that Hezekiah was probably the messiah spoken of in isaiah but weren't those prophesies given diring the time of kings Ahaz and Hezekaiah. Why, if Hezekiah was the first coming of Messiah, did Judah still get taken into captivity? I have lots to learn!!!
The first verse in Isaiah states that he prophesied during "the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." Isaiah was active over a long period of time, spanning four kings, Hezekiah being the last. Isaiah gave the prophecies about Hezekiah before Hezekiah was born. Judah was not taken into captivity during the reign of Hezekiah, but much later.
@EfraimPalvanov thank you. I've learned about both the Christian new and old testaments, and I want to learn more about the Torah. There's so much I never understood. Thank you for bringing more clarity and understanding. I definitely want to follow richeousness, truth, wisdom, knowledge, and life. Do you have any indepth teachings of the books of the Torah to share? I'll keep looking at the teachings you've provided.
@EfraimPalvanov I'm at the stage where I'm fascinated by scripture ... like my late father was. The prophesy in Isaiah 7, that speaks of the virgin (young woman) birth of a son, call him Emmanuel, is a prophesy about Hezekiah? This not a Messianic prophesy? Isaiah 7:14-17 KJV [14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. [15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. [16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. [17] The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. bible.com/bible/1/isa.7.14-17.KJV
The golden rule is a concept that had been expressed in multiple cultures throughout the world long before both Christianity or the story of the Rabbi Hillel. Secondly, the whole story referring to Hillel comes from the Talmud which at its earliest dates to being written in 3 century CE. That's 300 years after Hillel supposedly existed. Meaning the record of Hillel's golden rule *post*-dates (not predates) the Christian record of the golden rule by 200 years. Sure the story of Hillel is set earlier than Jesus but you can set a story whenever you want, there's no historical record of it but for 300 years later, 200 years after Christianity
Your presentations are phenomenal! Thank you for sharing this with us, and may Hashem continue to bless you.
Amen, thank you so much!
@@EfraimPalvanovare you familiar with Tent of Abraham TH-cam channel and The Lies of The Flavians Dynasty by Flavious Josephus part 1,2,3. Shalom Blessings Chagg Semach Chanukah and Shavuah Tov Blessings. Chayim
Ironically I felt the exact opposite. Terrible misrepresentation of Christianity (at least in the first half - I didn’t force myself to watch the rest).
@@CarlJohnson-kk4prI am familiar with Tamir Kreisman. His lectures are eye opening, to say the least.
@@victorjvanderwoude3102if you watch till the end, you will get a better understanding.
Thank you Rabbi Efraim. This is such a clear and concise explanation of Christianity and is much kinder than others. I am an ex-Catholic, ex-Charismatic, Pentecostal and Messianic Christian who has "had a beef" with the churches throughout the years. Even as a teenager, disagreeing with Catholic priests and refusing to bow down before the Archbishop.
I never could bring myself to pray to Mary and never believed JC was G-d. I have, for the past 9 years tried to figure out if there actually was an historical figure who the church built their religion on. I figured there had to be. After leaving Catholicism, I was threatened by a Jesuit priest and in our ensuing argument, he calmly informed me that they, the Catholic bishops, wrote the Bible. Upon mentioning that they were not around at the time of Moses, he informed me that they preserved the "OT" but wrote the "NT".
I am now what is known as B'nei Noach and so appreciate your videos.
Thanks for sharing this, Sharon. Glad to hear you were led down this path and discovered the truth!
@@EfraimPalvanov Thank you, I am too.
ex-Catholic here, and I agree with the Marianism being bollocks. Iconophilia decision of the Seventh Council/Nicaea 2, was a political one, influenced by an Empress. Her husband was an Iconoclast and she basically stabbed him in the back with that Council decision she influenced.
Then there's the Third Council which ruled against Nestorians by labeling Mary as "Theotokos", which causes a conundrum with the fact that Christianity teaches God is "triune". Hence why Nestorians demand that she be called "Christokos" instead.
Another problem I have with the Mary specific stuff is the need to transpose divine traits to her because she "birthed the Mohsiach". It still disobeys the Christians' triune diagram of God for she is none of the hypostases. The reason I left Christianity is that the rot existed before Catholicism was made via the Schism.
Christianity has several problems. The major one being its pagan roots. But it also lies to its practitioners. Not only is Rome in trouble, but Christendom is doomed according to the Bible when Yahweh told the ending at the beginning...Yeshua spoke about the infiltration of Christianity while he walked the Earth. Jesus Christ is KING!
Wow I feel sad for you. You never met the living Christ.
As a personal note especially to you Efraim, my paternal lineage springs from Yehudah even though I was unaware of this due to the fact I was orphaned as a baby by my parents and raised under foster care. I was brought up Christian but never really felt connected to Christianity and it's overall myriad of beliefs about **That Man**. But HaShem is Great and saw the longing of my heart to know the Truth and sent me a teacher, an elderly neighbor who showed me the Torah for the first time. He showed me the Testimony of Yehoshua, ( which I called "Jesus" ) in Yoseph son of Yacov. He was a Christian also but loved the Old Testament and particularly the Torah. It was thru this man I discovered the real Yehoshua of Nazareth. Baruch H"S. A year later my natural father dies in an accident while traveling in Italy and I discover upon his death that he was Jewish and I had close kin in Israel. My Grandfather was a Rabbi from Morocco.
As a Protestant Christian of over 22 years, this is all very challenging, and, dare I say, not a little depressing. Truly, I am shaken; and for that, rabbi, I bless you.
Some of the objections you presented are consistent with what I have concluded independently in my own study, yet have been unable to reconcile due to my own ignorance. Now, thanks to you, I at least have a general sense of the direction I need to go to be “less wrong” (no relation to the online forum of the same name).
May you continue to grow in understanding of God, for I benefit even from the crumbs. 😉
So, replying to myself three weeks later.
Now that I’ve had time to go over the video a couple of more times and process, I do have some concerns.
I see now that the risk of even discussing this topic is very high. The rabbi is right. There’s no way to win; there’s no outcome that does not make Christians and Jews adversaries.
If Jesus is the Messiah, then the Jews missed it and are even partly responsible for his death because of their own spiritual blindness and hubris. The Christians were right all along and the Jews have a lot of catching up to do.
If Jesus isn’t the Messiah, then he’s a blasphemer of the highest order and should have been put to death. The Christians were wrong and the entire basis for Christianity collapses.
See? Too much risk, no one wins. Paradoxically, for the Christian and Jew who wish to live in harmony, the only way forward the right answer is, “Time will tell.”
You just have not studied these things very much. Modern religious Jews have an entire arsenal of "gotcha" theories that hold no water. Time to dig deeper, my friend. And yes from your comment below, the Jews were very adversarial to early Christians, most of whom were also Jewish. But Israel is very important in end times context and the future Ezekiel temple will be in Jerusalem. Israel and Hebrews are still a big deal to God.
@@brotherdustactually you missed the third option which is he never even existed which is highly likely due to a lack of evidence of the man.
Refer to 55:43
@@brotherdust just respect for the ideas surrounding the story's without mentioning this position surrounding Jesus is the only way forward.
This gentlemen is quite educational and stays on topic! I enjoy that he isn’t sarcastic.
And he also is focused on education with very little opinion
😂 ? Sarcasm?
Thank you so much for your lectures I've watched six or more hours just since yesterday, additionally appreciate the graphics that you put on the screen that I can screenshot for future use, the Buber quote was not there I will jot it down and thank you
My pleasure! Glad to hear :)
I really do enjoy listening to you, good sir. It's been difficult with this one because I am a Christian, not a Catholic. But i wanted to know why Jewish people feel the way you do about Christians, so I listened. I love the Old Testament, what you call the Tenakh. I read it more than the New Testament, actually. So I am wondering, how do you explain Isaiah 53 and Zechariah 12:10? Your prophets describe Jesus Christ as "the one they pierced." And, "he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded."
I dont intend on changing your mind.
God opened my heart to understanding. He gave me the desire to know him when he showed me that I was a sinner and he died for me. His teachings are hard... old and new... for he came to fulfill the law... not change it. He makes life worth living. He convinced me he is real and really did live and die and rise again. No one can convince me otherwise.
Glad you like the content, thank you. Our prophets certainly did not describe Jesus as "the one they pierced". Zechariah 12 is not referring to Jesus at all. That chapter and the ones that follow are speaking about a future End of Days war. Zechariah 12:8-9 speaks of a coalition of nations invading Israel and God protecting all of Jerusalem's inhabitants in this war. Later, we read about the Mount of Olives splitting in half, a new great river emerging from Jerusalem, etc. Obviously none of this happened in the time of Jesus. He did not fulfil the descriptions or requirements of our prophets. For more on who the real Messiah is supposed to be and what he is actually supposed to accomplish, please see 'Who is Mashiach?' here: th-cam.com/video/3rvL-sW5J04/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nJQ0ijyjWY9WSD8t
@ efram .....as the TREE ( etz chaim )grows in the winter so does its shoots come forth its fruits and by its fruits you will know them
No response to Isaiah 53? I've heard the common replies but still.
@@tea-he8ei start at Isaiah ch.41/42 it says "who is my suffering servant but Israel" and continues to repeat that, so that by the time you get to 53 you know the "suffering servant is Israel". You might enjoy listening on YT Rabbi Tovia Singer. Sorry no one answered the Isaiah question but it shows that Christians/person who asked such questions, don't study, they just pluck out verses to fit their narrative. Best wishes on your journey 🤗
@@Growthisinthedirt there's no one answer? So has one of those answers (from the Jewish perspective) ever been that this material is about the Messiah?
I'm relatively sure that's what Tovia Singer gambled his entire faith upon in a debate with the charismatic teacher Micheal Brown. Singer lost that bet.
Israel was the name of a single man once, right? So repeating the mantra "it's Israel it's Israel" doesn't really help, not so long as learned Christians and Jewish people have ideas that this isn't strictly Israel. ❤️
Such a pivotal time period. thank you for your videos as always, I have been craving the jewish perspective on this period of time and these have given me some fantastic insight
Glad to hear, very welcome :)
I have spent another hour or so watching your video. Time I regard as been well spent. For this I am very grateful.
ברכות אלוהים עליך
Thank you!
I enjoy your videos but I do not think you did a fair assessment of the new testament. Jesus frequently tested people to prove their intentions, often through response questions or challenges (see John 4:16-18; and 4:50-53). His response to the Canaanite woman is similar. In testing her, Jesus declined her request and explained that she had no legitimate expectation of His help. The woman, however, lived out the principle Jesus Himself taught in the parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8). Her response proved that she understood fully what Jesus was saying, yet had enough conviction to ask anyway (Matthew 15:27). Jesus acknowledged her faith-calling it “great”-and granted her request (Matthew 15:28).
Ooops! I commented previously to this site inadvertently! It was actually meant for a financial video I had just watched prior to this one coming on. 🤦🏼♀️
But, the title of your video is quite intriguing! I may have to watch it after all!
Again, sorry about the error for the posting.
Paul did meet Jesus, just one of many mistakes,, but keep learning...
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew,a ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked.
‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you. 17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
I did not make a mistake on this, and you know exactly what I meant.
@EfraimPalvanov I know u seem to not understand the meaning of the concept of "know Me" which has definitely been met here in this passage, vs know about Me, and that's the crux of all the rest; 2 know is also to have met,, I have met Jesus and thus know Him also, and I hope you will also decide to meet Him as Abraham did.. remembering that ALL scripture is inspired by God, because He can, because He loves all who will willingly KNOW Him.
C Christianity is not a religion as defined by works,, because our sin even just one is beyond our ability to WORK off, so God did for us what we can not do 4 ourselves, thus because of His LOVE for His crowning jewel of all His creation,, aka "mankind"; tho admittedly I can't grasp why.. God's love is the center of the Christian faith, we do works, as in James, because we are saved,, not in order 2b saved,, that's the difference, we love Him, because He first loved us.. Shalom...
You said that Paul at very best possibly knew jesus from 2 degrees of separation and then said that Paul used to argue with the disciples of jesus all the time, and josephus never mentioned jesus but josephus mentioned that pilate sentenced him
According to 1 Cor. 15:8, Paul did meet Jesus.
@@theliamofellayou didn’t listen very closely
This was an AWESOME MESSAGE. It's truly amazing how Hashem works, but also how difficult it is for Christians to accept these truths. Thank you.
Very welcome :)
I found the story about Yeshua denying help to the gentile woman. Like you mentioned, Yeshua started by being pretty rude to her!
Turns out, her daughter is even demon possessed! Very interesting. I'll post the whole story below:
Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon. A woman from Kena‘an who was living there came to him, pleading, “Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!” But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, “Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying.” He said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isra’el.” But she came, fell at his feet and said, “Sir, help me!” He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s food and toss it to their pet dogs.” She said, “That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master’s table.” Then Yeshua answered her, “Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted.” And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
Mattityahu (Mat) 15:21-28 CJB
bible.com/bible/1275/mat.15.21-28.CJB
The academic consensus is that Josephus did mention Christ as one of those historic persons, but that the recognition as the Messiah was added by some one else
As a non-Jew, Yeshua, (Jesus) follower, I found this a very interesting presentation from one among many Jewish perspectives and interpretations,. I just wonder what's the reason and purpose to reject the "Historicity of Jesus"??... . ... I think there are "Ancient Evidence for Jesus from Non-Christian Sources" , such as: Evidence from Tacitus, Evidence from Pliny the Younger, "Evidence from Josephus", Evidence from the Babylonian Talmud, Evidence from Lucian and so on."???
Error in understanding detected; when Jesus saud what he said about the Roman coin was transliterated by the Roman church to mean just pay you taxes, but that's a crap understanding. Because the coin was issued by Cesar, as evidenced by his picture on the coin, that meant that Cesar actually owned the coin. So, rendwr Cesar's property back to him. You have the image of God in you and that is your owner. So, to sum up; "y'all are worried about the wrong thing."
Deep. I have found that with many of the things Jesus said, there was much beneath the surface!
Great channel my dear Jewish Brother. I enjoyed your two videos aboyt Third Rome, Russia and Magog. I am a born again christian from Venezuela always praying for the Jews to come to aknowledge that Jesus was and IS The Jewish Messhiach you all have been waiting for. We are fully convinced you rejected Him wrongly and pray for that to be fixed at the end of The Time of Jacob's Trouble which will be the 70th week of Daniel (Dan 9:27) knows by us as The Tribulation revealed to John in Revelation.
“Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.” (Daniel 9:25)
This verse gives us the key to the timing of the coming of the Messiah.
Yeshua, the Anointed One, fulfilled this timing perfectly when He was born of a virgin (almah in Hebrew, see Isaiah 7:14) and mikvahed (baptized) by His cousin Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist).
The same Angel Gabriel who announced to Daniel the timing of Messiah’s arrival also participated in its fulfillment when he announced to Miriam (Mary) that she was to give birth to the Holy One of Israel (Luke 1:26-33).
With the birth of Yeshua, the following Biblical prophecies were fulfilled:
* Prophecy: Isaiah 7:14-Isaiah prophesied that a virgin or pure young woman (almah) will give birth to the Promised One.
Fulfilled: Luke 1:26-31. (Yes, I know you don't read The New Testament but I indicate it so you can find the fulfillment)
* Prophecy: Isaiah 9:6-Isaiah prophesied that Messiah Yeshua would come as a baby; Yeshua is described by several names-“Wonderful, Counselor,” “The mighty God,” “The everlasting Father,” “The Prince of Peace.”
Fulfilled: Luke 2:1-20.
* Prophecy: Numbers 24:17-Balaam predicts that the Messiah will descend from the house of Jacob-“I see him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth.”
Fulfilled: Matthew 1:2-16.
* Prophecy: Isaiah 9:7-The Messiah shall be of the house of David. Yosef (Joseph) was of the line of David, as was Miriam (Mary).
Fulfilled: Luke 3:23-38 tracks Yeshua’s lineage on Joseph’s side; Matthew 1:1-16 tracks Miriam’s (Mary) side.
* Prophecy: Micah 5:2-Micah prophesied that Yeshua would be born in Bethlehem.
Fulfilled: Luke 2:4-7.
* Prophecy: Genesis 49:10-He would be a member of the tribe of Judah-“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between His feet, until tribute comes to Him; and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”
Fulfilled: Matthew 1:2.
* Prophecy: Malachi 3:1-Yeshua would enter the Temple. This is important because no one would be able to enter the Temple again after it was destroyed in AD 70, about 40 years after Yeshua’s death.
Fulfilled: Luke 2:25-27, tells us that Yeshua was brought as an infant to the Temple to be consecrated, and Simeon is there waiting His arrival. And daily, Yeshua taught at the Temple when He was in Jerusalem. (Luke 19:47)
* Prophecy: The Messiah will end up in Egypt
“When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son” (Hosea 11:1).
Fulfillment:
“So he [Joseph] got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘Out of Egypt I called my son'” (Matthew 2:14-15).
* Prophecy: The Messiah will be humbled in order to serve mankind
“You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet” (Psalm 8:5-6)
Fulfillment:
“It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified:
‘What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
You made them a little lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
and put everything under their feet.’
“In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:5-9).
* Prophecy: Jesus would become the perfect sacrifice
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire-
but my ears you have opened-
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come-
it is written about me in the scroll.
I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:6-8).
Fulfillment:
“Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.’
“Then I said, ‘Here I am-it is written about me in the scroll-
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
“First he said, ‘Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them’-though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, ‘Here I am, I have come to do your will.’ He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:5-10).
* Prophecy: The Messhiach would preach righteousness to Israel
“I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know” (Psalm 40:9).
Fulfillment:
“From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'” (Matthew 4:17).
* Prophecy: He would teach in parables
“My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old” (Psalm 78:1-2)
Fulfillment:
“Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
‘I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'” (Matthew 13:34-35).
* Prophecy: His parables would fall on deaf ears.
“He said, ‘Go and tell this people:
“Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed”‘” (Isaiah 6:9-10).
Fulfillment:
“This is why I speak to them in parables:
‘Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
‘”You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them”‘” (Matthew 13:13-15).
* Prophecy: The Messiah would be a stone that causes people to stumble
“He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare” (Isaiah 8:14).
Fulfillment:
“Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,’
and,
‘A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.’
“They stumble because they disobey the message-which is also what they were destined for” (1 Peter 2:7-8).
* Prophecy: His ministry would begin in Galilee
“Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan-
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned” (Isaiah 9:1-2).
Fulfillment:
“When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali-to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
‘Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles-
the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.’
“From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'” (Matthew 4:12-17).
* Prophecy: He would draw the Gentiles to himself
“In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious” (Isaiah 11:10).
Fulfillment:
“Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!’
“Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘we would like to see Jesus'” (John 12:18-21).
* Prophecy: The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner
“A voice of one calling:
‘In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain'” (Isaiah 40:3-4).
Fulfillment:
“John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord”‘ (John 1:23).
* Prophecy: Jesus will be a gentle redeemer of the Gentiles
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope” (Isaiah 42:1-4).
Fulfillment:
“Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
‘Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
In his name the nations will put their hope.'” (Matthew 12:15-21).
* Prophecy: Jesus would be despised and rejected
“He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem” (Isaiah 53:3).
Fulfillment:
“All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff” (Luke 4:28-29).
* Prophecy: Jerusalem will rejoice as the Messiah comes to her upon a donkey
“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9).
Fulfillment:
“A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’
‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ (Baruc Haba B'shem Adonai)
‘Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
“When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?'” (Matthew 21:8-10)
* Prophecy: He will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
“I told them, ‘If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.’ So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
“And the Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’-the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord” (Zechariah 11:12-13).
Fulfillment:
“The chief priests picked up the coins and said, ‘It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.’ So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: ‘They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me'” (Matthew 27:6-10).
Shalom !!!!!! We are waiting His Second Coming which will happen at the end of Daniel 70th week.
🧢
Almah does not mean virgin. Almah means young lady, whether virgin or not.
Betula means virgin
Christians mistranslated the Torah
@@jewchainz613 I have to correct you:
1. As to the The hebrew text (Masoretic), the most ancient original copy of it is the Leningrad Codex dating almost 1,000 DC, while the Septuagint of which we DO HAVE ORIGINALS, dates 300 - 200 BC. So as we christians know very well the History of the Sanhedrin, The Pharisees and their "job-role"descendants, the "sages" and the Rabbies, I prefer to rely on the Septuagint rather than copies from copies from copies manipulated by the same ones who crucified The Messiah and paid the roman soldiers to lie saying that the Apostles stole His Sacred Body while in the reality He Resurrected as promised.
So, in The Septuagint you read for Virgin:
Septuagint: Strong 3933
parthenos
παρθένος
VIRGIN
Noun, Nominative Singular Feminine
And STILL, As for the Masoretic you find:
Masoretic: Strong 5959
woman, a VIRGIN
Original Word: עַלְמָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: almah
Phonetic Spelling: (al-maw')
Definition: a young woman, a VIRGIN
Word Origin
fem. of elem
Definition
a young woman, a VIRGIN.
God, who is Jesus, The Messiah Bless You.
Thank you so much for all that information. Shalom and blessings.
I am a Christian who believes in the way of richeousness, truth, and life. I want to know the truth. I'm learning more and more about my religious foundation of the Torah/Old Testament and how the gospel ties in. Im listening with a heartcthat trusts in the Lord of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I thank Yahweh for revealing all truth through His Holy Spirit. Thank you for these teachings.
I'm with you in that prayer.
then you shouldnt listen to this guy respectfully. If you knew the new testament texts he is speaking about; then you would see a man flailing coming up with ideas on why our spiritual leaders did certain actions. Instead read the texts and actually see what they said. Efraim has this whole conspiracy on why paul included the gentiles, when Acts 10 clearly states St Peter had a vision where the old clean and unclean laws are done away with.
@@jamesbeckenham1469>St Peter
Ok idolater
@@jamesbeckenham1469
You'd enjoy these books:
Paul the false apostle.
The Myth Maker.
Paul and Jesus.
Paul vs James.
Paul On Trial.
Hashem revealed his truth through his word
THE HEBREW SCRIPTURE
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes.” - The King of Israel
Thank you 🙏🏻 Rabbi, and I feel so privileged to have met you, today, at Sha’arei Tefillah 🕍
Very welcome :) Was wonderful meeting you as well!
I am presently watching this video and I wonder if it would be possible to more easily hear the attendees. It would add a layer of context when you respond to them. As it is, they are hard to understand what they are asking or saying. Thank you.
I appreciate your words. You are making me think deeply.
Thanks for the feedback. I am trying to make it clearer in recent videos.
This has been a very interesting lecture. I am seeking to know G-d as His people know Him. To understand scripture as a Jew would - as best as can be expected. What struck me was the comment on the Jerusalem church disintegrating and how the gentiles easily accepted Christianity because they were accustomed to polytheism. Further celebrating holidays have always bothered me despite knowing the root... will continue watching. I wish i could see more on this or find books on it - credible
Love your content ❤️🙌🙏 but when you talked about Jesus and taxation. The story isn’t about actual taxation. It’s about the Roman coin bearing the image of Ceasar. In my humbleness Jesus was referring to Genesis 1:26 “let us make mankind in our image.
God is our supply for everything, so why should a coin that bears another image be of concern if we ourselves are made in God’s image. Thank you 🙏 have a beautiful day ! Love your videos ❤
You are a true person and I respect your way of thinking so much. Thankyou for sharing your way of thinking.
My pleasure, thank you for the kind words.
I'm convinced of the perennial philosophy, I see righteousness of intentions everywhere. Anyone proclaiming goodness and virtue, must live the words. A famous sanskirt slogan "that thou art" best sums its philosophy.
I like you. May God help you to find the Truth and be like Nathaniel
Dr. James Tabor work is a good reference for historical and Archeological perspective in support of this lecture. More and more scholars are boldly coming out with their work historically, text, archeological…. Then the point is how does all the knowledge affect the Christians believe system.
Interesting …….. the Baha’i concepts are very much aligned to this lecture as well.
Fantastic work ! So grateful
Thank you 🙏🏼 this was super Rabbi.
Unity - diversity - loving each and everyone’s perspective regardless of differences.
Shalom
If I could push back a bit, your point at the 14:50 mark is just patently untrue. While it is true that Luke (explicitly stated in the opening) is not an eye witness, and Mark (scholarly conclusion) says he was not an eye witness, John and Matthew were both apostles and are the attributed writers of their gospels. Along with that, you have 2 books from Peter (eye witness and attributed to being the author of his books), James (the brother of Jesus, and the attributed author of his book), and Jude (another brother of Jesus and the attributed author of his book). Along with John's gospel, he had 4 other books that are also included in the NT canon.
Also, your point at 17:50 is also incorrect. If anything, Paul is the main NT author that teaches salvation apart from works of the law and the separation of Jew and Gentile is done away with in the body of Christ.
Romans 3:28 - For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
At 28:45 you listed the following "contradictions":
Whether Jesus went to Egypt or not - This is only mentioned in Matthew but isn't contradicted in any of the other gospels, they just simply don't mention it either way. This is common though because all gospels contain things that the other gospels do not.
Virgin birth - This is only mentioned in Matthew and Luke because they are the only gospels that recount Jesus' birth, so it wouldn't make since for Mark or John to start off with it.
Son of God - This is explicitly stated in all 4 gospels so not sure why you mentioned it.
Your point at 39:40 is another example of just not reading the text. Luke 2 shows what Simeon says about Jesus when he is presented in the temple as a child:
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
according to your word;
for my eyes have seen your salvation
that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”
The reason Jesus emphasizes evangelism to gentiles post-resurrection is because of the atonement nature of his sacrifice would've only been understood by the Jews. Also, the Jews were the only ones expecting a Messiah so his ministry would've made no sense to a gentile.
Your point at 50:30 is also blatantly incorrect. The first half of Romans is explicitly written towards Jews and Paul has two epistles to Timothy, a Jewish contemporary.
1:08:50 Kind of already addressed this but even a cursory reading of Romans would completely contradict this statement. Paul emphasizes that the role of the law is to give us knowledge of our sin and where we fall short.
Romans 3:20:
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
And furthermore, why would you try to discredit the New Testament with “it was written by men way after Jesus”?Unbelievers could also use the same question for the old testament/Torah. Was it not written by men? In turn you invalidate you’re ignorant point. Jesus is son of God. The zealous jews could not accept that Jesus was and is whom he said he was, but not only did he say it he showed his power. The zealots could not believe because they loved more then God they’re money, power and position. The Pharisees could only see in a materialistic sense. They expected upon the arrival of God for him to bring more materialistic riches, and to fix all the affairs on earth within their mind, scope, and not the mind or the plans of God. They forget that God‘s ways are not our ways and gods thoughts are not our thoughts. To believe in Christ Jesus you need of the holy spirit to have faith. God promised to make all things new, and to restore mankind. This earth is reserved for judgment to fire. Gods judgment is clear, and God’s judgment is not the way we think God will judge. For God is not a fallible man, a sinful man, such as we all are. His ways are perfect . I tell you as Jesus said to the Pharisees then” God made the sabbath for man, not man for the sabbath “. Nicodemus was told by Jesus “ you must be reborn of spirit and water”
The authenticity of the Torah/Old Testament is not in question here. You and I both agree that the Torah is true. The New Testament cannot exist without the Old. What we disagree on is the New Testament. That's where the burden of proof lies.
I agree that the spirit of God inspired the Holy scriptures. Seeing how the Old Testament is in no question according to both of us.
Please read the prophecy of Yashua in the book of the Old Testament in Isaiah 53.
53 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
That my friend is speaking of my Messiah JESUS Son of God whom is risen from the dead and is returning.
@@EfraimPalvanovYour bias blinds your mind. Ask God to open your mind to the truth for you are erring because of your bias and fear. There is no peace for the ungodly. Israel/Jews cannot have peace either of mind or in life because they are in constant rebellion towards God's will as revealed by the prophets and finally in Yeshua.
@@lenyskyler5074Actually, this is speaking of Israel, HaShem's first born. Refer to chapter 23.
Faith is a personal matter. It is your choice to believe in lies o not. But you can not force someone to agree with you
Jesus told Pilate in John 18:36 My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
So he was NOT a zealot!
Additionally, ONLY Juda(s), the traitor, was called a zealot.
He thought the end was near; he thought he was the promised Messiah. He promised his followers that some of them would not see death under him in the onset of the Messianic Age. But he was crucified and the Messianic Age in which his followers would not see death did not occur: ...''there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom" (Matthew 16:28).
They are all dead now, they are not here. Show us one that survived to prove the truth of this prophecy. You can't, because it did not happen. This was a failed prophecy.
How can you respond to this? If you say where they are now is a Kingdown 'not of this world' they would have had to die to get to that place that is 'not of this world' in a metaphysical way somehow. And this is not what Jesus meant as it makes no sense (he did not say you shall die and be reborn). He said they would not die and he really meant it, but they did...
The more likely explanation is that the kingdom he meant is the World to Come that is promised in the Tanakh (which he as a Jew would have been very familar with). But if the World to Come were actually what we are actually living in right now (which we would if he was the Messiah), things would be a lot different from what they are, wouldn't they?
See through this, wake up and smell the coffee. Before it's too late.
(The notion of an afterlife was not known to Jews of his time), it was adopted a few hundred years later under the influence of Greco-Roman culture. The prophets which allegedly 'predicted' Jesus as the Messiah according to Christian 'mythology' in fact' knew nothing about it.
Do some research. Travel back in time.
@saschamilenkovic4320
The Apostles saw and also interacted with the risen Jesus throughout their ministry. I have seen him many times.
@@saschamilenkovic4320You know Jesus spoke metaphorically. So this is also very poor decoding of scripture, it's more plausible he was talking about the age. This age will not pass away. This age is not yet over many have calculated the age ending in a few more years so maybe you will be correct, in this point if we understand how the ages are calculated.
@Davemphipps It's not poor decoding. It's reading the scripture and trying to understand what he meant. And by all accounts this is most direct and plausible meaning.
What makes you think that scripture needs to be 'decoded"? This is just another assumption Christians repeatedly jump to without any justification. As soon as you are employing hermeneutics and apolitic attempts at re-interpreting text you are a long way away from the truth. They are all man-made projections.
For something to be true it's not enough to believe it is true and that belief then makes it true. There has to be a mind- independent and verifiable state of affairs that makes it true.
A thousand years ago people thought it meant this... then 500 years ago they thought it meant that... and so it goes on forever.
Every wondered why there are over 40 thousand different Christian denominations? Well this should give you a clue if you think about it for a bit.
Stop projecting to see what you want to see (it won't make it true) and then dressing it up as 'decoding".
People will argue forever whether something should be interpreted literally or metaphorically. And no one can prove conclusively which way is right.
There are other reasons and a different overall metaphysical theological framework behind the reason I read his statement in a more literal way that you do. But that is definitely beyond the scope of a You Tube comment to my comment, which was a comment on someone else's...
Be well!
6:06 is there a scripture verse that outlines the practice of giving a half shekel for temple upkeep?
This man always goes deep into the history and meanings of different teachings on every topic however, when it comes to this topic, the topic of Christianity, he seems to not give much consideration to the text he is referring to. Obviously, we expect some confirmation bias but wow.
There is substantive basis in Christian scripture, it all crumbles to dust once you look at it a bit more closely.
How do you give much consideration to that?
Yeah. He dropped the ball on and didn’t mention the Arabic translation of Josephus which omits the Christian interpolations, doesn’t mention the Jerusalem community moving to Pella, the Ebionites, or Nazarenes and their later influences on the development of Islam, but that’s why people need to take notes and do their own research.
1-Jesus/Yeshua was a Jew but was not the Jewish Messiah due to a myriad amount of reasons (e.g., Ezekiel 46-that Prince is The Messiah so read what he does which is irreconcilable with the Christian narrative). 2-The Jewish Messiah was never suppose to die for sins (breaking of commandments 1 John 3:4) and even if he did (which it isn’t) those commandments belonged to the Israelites under the covenant made at Mt. Sinai NOT the gentiles. 3-If you have decided to worship the God of The Jews by worshipping a “”Jewish” Christ then you should ask them how to worship their God (Matt 23:1-3).
You'd enjoy these books:
Paul the false apostle.
The myth maker.
Paul and Jesus.
Paul vs James.
Paul on trial.
Agreed. It comes off as hypocritical, because he dismisses the NT based on the fact that it came later, but gives credence to a contemporary book because it seems to confirm his belief. If the chronological age of the source is grounds for its dismissal, then a contemporary book is useless.
Thank you so much for your teaching. It is so refreshing and very insightful. Can you explain how we became less involved in sharing Judaism for the purpose of making converts? You mentioned how Hillel very simply taught converts but then how did it become more complicated? Will our making peace with Esau help us merit Messiah?
My pleasure :) I'm really not sure how this happened. I spoke more about it towards the end of my recent interview with Eli Nash, which you can see here: th-cam.com/video/FYa-7oR475Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-HrSatcaFR1xpuJv
Thank you for an excellent basic exposure of the difference between the Christian faith and the knowledge of the Jews.
Only one thing was a bit unclear, and that was in the the end of the presentation, where the rabbi seemed to accept unitarian Christian’s - as not being categorized as idolatry.
So, are you saying it isn’t a huge problem that unitarian Christian’s still believe in a human sacrifice?
Please explain!
I do think it's a big problem, though it wouldn't necessarily be "idolatry" according to the strict definition.
JESUS FULLFILLED over 300 PROPHECYS
Good for you so what that's your religion why does it bother you that were jews we came before you
Sweetheart, listen to Tovia Singer explain Isaiah 53: and rejoice.
God bless you.
Whatever one's belief system, this is an excellent channel.
Thank you!
You seem well studied and educated. A strong polemic indeed. How though can the double standard of religion exist? When the rabbis want a literal and/or metaphoric and/or combination explanation to Torah, they they explain everything through whichever one suits them best. What's the difference between explaining away New testament and/or Quran?
Respectfully, I disagree that Paul established a "shortcut" for the salvation of the gentiles. Rather, he recalled that Jews would be a blessing to the nations; and, that blessing, knowledge of the one true G-d, would be accomplished through Jesus. His ministry and experience led him to understand that circumcision and the complicated nature of the Law was going to be "a stumbling block" to the conversion of pagan gentiles. In his mind, it was more important to get the Gentiles "on board" with one true G-d than to require adherence to the Law. He asserted that Gentiles were at least responsible for upholding the covenant with Noah, and Peter eventually agreed. Jesus himself said not one "yot or tittle" of the law would fall away until everything was accomplished. What is "everything?" I don't know.
The whole basis for belief in any God, outside of man, is faith. Written or verbal, the belief in the words of others from the past still requires faith. The "faithful" and their leaders are always debating and seems pretty reasonably why Christianity is a reasonable path for faithful Jews.
Thank you for this. Your work is great!
Question for consideration:
What is Isaiah 53 all about?
How about Psalm 22?
7MaryD7 perhaps if you read the whole book of Isaiah? The problem is that the Catholic bishops translated the Tanakh into Greek, changing and even inventing words to suit the Christian narrative. Then they translate all Christian bibles from that erroneous Septuagint.
E.g.: 1, Isa 53. The word the in the original Hebrew Scriptures for the one to have a son is "alma" and the son was born to Isaiah's wife. It was his son. The bishops replaced "alma", meaning young woman, with "betullah", meaning virgin. In other words, what you think it says in Isaiah 53 is not accurate.
2. Psalm 22 is another place where they used a different word. In the Christian concordance, the original word that they say is "pierced", is actually "Ka'ari" which means "like a lion". The Christian translators say it is "karah", which means "cut".
These are two examples of deceptive texts. PS! I have a Christian Bible, a Hebrew Tanakh and Psalms, a Hebrew Lexicon, a Hebrew dictionary and e-Sword with the concordance, on my computer. I have personally checked this out.
Not Jesus.
@@ayrsine what is it about then?
Is 53 is about the Jewish people. If you read all the previous servant songs, it was written about Jacob, Israel, my WITNESSES AND MY SERVANT. plural and singular. Same as is 53. Psalm 22 was written by David, being surrounded by his enemies, like a lion. Back up 10 verses or so. In context, there is no reference to a crucifixion but by death by wild animals, which was a metaphor for his enemies.
@@7MaryD7
You can find authentic understanding of those and other "Christian predictions of the Old Testament", in the relevant videos on the channels of:
Tenaktalk.
Jews For Judaism.
Rabbi Tovia Singer.
The Exodus Project (a former Christian minister).
(You can search any of these names, together with the words "Isaiah 53", etc.)
How come you didn't mention the story equating Shimon haKipa as Peter and his role in defining Christianity to be so different from Judaism.
Do you discuss this elsewhere?
Don't think I've spoken about it yet, perhaps in the future.
Thank you for the amazing teachings. Believe me Achi there are many of us returning to this 1st century sect of Judaism you described. Although we came from the church systems, we are dropping all these false teachings we have been indoctrinated by from the Church which is rooted from Rome and the Early Church Fathers. Believe me there are many of us and we are growing. You must understand that the identity is going back to Netzarim, but also want to state that we are NOT interested in evangelizing or converting Jews. All Hashems covenants are only with the Jews which we seek. We just want to live Righteous and Sanctified by the Torah (Oral too) to be pleasing to Hashem. So thanks again for contributing to this.
I was raised Roman Catholic and left it at 13. I started rejecting some of the ideas shared by both Jews and Christians at the age of seven. But indoctrination is a powerful thing. The Greco-Roman overlays on the historical figure of the teacher, 'Jesus' didn't peel away until this year. But I do believe he existed. And if you believe Saul of Tarsus existed and his letters plus the writings attributed to Luke are real, then so must you. Saul reported meeting with the following that still survived after his crucifixion as you noted in your use of some of his writing to talk about the continuing Roman Empire. I agree it exists in a mutated form.
I've come to accept Jesus as a well-accomplished desert mystic. His message of love doesn't lose any of its validity when the Greek mythological overlay is peeled back.
Jesus wasn't real and likely these notes were fabrications after the fact. Paper doesn't survive long and people copying it down over the years accurately or it even being real comes into question. The difference with Judaism is its so old and well documented almost all of the people in the Torah have evidence of existence that go into straight up mummification. Jesus has no such evidence and is known to have thousands of fake artifacts which make it seem even less real.
Context matters. These differences reflect a broader tension in early Christianity between the original Jewish followers of Jesus (many of whom believed Jesus was the fulfillment of Jewish prophecies and primarily the savior of Israel) and the later Gentile believers, who came to see Jesus as the universal savior for all humanity. There are instances where Jesus seems to extend His message, including his deeds, beyond Israel and toward a more universal audience e.g. in Matthew 8:5-13; John 4:1-42: Mark 7:32-37, etc.
As a pagan I find this super interesting. There’s a body of research on how Yahweh became “god”, taking on the attributes of El and even Baal, where he stood in the Canaanite pantheon, and what happened to his wife, Ashera. How text were later changed to make Judaism strictly monotheistic when it had a pantheistic origin. All these things would change the course of history and society. Really fascinating, thank you for your insights. 🙏🏻
No doubt you need to rethink the story of Paul.
yes
see also: New Perspective on Paul !!!!!
You'd enjoy these books:
Paul the false apostle.
The myth maker.
Paul and Jesus.
Paul vs James.
Paul on trial.
@@element2138 authors?
@ViralChristianity
You haven't said anything material. No knowledge is required, to say that.
If you read the books I've referred, or watch the videos:
"Espionage In The Bible",
Videos of James Tabor and Barrie Wilson, you can address the factual points therein.
@ViralChristianity
I'm referring to the comment which you addressed to me.
I'm the other comment, you quoted a verse that not there. The discussion would require you to know some Hebrew. Maybe I'll help you with that.
Excellent teaching. I do have a few questions, but will ask only two -
1. Are you saying there is no question of the gospel "by" Matthew, Mark, Luke, being written on behalf of those men, like ghost writers, today?
2. I am under the impression, that from Adam' day, sacrifice had to be made for disobedience to God's first law, and all laws broken since then. That the issue of the human condition from the time Eve disobeyed HaShem, an animal had to be killed to atone for individuals' sins, which inevitably ended up via Moses, as the Day of Atonement. Is the New Covenant that HaShem said He would make with Israel still to come, one that does not require sacrifice for sin? (Because the human condition, to date, has not changed no matter how many good works are done.) Scripture tells us that HaShem doesnt change.
My rabbi wrote a book literally called this. Expounding on the exact reasons why they are different
The book title is “This”?
Text sources from non-Christian Roman historians about the existence of the Messianic Jewish sect: Pliny the Younger (112 CE), Tacitus (114 CE).
Those sources never lived in the claimed lifetime of Jesus, so you are proving that people who heard about the story from others, who themselves never knew the founder face to face. Hearsay is not valid in a court.
@@72Yonatan the earliest writings of the Pentateuch are at least 100 years after Moses, so?
It is Gods will that none shall perish due to unbelief.
I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me.
you are follower of blind paul religion blind follower، that's the end of story
Do you study other books of the old testament?
Psalms ,prophets proverbs ECT?
Of course
Oooo, would love to study those with you too.
paul doesn't preach a dual message, i.e. one for jews and another for gentiles. he does preach against the law as a means of justification, but for everyone. he chastises peter for living as a gentile but spurning them when torah observant jews are present. his message of justification is faith from first to last. he does mention at one point that if someone prefers to keep torah he can do so, but that it's not a requirement.
@@conantheseptuagenarian3824 there us no such teaching as "justification" in the Tanakh. That is an invention of the church in order to justify their erroneous doctrines, I am sorry to say. HaShem says His people perish from lack of KNOWLEDGE. The NT opposes everything HaShem said. The "laws" are HaShem's instructions to His people, teaching them how He wants them to live, to treat others, animals plants, the Earth, actually all of His creation. Those "laws" teach people how to move closer to Him, how to be His people. If they reject His"laws", they reject Him.
This is the way of the enemies of HaShem, to teach His people to turn their backs on Him and to disobey His instructions, and to turn to another. And this is what Christianity does, exactly that, Wanting Jews to spurn their G-d! 😔
@@sharonraffanti3632according to the Talmud Oven of Akhnai story, the Jews have rejected the words of G-d. They refuse to listen to voices from heaven or miracles from God, they only listen to the community of men.
There is no such concept of "justification" in all of Tanakh. To justify means trying to make wrong deeds or ways acceptable.
Thank you… again.
I have had nearly all the questions I needed answers to answered in the one month I have of listened to your teachings.
I am born into a Christian home and a devout Christian but do not dedicate myself to “Church Doctrine” nor popular present day Christian beliefs…. This is hard to do. We Christians also need community (church) but as you stated- so many beliefs and teachings are simply nonsensical AND mythological. I began to study Judaism, listening to Rabbi’s through TH-cam. I accepted Astronomy/Astrology as taught through Kabbalah/mystic teachings. This is something I have kept to myself for 15 years. I struggled so much being “caught” between accepting Jesus as Messiah and Savior and the complete logic of Judaism.
I’m not a born Jew.
I live over an hour from a Jewish Synagogue and HOW do we convert if we want to? I spoke with a Rabbi via phone 15 years ago and he eluded to and demonstrated that converting is hard and to be discouraged.
Today- you answered a deeply important question for me. Christianity is acceptable under certain circumstances. That is a relief and attainable if the Christian is humble, would the word Bitul be appropriate for what I’m expressing. I have been trying to understand and learn the perfect meaning of this word.
I can not thank you enough for making your knowledge public.❤
My pleasure, glad to hear :)
@@EfraimPalvanovhow can I as a black woman at 63 begin the practice of Judaism if I think this is the way to go ?
In regard to Jesus, there are mentions of Rabbinic decrees, way before the Mishna was written. Hanukkah is mention as the "Feast of Dedication." The four cups of wine at the Passover Seder are mentioned. The prohibition of healing on Shabbat is contested.
Washing hands before bread, Jesus refused to do, because he said they are teaching the laws of men as the law of G-d. It's strange that he would have four cups of wine, but refuse to wash hands? So what did Jesus believe? I think the Christians never worried about it, because they stopped doing Mitzvot very early. With Jesus, Mitzvah observance was always an issue.
31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. 32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
34Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’d? 35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came-and the Scripture cannot be broken- 36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
37If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me. 38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
Isaiah 53 spoke of the Lamb of God, the covering for our sins that required a shed blood, once for all. Jesus 1st coming was to be our Redeemer & restore the veil that our sins separated us from Him. His 2nd one will occur in the last days, when the ppl He chose, will finally see Him as who He is, their Savior.
He fulfilled so many prophecies written in Torah & Tanakh. When Abraham by faith ready to sacrifice Isaac (son of promise), the latter didnt even rebel. It was an image that would predicate how God the Father would give us His Son
Yes and the true Received Text says that Abraham told his son that God would provide Himself a sacrifice. This was fulfilled in Jesus when the Father sufferred in the son of God. But Jehovah Jesus was also wholly a man.
I have a question, for the Rabbi, that I have been asked repeatedly. Can a Jew/ from birth who did not grow up in Judaism be a Bnei Noach? Toda raba for your teachings. Ani Yehudi.
My pleasure :) A Jew is a Jew regardless of the type of upbringing they had, and cannot be a Noahide.
@@EfraimPalvanov Thank you, Rabbi. What about a person who only has 1/3 Jewish DNA. It turns out my mother was Hebrew, but didn't know it when she was alive. I show up as 1/3 Ashkenazi Jew, and call on Hashem only, and keep Torah. Is 1/3 Hebrew considered still Jewish? Before you answer, I will tell you Hashem told me Himself years before DNA test that I was a "Jew." LOL....how about that? I ALWAYS FELT JEWISH since birth, but grew up Pagan/Christianity. I guess Hashem says I am; needless to say, it's been a long journey into "Truth" for me. I LOVE YOUR MESSAGES. I am learning so much. Thank you.
@@EfraimPalvanov I learned from other channels that God's people were called Israelites and someone who is a Jew follows the Jewish faith, whether he is an Israelite or not? So anyone can become a Jew?
If your mother is Jewish or you have a legitimate orthodox Jewish conversion according to all the of the Jewish law, then you are Jewish. It’s really that simple :)
Shalom Rabbi! I remembered you mentioned once that there is a book written by Jewish scholars in which they analysed the Christian Gospel and found the Jewish root in many Jesus' teachings. Could you please remind me what that book title is? Toda raba!
It's called 'The Jewish Annotated New Testament': www.amazon.ca/Jewish-Annotated-New-Testament/dp/0190461853
@@EfraimPalvanov Toda Raba Rabbi!
A very good explanation it makes me interested in consuming all your work , really logical.
Glad to hear, thank you.
Search: The disputation in Barcelona. A full movie based on Ramban's debate.
As a non religious person, i believe in Jesus Christ. I have read the entire bible, and pray in the Lord's name for understanding. I do not idolize any man. I do not need a middle man to connect with God my Father. I find many things in scripture that raise questions, but my faith is strong. I don't question God, I trust Him.
Wouldnt the fall of the papacy be the true fall of the third rome?
Please see the series on Third Rome here: th-cam.com/play/PLS68IUQOA2itggHThMzjQMnzoC4epda5d.html
Josephus not being a Christian is not the “he never mentioned him” you said that, Origen did not
I just wanted to say thank you... you are helping me along here. Shalom.
My pleasure!
They didn’t believe the Messiah had come - they KNEW He had come, and furthermore lived within them.
I enjoy your presentations, but feel you omitted a lot that should’ve been included in this discussion.
There's only so much you can pack into one class!
Jesus and the Zealots book is $85.00 + yikes! It is obviously valuable! any suggestions where to pick up a copy that is affordable?
Have you tried searching on bookfinder. com? Should be able to find a used copy for less.
Wasn’t Paul a relative of Herod? How was he a Roman citizen?
How do you say there is no historical record but you say he was a Pharisee and where his family was from?
Based on what Christian texts say about him, the same way I could describe Hercules according to Greek texts, even though there is no historical record Hercules ever existed.
@@EfraimPalvanov you know 100% that the Tanaka was written by Moses and he existed? Or you have a pre conceived belief or you were taught as a child and you look for evidence to support your belief?
@@EfraimPalvanov you know 100% who wrote the Zohar and it was divinely inspired?
What about the faith of the centurion that Yahshua marveled at?
He said many gentiles would come from the ends of the earth and sit down in the kingdom with Abraham.
Any reference to Jesus by Josephus was a later interpolation by an unknown person.
The Samaritans believed in Yehoshua of Nazareth so yes he was their savior who was crucified under the edict of Pontius Pilate as recorded in Josephus. @ 17:42
The Samaritans as a whole did not believe in Jesus, and they still don't. There is a Samaritan community in Israel today.
and what about testekles?
Interesting. I reckon some of your assertion of the contradiction doesnt really hold water though. In the example of the 4 gospels, they wrote for what marked them. John for example was Jesus' disciples & he wrote other letters aside of the gospel according to John. Peter even though he didnt write any of the gospel, Mark, his nephew wrote based on Peter s account. And Peter wrote 1&2 Peter. Also your understanding of the preaching of Jesus shared to non jews was 1st done by Peter to this roman commander & his family, which fulfilled what Jesus told of Peter being the one to whom the key to open the Kingdom of God was given. Thereafter, Paul & Barnabas were the main persons who preached to the gentiles.
Another thing, early christians didnt hate jews. But over time, w the roman empire made it a state religion, from being persecuted, they welcomed the faith & perverted it to mix w their previous pagan belief.
There re so many that I can discuss w you. On your outlook & understanding of Jesus' teaching and some of His rather confusing reprimand or words.
I hope you ll get the chance to meet a messianic jew who understands the Scripture🙏🏽👌🏽🙏🏽
Those "disciples" did not write anything. Christian scholars today agree on that.
What the real issue is, why did Jesus, being "god in the flesh" never bother to write even one word of his own. Even God in the Torah wrote in stone!
@@blasater because Jesus came not to take away the commandment but to fulfill it. And His 1st coming was the completion of the prophecies as are written in the Torah, Isaiah, Zechariah, Psalm, to be the final sacrifice. Even many Israelites didnt believe in God despite His own hand wrote the commandments & despite the many wonders shown to them. Since the begining of man s fall, God understood that men s issue stems from their heart, in following however & whatever they like. Therefore when Abraham believed in God, it was accounted to him as righteousness and those who believe in Yeshua the Messiah are made righteous w the same faith of Abraham's
@@lucyhidayat9063 wrong... Abrahams faith was that he believed in the promise of God. Jesus fulfilled nothing. Not a single Davidic requirement. Zero. And did God credit Abraham for the faith?? No .. He credited Abraham for keeping the because Abraham [a]obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”!
@@blasaterJesus is the God in the Torah. Romans 10:9- if you confess with your mouth the Jesus is יהוה you shall be saved.
Well done Efraim! I am a Christian who believes Jesus was a man who HaShems spirit rested on. I personally think it’s unacceptable to pray to anyone else except HaShem. Also I believe all the mitzvots that apply to Israel is for the world as well except obvious things like laws for levites and such.. I know we disagree on this and that’s ok. To me it seems like the scriptures tell the world to join with Israel. To be a people dedicated to God. I disagree with your take on Paul though. I honestly don’t know what to think of him. I do not see him as a prophet or apostle.
You are only a Christian if you acknowledge that Lord Yeshau Christ was the son and God , was crucified for the sins of the world and became God in flesh after he appeared 3 days after his crucifixion.
I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me.
It's God's will that none shall perish due to disbelief.
@georginadownie1538 blah di blah standard brainwash nonsense regurgitated from your church, stop repeating it like a parrot (because you are not one). Stop telling people what they have to believe in in order to be a Christian (as if you actually knew...). Enjoy the day, embody Christian ideals and stay away from proselytising and arguing.
Correct. Josephus never mentioned Jesus. He didn't want to lose his pension and maybe his life. He was a Roman citizen with a pension to write history under Flavian patronage. Rome destroyed all of the messiahs Josephus mentioned. But not Jesus and his followers.
Any proof?
At time 18:06 you say there is no eyewitness in the New testament. But that is not true, because the gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of John both writers walked with Jesus. And John also wrote 1, 2, 3 John & Revelation. 1 & 2 Peter was written by Peter the apostle who walked with Jesus. The New testament book of James was written by Jesus's half brother as was the book of Jude. Jude was also the half brother of Jesus. Here are 5 different men who were eyewitness of Jesus the Messiah. They wrote 10 different books in the New testament.
**Please give your life to JESUS before it's too late, & make sure your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life 🙏🏼
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Profesor Shlomo Pines says that indeed Josephus mentioned Jesus.
An Arab Version of the Testimonium Flavianum and
Its Implications (Jerusalem, 1971):
“At this time there was a wise man who was called
Jesus. And his conduct was good, and he was known to be
virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and from the other
nations were his disciples. Pilate condemned him to
crucifixion and to die. And those who had made their
disciples did not forsake him. They disclosed that they had been
appeared three days after his crucifixion, and that
he was alive.
They therefore believed that he was perhaps the
Messiah, about whom the prophets had told
wonders. The sect of Christians called by
his name has not disappeared until the day of
today".
(Agapius [Melkite Bishop of Hieropolis, 10th century],
Mahbub Qustanin)
According to Pines, Agapius's version was based on the version
Syriac Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea
IV CE).
It would be very strange for Joseph's to mention a man called "Jesus" as that is definitely not a name or word in any Semitic language. So if that is in there, it was definitely added by a Christian.
@@sharonraffanti3632it’s a Syriac manuscript witness , obviously he didn’t use jesus lol, probably Yeshu or Yeshua.
As addressed 1:02:06 That is not part of the original Josephus works and was added in by a Christian scribe later on.
@@Oakborn25 why would you think that your opinion is more important than of the profesor Shlomo Pines?. Are you looking for the truth in any matter or your own desire?.
@@theholyeternalinfinite9368 everyone regardless of title is just a person, if there exists an authentic ancient record that contradicts later editions then the older source holds more weight in truth. The mention of Jesus is only in later versions not the older works, thusly it was added for an agenda.
So it’s widely agreed that the final beast in daniel was the Roman Empire and that messiah would come during that time? Interesting lol…
Yes, but we do not believe the "Roman Empire" ended, it just morphed into other things. We consider ourselves to still be in the "Roman" exile and oppression. See the 'Third Rome' series here: th-cam.com/play/PLS68IUQOA2itggHThMzjQMnzoC4epda5d.html
That's very interesting and I think I agree. I was just telling someone that I think the Roman Empire never really ended -just sort of hydra'd -though I'm of the camp that believes Messiah already came...
I enjoy your videos by the way! The one on the symbol of the Nachash was very insightful. I'd love to see you dive into Naamah (wife of Noah and sister to Tubal-Cain) and her connection to Sirens -and their connection to the women whom the "watchers" communed with. I say that because I'm currently working on a video essay that deals with her, and hearing your expertise on her would be interesting. @@EfraimPalvanov
@@EfraimPalvanov Yeah, the Vatican and the Jesuits are still "running the show."
Two parties…Rome and Sanhedrin adherent Jews are still part of the evil plot against God. Beast system both play a part…no try hung new under the sun
@@EfraimPalvanov Frankists and Morranos?
Historian Hyam Maccoby in his books, (1)Revolution In Judaea and (2)The Mythmaker, Paul And The Invention Of Christianity offers this history: A little time after Jesus, another Jew came forward, Simon Bar Kokhba, and claimed he was the Savior who would save the Jews from Roman occupation. He was taken to chief Rabbi Akiva who examined him for several days and urged the Jews to accept him as their savior. Simon led a revolt and did accomplish freedom of the Jews from Roman occupation for several years. The Romans responded first with encirclement of the Jews, denying them trade for about 7 years, which reportedly made them miserable and weak, and then invaded them militarily, destroying their temple and cities and marching them as slaves in chains thru the streets of Rome. The important point is the Romans then made it a capital offense thruout their empire for anyone who advocated anything positive of Judaism. So the Christianity created was a systematic defilement of Judaism. Instead of monotheism, 3 gods, instead of the Sabbath beginning Friday at sundown, it starts Saturday at midnight, etc. Christmas is a celebration of God choosing for the mother of his only begotten child a woman already betrothed to another, which is declared an abomination in Deut 22: 23. Instead of bowing to nobody but God, bow to everyone, particularly the Pope in Rome.
There aren't 3 gods in Christianity
IIRC either Robert Eisenmann or Daniel T. Unterbrink brought up the possibility of Josephus being edited and censored by the church as was done with other Jewish texts.
I guess that the success of the State of Israel, and the hatred & enmity of most of the world towards Israel & Jews, is not enough proof that G-d has chosen the Jews (as elucidated in the Torah) as His People?
It was exactly Yahusha's admission before the Sanhedrin that He was the Son of Yah that convicted Him. "Are you the Son of Yah? It is as you say." Hence, their unbelief, like that of the Jews today, will serve as the basis for their condemnation for rejecting the Masshiak. I pray more will see and realize why He went through such suffering willingly. His love compels us all.
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Ok so in my ignorance I will say this, putting your faith in a man, let’s say the Jewish messiah isn’t it the same or maybe worst than putting my faith in the son of God? The Lord says that we should not trust man. We should only trust him ,the lord, meaning God the all mighty. There are many people in the Bible, but one of my favorites will always be King David. In his earlier years his trust “faith” was always placed on God. And so he won his battles. Of course power corrupts, but his heart was pleasing to the Lord in a way that the messiah would come from his lineage. I mention David because he didn’t trust a man. Now, having said that, when really young about 8 years old, I had a dream about Jesus. My family wasn’t religious like that. My grandma was always talking about the virgen Mary ( I don’t worship Mary, but respect her) but besides that no one was a believer. Later when 17 went to a Christian church and I saw many things but, I don’t trust easily, so I told Jesus: I will make a decision when I have a close encounter with you” And so it happened. But those are childish things aren’t they ? In my years I have tried to leave his side about 3 times. But what do you know, he has gone to get me every single time. I have no place to run but to him. Because I know I am his. The only thing this wonderful lecture doesn’t speak about is the breath of God, his Holy Spirit. He is the one that day by day transforms me and connects me. He is the one that cleans my thoughts. And guides my ways and fills me with joy when times are bad. The story about the king and the court, was the Christian’s there filled with the Holy Spirit? I don’t believe they were, otherwise they wouldn’t have done that to him. So, I am skeptic of politics and Christianity mixed together. But I might be naive, and I prefer to stay that way. Again, I love this channel. May God bless you always.
what about moses he was between the people ?
The red thread stopped turning white in the last few decades before the temple was destroyed because the ultimate sacrifice was made on 33 AD.
Allegedly
@@nodoubttroutaccording to the Talmud
Daniel 9 says that 490 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem God will make an end to sin. In Ezra it’s says that Artaxerxes I sent out a decree to rebuild Jerusalem in the seventh year of his reign. Which would be 457 bc. 490 years after 457 bc is 33AD. The year Jesus Christ died.
The same passage in Daniel says that god will confirm the covenant during a week and in the middle of that week sacrifice hall cease. The week represents 7 years. The Roman-Jewish war lasted 7 years and in the middle of it the temple was destroyed. Thus confirming the new convent the absolution of sins.
Ultimate sacrifice? Christians are so obsessed with sacrifice. They completely misrepresent sacrifice in judiasm. It is the most confident and most misleading religion. But like all con men they speak confidently and then rage and obfuscate when their claims are closely examined.
@@ΙΧΘΥΣ..33 that math didn't add up
If everyone around you being happy with you means god is also happy with you… what do you do if you find yourself in the Soviet Union or Germany in the late 1930s? Making your social milieu happy might be very oppositional to God… at least it would seem like that to me.
Happy with you because of your righteousness, morality, and good manners, not because of your social and political views. And it's referring specifically to your closer circle of family and friends.
Ahhh. That makes more sense and jives with what seems intuitively correct. @@EfraimPalvanov
Jesus never said by himself he is Messiah, people said that. And he said he didn't come to bring peace but sword because he knew his teachings are revolutionary and they will create conflicts within people hearts. Because he didn't come to comfort the ego, but to help people to feel and identify with their souls and to feel and experience redemption. He didn't even brought people from the law, he said don't sin, so that ment keep the law, but know you don't have to suffer and you are not a body, you are not lost. He taught love and gave hope for the souls. The church has done something totally different out of him and his teachings
i DID NOT COME TO BRING PAX ROMANA BUT THE SWORT (a paticular way of fighting)
but like your comment
If there is no eye witness to Jesus how come you talk about him like he existed ? How do you know he existed? I’m done with this class for right now! To much hearsay
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The woman was not asking for food! She asked Jesus to heal her daughter! Her answer to Jesus was; but even the dogs eat the crumbs from the table!! So Jesus told her; go home your faith has cured your daughter !!
Awesome video, thank you
Thank you!
Did not The book of Isaiah preach the birth of Jesus...to a virgin. ?
Nope. See here: www.mayimachronim.com/can-a-virgin-get-pregnant/
I'm here for the rabbi's talk & bemused & bewildered at the excessive volumes of quotes posted in the saying "come to Jesus", he ain't listening to y'all
Tldr
Those whom God will not hear are sinners--John 9;31.
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We are all sinners (Rom. 3:10,23).
The wages of our sins is death (Rom. 6:23).
Jesus paid our sin debt on the cross (Rom. 5:8).
Salvation comes by faith, that is, by confessing with our mouths and believing in our hearts (Rom. 10:9,10).
Call on the Lord for salvation and get saved (Rom. 10:13).
Love the contradictions!
Damned if you do and damned if you don't
Damnit!
Faithfully irrational or
Irrationally faithful?
I've heard an explanation with regard to the zealoutness of Jesus, the turning if the cheek , when Romans struck a non Roman they did this with the back of the hand, a sign of disrespect to the non Roman, by turning the other cheek, the person being struck essentially forced the Roman soldier or officer to strike them with the open hand, forcing the Roman to acknowledge by striking with an open palm respect for that person ..(the irony....because slapping or striking someone is considered disrespectful)
The question is, did God want the Temple, or did David want the Temple. It seems to me thatvGod was okay with the Tent of Meeting. Actually, the first altar is specified as a rock not touched by human hands. The true Temple is your heart. You should know this.
Whom we beheld and held, He is the Logos Who was made flesh. John was with Yahusha for 3 years. He was just one of the over a hundred eyewitnesses who saw Him live, die and rise from death. If John was a liar and you are not, how come there are more believers of Yahusha than Yahudim who do not believe until now? Clearly, you reject all evidences to Yahusha's historicity. Discrepancies in date of birth do not mean He wasn't born. All prophecies point to His fulfilment of each one of them. Just 3 will prove to anyone only Yahuah can make them and all others come to pass.
I have an honest question how did almost every Jew become European. I hear very little from Ethiopian Jews? Was Moses European seems like he would be black?
Half the Jewish world is not European at all (myself included). See here: th-cam.com/video/jmZikJkYRVI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JadogY8uFuz-Cp6s
Bnei Ha Elohim before Noakh and also during Eyov is not sons of God?
Spoke a lot about it in this class: th-cam.com/video/Kt2Xdfnu_Ms/w-d-xo.html
One of your teachings saith that Hezekiah was probably the messiah spoken of in isaiah but weren't those prophesies given diring the time of kings Ahaz and Hezekaiah. Why, if Hezekiah was the first coming of Messiah, did Judah still get taken into captivity? I have lots to learn!!!
The first verse in Isaiah states that he prophesied during "the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." Isaiah was active over a long period of time, spanning four kings, Hezekiah being the last. Isaiah gave the prophecies about Hezekiah before Hezekiah was born. Judah was not taken into captivity during the reign of Hezekiah, but much later.
@EfraimPalvanov thank you. I've learned about both the Christian new and old testaments, and I want to learn more about the Torah. There's so much I never understood. Thank you for bringing more clarity and understanding. I definitely want to follow richeousness, truth, wisdom, knowledge, and life. Do you have any indepth teachings of the books of the Torah to share? I'll keep looking at the teachings you've provided.
Hezekiah was "a" Messiah. So was Moses, so was David, so were many others
@EfraimPalvanov I'm at the stage where I'm fascinated by scripture ... like my late father was. The prophesy in Isaiah 7, that speaks of the virgin (young woman) birth of a son, call him Emmanuel, is a prophesy about Hezekiah? This not a Messianic prophesy?
Isaiah 7:14-17 KJV
[14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. [15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. [16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. [17] The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
bible.com/bible/1/isa.7.14-17.KJV
@@Herbal-Rancher Please see my article on the "virgin birth" here: www.mayimachronim.com/can-a-virgin-get-pregnant/
The golden rule is a concept that had been expressed in multiple cultures throughout the world long before both Christianity or the story of the Rabbi Hillel. Secondly, the whole story referring to Hillel comes from the Talmud which at its earliest dates to being written in 3 century CE. That's 300 years after Hillel supposedly existed. Meaning the record of Hillel's golden rule *post*-dates (not predates) the Christian record of the golden rule by 200 years. Sure the story of Hillel is set earlier than Jesus but you can set a story whenever you want, there's no historical record of it but for 300 years later, 200 years after Christianity