You ask some excellent questions. I, too, as a Bible believer/follower have many similar questions as to why so many have strayed from the Narrow Path. The answer I have found to all of them is “corruption”, for many people are easily swayed, tricked, fooled, and if they are weak, hedonistic, self-serving and succumb to their sins, they become corrupted. Who is doing the corruption? We both know who is at the root of evil corruption. None of us stand a chance against the great deceiver, and without the Holy Spirit we would be defenseless. Even still, the evil has people celebrating Ishtar as Easter, celebrating Halloween, and also celebrating Christmas and all the pagan rituals around that creepy “holiday”.
As to questions, I want to know who made taking Jesus’s and God’s name in vain normalized (but they don’t touch the Holy Spirit’s name… they know better, don’t they?). Who normalized idolizing the cross (the very thing Christ was killed upon)? On the Judaism side, what’s with people wearing a black cube on their forehead l? Isn’t that the cube of Saturn? And why so many realms of Judaism: Hasidic, Ashkenazi, secular, messianic, and more? That strikes me as odd as does all the realms of Christianity.
Speaking of Christianity, it’s my understanding the term “Christian” arose organically to mean a follower of Christ (first used in Acts 11:26), but might have also been used negatively as an identifier of a follower by non-believers. Either way, it sure has been distorted and hollowed out by the modern church.
Thank you for writing this, for it gave me a sense of perspective.
We are commanded in Deuteronomy Ch 6: 8 Tie them on your hand as a sign, put them at the front of a headband around your forehead,
I’m not sure how or when the holding parch of the Parchment scrolls containing the Commandment arrived?
As a Messianic Jew I understand, much like Christianity, there are different groups of Jews. But the one common factor is Torah. Sadly, Israel today is violating Torah just like in the Biblical days. This was prophecy in the days of the Prophets and must come to pass then and only then, will Israel cry out to YESHUA after one last season of chastisement.
I know following YESHUA means taking up my cross, dying to self and walking the hard and narrow path. To be dead to this world and alive in HIM and HIM alone. In my youth I committed many sins that I should have been destroyed for. G-D had mercy on my unworthy soul. This is why I’m zealous for Torah because it was only when I began understanding G-D’s Holy Laws/Torah through HIS Grace and Mercy was I able to truly start fighting against the old flesh that wars against us daily and understand the truth.
May G-D in HIS great mercy always be with you as you walk with YESHUA in spirit and truth and not of this world. For YESHUA is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no man can come to the FATHER except through HIM. Amen.
You ask some excellent questions. I, too, as a Bible believer/follower have many similar questions as to why so many have strayed from the Narrow Path. The answer I have found to all of them is “corruption”, for many people are easily swayed, tricked, fooled, and if they are weak, hedonistic, self-serving and succumb to their sins, they become corrupted. Who is doing the corruption? We both know who is at the root of evil corruption. None of us stand a chance against the great deceiver, and without the Holy Spirit we would be defenseless. Even still, the evil has people celebrating Ishtar as Easter, celebrating Halloween, and also celebrating Christmas and all the pagan rituals around that creepy “holiday”.
As to questions, I want to know who made taking Jesus’s and God’s name in vain normalized (but they don’t touch the Holy Spirit’s name… they know better, don’t they?). Who normalized idolizing the cross (the very thing Christ was killed upon)? On the Judaism side, what’s with people wearing a black cube on their forehead l? Isn’t that the cube of Saturn? And why so many realms of Judaism: Hasidic, Ashkenazi, secular, messianic, and more? That strikes me as odd as does all the realms of Christianity.
Speaking of Christianity, it’s my understanding the term “Christian” arose organically to mean a follower of Christ (first used in Acts 11:26), but might have also been used negatively as an identifier of a follower by non-believers. Either way, it sure has been distorted and hollowed out by the modern church.
Thank you for writing this, for it gave me a sense of perspective.
I want to begin my answering your question about Teffilin (the cube on the head you mentioned).
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1918251/jewish/What-Are-Tefillin.htm
We are commanded in Deuteronomy Ch 6: 8 Tie them on your hand as a sign, put them at the front of a headband around your forehead,
I’m not sure how or when the holding parch of the Parchment scrolls containing the Commandment arrived?
As a Messianic Jew I understand, much like Christianity, there are different groups of Jews. But the one common factor is Torah. Sadly, Israel today is violating Torah just like in the Biblical days. This was prophecy in the days of the Prophets and must come to pass then and only then, will Israel cry out to YESHUA after one last season of chastisement.
I know following YESHUA means taking up my cross, dying to self and walking the hard and narrow path. To be dead to this world and alive in HIM and HIM alone. In my youth I committed many sins that I should have been destroyed for. G-D had mercy on my unworthy soul. This is why I’m zealous for Torah because it was only when I began understanding G-D’s Holy Laws/Torah through HIS Grace and Mercy was I able to truly start fighting against the old flesh that wars against us daily and understand the truth.
May G-D in HIS great mercy always be with you as you walk with YESHUA in spirit and truth and not of this world. For YESHUA is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no man can come to the FATHER except through HIM. Amen.
Shalom and blessings always.