first of all. my most basic belief, even before belief Christ. is that I need to objectively search, and accept the truth, what ever it is. and do what's right to do, according to that... without this principle any attempt to do right/good/the will of God is doomed to fail. because we live in a complicated reality...
and this is also what the creator said to us himself. in the story of the garden of Eden, the most basic story about his relation to us. he said we ate from the tree of understanding what is good and what is bad. and so he had to put us in this world, to see if we utilize our ability of understanding what is good and what is bad, to choose good. so doing this is what it means to do the will of God. (Genesis 3: 22-24). but a person can only understand what is good and what is bad, by objectively searching, and accepting the truth, what ever it is. so this why I wrote, that my most basic belief, is that I need to objectively search, and accept the truth, what ever it is. and do what's right to do, according to that...
second of all. the most important things the creator had to say, he already said before the gospel(the part about Christ). like what I wrote above. and some other things. and this also what yeshua(Jesus) said himself about himself. he said in Matthew 5: 17-19:
"17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
the evidence shows that the creator/god the father exists.
what I wrote earlier in this blog show that is a fact. by showing the world would have definitely been chaos otherwise.
ALSO.. he sent prophets (that we know really lived. and about when they lived) that have prophesied many things about places and times they had no way to know what will happened there. THAT CAME TRUE. and these prophets where very good, wise, serious, people. that are in agreement with each other about their beliefs (including about them speacking in yehova's name). so I see them (including yeshua (jesus)) as reliable source of information about who is God. and what did he say to us.
so this is why I believe texts that are words of a true prophet. that is found up to acts of the apostels. because this can only be done by a god. the book "100 prophesies" explain this in great detail(it's somewhat wishful thinking. but it contain the relevant information).
after the gospel, there are many false prophesies (didn't come true, and don't make sense). and a lot of contradictions. and pointless, and nonsense verses.
paul and his successors failed to make even 1 clear genuine prophecy (not repeating previous prophecy) that came true.
they did make many that failed.
that makes them false prophets...
unlike the true prophets before them that made more then 100 clear supernatural prophesies that we know for a fact actually came true. and not 1 failed prophecy...
like for example paul and his successors prophesied that some people living in those times will still be alive in the second coming. which will happen in a short time/soon. they are obviously dead. and the world still exist. so that failed.
it also obviously doesn't make sense that god would finish the world before anyone even received his teachings.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
1 John 2:18
Revelation 1:1 + Revelation 22:20
also they predicted that in a short time the devil will be jailed for a 1000 years. and Christ will rule for a 1000 years.
Revelation 1:1 and Revelation 20
that also didn't happen. not in short or even long time...
and we are in the last days.
because prophecies of actual prophets regarding the last days already came true (jesus, ezikiel, Isaiah). so this means we are in the last years of the history of this world.
so there is not even a 1000+ years left for this to happen.
also again it doesn't make sense.
its against the plan of God for this world that people will have no reason or will to do wrong/bad/evil. which is what would have happened if there was no devil and God would be the king of this world.
so I don't except that part. sense yeshua, the man god sent to be our main guide and role model. said there will come false representatives of god and him, after him. and we will know them by their false prophesies. Matthew 7: 15-19 "15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.". because of he said this. I know the books after the gospel are not holy scripture...they say a lot of true things. because they repeat what was said earlier. but also allot of false things. and 0 prophesies that came true. unlike more then 100 detailed prophesies that did come true up to that point. I do believe that god helped with miracles, the early Christians, to establish Christianity. because it was necessary. but no one there speaks for god. there are only some that wrongfully tried to. and this was continued by the catholic church, that took away words and pages even from the gospel. to make people not understand God. and this is why the gospel is also not perfect. all of this has made Christianity a distorted religion. a mixture of true and false, like all the other religions in the world. this is another reason why one need to use his own understanding ability to fill the gaps.
my understanding and implementation of the will of god. and the words written in the books I mentioned is fundamentally different than that of most Christians or Jews. the differences include mainly:
1. wanting to understand correctly, these words, and the reality in general. and to implement it correctly. which the large majority of both religious and non religious people don't want to.
2. understanding that God always speaks in parables, analogies and metaphors (not just sometimes) when saying something very intense, meaningful and important. because it's the only way to make most people listen to something that intense. without "switching the channel". and this include the book of genesis, and various chapters and verses in the other books that are not to be taken literally.
3. what does God want from us?. this is explained in genesis on basic level and then in the gospel in a more detailed level. so we need to start in genesis. what he says there in the parable of the garden of Eden, is that he wants us to have a wonderful endless life. BUT... sense we are animals that just reached an intelligence, and self awareness, and self control level sufficient for to differentiate between good and bad. and to understand what he says. he demands that we obey him. and choose good rather then bad. what he demands is we to choose good. and he explains what is good.
so doing the will of God, means understanding what is good, and what is bad, by understanding what he is trying to say to us, and any other useful tool for that goal. and then choosing good rather then bad/evil.
4. yeshua is not Elohim/Yehova/god the father. these name are never used in reference to him anywhere in the scriptures. he always calls himself son of man. which means he is a man. not the creator of all man. and he never said he is god the father. believing he is Elohim makes him an irrelevant role model for men. believing instead that he was a man sent by god to be a guide and role model. makes him a perfect role model for man.
he is also a God. Yehova/the father made him a god. in the sense that he gave him ever lasting life. and ability to do miracles. and made him in charge of giving doctrine to people on earth. in his own words and in the words of the prophets.
when he said that he and the father and the spirit of holiness are one. he meant that if a man except one of them. then he except all of them. they are in perfect agreement with each other. and assist each other.
5. understanding that the these book contain some mistranslations. and a few actual mistakes of the writers. and trying to find and understand them
6. the second most important commandment of god is "ואהבת לרעך כמוך" meaning "and you loved for רעך as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18 + Matthew 22:39).
רעך does not mean "neighbor" or "other". it comes from the word רעות which mean a relationship where 2 people are very important for each other. and care a lot about each other.
I think the translator, meant neighbor in the sense of some one close to you emotionally (it's one of the meanings of this word). bad choice of words.
this is crucial to understand. because no one can love as himself everyone. not even close. so people that don't understand this, probably don't implement the second most important thing god commanded them to do... and also end up acting like showoffs when trying to make themselves and others believe that they love everyone so very much, even though they are far from that.
you can also see this is the correct understanding of the commandment by reading what yeshua said
in Matthew 5:43-48
43 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy.’
44 But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you,
45 that ye may be the children of your Father who is in Heaven. For He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?
this necessarily means רעך means the people who love you. not just anyone.
what this mean is that we should care about everyone. even enemies. or not hate people, in other words. but it's ok to love some people a lot more or less then others. and that you must care about your brother, wife, someone you have a strong friendship with, as you care about yourself.
7. I usually don't come to church/synagogue/weekly religious gatherings because at least in the places I've seen around me. what goes in this kind of meetings in 2015 is almost worthless. in some places even abominable.
everybody need to come there on their valuable free time, just to sit down and say nothing. and hear the same one or 2 people, talk and talk and talk, pointlessly, for thousands of hours if someone keeps coming every week. because he/they believe he is so great. and this is the name of GOD!!, HAH!!. Matthew 18: 3-4 "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.".
and between the endless talk. what do people do there?. pray together, and sing prayers together...
Matthew 6 : 5-8 "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
+ all of the prophets, including yeshua, didn't go to this kind of gatherings. where they all wrong? (rhetorical question)I only come once in a while to young messianic conventions. just to meet some people that are at least somewhat similar to me in religious beliefs. I used to go every week to gatherings. but I don't anymore. because of this reasons. and I usually don't fit there socially. I might try again a bit at some point.
8. רצח means murder. so the commandment is "don't you murder". not "don't kill".
killing is right when it is necessary, for protection of someone, or something, that needs to be protected. this is both according to God and common sense.
9. I am not against discrimination, of any kind. if it's necessary. I will not eat sand, just because its discriminating it, in relative to food, not to eat it.
what I'm saying is that we all know discrimination is necessary. I just admit it.
if you want an example it is godly to sometimes discriminate. there are many examples. but the most well known and obvious one. is that god created a new ethnic group, from one man(Abraham) and one woman(Sara) so that only they will be his will doers for thousands of years. and at some point ordered them to kill all or most of the people already living in the land(Israel) he wanted them to live in (committing genocide). because it was necessary for his plan of salvation for humanity. and because they where extremely sinful people. doing things like sacrificing children, to their imaginary gods. and refusing for 400 years to better their ways.
10. the holy spirit/ghost is complicate term. that took me also a lot of time to understand. again there is also somewhat of a mistranslation problem. it comes from the "רוח הקודש" witch literally translating means "wind/spirit of holiness". yeshua was the first to use this expression as far as I know.
he is not talking about a ghost. he uses either wind or spirit. I think wind. as a metaphor for something we all personally know, but can't see or smell or taste. so he mean by this term, everything that is holy and that we all know but can't see or smell or taste.
this distinction maters to understand what he is saying...
he is talking about god's commandments, and miracles, and things like that.
for example he said in Matthew 12:32 "And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come."
he means that he can understand how someone might get a bad impression about him. as most people in history didn't even know how to read. and didn't know him, or anyone that know him. so they didn't nececerly know who he is. or understood him properly.
but if someone, lets say someone 22+ in age, to be fair. says something, against something anyone can know is very good and very important for everyone. than that will never be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come. because he/she just can't not know it's seriously wrong.
he doesn't say what will be a punishment for that. and I'm not so sure what qualifies as speaking against the spirit of holiness. but this are some things that I guess are like that:
1. someone saying seriously, that murder, is actually not wrong to do. lets say, because there are too many people on earth. or because most people deserve to die.
2. "there is no good or bad".
3. "I know, god doesn't exist".
12. in Mathew 24 and Luke 21 the writer confuses the events that lead to the destruction of the second temple with the events that lead to the second coming/end of the world. and he describe this event as simultaneous. even though in the same chapter he writes that no one knows when the end will come and that it will come soon after the gospel will be preached to every nation on earth. and as we know 2000 year also past, so... the writer must have been confused about this. the reader must do the effort of separating the 2 very different events described in the chapter.
13. actually believing that I am going to the kingdom of heaven. along with the people I cherish. because god said that will happen if I do actually, put my faith in him. and do close to exactly what he asked for. and I do that. and he proved himself trustworthy. so I don't need to have a significant doubt about this.
14. other things (this blog is a work in progress).
