Call For Christian (Gentile) Church Repentance
The greatest assault today's Gentile Christian church could launch against Satan's Kingdom would be sincere repentance and confession of the sins of its many denominations against God's selected and set apart Jewish people for sins starting with Justin Martyr and ongoing through Constantine, and the Romanization of the early "one new man" believers, and concrete actions to recreate a neutral "one new man" fellowship similar to "The Way,"
where both devout Jews and devout Gentiles could feel comfortable coming together to rediscover the full, manifest presence and power of the Holy Spirit across the world today. If accomplished, Satan's evil kingdom would be dealt a death blow, and the "Bride of Yeshua" would be cleansed and well prepared to attend the Wedding Feast of the Lamb, as a pure and finally spotless Bride at that Hebrew wedding in Heaven. The virgin, cleansed Bride, needs to emerge again in His-Story.
The Christian church claims all of the Covenants and Blessings God made with the Jews but neither recognizes nor keeps the terms of any those Covenants, Laws or Festivals. This is a totally schizophrenic position, since God doesn't change, His Word doesn't change, and if the Church were truly the replacement for Israel, then God will hold it to the standards He spelled out for Israel in the End Times. We should remember that these times were also called, "The Day of Jacob's Trouble," and the church claims to be Jacob.
Perhaps it's time for the Christian Gentile Church to get its theology right and its act together.
📚Post-Constantine Era (Gentile-Only) Christian Church
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Three Phases of the Gentile-Only Christian Church
To be clear, in all cases below, the word "church" is intended to refer to a group of Believers in the sacrificial death of Yeshua (Jesus), and not to any specific building, such as a home, synagogue, basilica, cathedral, or other place or structure where believers gather. It may be helpful to break "Church" history into three sections:
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The History of Jews and Israel up to the time of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), including all of the Covenants God made with His chosen people, Israel, that included no Gentiles! (Goyim).
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The Early Kingdom of God, known as The Way, was Pre-Constantine fellowships of "one new man" (Jews and God-Fearing Gentiles) that had miraculous interventions by the Holy Spirit, and
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The Gentile Betrayal and Post-Constantine Gentile-Only Christian Church that rejects Jewish everything and claims, God changed His mind, rejected his His Chosen people, and has decided to abandon Torah (the Law of Moses), and infinitely forgive those who ignore or dismiss it, and now only chooses the Gentile-only Christian Church to replace Israel, its Festivals and all Jews, and fulfill yet unfulfilled End Times prophesies.
The First Phase is necessary because Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, stated He was sent to save the Lost sheep/children of Israel, not Gentile unbelievers. As Gentiles, we are saved only because the Father grafted us into the cultivated Jewish Olive Tree as wild branches.
The Second Phase began when the Gentiles were grafted into Spiritual Israel's "olive tree" (Romans 11:17-23, YLT) by the grace, mercy, and love of God, as manifest in the concept of a "one new man" by Apostle Paul in Ephesians 2:15-17.
The Third Phase is the weak Western, Gentile-only, Post-Constantinian church that came about by the work of Satan, who led Gentile believers to betray the Jewish members of the "one new man," integrated fellowship initially by using Justin Martyr and later by using Constantine.
Gentile Christians, when they joined the Roman Empire under Roman Emperor Constantine, finally abandoned the Jews and the one new man that the Messiah died to create. It is hard to imagine how this grieved the heart of God and our Lord, and, amazingly, the Gentile church did not end at that point. Still, we believe that the ability of the Gentile-only Christians to wield Holy Spirit (Dunamis) power was significantly reduced at that point. However, we are aware of no Scripture passages that confirm this, as it occurred after the Scriptures were already written.
Gentile believers cast out and separated themselves from the Jewish Believers whom Yeshua died to redeem.
Rather than acknowledging their Jewish origin and dependence on the Jews they were in fellowship with, the Gentiles adopted pagan Roman practices, claimed that God had abandoned Jews and Israel, and bestowed all of Israel's blessings upon the Gentile Roman Church who were God's new, selected people, and recipients for all of the Covenants that had been initially made with Jews and Israel, and not with Gentiles. They claimed that the Jews received all of the curses. Thus, the heresies of Supersessionism, Replacement Theology, and Covenant Replacement were used as a way to explain away Gentile betrayal and apostasy of the Christian Church. See Matthew 5:19.
Most churches rarely discuss this topic; in fact, they may not teach on it at all. But they have quietly adopted practices that contradict God's prescriptions in the Law of Moses, based on three man-made "doctrines." Have you ever heard a sermon on this topic in your church?
Mitigation for this sin against Jews by the Church has been quite limited. Only a few denominations have confessed it, starting in 1982, as shown in the Table below. Statements aren't repentance nor spiritual restitution.
Statements change little unless followed by actions. How many Jews are there in your church fellowship? Do you worship on any day, please, or on Shabbat? Do you observe the 7th day as a day of rest, or is Saturday the day for kids' soccer, football, or baseball? Does the church embrace the Festival of Tabernacles? Could you build a Sukkot? God stated this Festival would be celebrated even after Yeshua returns the second time. If the Gentile Church really has replaced Jews, Judaism, and Jewish Festivals, and the Law of Moses, then why isn't it now incumbent on Christians to celebrate Festivals and keep the Law of Moses? Perhaps Yeshua was mistaken when he spoke (in Matthew 5:18)? If not, why isn't the Christian church, which has replaced Israel, obedient to its covenants before Jesus returns?
How can today's Gentile-only Christian Church ever be a pure and spotless Bride of Christ if we are disobedient to His Jewish customs, after all, Yeshua, the Messiah, is still a Jew? He celebrated all seven festivals, as well as Hanukkah, which much of the Church today summarily ignores.
Ever been to a Jewish wedding? If you are His Bride, are you ready to get married to Him in a heavenly ceremony? The Contract with His Father God, the Ketubah, has been signed. The Father's payment under that Ketubah has already been made.
If the Church today is the beneficiary of all the blessings of the original (The Way) Kingdom of God, where is the Holy Spirit's POWER in our Gentile-only fellowships? Where is the manifestation of supernatural healing and miracles that occurred in the One New Man fellowship described in the Book of Acts before Constantine?
Well, there are still Prayer Lists and Physicians, and the most expensive (ranks 1), least effective government-regulated healthcare system (ranks last among the wealthiest nations, and ranks 38th overall in the world - after Thailand (9), Ecuador (11), Mexico (21), Sri Lanka (26), Turkey (27), Malaysia (29), China (30), Uruguay (31), and Colombia (32)), who will treat you.
Confessionals, Cessation and Repentance To Jewish People
The World Council of Churches has 356 member church groups, representing 600 million Christians in 110 countries, including:
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Eastern Orthodox Churches (e.g., Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Russian Orthodox Church)
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Oriental Orthodox Churches (e.g., Armenian Apostolic Church, Coptic Orthodox Church)
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Anglican Communion (e.g., Church of England, Anglican Church of Canada)
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Lutheran Churches (e.g., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Church of Sweden)
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Reformed Churches (e.g., Presbyterian Church, United Church of Christ)
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Methodist Churches (e.g., United Methodist Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church)
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Baptist Churches (e.g., American Baptist Churches USA)
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Pentecostal Churches (select members)
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Mennonite and Moravian Churches
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Old-Catholic Churches (e.g., Union of Utrecht)
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Free/Independent Churches
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Disciples of Christ and Friends (Quakers)
However, even though the WCC passed a "resolution" in 1982 as their apology to Jews.
Resolutions without ensuing actions are of little consequence and don't represent repentance according to Biblical standards.
Sadly, most of the WCC member groups have not renounced the Trinity of false doctrines:
1-Replacement Theology, 2-Supersessionism, and 3-Covenant Replacement.
Why haven't any of these repentant denominations made provisions to invite Jewish believers in Yeshua back into their fellowships? Were these "apologies and statements" insincere and just made as politically correct statements? What was changed by them?
Have any of these Denominational Bodies embraced the Old Testament, the Law of Moses, Jewish Festivals, or acknowledged God chose both Israel and the worldwide Jewish people as Chosen and His covenant people, and they (not Gentile Christians in Churches) have an essential role in End Times, as spoken of by both Old and New Testament prophets?
If not, why would believing Jews want to rejoin such flawed and disobedient fellowships?
The uncomfortable question is, therefore, are we standing on the solid rock of Messiah, or wading through the squishy swamp of false doctrine and broken fellowship of the One New Man, which we have no urgency to restore, having acknowledged it.
After Yeshua's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (the Festival of First Fruits), Jewish and God-fearing Gentile believers, referred to as "The Way," began as a small but rapidly growing sect within Judaism. It included many former Jewish Priests, as well as many formerly Essene Jews (from the Dead Sea area). They joined together in praise, worship, and fellowship - keeping traditional Jewish festivals and Holy Days, often in Jewish Synagogues run mostly by Pharisees. Their "creed" was the Old Testament Scriptures (since the New Testament wouldn't be completed for another 200 years). They did not need the (Apostles’, Nicene, or Athanasian) Christian Creeds, because there were no "Gentile-only Christians" yet!
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According to the notion articulated by Paul in his letter (Ephesians 2:15), there is no need for a Gentile to become a Jew (and if male, be circumcised) for them to be included in the fellowship of the Kingdom of God. Some Jews perceived "The Way" as the fulfillment of the Messiah's coming to Judaism, followed by the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, so they could follow what Jesus had done and how Jesus had directed them to live. One crucial thing Jesus said was that He did not nullify the Law of Moses; and not the smallest letter or stroke (yod or kotz) would "pass away" until God recreated a new Heaven and Earth (Matt. 5:18).
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The Way strived to live with the righteousness of Jesus imputed to them so that they could better live according to the Law Moses had received from God, and thereby reflect the light of God through their life and actions, as Yeshua had; attracting unsaved people, even while they were being hunted and persecuted by both the Jewish Pharisees and by the Roman Empire, who considered them a rogue group of revolutionaries.
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Yeshua was universally regarded as the divine Son of God (a descendant of David) and the Son of Man (a claim of divinity), who, as the Messiah, came to establish/strengthen the Kingdom of God on earth. He did this by making atonement for the Sin of denying the Righteousness of God by believing the lies of Satan over the Word of God, which inflicted all mankind. Yeshua's followers, known as "The Way," trusted in Yeshua's atonement and received God's Holy Spirit, which led them to follow the Law of Moses as best they could.
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The Holy Spirit's presence was upon and indwelled these original believers. His presence resulted in many miraculous manifestations within The Way fellowships, both in Israel and other nations of the Roman Empire (where Jews had moved after the destruction of the Temple and the former Nation of Israel by the Romans).
Much later, historic creeds (including the Apostles’, Nicene, and others) were published as statements of Faith of the God-fearing Gentile believers who betrayed their Jewish brothers, and entangled the Kingdom of God with the political affairs of Rome by 1) accepting Emperor Constantine as the leader of the "Christian Church, "2) banishing all Jewish believers in Messiah, 3) disowning all Jewish Law, Festivals, and cultural practices.
We believe this was the work of Satan to destroy the One New (spiritual) Man that Yeshua has created by His atoning and sacrificial death.
Focus - Rebirth of the Pre-Constantine Kingdom-of-God Messianic Fellowships
We believe a new articulation of Saving Faith by today's Christian Church is overdue — one grounded not in men's traditions, but solely in biblical revelation based on Scripture alone. We believe that today's church must return to the community of the One New Man (Eph. 2:15), which unites Jews and Gentiles, as seen in the original Kingdom-of-God (One New Man) fellowships. The closest models that exist today in Christianity are the various Messianic (Christian) Churches, as well as organizations like Seed of Abraham Ministries and other Hebrew Roots ministries.
Exploring Salvation Today
Why isn't there a Sinner's Prayer anywhere in either the Old or New Covenant of the Bible?
When didn't Yeshua, Son of God, Son of Man and Hebrew Messiah, ever ask a Disciple to say the Sinner's Prayer to become a disciple? What Yeshua did do was to say the person's name and make the statement, "Follow me."
After Yeshua died, rose, and ascended to restore righteousness to both Jews and God-fearing Gentiles in the One New Man Kingdom of God, which worshipped together, celebrated festivals, lived as best they could by the Laws of Moses, and saw Holy Spirit Healing Power poured out on them for 300 years.
How could the Gentile believers in that group then betray the Jews to the Roman Empire in exchange for personal safety, Empire-wide recognition and the ability to worship false sun and fertility and gods, in Cathedrals and Basilicas built for them by the government, while abandoning the Law of Moses and all of God's Covenants made to Abraham? This may be the diseased root of some Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox Christian churches today.
Any church that tells its congregations three things that contradict Scripture and are dangerous to the Saving Faith of believers.
1) Supersessionism (that the law of Moses has been superseded) by manmade traditions and church regulations and a relativistic interpretation of good and evil; and
2) Replacement Theology (RT) believes that God rejected His chosen nation (Israel) and chosen people (all Jews). It has transferred all Israel's Covenants, Promises and Inheritance to the Western Christian Churches today.
3) Dogma that Once Saved/Always Saved) regardless of what they do or how they live their lives after their salvation, because Yeshua's death cancels all sins, both past and future ones, including willful sin.
Yeshua answers the first false assertion in Matthew 5:17-18.
The answer to false assertion 2 is the multitude of references in the Old Testament, as well as in the New Testament, that refer to Israel and the Jews, and not to the Kingdom of God, the Way, the Christian church, or anything else that remotely suggests the Post-Constantinian Church today.
The answers to false assertion 3 are Matthew 7:22 and Hebrews 10:26.
These churches take the position that it's acceptable to God to have a faith that denies the Law of Moses, excludes Jews, and considers God-breathed Scripture behind the dogmatic traditions of men, claiming Yeshua has covered all possible sins, no matter how many times they are committed during our lives. Because these are widespread, over 2.4 billion Christians are, we believe, being misled. We do not recommend these fellowships for new or young believers, as they may be vulnerable to false teaching.
? The Big What If...
What if today's post-Constantinian Gentile Christian Church isn't what we think or have been told it is? What if the church not only betrayed the Jews, but has been watching them be persecuted for 1,700 years without dramatically intervening on their behalf?
What if repenting of this sin is preventing Yeshua from returning and allowing our society to become darker and more Godless, as it evolves towards one world evil government? No wonder the Gentile Christian Church today is a shadow only of what the One-New-Man Kingdom of God fellowships originally were!
Could this be the reason behind the massive drop in the presence of Holy Spirit, the delegation of the exousia (authority) and dunamis (power of the Holy Spirit) to be manifest in the church today, and the misunderstanding of how God expects "saved" people to live their lives In accordance with the Law of Moses, which the Messiah claims is still in effect?
We believe the split between believing Jews and Gentiles is the undiscussed Elephant in the Christian Churches, causing thousands of different denominations and synods, and their typical powerlessness to break down demonic powers, principalities, and strongholds here on Earth.
Yeshua Himself said, "A Kingdom divided against itself cannot prevail." See Mark 3:24. This topic isn't comfortable to read about (particularly if you are a Gentile believer), nor to write about. Still, it may be crucial to the eternal well-being of many Christian Church members in apostate Christian churches and the re-empowerment of the Christian Church itself.
Where not much of the Christian Church was deceived, only a few words would be necessary, but it seems that we have deviated so far from Scripture in our English translations and Dogma that a whole section is required. For true remnant believers, I apologize in advance.
(Throughout this discussion, we use the term "man" rather than "woman," not to offend women, but because "man" is the term Scripture uses, as seen in Ephesians 2:15, when referring to the one new man. I am not trying to be sexist or gender insensitive.)
Here's the progression of thoughts presented below:
The Uncomfortable Revelation.
The Covenant God Cannot Break.
Satan's Successful Attack: Constantine and the Marriage to Rome.
Doctrines of the Pharisees and of Herod.
The Fruit of Compromise.
History bears witness.
The Faithful Remnant.
A Call to Repentance.
The Christian churches I have participated in all teach about the Book of Acts community, a time immediately after Yeshua's death, resurrection, and ascension, where the rich would sell their possessions and share the proceeds with the community, since they felt the return of Messiah Yeshua was imminent. It was a time when Jews mentored God-fearing Gentile believers, and they worshipped together in synagogues or private homes.
Yet, two hundred plus years later, the Gentile believers made a political deal with the Roman Empire, creating the adulterated Christian Church of Gentiles only, casting out the Jewish believers in Messiah, abandoning their festivals, disclaiming the Torah (Laws of Moses), and embracing many man-made and some pagan traditions, including changing the Name of Messiah, and twisting Scriptures.
How Gentile believers could not think that was highly offensive to Yahweh, the God who had "saved them," is unimaginable! The Gentiles banished the very people Yeshua had come to save!
What if... the Gentile Christian Church's continuing betrayal and embracing of "Replacement Theology is the cause of today's weak, fearful, and relatively powerless Christian church, devoid of many Holy Spirit miracles and the deep intimacy that comes from Holy Spirit indwelling, is the result?
Has God forgotten the Church's sin, has He decided to ignore the Church's idolatry in changing/denying the clear prophesies in the Scriptures, or is His wrath being stored up against the Gentile Christian Church because repentance has not been forthcoming during the last 1,700 years from the Gentiles for their sell-out of the Jews - God's chosen, Covenant people?
The Great and Terrible Day of Yahweh (not Yeshua) is still ahead, when God's wrath will be poured out on the entire world, including the apostate Churches. The scope of this outpouring is mentioned over 20 times by various major and minor prophets of the Old Testament.
Please don't misunderstand, I have seen and acknowledged many miracles in the Gentile Christian churches. We acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit as we worship God. We've personally seen hearing and sight restored, as well as Lupus and other chronic diseases cured, through the laying on of hands, anointing, and prayers of other believers. Miracles are still happening, but not as frequently as they once did - if the Book of Acts is to be believed.
During the Azusa Street revival in California 120 years ago, a man's arm was regrown from the shoulder, bones, nerves, muscles, sinews, and skin in the midst of astounded onlookers - yet I have seen nothing of that magnitude in my lifetime so far. You can watch the Azusa Street Revival video under the Revival Section by accessing the Menu above.
Cost of Discipleship
I have seen coming to salvation too often overlooked as a miracle, even though, according to Evangelist Billy Graham, only about one percent of those who come forward and say the "sinner's prayer" (which is nowhere in the Scriptures), actually continue in the Christian faith, while 99 percent fall away when the cost of following Yeshua becomes apparent to them.
What is the cost, you ask, of following Jesus? For Islamic converts, it's the loss of family and threats of death for "shaming the family." For Chinese or North Korean converts, torture, beatings, imprisonment, and death for themselves and family members, sometimes to the third generation (in North Korea), but in America, it might be finding some new friends and rearranging activities we do on Saturday.
Yet paradoxically, the more rapidly growing "churches" are in the countries where their members, when discovered, face torture if they don't renounce Yeshua, and many don't! Purchase the book, "Back to Jerusalem, the 30-day devotional," by Eugene Back (ISBN 9 780615 972053). Visit www.backtojerusalem.com or call 844-305-0566 in Louisiana.
Persecution in America: Coming To A Church Near You
What will be the fallout when persecution comes to believers in America and other Western Christian Churches, or are we embracing the notion that we will be spared and persecution won't happen to America? Here's a thought: What if the "deep state" is still alive and well and is waiting to attack conservatives once Trump leaves office?
What if... the Western Christian Church is on life support?
What if... we have misunderstood the true sense of what Salvation in Messiah means, and what our response to it must be for our sins to be blotted out with Yeshua's blood?
What if... Does God expect holiness and obedience to the Law of Moses as a condition for His canceling our sins?
What if... God is disappointed in how some Christian believers are living and walking out their faith?
What if... the Western Christian Churches have lost their power and authority to stand against the Gates of Hell during these coming Second Latter Days, followed by the Day of Jacob's Trouble, the Day of Yahweh, and the Tribulation which follows? If the Church believes in Replacement Theology (RT), then the entire judgment and prophecies of Joel apply to the Gentile Christian Church. Is that true? RT says yes. What do you say? This should scare us to death, because it's just ahead - and RT says, "God is done with the Jews, now it's the Gentile Church that has inherited all the Prophesies and Covenants." Really, which one of them?
Let's get started reshaping our understanding of God and where we fit into His dealings with His Covenant people, Jews, and His chosen nation, Israel, and thank God He hasn't thrown us aside due to all our treachery against His Chosen people.
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