Category: Theology

This section contains papers on the theology of the Bible. Many texts have been literally rendered so that a non-Hebrew-reading person can see what the Hebrew actually says.

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Diluting Jewishness by Racial Mixing

Diluting Jewishness by Racial Mixing

 

Can Jewishness be diluted by intermarrying with other races? Can a person be 1/16th Jewish? Adolph Hitler thought so, and he employed educated genetics experts to ‘solve’ the ‘Jewish Question’.

Neither Hitler nor his scientists knew the Bible. They assumed that the gene that determines race could be diluted. The Bible teaches otherwise, telling of 144,000 Israelis from 11 tribes (one tribe has double the amount, another is not listed):

Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them who were sealed. And there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

This event will occur after many centuries of intermarriages. How can they be preserved without interbreeding that makes for terrible genetic consequences?

Consider also the following text:

Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the races divided in their lands—every one after his tongue after their families in their races.

The races are established. If they could be diluted, races would not now exist. For example, if a person could be 1/16 Hungarian, 1/16 French, 1/16 Welch, 1/16 German, 1/16 Scandinavian, 1/16 Scottish, etc. until 16 races were specified, this person would not be of any race, each race being too small a portion of his makeup.

Consider the alternative. Every human (normally) has two sets of genes. One set is obtained from the person’s mother, the other from the person’s father. Now, suppose a Jewish man of the tribe of Dan marries a Canaanite woman (I do not recommend this). Suppose a Jewish woman also from the tribe of Dan marries a Canaanite man. They have children, one being a son, the other a daughter. Suppose those children marry and have children. The following shows all the possible genetic racial offspring (according to what I am proposing), where ‘C’ represents the Canaanite gene and ‘D’ represents the Tribe of Dan gene:

 

The Canaanite/Dan woman who has a child with a Canaanite/Dan man can produce a child who is ‘CC’ (pure Canaanite), ‘CD’ (another Canaanite/Dan combination), ‘DC’ (another Canaanite/Dan combination) and ‘DD’ (pure tribe of Dan).

If you followed that, suppose that the darker (yellow) combination is the result: ‘CD’ (which is Canaanite/Dan). This grows up and has a child with a pure-blood German. The following shows the potential combinations (where ‘G’ is for the German gene:

 

This can result in a ‘CG’ (Canaanite/German) offspring or a ‘DG’ (Tribe of Dan/German) offspring.

Now, suppose the result is a Tribe-of-Dan/German offspring (shaded in yellow), and suppose this person grows and has a child with an Ethiopian/Lebanese person. The following combinations can result:

 

The offspring could be Tribe-of-Dan/Ethiopian, Tribe-of-Dan/Lebanese, German/Ethiopian or German/Lebanese. Suppose it is the Tribe-of-Dan/Lebanese combination (shaded in yellow). Suppose this person grows and has a child with a person who is a combination of Russian and Tribe of Dan (from another very distant lineage). Any of the following offspring could come:

 

The offspring could be Tribe-of-Dan/Russian, Tribe-of-Dan/Tribe-of-Dan (thus, pure Tribe of Dan), Lebanese/Russian or Lebanese/Tribe-of-Dan. If the offspring is purely Tribe of Dan, these combinations (that could be extended over thirty centuries) would preserve the Tribe of Dan in a pure way, while making sure that inbreeding does not harm the offspring. The person might have blue eyes, blond, curly hair, Egyptian features, a Russian height, etc., yet still be racially purely from the Tribe of Dan.

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Who Killed Yeshua?

Who Killed the Messiah?

By K. Fry

 

Was it—

Pontius Pilate-Gentile Roman Governor?

  A-Matt 27:2 through 58
  B-Mark 15:1 through 15
  C-Luke 23:1 through 24
  D-John 19:1 through 31
“I am innocent of this man’s blood.” He had the Messiah whipped and flogged (Scourged)

 

The Israelis?

  A-Matt 27:16 through 26
  B-Mark 15:7 through 15
  C-Luke 23:18
  D-John 18:40
“Give us Barabbas, not the Messiah!” These were the Israelis. John 18:31 “Then said Pilate unto them, ‘Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.’ The Jews therefore said unto him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.”


The Soldiers of the Governor (Not Roman Soldiers)?

A-Matt 27:27
B-Mark 15:15 They led Him away to be crucified.
C-Luke 23:36 They mocked Him.
D-John 19:2 They put the crown of thorns and a Purple Robe on the Messiah.
E-John 19:23 They crucified the Messiah and parted the Messiah’s robe.
F-John 19:34 They pierced His side, and blood and water came out.

The Gentiles?

A-Matt 20:19

Yehovah?

A-Isaiah 53:10 “Yet it pleased Yehovah 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 Yehovah shall prosper in his hand.”
B-Matthew 26:39 “And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, ‘O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.’”
1-Luke 22:44 “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
C-Matthew 27:46 “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’— that is to say, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’”
Mark 15:34 “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which is, being interpreted, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’”
D-John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Yeshua?

A-John 10:15 “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”
B-John 4:34 “Jesus saith unto them, ‘My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.’”
C-John 12:27 “Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.”

All Humanity?

A-Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

The High Priest?

A-Matthew 26:57 “And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.”
B-Matthew 26:58 “But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest‘s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.”
C-Matthew 26:62 “And the high priest arose, and said unto him, ‘Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?’”
D-Matthew 26:63 ‘But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, ‘I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.’”
E-Matthew 26:65 “Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, ‘He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy!” (Blasphemy was punishable only by death).
F-The only person who was legally authorized to approve a sacrifice that Yehovah would accept was the High Priest.
G-John 18:31 “Then said Pilate unto them, ‘Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.’ The Jews therefore said unto him, ‘It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.’”

 

Yeshua-The High Priest?

A– John 10-17 “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”
B-Yeshua had the authority as High Priest to cause Himself to be the final sacrifice.

Who Killed the Messiah?

Who didn’t?

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How to Answer Theological Questions

How to Answer Someone’s Theological Questions

 

* DO NOT tell him what the text says (unless you have no Bible handy, and you are driving him somewhere; then you can do this; it is better than nothing in that case).
* Take him to the texts that are pertinent to his questions.
* Have him read the texts.
* Have him explain them to you.
* Correct him if he is wrong, explaining to him how to properly understand the text.
* Congratulate him for being able to properly read and understand the texts.
* Teach him about pronouns and timings.
* Teach him to use a dictionary.
* Be very patient with him; don’t begin thinking, “I must quickly answer his question.” Instead, think, “I must teach him what he needs to independently answer his own questions; I will not be around him to answer questions for most of his life.”

These will give him what he needs to be independent in the Scriptures. These will give him what he needs to properly hearken. He then can obtain a proper faith.

Always take his questions very literally (even if you know that he doesn’t mean what he literally asked). This is vital for him. That way, he will learn to ask what he really means. I have found that asking the wrong question will lead to no answer, while asking the right question will sometimes cause the answer to be obvious without even looking in the Bible! Taking questions literally is a vital part of his learning.

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Blood and Sin

A Brief Look at Blood and Sin

 

  • Blood is where the life of the flesh is found.
  • Sin cannot go unpaid. Justice (a non-being) must be satisfied for every sin that occurs in the universe.
  • Sin can only be covered and/or removed by the blood of one of equal or greater value who has no sin. (Thus, no animal can cover or remove the sin of a human.)
  • No human born from Adam has come into the world untainted by sin. Thus, no human can die, shedding his/her blood, to cover or remove the sin of another.
  • Even a perfect human from birth could only cover or remove the sin of one other human, if that were possible. Since there are no humans born perfect in this way, and since all sin (if they live for any reasonable length of time), humans cannot cover others for sin. They can die so that others will live; that is heroism.
  • Yehovah cannot sin and has never been tainted by sin.
  • Yehovah’s value is infinitely greater than the value of all humans combined.
  • Yehovah is able to shed His own blood to cover the sin of the entire world. But… God cannot die.
  • Yehovah sent part of Himself, made mortal (that is, capable of dying) and in the form of a human (and thus, with blood) in order to die for the sin of the world.
  • That part of Yehovah is Yeshua (meaning salvation). He was born as a child without sin, lived without sin, voluntarily shed His own blood for the sin of the world, and rose from the dead.
  • Only those who have a truly Biblical faith (based on direct knowledge of what the Bible or some other infallible form of communication from the God of Bible says, not on what someone said about the Bible) in His blood have access to that Salvation (being saved) from sin.
  • Yehovah gave instructions for animal sacrifices so that adults and children could learn about such sacrifices through show-and-tell means. Animal sacrifices are therefore very important learning tools. They will be restored and active again before and during the Millennium.
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Church Attendance

Church Attendance

I have always had a very great respect and interest in the biblically described churches (the Ephesian Church, the Corinthian Church, the Church of Israel in the Wilderness, etc.). The benefit of Saints working together toward a Godly, common goal cannot be overestimated. It will be life-saving during the Tribulation (such that many will physically survive), and it has been the example from the beginning, when Saints gathered for beneficial purposes.

I have also recognized two distinct types of churches. The first is the One Church, being of the Body of Messiah with Yeshua at the head and Israel at the core (even while Israel is in an unsaved condition!). This is described in Ephesians 5:25-32. (The text must be taken literally in order for this to be seen.) The other type of churches are local assemblies, local bodies consisting of Saints (perhaps a few non-saints managing to appear part of these bodies). These local assemblies consist of folks very fervent in Godliness, righteousness, justice, the fear of God, delight in the Word of Truth, active in doing vital good works and in benefiting.

Folks in our present time who approach the Bible literally tend to see mostly contrast between the Bible and what is commonly taught in churches (fundamental, conservative and liberal), hearing a mixture of truth and error. This tends to grieve them, especially as they see obvious, glaring disagreements between sermon contents and biblical teachings.

My purposes for approaching the texts literally do not include convincing folks to abandon their congregations. I desire them to see the good and high standard of the Word of God, and to recognize the difference between truth and error so that they can live according to the Truth. I also desire them to learn the plans of God and to believe them so that their hope will be a right hope rather than an erroneous one. I am persuaded that some can benefit others in their local churches if they know the Truth (but I am also convinced that they can be viewed as troublemakers by some who are more interested in unity than in sound doctrine and practice). Leaving their churches is an act of ultimate protest and often an expression of hurt and frustration. No recourse usually exists for approaching church leadership about unsound doctrine. The only means of protest for some is to leave. The only means of stopping the frustration for others is to leave. Yet I am no advocate of leaving. I am also no advocate of being grieved every Sunday if the Word of God is being left out and the opinions of preachers is the only ‘food’.

The Word of God and the meeting in a congregation or an assembly must always be for benefit. If that meeting is not beneficial, and if one who desires to both benefit and be benefited from that church meeting is unable to find either after attempting to do both, I know of no other recourse except sitting in silence. This is fine if it is an adult. An adult with children, however, has a greater frustration, since children absorb what they hear. A parent can carefully teach children, “This is true!” and “This is false; do not believe that” during a Sunday School meeting or a church service, but that will affect the children also, and will frustrate others who are in attendance. If I knew of a good alternative, I would definitely consider it.

Some will suggest, “Well, nobody is perfect, and no church is perfect; if it were perfect, as soon as you attended, it would no longer be perfect!” That might sound good, but it is avoiding the problem. Others will suggest, “Well, why not just go find a church where the Truth is being taught?” That sounds very reasonable. It is also reasonable to purchase many rolls of pennies looking for that very rare one of great value. Finding a church where only truth is taught isn’t so easy. Our country values opinions, and one person’s ‘truth’ is another person’s error. The Bible cannot be approached that way; it is the absolute Word of God.

The best way to know the identity of Truth is to look directly into the Word of God. Commentators on the Bible are very common, and they hold very different views. Yehovah alone has the right of Biblical interpretation, but He has given understanding to some. The Scriptures are the best interpreters of Scriptures.

Finding a good church requires that one first gets to know the Word of God lest the person first goes to a church and is persuaded of doctrines that are not Biblical! If the purpose of the local church is to benefit in Godliness, righteousness, justice, Grace, etc., no person should be allowed to ‘join’ that congregation (in membership) who does not understand and believe and live according to the Word of God in the first place. Yet this has been reversed as if the local church is some type of assembly of ungodly folks whom pastors are trying to lead to righteousness. That is not a Biblically described local Church that is in ‘Jesus Christ.’

Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Messiah, he is none of His.

The standards of participation in the Body of Christ (and therefore the standards of participation in a Biblical local Church) are very high, very simple, very plain in Scriptures, and very much ignored in modern ‘church’ practice.

Again, I have no investment in anyone leaving any church. I have much investment in individuals becoming part of the Body of Messiah in Truth, and in their living Godly in every way. If folks leave, it isn’t because I recommended it, because I don’t recommend that. It is rather because either they were driven out directly (by being asked to leave) or they were driven out by their consciences because they discerned right from wrong doctrine. Children (and adults) should not be subjected to voluntarily hearkening to erroneous doctrines and to unsubstantiated spiritualized opinions even if they are given by the theologically trained.

If a group of Saints determined to meet together for benefit and learning the Word of God, this would not be considered ‘church.’ It would be considered a ‘home group’ or a ‘home study.’ ‘Church’ must consist of a formal meeting by a theologically trained and ordained minister, according to the views of almost all. This is akin to the Jewish view that a Jew who believes in Jesus is no longer Jewish. What is believed does not make it true in the eyes of the God of the Bible.

‘Church’ attendance is considered vital for ‘Christian fellowship’. The Bible describes fellowship as folks working together, not as socializing together. That working together was often to save lives from physical death. It also was to gather funds for poverty-stricken Saints who were under persecution. Every fellowship form in the Bible was a very serious undertaking, and any socialization occurring was only secondary. The modern view of fellowship strikes no resemblance to Biblically described events that I have seen. I have  heard of folks going and building a church building in a poor area, and this is called an act of fellowship. This is closer than all the other usages of which I am aware; they are working together for a common goal.

Church attendance has social consequences not unlike joining the Rotary Club (though some Rotarians are far more serious about their club’s activities and benefits than I have seen in almost every local church). Seriousness about field trips, praying around poles, and Christmas parties can be very great, but seriousness about righteousness is almost non-existent.

If I cannot see benefit occurring in a local church, should I assume that it is of God? Should I take stock of myself because I cannot see it? Does this mean that I have a problem if the local church is not actively gaining a reputation for Good Works and for demonstrations of the faith of God and of the power of God? If the problem with the local church is ‘I’, it is totally without power. If I participate, and I still see no good works or demonstrations of the power of God, and if I desire that, if the problem is because I am participating, the local church is less powerful than my presence, and it is nothing.

The wise person will spend Sunday morning in Kroger; that will be far more profitable.

If you think that your local church is unique, really stressing Biblical righteousness, the fear of Yehovah, the centrality of Israel, the determination that no person will become part of this group without first truly getting to know the Word of God and demonstrating a belief in it unto righteousness, let me know. I would like to communicate with the pastor.

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Demonic Assignments and Why They Are Not Yet Locked Up

Demonic Assignments

 

And Why They Are Not Yet Locked Up

 

 

1. They are messengers, and therefore deliver messages.

2. They voluntarily provide the means by which Saints are tested/tempted.

3. They have (limited) powers over certain physical elements. Some are responsible for the winds, one is over Sheol, another is sent on death assignments for the human races.

4. They function to deceive the deceived.

5. They shake up sinners, and even Saints, a few to the point of reconsidering for Truth. (Paul used this in 1 Corinthians 5:4-5.)

6. They rule among pagan rulers. They are in charge of principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, etc. They guide the governments of folks who have no love of Truth.

7. Hebrews 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, “Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool”? 14Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

The demons have continuing ministerial assignments. The Greek of this text makes clearer that those who shall be heirs of salvation refer to the Israelis.

8. It is not yet time for demons to be restrained, except for those who have already been restrained. (One asked Yeshua if Yeshua will torment them before the time.)

9. They are the stars of Yehovah’s plan for the bad guys in the Tribulation. All of Revelation shows this, with the demons attacking only the bad guys.

10. The demons empower idols. Idols would be of no use without them and wouldn’t work.

11. They will be locked up once idols are permanently abolished, at the end of the Tribulation.

12. The demons who have been locked up, who “left their first estate,” will be released later to do real damage to bad guys.