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IN PAUL'S DEFENSE
Introduction:
This paper and presentation is a short power point defense of Paul against the charges and claims of his accusers.
The division which is caused by accepting or rejecting Paul's epistles and Apostleship is exactly what the children of the Devil want.
It is possible that Paul is a false Apostle, but not probable.
The division between those accepting Paul and those accusing Paul are mainly because of poor Greek to English translation and lack of certain scriptural knowledge. This presentation, study, and closing argument is an attempt to explain and clarify who, what, and why Paul is so misunderstood.
Paul's epistles manage, arrange, and explain everything from the prophecies of the Old Covenant, to Christ's purpose, life, message, death, resurrection, the changes that occurred between the Old and the Renewed Covenant, and he explained how we are to live according to The Belief.
Paul connected the dots for the 'lost' sheep regarding their history, heritage, identity, and relationship to their kinsmen and to their God.
Paul was hired by Yahweh as a manager of His household. The Household of the Most High.
Which of the other Apostles explained that the sacrificial rituals were to end because Christ was the last sacrifice? Did any of the other Apostles explain the priesthood, it's purpose, and why it had to end? Did the other Apostles explain the office of Melchisedec? Did they explain why the Levitical ordinances expired? Did they explain the connection between grace and the commandments? Did the other Apostles remind their kinsmen of their rich history and heritage, relationship to Abraham, and their relationship to 'lost' Israelites scattered among the nations? Did the other Apostles expose the Edomite Jew children of Esau as impostors and false brethren and differentiate them from the children of Jacob? Did the other Apostles manage the family of God?
The Apostles and other disciples were heralds of the Kingdom instructed and sent forth by Christ.
Paul organized and managed the work of the other Apostles because Christ appointed Paul as an Overseer of the House.
If Paul was not a true Apostle appointed by God, then why do those who accept Paul as an Apostle know and understand scripture correctly? Wouldn't we be universalists and bringing the message to the other races? Wouldn't we be teaching the law was 'done away with'? Wouldn't we be still sacrificing? Wouldn't we still be coming to men-priests for forgiveness? Wouldn't we be in direct opposition to scripture? How can we have the right Belief if we are believing in Paul's false teachings?
How can one believe Jesus Christ's doctrine and Paul's doctrine and come up with the same message and understanding if Paul's doctrine was false?
Because Paul taught what Christ taught, and Paul went into detail and explained the transition of the Old Covenant to the Renewed Covenant to his Israelite kinsmen.
Brotherly love can overcome our differences in these beliefs.
Just because one does not accept Paul, and one does, does not mean there should be division which causes enmity and separation between kinsmen. This is sinning and missing the mark of duty.
In the end, there are some who will believe Paul is an Apostle appointed by Yahweh, and some who will believe Paul is a false Apostle. Does that mean we cannot be brothers/sisters? Does that mean we cannot fellowship with one another? Does that mean one group of us is anti-christ?
How many of you believe we can eat unclean animals? How many believe the sabbath is Saturday, or Sunday, or by the Solar Calendar? How many observe the Holy Feast Days? How many believe the other races will be in the kingdom too? How many believe in water baptism? How many of you call God by His name Yahweh, or still call Him the Lord?
None of these things affects our Salvation.
Will you separate yourself from your own kinsmen who do not believe exactly the way you believe?
Will you condemn your own kinsmen along with Paul if they believe Paul?
Should we condemn our own kinsmen who believe Paul is a fraud?
Should those who believe Paul is a fraud condemn us?
Now we may have differences of beliefs that cannot and should not be accepted. Such as believing Jesus was a Jew, or that 'church' doctrine is scriptural, or that the Jews are the Israelites of the bible. Those who believe these lies are the type of kinsmen/women we cannot and should not fellowship with. We can try to show them the truth, but ultimately, they are worshiping another god, following false doctrine, and supporting the Devil's children.
When it comes to Paul, if you believe Paul is teaching the law was 'done away with', that everybody can receive the Gospel, and other things contrary to scripture, then you might as well join the apostate 'churches' who interpret Paul that way.
But if you understand Paul is teaching that the law still stands and only the rituals and sacrifices were 'done away with', that the Gospel is for only Israelites, and the other details Paul explains and sorts out, then aren't you still believing in The Way and what scripture teaches?
Just think of our differences in belief about Paul as a trial in which we must learn and honor brotherly respect. Is believing or not believing Paul crucial to your salvation? No. We must believe in, on, and of Christ who showed us by example what a true Christian is. It's all about brotherly love. Having respect for one's beliefs. Paul is not our Saviour, Yahshua Christ is. If we have in common with our brethren the important and undeniably true things, then we should accept them. Those things in my mind which must be agreed upon are:
Our racial identity as white Anglo-Saxon Israelites. We must know who we are.
We must know the Jews' racial identity as the children of Cain and of Esau, as Christ stated “they are of their father the Devil”. We must know who our enemies are.
We must understand that the way we are 'saved' is when we receive our Shekinah Glory when our Kinsman Redeemer Returns, and not before. That until then, we are not 'saved' yet and we are to continue in the Covenant He made with our forefathers at Sinai, which was Renewed by His blood at Calvary. That the 10 Commandments are still in effect and are to be obeyed, along with the Shabbath days and 7 Holy Feast Days each year at their appointed times. And that when Yahshua was risen, He became our High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek, and our sole Mediator, which is why the only thing that was 'done away with' from the Old Covenant was the Levitical laws of ordinances, the sacrificial rituals, blood sacrifices, and all rituals, and the office of the priesthood and men-priests came to an end. There are no more mediators to God but Yahshua Christ. So when we sin, even though we are covered by His blood and are under 'grace', we are still commanded to 'sin no more', we still must repent and change our ways, we are still to forgive our brethren, we are still to continue our heritage, our set-apart traditions, and continue walking in The Way. We now must make spiritual sacrifices by obedience, by studying and furthering our knowledge of our amazing family history, and we sacrifice by loving our kinsmen and knowing and avoiding the stumblingblocks of this world which cause us to trip and lead us away.
If you don't know who you are and Whose you are, if you don't know your God's name or His Son's name, if you don't keep His commandments, if you don't live according to The Way, then how can you claim to be a Christian?
You can't. You are 'lost', and you may be believing any of the 33,000 denominations of so-called Christianity, and if you do, then you must acknowledge that, repent, and start learning some truth. I can fellowship with someone like that. But if you believe you are 'saved' already, that the law was 'done away with', that you can eat unclean animals, that you are going to be raptured, that all you have to do is “just believe”, that the Jews are Israel, and you are a Gentile and you worship a Jewish Jesus, and will not change your mind,... then I cannot fellowship with you.
There is a difference between unlearned ignorance and willful ignorance.
If Paul is a fraud, then yes, we must remove his epistles, Acts, Luke and 2Peter.
I want to emphasize that Paul is rejected mostly because of bad translation.
If you don't know any Greek, if you don't know biblical history, if you don't know who is Jew and who is Judah, if you don't know who is Gentile and who is 'lost' Israel, and if you don't know the Old Covenant and how it is connected to the Renewed Covenant and what occurred before, during, and after Christ's first Advent, then you will easily believe Paul to be a false Apostle.
Paul must be given a fair trial and the evidence of his defense must be examined.
With correct Greek translations and meanings, with correct knowledge of who is who, who is Jew and who is Judah, who is Gentile and who is 'lost' Israel, and with the correct understanding of what was 'done away with' and 'what remains' in the Renewed Covenant, then you will easily believe Paul to be an Ambassador of the Gospel and that he was indeed appointed 'Manager of the Family of God'.
Yahshua Christ and His 12 Apostles turned the world right-side up and Paul was the one who organized, explained, and managed the household of The Belief, because Yahshua turned Saul right-side up.
I ask those of you who are anti-Paul, what if Paul was a Messenger of God?
Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Geneva: '...receiued Angels into their houses vnwares'
Scriptures 2009: 'Do not forget to receive strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained messengers.'
Textus Receptus: 'Of hospitality, be not forgetting: for through this some were oblivious when lodging messengers.'
1Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Master Yahshua Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Kepha (Peter); and I of Christ.
1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Christ in verse 13 should read: 'Is the Anointed divided?'. Meaning, 'are the Anointed children of Jacob divided in mind and opinion because you like the preaching of this one over that one?'
In other words, if those who accept Paul believe the same Gospel as those who do not accept Paul, then why are you divided?
1Corinthians 3:1 And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual ones but as to fleshly, as to babes in Messiah.
3:2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food, for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able,
3:3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is envy, and strife, and divisions among you, are you not fleshly and walking according to man?
3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not fleshly?
3:5 What then is Apollos, and what is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, as the Master assigned to each?
3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but Elohim was giving growth.
3:7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is any at all, but Elohim who gives the increase.
Court Case #4ICU812: The People VS Paul of Tarsus
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, this case is a case against Paul of Tarsus. This is a case of determining whether Paul of Tarsus is a chosen vessel unto God, or whether Paul of Tarsus is a fraud and an infiltrator. This is a case against Paul of Tarsus in which this man has been accused of preaching another gospel other than that of Yahshua Christ, and many other heresies.
It is the mark of a true Israelite to examine both sides of a case before making a judgment.
I'd like to begin this closing statement by presenting some little known information about Paul of Tarsus.
In Hebrew the name Saul can also be spelled the same as the Hebrew word sheol (Sha'ul), which refers to the abode of the spirits of the dead, a reference to the grave. The dispersed nations of the children of Israel that heard the Gospel message which Paul brought to them, were dead in their sins and dead without their relationship to Yahweh which the purpose of the Gospel message was to restore.
The Greek word, saulos, is an adjective and according to Liddell and Scott can mean 'straddling'. This describes the ministry of Paul, who 'straddled' both the Judaism the Israelite remnant adopted from the Jewish Pharisees, and the paganism of the dispersions of Israel. Paul straddled both the Old Covenant scripture of the Hebrews and the Good News of the Renewed Covenant, in order to present the Gospel of Christ and His Kingdom to Israelites who forgot who they were and Whose they were.
The word from which the name Paul is derived is not from Hebrew. It is a Latin word, or it is a Greek word. The Latin word paulus means 'little', which perfectly describes how Christianity began.
The Gospel was in the hands of a very few selected and chosen men. The Greek word paula is a feminine form, and when expressed in the masculine form it would be paulos, and it means 'rest'. The children of Israel can only find rest in the Gospel of Christ and in obedience to the commandments of God, which are repeated components of Paul's message.
Both of Paul's names, Saul and Paul, can be related to aspects of his ministry and mission.
Paul of Tarsus was not spreading his own gospel, he was spreading the same Gospel Christ taught and Paul explained some very important things which without his epistles the Good News would not have been fully understood. Paul knew many things which the other Apostles did not understand.
By stripping away Paul's epistles, the 'lost' sheep of the house of Israel would not properly understand the work Messiah did on the pale (cross). Paul in his epistles explained Grace, Mercy, the end of sacrifices and rituals, the end of the priesthood and why it had to end. Paul explained the marriage relationship between the two houses of Israel and Judah and their Kinsman Redeemer Yahshua Christ. Paul taught his people their true identity, their history and traditions, and to keep the Feast Days. Paul taught Torah and the commandments of God. Paul quoted, cited and referenced the Old Testament Prophecies almost 300 times.
I ask the jury to be fair by examining both sides of the case. You have already heard the prosecution's case. I ask that you only hear the defense before you make up your minds.
Paul's epistles, when read from the KJV and other translations, show Paul of Tarsus to be a Universalist, preaching his own gospel, a Jew, doing 'away with the law', and bringing the Gospel to Gentiles. This is the problem with accepting his epistles at face value, because these are poorly translated from the Greek, and we all know that the scriptures have also been heavily tampered with, as there are over 24,000 errors in translation.
Paul's epistles, when read from properly translated Greek, show Paul of Tarsus to be a true manager of the family of the house of God.
May I draw your attention to the inconsistencies of the prosecution. The use of certain words such as 'Gentile' and 'Jew' have been used to label Paul of Tarsus as a Jew, that he was bringing his message to Jews, and then to Gentiles which the Master Yahshua Christ explicitly commanded not to do.
Let the court see from the evidence provided that the word 'Gentile' simply means a nation or race of people, and does not mean non-Jew (a later addition to the definition), and does not belong in the Hebrew scriptures because it is a Latin word (https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/gentiles-2/).
The word 'Jew' is simply a made-up word by Jews appearing for the first time in the 18th century, and the original word in the scriptures is Yahudah in the Hebrew, and never refers to a Jew, and Ioudaios in the Greek, which one must carefully examine the context to determine who is Jew and who is Judah. This is because the Jewish territory of Idumea and the Judahite territory of Judah were merged in the 1st century BC, becoming known as Judaea, resulting in citizens of Judaea being both Israelites and Edomites (https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/jew-or-judah/). And almost no one in that time and today can tell the difference, which is why Israelites are in ignorance identifying as transGentiles and Jews are purposefully, intentionally, and deceitfully identifying as Israelites.
Paul of Tarsus cannot be blamed for changes made to the scriptural identity of Israel, and he cannot be blamed for the ignorance and lack of being educated in history, identity, Hebrew and Greek.
May the jury please keep in mind, that all these arguments against Paul of Tarsus come from the beliefs based on the perverted and inaccurate English translations, and the many sources and references are drawn from Communists and Humanists, sexual deviants in the clergy, and Jewish magicians.
Paul's accusers are very crafty and can twist things to appear to be showing Paul to be false.
Unfortunately many good people get caught up in the vicious cycle of anti-Paulism, mainly because the original Greek is not examined and because they lack some historical and scriptural knowledge.
Just look at how the 'churches' have twisted all of scripture into 33K versions.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I will now present a summary of the major accusations against Paul of Tarsus along with the defensive arguments.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of being a Jew.
I again bring your attention to the deceiving word 'Jew', which replaced the original words identifying those of the house of Judah, who are not Jews. (https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/jew-or-judah/)
Was Adam a Jew? Noah? Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Mordecai and Esther? Jesus? Aquila and Priscilla? Apollos? They are all called 'Jews' in the bible. But are they really Jews?
We know these are not Jews, but Paul's accusers accuse Paul of being a Jew because that's what accusers do. They call their adversaries Jews.
Yes, Paul claimed he was a Jew, twice. (Acts 21:39; 22:3)
The evidence provided shows that the word 'Jew' properly translated reads Judaean in the Greek.
When Paul claimed he is a 'Jew', he is stating he is a Judahite of the tribe of Benjamin.
The tribe of Benjamin was prophesied to be Christ's ambassadors in Jerusalem.
1Kings 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David My servant may have a light alway before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen Me to put My name there.
All the Apostles, including Paul were Benjaminites. The only Jew of the bunch was Judas man of Kerioth, whom Christ called a devil.
Some other Jews in scripture are also actual Jews, such as the false prophet scorcerer Barjesus (Elymas), and Sceva and his seven vagabond sons. Cain and his Jewish children are the vagabonds in scripture.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of changing his name.
Acts 13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,)
Let the jury understand that many men in scripture had more than one name.
Saulos was also called Paulos.
Saul already had two names.
Tarsus was a Hellenistic city with many Greeks and Judahites living there.
Paul's Greek name was Paulos and his Hebrew name was Sha'ul.
Saul was born a Roman citizen.
Paul used his Roman name when he started bringing the Good News to the nations of 'lost' Israelites because that would be the more familiar name to the Greek speaking Israelites to which he ministered to.
Paul of Tarsus was the one who was chosen by Christ to manage the transition of the Renewed Covenant promises made to Israel onto the nations of 'lost' and scattered Israel.
I draw to your attention the fact that when Israel, in the BC days, filled up their sins against Yahweh, He divorced them and scattered them among the nations where they are still to this day walking in darkness, ignorant of their identity, and blinded. Most of our 'lost' kinsmen today are marinating in their pew in the 'churches' believing they are 'saved' and worshiping a Jewish Jesus.
Israel was blinded by God.
2Chronicles 7:14 If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Isaiah 44:18 They have not known nor understood: for He (Yahweh) hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in.
The Covenant was made, the warnings were given, the people did not return to Yahweh, He divorced and scattered them, blinded them, and promised them reconciliation. Christ reconciled them, Paul is the one who explained the mystery of what happened to them.
This would be a good time to remind and inform the jury that Paul was a 'Manager of the Family of God'.
The word is 'dispensation' in the scriptures.
The Greek word is G3622 oikonomia
Defined as:
1) the management of a household or of household affairs
1a) specifically, the management, oversight, administration, of other’s property
1b) the office of a manager or overseer, stewardship
1c) administration, dispensation
1Corinthians 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if involuntarily I had been entrusted a dispensation of the gospel, 18 what then is my reward? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without cost, that I abuse not my authority in the gospel. 19 For though I be free from all, yet have I made myself servant unto all, in order to win more.
All, every, and whosover, in the context of scripture and the Good News, is always referring to Israelites. Paul's teachings are no exception, because he plainly states who he is speaking to every time. (All, every, whosoever https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/all-every-whosoever/)
Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him:
Ephesians 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me for you:
Colossians 1:25 Whereof I am made a servant, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations.
The mystery that was hid from ages and generations is the mystery of who these 'lost' Israelites are and Whose they are.
Israel was divorced from Yahweh starting in 745 BC. Scattered among the nations and alienated from God because of idolatry and race-mixing.
Paul of Tarsus was entrusted with the dispensation of God. To manage the Good News and manage the assemblies.
Paul's epistles are basically “Israelite Heritage, History, and the Good News for Dummies.”
Dispensation is also defined as G3623 oikonomos
Defined as:
1) the manager of household or of household affairs
1a) especially a steward, manager, superintendent (whether free-born as was usually the case, a freed-man or a slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has intrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age
1b) the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer
1c) the superintendent of the city’s finances, the treasurer of a city (or of treasurers or quaestors of kings)
2) metaphorically the apostles and other Christian teachers and bishops and overseers
Luke 12:42 And the Master said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward (oikonomos), whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
1Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards (oikonomos) of the mysteries of God. 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards (oikonomos), that a man be found faithful.
1Peter 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards (oikonomos) of the manifold grace of God.
Paul of Tarsus was an apostle, which means a delegate, an ambassador of the Gospel, a commissioner of Christ, a messenger, he that is sent. Paul was an oikonomos, a steward to the Household of God. Paul was made an oikonomia, the Manager of the Family of God.
Yes, an apostle is specifically applied to the twelve of Christ, but the definition includes a broader sense applied to Christian teachers.
In the second set of examples of stewardship above (Luke 12:42; 1Cor 4:1-2; 1Pet 4:10), are examples of other managers of the family of God. How would we know if any other men who are stewards of God were really sent by Him? Why are they not in question? Why is Paul singled out?
Was Isaiah claiming to be the Christ when he said “The Spirit of Yahweh GOD is upon me; because Yahweh hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;...”?
How do we know Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or any of the other prophets were sent?
Where are their witnesses? Yes, those prophesies came true which proved they were men of God.
When Paul's message was preached, did he not further the spread of the Gospel resulting in the explosion of Christianity?
It's not Paul's fault his message was Judaized, misunderstood, and then Universalized.
The whole bible has been Judaized, misunderstood, and Universalized. Didn't Jesus love and come for everybody? He said “every one who believes on Him shall be saved”.
Apostello is G649, a verb, and means set apart, (by implication) to send out (on a mission).
We know the 12 Apostles were sent out by Christ Himself.
Let's examine who else was sent.
John the Baptist. Matt 11:10.
The angels were, are, and will be sent. Matt 13:41.
Yahshua was sent. Matt 15:24.
Laborers of the vinyard were sent. Matt 20:2. These are witnesses and converts.
The Prophets were sent. Matt 23:34.
Ananias was sent to Paul. Acts 9:17.
Paul was sent by Yahshua. Acts 26:17.
The Word is preached by those sent by God. Rom 10:15.
Where are the witnesses to some of those on this list?
Yahshua told us to rightly divide the truth, and to judge people by their fruits.
Paul's accusers say God didn't use wicked people like Paul.
Have you forgotten that we are all sinners, unrighteous, and anti-christ until we repent and change our ways?
Have you forgotten about David, who was an adulterer and murderer?
What about Aaron, the first Levitical high priest who made the people a golden calf?
Saul, the first king, chosen by God and who would disobey God and fall from grace?
Jonah who tried to run from his mission and God?
Matthew the tax collector? Nobody likes tax collectors.
Yahweh was more than willing to forgive Paul, because no one is beyond the saving grace of Yahweh.
Paul is simply the best example of a two-fold child of hell practicing Pharisee to be converted to true Christianity. Paul is no different than a Judeo pastor who was teaching false Christianity and then slapped with the truth and coverted. Showing that Yahweh can call, influence, and use the worst of us and redirect us back to Him. It's our choice if we respond to that Divine Influence or not.
If you remember the parable of the treasure hid in a field, Saul was one who fits the analogy.
Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
When Christ opened Saul's understanding, he abandoned the sect of the Pharisees and their teachings, the lifestyle, and the persecuting of Christians, and he took on the dispensation (which is the management of the family) and became the Manager of the House of Yahweh.
Christ is the Contractor, the disciples and apostles were the workers, and Paul was hired as the Manager.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of changing the testimony of his conversion.
The Defense has provided a side-by-side chart showing the three accounts of this experience which took place on the road to Damascus.
Stephen is stoned for preaching the truth, while Saul holds the garments of those stoning Stephen.
| Paul and some men purified themselves and entered into the temple. Jews of Asia stirred up the people. | Paul speaks before Agrippa II concerning the accusations of the Jews. |
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Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Adam standing on the right hand of God. 7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 7:58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. |
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| Acts 26:2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Judaeans: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Judaeans; 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would (wish to) testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. | Paul's accusers were the Edomite Jew Pharisees and Sadducees.
The Judaeans knew Paul. Judaeans are citizens of Judaea. Citizens of Judaea included Israelite Judaeans, Judahite Judaeans of the house of Judah, Syrians, Assyrians, Greeks, Canaanites, and Edomite Jews (also called Idumeans).
Paul offered for witnesses to testify.
Paul was raised a Pharisee. There were still some Israelite Pharisees on the council at this time.
Paul speaks of the promises made with Abraham regarding the seed of Israel. |
| Acts 22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) | 26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? |
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| Acts 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Judaean, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. |
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Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Master, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way (The Way), whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. | 22:4 And I persecuted this way (The Way) unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. | 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. |
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9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: | 22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. | 26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. |
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9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? 9:5 And he said, Who art You, Master? And the Master said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. | 22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? 22:8 And I answered, Who art You, Master? And He said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. | 26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 26:15 And I said, Who art You, Master? And He said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. | Are we going to condemn Paul because he said “I fell” and a year later said “we fell”?
Kick against the pricks. Meaning: the poison of this error of Judaism Paul was caught up in. |
9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Master, what wilt You have me to do? And the Master said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. | 22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Master? And the Master said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
| 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto whom now I send thee, 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me. | Are we going to condemn Paul because he was more descriptive in this third account? |
9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. | 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of Him that spake to me. |
| These men with Paul heard a voice, but did not understand the voice. G191 akouo means to perceive, comprehend, understand. |
9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. | 22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. |
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We can plainly see in this side-by-side chart that Paul's account did not change. We must also consider that there were 25 years between the first account and the last account. Have you ever told the exact same story with the exact same details 25 years later? We cannot condemn Paul for this.
If you read the Gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the accounts are the same but the wording is not exact. If you read the books of the Kings and Chronicles, the accounts are the same but the wording is not exact. If you read different translations of the Bible, the accounts are the same but the wording is not exact.
Why is Paul the only one scrutinized?
Paul's accusers claim that Jesus quoted Euripides' from his play The Bacchae written in 406 BC when Christ said the phrase “kick against the pricks”.
Here are some explanations to consider:
Uta Ranke-Heinemann (a converted Catholic) says, in Putting Away Childish Things, page 163, the really strange thing is that with both Jesus and Euripides we have the same “familiar quotation” and the same situation. In both cases there is a conversation between a persecuted god and his persecutor. In the Bacchae the persecuted god is Dionysus and his persecutor is Pentheus, king of Thebes. Just like Jesus, Dionysus calls his persecutor to account, “You disregard my words of warning . . . and kick against the pricks a man defying god.”
-Paul when first confronted by Jesus is representing the law of Moses to prevent and root out blasphemy, as was Pentheus and no doubt making use of whatever aspects of Roman law he could to demonstrate the blasphemy against Caesar as well as YHWH since Rome had final Imperium.
It must be understood that Saul the Pharisee was in reality representing the Jewish perversion of the law of Moses to root out blasphemy against Judaism, which Saul was caught up in.
-Jesus is not afraid of the obvious parallel between His divinity and humanity and the Demigod's. This story is designed to create in Greco Roman world, a culture that would understand what is at stake when God claims to be the source of law vs man claiming to be that source.
-Jesus is raising the same issue with Saul. Saul is (as a Pharisee, in his own mind) righteously defending the people against incursions against the law using the law to suppress the divine ecstasy of Christians claiming to be filled with the Holy Spirit. As was Pentheus. -Saul repents Pentheus does not.
Another use of the phrase “kick against the pricks” “comes from Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.), Agamemnon, line 1624--or lines 2341 & 2342 at (see Stewart Custer, Witness to Christ, BJU Press, p.164). We do not readily think of the risen Christ quoting a Greek playwright (in Hebrew, no less!), but since Paul's educational background included the study of the "Greek classics," Jesus used Paul's familiarity with the work of Aeschylus to reveal to Paul the futility of resisting His grace.
Jesus as usual brings together all of history to make His points through the ages to everyone He speaks to.
Yahshua, Peter, and Paul taught repentance. James taught forgiveness and conversion.
Paul taught repentance in Acts 17:30; Rom 2:4; 2Cor 3:18-23, 7:8-10; 12:21; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14, 2:13, 3:13; 2Ti 2:25; Heb 6:1,6, 12:17.
Paul admits being a sinner 'saved' by Christ.
1Timothy 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Paul knows he sinned and persecuted the true Christians and regretted it (Acts 22:4, 26:11; 1Cor 15:9; Gal 1:13). He admitted he was the foremost of sinners.
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The next accusation we would like to expose is that Paul was said to be the apostle warned about in the book of Revelation regarding the assembly at Ephesus.
Paul's accusers claim that Ephesus was praised by Yahshua Christ for trying them who say they are apostles and are not, and for rejecting the accused so-called prophesied false apostle Paul.
I'd like to remind the jury and the court, that Paul founded the assembly in Ephesus.
When you read this in the KJV it states that Paul is speaking to Gentile aliens with no hope and God called people of all ethnic backgrounds because God's grace is for all.
When you read this in the proper Greek, then you will see why Paul is misunderstood.
Paul addressed the Ephesians as 'saints', and reminded them that they were Israelites who were alienated from the covenants and promises and their God because of their sins and are now cleansed by the blood of Christ.
The KJV translated the verb 'alienated' into 'aliens', a noun, which changes the whole context. This occurs often in the KJperVersion. Paul's accusers would do better to scrutinize the KJV translation than to condemn Paul because of the these counterfeit versions, which are all edited by freemasons.
Sir Francis Bacon was the editor of the KJperVersion. He was a queer, freemason, scorcerer.
Paul also did many miracles in Ephesus. He founded the assembly there in 52 AD. Paul led the assembly in Ephesus for 3 years, then Timothy, and later John. Paul spent his time weeding out false doctrines, false apostles, and pagan practices.
It must also be understood that an assembly is not the 'church'. The 'church' is a building filled with mixed-races and anti-christs of our own race who know not what they worship and don't know who they are.
An assembly is ecclesia in the Greek, which is a gathering of true Christians, wherever they gather, such as in a building, an assembly hall, in homes, or by a riverside.
Paul of Tarsus is accused of being a Universalist and bringing the exclusive message of the Gospel to Gentiles and the rest of the world.
I'd like to remind the jury, and provide the evidence that it's not Paul's fault that his message was universalized due to the tampering of scripture, and the ignorance of the fact that scripture has been tampered with, especially when it comes to the word 'Gentile' which simply means nations. (Gentiles https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/gentiles-2/) In scripture this word identifies Israelites at least 80% of the time, Adamic kinsmen of the Israelites about 15% of the time, and it identifies the Canaanite/Edomite Jews about 5% of the time. The scriptures do not mention the other races as nations, men, or even as people.
One with proper scriptural knowledge can understand this, and understands that context determines which nations are the subject.
If Paul is charged with universalizing the message, then why not Christ as well? Matthew 28:19 (“teach all nations”) John 3:16 (“loved the whole world”). Why not any of the other apostles and disciples who used the words 'all, every, whosoever, and Gentiles'?
It's not Paul's fault people do not know that 'Gentiles' replaced the Hebrew word goyim and the Greek words Hellen and ethnos, and simply means a nation, tribe, or race of people, and does not mean non-Jew. These Hebrew and Greek words identify Jews as goyim and ethnos as well.
How else do you explain 2 goyim brothers inside the womb of Rebekah, a supposed Jewess?
It's not Paul's fault people don't study, or would rather believe someone who is ignorant or unlearned.
Paul's gospel was not Judaism, Paul's gospel was later Judaized.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of preaching to the Gentiles.
Again, I remind the jury that evidence of the misuse of the word 'Gentiles' is provided. (Gentiles https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/gentiles-2/).
Paul did not teach universalism, Paul taught 'lost' Israelites their true identity. These Israelites are wrongly titled 'Gentiles'. Today's 'lost' Israelites wrongly identify as transGentiles.
Paul reminded the Romans they were Israelites of the seed of David. Many Romans were Judahites.
Paul reminded the Corinthians, who were Dorian and Danaan Greeks, that they were Israelites of the house of Judah.
Paul reminded the Galatians, who were Celtic and Germanic tribes, that they were Israelites.
Paul reminded the Ephesians, who were Dorian Greeks, Roman Judahites, Phoenicians, and Ionian Greeks, that they were Israelites.
Paul reminded the Philippians, who were Macedonian and Dorian Greeks, Trojans and Thracians, that they were Israelites.
Paul reminded the Colossians, who were Dorian Greeks, that they were Israelites.
Paul reminded the Thessalonians, who were pagan Israelites, that they were Israelites.
Paul was revealing the mystery of their identity and relationship as family members of the genetic household of Yahweh. That they were children of Jacob Israel. They didn't know these things, just as those of our race in the 'churches' today are oblivious to their identity.
The jury should see that Paul went explicitly to the 'lost' sheep of the house of Israel scattered among the nations. The assemblies he taught in were Israelite assemblies.
It's not Paul's fault that his accusers lack historical knowledge, do not know the migration patterns of the Israelites since the Exodus, the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities, or that people lack understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek words and meanings that clearly identify who is who.
Paul of Tarsus is accused of going against Christ's commandment to go only unto the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
Matthew 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
This first commission Christ sent His disciples on was local, the cities in and around Judaea.
Go to the lost sheep in Judaea first (Zec 12:7). They went to teach in their cities (Matt 11:1). It doesn't sound like the disciples went far because we then see Yahshua and His disciples again in chapter 12.
We see Yahshua Christ state His Gospel being preached in the whole world in Matthew 26:13, and here in chapter 28 before He ascends He commands to teach all nations.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
This later commission was the command to go to the lost sheep scattered everywhere outside of Judaea.
Did Christ intend for the Apostles to go to every nation and race? Or did Christ command the Good News to be preached to every nation of the children of Israel?
Was John in 1John 2:2 teaching the same universalism as Christ when he said “Christ was the propitiation for the whole world”?
Why is Paul condemned for using the same language?
The people Paul, the other Apostles, and Christ, brought the Gospel to were Israelites. Paul did not go to Jews, Gentiles, or the other races. If you know your history, and the identity of the nations mentioned in scripture, then you know Paul went to the lost sheep scattered among all the nations.
Yahshua's disciples and the Israelites of Judaea were not keen to who was Jew and who was Judah, that much is evident. Paul may not have known the difference either while he was a Pharisee, but when Yahshua dealt with Paul on the road to Damascus Christ gave him understanding, which is evident in Paul's epistles where he differentiates between the children of Jacob and the children of Esau, the vessels of mercy and the vessels of wrath, the saints and the man of lawlessness.
How many of our people today are not keen to who the Jews really are, what a Gentile really is, and who true Israel is?
Paul's accusers claim he admitted he was a liar, and that he confessed to using the art of a lie to extend the glory of God.
Romans 3:7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto His glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
On the surface, to the unlearned and the lazy student of the word, this sounds like Paul is admitting he's a liar.
Let the jury consider this:
Paul is not speaking of himself, nor of his lie of unbelief, in his state of unregeneracy (not renewed in heart and mind or reborn in spirit, unrepentant); but in the person of a sinful man, "for every man is a liar", (Rom 3:4), as he says, "I speak as a man", (Rom 3:5); representing a wicked man, who from what was before said, might collect this as the sense of it, that the truth of God is illustrated by the lies of men: and so much may be owned as the apostle's sense, that the truth of God is commended, illustrated, and made to abound, when it is asserted, that He is true and faithful, and every man is a liar, fallacious, and deceitful; "let God be true, and every man a liar", (Rom 3:4): moreover, the truth of God may be allowed to abound through the lies of men, in a comparative sense, the one being set against the other; and so as contraries do, illustrate each other.
Paul in Romans 3:7 is saying it is wrong to lie, even if one thinks it helps.
Paul says in verse 7, “For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto His glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?” Paul asks how he could be judged a sinner if his sin caused God’s name to be praised. To that, Paul answered in verse 8, “And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.”
There were some who actually accused Paul of saying we should sin so that good would come out of it. This is certainly not what he said and he indicated that the judgment they received for their lie would be justified. Even though the Master is able to bring honor to Himself by judging sin in the individual, that sin is never justified. Consider the words of the Master to the woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. When she repented, the Master said to her, “GO, AND SIN NO MORE”.
I ask the jury to consider this example. We know today's 'churches' are all apostate. They worship Jewish Jesus and a counterfeit christianity that is not found in scripture. All those congregants are sinners, ignorant sinners who are trying to get people 'saved'. Unfortunately most people who accept Himey Jesus and become 'enslaved' by him are still sinners and still ignorant. But when someone through those ignorant, sinful, anti-christ Jew worshipers and their false 'church' doctrines later comes to the truth and then learns who they are and Whose they are, were not those 'church' sinners extending the glory of God through their lies? Those 'church' goers will still die in their sins and ignorance, but the ones who were called out of those 'churches' will be 'saved' if they repent and continue following The Way.
Paul of Tarsus is accused of preaching his own gospel. Paul has been accused of teaching that the people would be judged according to his own gospel.
Let the record show that Paul described The Gospel as:
My gospel in Romans 2:16, 16:25; 2Tim 2:8.
The gospel of God in Romans 1:1, 15:16; 2Cor 11:7; 1Thes 2:2,8-9; 1Ti 1:11.
The gospel of peace in Romans 10:15; Eph 6:15.
The gospel of Christ in Romans 1:16, 15:19,29; 1Cor 9:12,18; 2Cor 4:4, 9:13-14; Gal 1:7; Php 1:27; 1Thes 3:2; 2Thes 1:8.
The gospel of His Son in Romans 1:9.
The gospel of the uncircumcision in Gal 2:7.
The gospel of your salvation in Eph 1:13.
Our gospel in 2Cor 4:3; 1Th 1:5; 2Th 2:14
Isaiah said 53:1 “Who has believed OUR report?”
Paul attests Yahweh is the author of salvation: 1Thes 5:9; 2Ti 2:10; Tit 2:11; Heb 2 and 5.
In the epistle to the Romans, Paul called the gospel “my gospel” twice. Paul also in Romans calls his gospel, the gospel of God 2x, the gospel of peace 1x, the gospel of Christ 3x, and the gospel of Yahweh's Son once, all in Romans. Paul uses these terms interchangeably throughout all his epistles.
I ask the jury, if you were a Christian and accepted and lived by the Gospel, and witnessed to others of the Gospel, wouldn't you call it yours as well? It's a message of salvation, which is yours, so it becomes your Good News as well. It's OUR Good News. The fact that Paul clearly does not state or imply that the Gospel is his alone is evident, because he also identifies the Gospel with God, peace, Christ, the Son, the uncircumcision, yours, and ours.
If the Gospel fits, wear it!
Paul's accusers claim Paul never mentions the Kingdom of Heaven.
Paul mentions the Kingdom of God in Acts 14:22, 19:8, 20:25, 28:23 (the kingdom of God and of Jesus, the Torah, and the prophets), 28:31 (kingdom of God and of Jesus); Romans 14:17; 1Corinthians 4:20, 6:9-10, 15:24 (kingdom of God and of the Father), 15:50; Galatians 5:21; Ephesians 5:5 (kingdom of God and of Christ); Colossians 1:13 (kingdom of His dear Son), 4:11 (kingdom of God); 1Thessalonians 2:12; 2Thessalonians 1:5; 2Timothy 4:1 (kingdom of God and Jesus Christ), 4:18 (His heavenly kingdom); Hebrews 1:8 (kingdom of the Son who has the sceptre of righteousness), and 12:28 (the kingdom of the Mediator of the Renewed Covenant).
The 2nd Advent is the return of Yahshua Christ. This is Judgment Day, this is the Wedding Feast, this is the kingdom coming down from above and being established on the earth.
We see Paul teaching the kingdom of God, the Father, the Son, the heavenly kingdom, the righteous Mediator, and the kingdom of Christ.
Kingdom of God is G932 and G2316.
Kingdom is basileia (bas-il-i-ah) and means royalty, rule, a realm, reign. The right or authority to rule over a kingdom. The royal power of Yahshua as the triumphant Messiah. The royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom. Used in the Renewed Covenant to refer to the reign of the Messiah.
Though Paul did not use the exact phrase 'kingdom of heaven', he most certainly expounded on the kingdom of heaven.
In 2Timothy 4:18 Paul mentions Christ's heavenly kingdom.
Paul used the word 'heavenly' 15 times.
Paul mentions the 'heavenly' vision in Acts 26:19; he differentiates between those that are earthy and those that are 'heavenly' in 1Corinthians 15:48-49; he mentions God, and blessings in the 'heavenlies' in Christ in Ephesians 1:3 and 20, and 2:6, and 3:10. Paul speaks to his Israelites kinsmen in Hebrews 3:1, calling them 'set-apart brethren' and partakers of the 'heavenly' calling of the Emissary and High Priest of our confession in Yahshua Messiah. In Hebrews 6:4 he mentions the 'heavenly' gift and the Holy Spirit, and in Hebrews 8:5 and 9:23 describes the pattern of the 'heavenly' things found in the BC part of the Covenant and how they were purified according to the Torah and the blood of Christ. He also explains the already prepared and coming kingdom in Hebrews 11:16 and that we are the 'heavenly' Jerusalem and we are being drawn near the gathering and assembly of the first-born which are written in 'heaven' in 12:22-23.
The kingdom of Heaven or of God is not mentioned in the Old Testament.
Wisdom 10:10 is the only mention of the Kingdom of God in the BC literature.
James did not mention the kingdom of Heaven or of God directly, but did teach that those rich in The Belief are heirs of the kingdom which is promised to those who love Him.
Peter in both his epistles did not mention the kingdom of Heaven or of God directly, but did teach of the everlasting kindgom of Yahshua Christ.
Jude did not mention the Kingdom of God or of Heaven.
John did not mention the Kingdom of Heaven in his 3 epistles or Revelation.
Why is Paul the only one accused of not mentioning the Kingdom of Heaven?
Paul of Tarsus is accused of teaching his own commandments.
Paul's opinions were made known.
Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
Paul quotes the OT if you go back and read verse 4.
3:4 Let it not be! But let Elohim be true, and every man a liar, as it has been written, “That You should be declared right in Your words, and prevail in Your judging.”
Yahweh speaking: Job 40:8 Wilt you also disannul My judgment? wilt you condemn Me, that you mayest be righteous?
Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded (surrendered) your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield (present) your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
6:20 For when you were the servants of sin, you were free (apart) from righteousness.
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Paul taught to follow the commandments. Paul taught that sin still abounds. Paul taught that practicing sinners were servants of sin.
When Paul did not have an OT verse to cite, he spoke as a man, he spoke from his opinion, and he made it known.
1Corinthians 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Master: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Paul, writing during a time of heavy persecution of Christians, was responding to a letter concerning matters of marriage and other various matters concerning respect between brethren.
Paul gives his advice regarding circumcision and stated that every man, when they are called, whether they are circumcised or not, that it's more important to keep the commandments of God, rather than cause division over it. That's why he said in verse 20 “let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.”
Paul circumcised Timotheus because Paul was respecting the elders in Judaea and rather than argue, he avoided division by circumcising Timotheus (Acts 16:3). Paul was not 'doing away with' circumcision, which is an Abrahamic covenant, he was simply saying that if you were called as an uncircumcised adult you were not compelled to get circumcised at that point. Circumcision of the heart is what mattered. Newborn males however are to be circumcised on the 8th day according to the law. The topic of circumcision in these passages was in context of the path to salvation, which doesn't depend on being circumcised.
In Romans 2:25 Paul states that circumcision is beneficial, but if you don't follow the Torah then the fact that you are circumcised does not benefit. And those who are not circumcised but follow the Torah are counted as one who is circumcised and Torah abiding. Paul was differentiating between 'lost' uncircumcised Israelites who followed the law on their heart unwittingly and the circumcised Judaean Israelites who knew but didn't follow the Torah. Paul was saying it's the circumcision of the heart that matters, backing up 1Samuel 15:22 'to obey is better than to sacrifice', and Hosea 6:6 “For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings”, and Mark 12:33 'loving your kinsmen more than burnt offerings and sacrifices'.
Paul stated he and the Israelite Judaeans are the circumcision, and that they shouldn't trust that being circumcised guaranteed salvation.
Paul explains all this in 1Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, and Philippians where he stated he was a Hebrew circumcised on the eight day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Paul gives his advice regarding slaves and bondman, teaching forgiveness and brotherly love.
Paul gives his advice for the unmarried and the widows
1Corinthians 7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Master: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy (favor, Divine influence) of the Prince to be faithful (trustworthy).
Judgment is G1106 gnome, which means opinion, counsel, advice, knowledge, view, thought, mind.
Paul reminded them that this was a time of persecution, and not a good time to start a family.
Verses 12-40 are all Paul's opinions which he repeatedly makes known.
1Corinthians 7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress,
7:29 But this I say, brethren,
7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare (put a restraint) upon you, but for that which is comely, and that you may attend upon the Master without distraction.
Keep Yahweh first is what Paul taught when giving his own advice.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of bringing the Gospel to the Jew first, then to the Gentiles.
Again, may I draw attention to the fact that the words 'Jew' and 'Gentile' are counterfeit words with inaccurate meanings and the evidence provided demonstrates each occurrence to be fraudulent and the correct word and meaning is provided. (Jew or Judah? https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/jew-or-judah/)(Gentiles https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/gentiles-2/)
There were Israelite Judahite Judaeans and Canaanite-Edomite Judaeans. Paul did not bring the Gospel to the Canaanite-Edomite Judaeans.
Paul brought the Gospel to the Judahite Judaeans first (Zec 12:7), then to the dispersed nations of 'lost' Israel.
Paul did not bring the Gospel to Jews. Paul's accusers like to claim Jews are Jews in Paul's epistles, but not in the other books.
Paul knew who the Jews were and who the Israelites were.
In Romans 9 Paul identifies his own people Israel by addressing them as 'the Anointed', 'brethren', 'kinsmen according to the flesh', 'Israelites', 'to whom pertains the position of sons', 'the glory', 'the covenants', 'the giving of the Torah', 'the wisdom and the promises', 'that they are of the fathers concerning the flesh whom Christ came for and is blessed by God'.
Paul then states that these Israelites are the seed of Abraham, the called out seed of Isaac who begat Esau and Jacob.
Paul then recalls the history and prophecy of these two goyim brothers.
Romans 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election (choice) might stand, not of works (sacrificial rituals), but of Him that calleth;)
9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In the same chapter Paul explains to his Israelite kinsmen that Yahweh is the potter, Isaac was the lump of clay, and Esau and Jacob are the vessels. Esau a vessel of dishonor and wrath fitted for destruction, and Jacob a vessel of honor receiving mercy, compassion and loving-commitment, which Yahweh had afore prepared unto glory.
Then Paul says this to his Israelite kinsmen...
9:24 Even us, whom He hath called, not of the Judaeans only, but also of the Gentiles (dispersed Nations of Israel)?
Paul then references the prophecy in Hosea regarding the Israelites that Yahweh divorced and scattered among the nations.
9:25 As He saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her unto Me in the land; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not My people, You art My people; and they shall say, You art my God.
Paul also quotes Genesis 22:17; Deut 29:23 and Isaiah 1:9, 10:22, 28:22; Jeremiah 49:18, 50:40 and Amos 4:11, which are all prophecies concerning his Israelite kinsmen.
Paul knew who his kinsmen were, and who the Jews were after Yahshua Christ gave him a reboot on the road to Damascus, deleted his Judaized malware, and downloaded the truth and appointed him 'Manager of the Family' of Yahweh.
Paul explains the difference between Jacob and Esau in 2Thessalonians.
He speaks of the mystery of the man of lawlessness, referring to whom Christ revealed who this was in John chapter 8.
Paul speaks of the wicked men who have not faith, which correctly translated reads '...The Faith is not for all'.
Paul knew Elymas the scorcerer was a Jew. He identified him as: 'full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Master?
If you know your scripture, Jews are identified as subtil (subtil beasts of the field), mischievious, children of the devil, enemies of all righteousness, and perverters of The Way.
In Acts 13 Paul is addressing the congregation in Antioch of Pisidia, whom he reiterates in many ways that they are his 'brethren', 'men of Israel', 'the people whom God chose', and Paul included some family history and family name drops of Samuel, Saul, David, and that Christ is the promised seed of David. Paul mentions John the Immerser, and then again addresses his audience as 'brethren', and 'children of Abraham'. Paul preaches Christ and Paul quotes Isaiah 53:11, 55:3, Psalm 16:10, Jeremiah 31:34 and Habakkuk 1:5, because Paul is reminding this congregation who they were.
Paul knew who the children of Jacob were, and who the children of Esau were.
He addresses his Israelite kinsmen in every epistle, and he teaches them their identity and exposes the Jewish Judaeans as false brethren.
Paul is accused of claiming to be our Father.
Paul of Tarsus founded many assemblies and he nurtured them, exhorted them, encouraged them, and loved them as a father.
2Corinthians 6:13 But for the same reward – I speak as to children – open wide your hearts too.
Galatians 4:19 My little children, for whom I am again in birth pains until Messiah is formed in you,
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Master, for this is right.
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all, for this is well-pleasing to the Master.
1Thessalonians 2:10 You are witnesses, Elohim also, how set-apart and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe, 11 even as you know how each one of you, as a father to his children, encouraging and comforting and bearing witness to you, 12 that you would walk worthily of Elohim who is calling you into His own reign and esteem.
Hebrews 2:13 (Quoting Isaiah 8:17-18) And again, “I shall put My trust in Him.” And again, “See, I and the children whom Elohim gave Me.”
Is Isaiah claiming to be the Father too?
Hebrews 12:5 And you have forgotten the appeal which speaks to you as to sons, “My son, do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, nor faint when you are reproved by Him, 6 for whom Yahweh loves, He disciplines, and flogs every son whom He receives.” Paul quotes Proverbs 3:11-12 here.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of authorizing himself.
Let the jury consider this example.
Luke 9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in Your name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
9:50 And Yahshua said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
So I ask the jury. Was this man casting out devils in the name of Yahshua 'sent' or 'called of God'? Where are his witnesses to his ministry?
Paul did not usurp authority over the Apostles. Paul was humble.
1Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ (the Anointed-meaning Israelites);
2Corinthians 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Master hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
Authority as a group, not Paul the dictator. His teaching is from Christ and is for building and not for destroying. If you read verse 7, Paul is stating that the group has authority.
Verse 7 in the Greek: You must look at things according to appearance. If one is confident in himself to be of the Anointed, he must again reckon this by himself; that just as he is of the Anointed, even so are we.
In other words, nobody is above anyone else because we are all of the Anointed group.
Another mistake people make is not understanding the word 'christ', which means anointed. It is a reference to Messiah, but sometimes is a reference to the Anointed seed of Israel, the body of obedient Israelites.
Paul of Tarsus is accused of taking money and charging for his evangeling.
Paul was a tentmaker and provided for himself.
Acts 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them (Aquila and Priscilla), and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Acts 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands (Paul's hands) have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Master Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak concerning need: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
1Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and hardship: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable (a burden) unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
2Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought (without paying for it); but worked with labour and toil night and day, that we might not be chargeable (a burden) to any of you:
Paul's accusers say he robbed the assemblies.
2Corinthians 11:8 I robbed other assemblies, taking wages of them, to do you service.
Sounds like Paul admits robbing other assemblies?
Robbed is G4813 which does mean to rob, to despoil. The related word is G138 and akin to G142 which means to raise up, elevate, draw up, to appropriate what is taken, to apply to any use.
G142 is used in instances such as 'take up thy bed, take My yoke upon you', 'took up the body', 'took up the fragments of fish remaining'.
The Greek reads: Other ecclesias I despoil (legally) getting provisions dispensing them toward you.
The Macedonians contributed money to Paul for him to visit the other assemblies.
2Corinthians 11:9 And when I was present with you, and in need, I was chargeable (a burden) to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. (Php 4:15-18)
This is an example of the Anointed body of Israelites supporting other assemblies.
In 1Corinthians 16 Paul gives instructions for the collection which he has the assembly choose who will deliver it to the saints in Jerusalem. Paul also instructs the Galatians to do the same.
Paul of Tarsus is accused of accepting the status of being one of the gods, and he didn't deny being a god.
When Paul and Barnabas were in Lystra, Paul healed a lame man. The people held them as gods come down in the likeness of men. They called Barnabas and Paul Jupiter and Mercury.
Acts 14:15 (Tearing their garments) And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Does it seem like Paul's accusers have not read Paul's epistles?
Paul of Tarsus is accused of claiming he was Christ, or even co-redeemer with Christ.
Acts 13:47 For so hath Yahweh commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the nations, that you shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Was Isaiah co-redeemer with God too?
Paul quotes Isaiah 42:6, 49:6 and Luke 2:32 which are prophecies of any of Yahweh's servants who restores the tribes of Jacob throught the Good News.
Paul was not claiming that he was the Saviour. Salvation means mortal preservation and when one hears, understands, and continues in the truth, they are preserved in this life and delivered unto the next.
Paul was obeying the sayings of Yahweh through Ezekiel (ch 33), because when you warn the wicked, and he taketh not warning, his blood shall be upon his own head. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
Galatians 4:14 And my trial which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Received is G1209 dechomai and means to accept, meaning, to embrace, to approve.
The Galatians received Paul as a messenger.
The correct Greek translation reads: '…,like Yahshua Christ' (not as). Meaning Yahshua was also a messenger of God. One who brings good tidings.
Paul stated he was a 'servant and bound of Yahweh and Yahshua Christ' in Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Titus 1:1; 2Thessalonians 1:2; Philemon 1:1 and Hebrews 10:34.
'Called of or by Christ' in 1Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; bound to the commandment of God and Christ in 1Timothy 1:1.
The Anointed (Christ) is a reference to the children of Israel in Rom 9:3; 1Cor 12:12, 2Cor 1:21; Gal 3:16, 29; Eph 3:4 and Col 4:3 (Christ is not a mystery, the identity of the Anointed people was a mystery); Philip 1:21.
In Philippians 3:10-11 Paul states he wants to know Christ more, and Paul knows he's not 'saved' yet but rather that he must press on to lay hold of that which Christ has laid hold of, referring to the resurrection from the dead.
Paul did not claim he was Christ, or even that he was a co-redeemer. Paul clearly states that he believes in Christ, and that the prize of eternal life is not guaranteed until this test called life ends. Paul exhorts the Philippians to continue to walk by the same rule and be of the same mind, and to become joint imitators with Paul. Paul ends chapter 3 stating who his Saviour is and that they await the Kingdom of Heaven.
Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in the heavens, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Master Yahshua Messiah,
Paul of Tarsus is accused of saying he should be imitated.
Who should we imitate? Paul? Or Jesus?
If Paul is imitating Jesus, wouldn't we be imitating Jesus if we imitate Paul?
'Of me' is G3450 and means I, me, my, of me.
When Paul said “my kinsmen”, did he mean his kinsmen or Christ's? Or both?
When Paul said “my gospel”, did he mean his gospel or Christ's? Or both?
When Paul said “my God”, did he mean his God, or Israel's God? Or Both?
When Paul said “my speech, my preaching”, did he mean his, or Christ's? Or Both?
When Paul said “ Timotheus my beloved son”, did he mean Timotheus was his son, or did he mean his kinsmen of the flesh?
When Paul said “my little children”, did he mean his children, or did he mean Christian converts?
When Paul said “you all are partakers of my grace”, did he mean his grace, or did he mean they partake in the same Divine Influence and favor?
When Paul said “David was raised from the dead according to my gospel”, did he mean he resurrected David, or will David be resurrected by the same gospel of Christ which Paul preached?
Paul of Tarsus is accused of misquoting the OT and abusing the sayings of the prophets.
Paul quotes, cites, or references the Old Testament 268 times. Hebrews 29 times. For a total 297 times.
Jesus Christ quotes, cites, or references the OT at least 62 times.
Paul and Christ both paraphrased, referenced, cited, and alluded to quotes in the OT.
Why is Paul condemned for the same thing Christ did?
Paul of Tarsus is accused of doing away with the law.
The Priesthood was not qualified to 'do away with' or 'add' any laws.
It was the prophets who prophesied of a change. May I draw your attention to...
Daniel 9:27 (The angel Gabriel speaking) And He (Yahshua) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations He shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Yahshua Christ did not do away with the law, He fulfilled the law. The context is not the Commandments. The context is the sacrificial rituals. The law of the priestly ordinances.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
The Gospel of Ebionites reads: "I am come to do away with sacrifices, and if you cease not sacrificing, the wrath of God will not cease from you." (Epiphanius, Panarion 30.16,4-5)
Christ did not do away with the law or the prophets. Christ fulfilled the Levitical law of sacrifice and proved the words of the prophets of God.
Paul was teaching that the rituals, the priesthood, the men-priests as mediators, and the Levitical ordinances and oblations were 'done away with'.
The people did not understand this and this is what Paul was explaining.
The 'churches' today still do not understand this, which is why they eat pork and unclean animals, don't keep the Sabbaths and Feast Days, and don't care about the 10 Commandments because they think 'grace' makes them bulletproof, and because they declared they are 'saved' by their own mouths they can't lose their salvation.
But the law was not 'done away with', only the priesthood and the rituals were 'done away with'.
Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
2:16 And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off (scattered Israelites), and to them that were nigh (Judaean Israelites).
The law of commandments in ordinances are the Levitical ordinances. Christ's death made void the priesthood and rituals.
Ferrar Fenton's translation reads (works of the law) as rituals of the law.
The KJV uses Works of the law in: Rom 9:32; Gal 2:16, 3:2,5,10.
Deeds of the law: Rom 3:20,28.
Paul was teaching that the rituals never saved anyone. That it was a temporary yearly sacrifice and atonement. Men-priests, the blood of animals, and rituals cannot save you.
The law was not 'done away with', because having and following The Belief does not void the law, it establishes it. Paul taught that all the other commandments still stand and when we sin we must come to Yahshua Christ to make atonement. The compunction to repent, ask for forgiveness and to continue in The Way comes from Divine Influence and the law written on our hearts.
Deuteronomy 30:10 If you shalt hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn unto Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
1Kings 8:58 That He may incline our hearts unto Him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Solomon commanded his son to guard the Torah and write them on the tablet of your heart. (Prov 3:3, 7:3)
Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
The written law was written on our hearts in the Renewed covenant because it is now up to us to follow the law written on our hearts, rather than depend on a priesthood and rituals.
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith Yahweh, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Hebrews 8:10 and 10:16 shows the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:33.
2Corinthians 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Yahweh; I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people:
Hebrews 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith Yahweh, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Paul did not teach the law was 'done away with'. Paul taught that the law of ordinances of the priesthood and the rituals were 'done away with'.
The 'churches', the Jews, and Paul's accusers cannot tell the difference between the Levitical ordinances and the Commandments. Paul was not an antinomian (against the law).
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Paul's accusers claim Paul says it's ok to eat unclean animals and meat sacrificed to idols (Rom 14:21; 1Cor 8:4-13, 10:19-29) when Jesus said not to eat meat sacrificed to idols (Rev 2:14, 20).
Paul did not teach that the food laws were 'done away with'. The 10 Commandments and the food laws are still in effect, and Paul was not an antinomian (against the law).
The context is not unclean animals.
The context is partaking in the ceremony and ritual sacrifice of meat to little g gods.
Paul simply taught not to partake in the sacrifices and eating with those sacrificing to idols. Paul emphasized not to put stumblingblocks before the weak who had a conscience about eating sacrificed meat. Pork is not the subject, as pork was not, is not, and will not ever be considered food (Pork https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/pork/).
If we follow the logic of Paul's accusers regarding meat sacrificed to idols, then none of us can eat meat, because today's animal breeding, raising, feeding, slaughtering and packaging are not humane, safe, or healthy. The very peoples working in these corporations are unclean and anti-christ. The packaging labels and logos are all satanic symbols and the companies are all owned by Jews. Kosher actually means most inhumanely slaughtered. Muslims pray to Allah over the animal when they slaughter it.
There is a difference between attending fellowship dinners among pagans sacrificing animals to other gods and fellowship dinners among Christians who simply just buy their meat, take it home, pray over it, and eat it.
Unless you had a farm in those days, you had to buy your meat in the markets which were attached to the temples. Back then, just like today, the family farms were put out of business and the people lived in the cities, so many Israelites had no choice but to buy their meat at the pagan markets.
Paul taught brotherly love over doubtful disputations that divide. To not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.
Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
In Romans chapter 14 Paul emphasizes the food laws. He explains that many people became vegetarians because they didn't want to eat meat sacrificed to idols, and that others did not care if the meat was sacrificed to idols or not (Romans https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/2016/07/04/romans/).
The context is not unclean animals. The context is arguing over personal decisions about eating or not eating meat sacrificed to idols.
Most of the Judaean Israelites did not eat unclean animals, and the clean animals that were sacrificed to idols were considered 'common' by the Judaeans. Defiled and profane. The Judaean Israelites also considered the Greeks and other pagan nations as 'common'.
Peter's vision in Acts chapter 10 was about Yahweh teaching Peter that the Greeks and other pagan Israelites were now made clean throught the blood of Christ.
The pagan Israelites that became Christian needed to stop eating unclean animals, and animals sacrificed to other gods, and also to stop condemning each other for their eating habits. And that if you are not sacrificing to Yahweh, then you are sacrificing to idols.
1Corinthians chapter 8 is about food offered to idols. (https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/1corinthians/)
1Corinthians 8:10 For if any man see you which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
Paul was teaching his kinsmen 'don't be a bad influence to those struggling with trying not to eat foods sacrificed to idols'.
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new month, or of the sabbath days:
The context of chapter 16 is a criticizm of the 'commandments of men'. Paul explains that Christ's death voided the priesthood and it's rituals as well as the added decrees and commandments of the Pharisees that governed over the lives of the Judaeans. (https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/colossians/)
Paul was not teaching that you could eat whatever you wanted, that you don't have to keep the sabbath day or the feast days, and not to judge each other. Paul was teaching not to condemn each other over decisions in food (which would not include eating unclean animals), not to condemn in drink (which does not mean you can be an alcoholic), and not to condemn in sabbath observance (which can be kept Saturdays, Sundays, or by the Solar Calendar), and not to condemn each other over these things.
Paul of Tarsus is accused of teaching that genealogy was not important.
1Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions (causes disputes), rather than godly edifying (G3622- oikonomia) which is in faith (The Belief): so do.
Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
The myths and endless genealogies are referring to how the Greeks and other pagans claimed their ancestry was from the gods. Zeus, Ares, Apollos, unions of gods and earthly mates.
You have to have some understanding of the Greek mind of the day to comprehend what Paul means by endless genealogies. Obviously the 'churches' and Paul's accusers are not aware of this, which shows that a lack of scriptural, historical, and classical knowledge leads to accusing Paul unfairly.
Edifying is G3622 oikonomia in 1Timothy 1:4 and should have been translated 'management of the family': '…not giving heed to endless genealogies, which causes disputes rather than management of the family of Yahweh which is by The Belief.'
Being the manager of the family of Yahweh is being an edifier. One who builds and does not tear down.
I ask the jury, was Paul causing disputes, or was he managing the family of God in teaching them to abandon claiming that they were descendants of pagan gods?
Paul's accusers teach that the book of Acts is a fraud because they say the Holy Spirit was given before the first Pentecost recorded in Acts 2:1.
May I draw your attention to the fact that the Holy Spirit was upon Israelites since the BC days.
In Luke, Yahshua taught the disciples how to pray, and that you can ask for the Holy Spirit.
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil (base), know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?
Acts 5:32 And we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.
Backed up by:
1John 3:24 And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.
Paul's accusers argue that the disciples were already given the Holy Spirit when Christ ascended.
John 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
In Acts chapter 2:
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Judaeans, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
The verses following states there were Israelites from Parthia, Media, Elam, Mesopotamia, Judaea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, Libya, Cyrene, and Rome.
So the disciples who apparently already received the Holy Spirit in John 20 were with all these other devout Israelite men when they too received the Holy Spirit at the first gathered Pentecost after Christ's ascension.
Acts and Luke are not fraudulent documents. They are backed up by the prophecy of Joel which is fulfilled in Acts chapter 2 forward unto today and until Christ returns.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit.
Paul's accusers reject Peter's 2nd epistle.
Peter attests of Paul in 2Peter 3:15. And Peter also knows that Paul is hard to understand because of his deep knowledge of Torah, the Greek classics and lifestyles, and because he was converted from the dark side by Yahshua. Paul was educated in Judaism and Christianity.
2Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Master is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Paul is accused of being unaccepted by the other Apostles and Christians.
Those who accompanied Paul, taught with him and were colleagues of him.
These, according to scriptural accounts and are listed, were:
Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Manaen, Silas, Timotheus, Gaius, Aristarchus, the disciples, the brethren in Jerusalem, James, Sosthenes, Timothy, Silvanus, and Peter.
Acts 13:1 Now there were in the assembly that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by (being given over to) the brethren unto (by) the grace (Divine influence) of God.
Acts 16:3 Him (Timotheus) would Paul have to go forth with him;...
Acts 19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not (to protect Paul from the mob).
Acts 20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
Acts 21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.
1Corinthians 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
1Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the assembly of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Master Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Master Jesus Christ.
2Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Master Jesus Christ:
2Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Master is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
If Paul of Tarsus was not called by Yahweh, then how do you explain the miracles of healing during his ministry?
Paul performed miracles in Iconium in Acts 14:3-4.
Paul healed a lame crippled man at Lystra in Acts 14:8-18 giving the glory to God.
Paul exorcized a damsel possessed with a spirit of divination in Thyatira in Acts 16:18 in the name of Yahshua Christ.
Yahweh worked special miracles by the hands of Paul in Acts 19:11-12. Even his handkerchiefs and aprons were brought to the sick and they were healed and evil spirits went out of them.
Paul healed Eutychus who fell from the 3rd floor and died in Acts 20:10-12.
Paul was not harmed by a viper in a wood pile that bit him on the island of Malta (Melita) in Acts 28:5, and healed the fever and bloody flux of the father of Publius in verse 8.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Paul of Tarsus has been slandered and accused of almost everything the prosecution can throw at him, hoping something sticks.
The evidence and the facts remain. Paul was a Manager of the Family of God. Paul explained the transition of the Old Covenant promises made to our ancient Israelite ancestors and their fulfillment in the Renewed Covenant with their descendants. Paul reminded his Israelite kinsmen of their identity, who they were and Whose they were, that the Levitical laws of ordinances, oblations and rituals expired, and the mediating priesthood of men and the blood sacrifices expired. And Paul taught his kinsmen how to return to their heritage, to their Israelite traditions, to brotherly love, and to their God, and to continue walking in The Way.
Paul taught to imitate Christ as he and other faithful Christians did. To obey the gospel, obey the commandments, keep the sabbaths and feast days, and to press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of Yahweh in Christ Yahshua.
The accusations that Paul of Tarsus Judaized Christianity and offered it to Gentiles is absurd. But it is understandable that those who are lazy “just believers”, unlearned, or deceived, would believe that. Again, it's because of bad translation, and repeated misunderstandings.
297 times Paul quotes, cites, or references the OT to his Israelite kinsmen. Reminding them of their history and heritage. Paul addresses in every epistle who he is talking to by calling them 'brethren', 'saints', 'called', 'chosen', 'children of God', 'of the forefathers', 'of Abraham's seed', 'the anointed seed of Isaac', 'the called out and set-apart of Jacob'. 'Children of the promise', 'heirs of the covenants', 'vessels of honor and mercy', 'members of the body of the Anointed Ones'.
In every one of Paul's epistles Paul teaches his people to keep and follow the law and commandments. He taught who Christ was according to the flesh, His lineage, His purpose, the prophecies about Him, that He is the author of their Salvation, the Good Shepherd, their Propitiation, their High Priest in the Order of Melchisedek, the Son of God.
In Romans Paul quotes, cites and references the OT 105x.
Paul's message to the Roman's was exclusive. He was writing to Israelites in Rome.
The Roman's were descendants of the Zarah branch of Judah. These were the wild olives.
He refers to them as 'brethren' and 'saints' and that they are 'called'.
The only people referred to as saints in all of scripture are Israelites.
In chapter 1 Paul is speaking to the Israelite Judaeans who had the Torah, the heritage, the history, remembered the prophets, and knew of the power and glory of Yahweh, and that they had no excuse for turning from The Way.
In chapter 2 Paul explains that the scattered 'lost' nations of Israel did not have the Torah, forgot their identity, history and heritage, forgot the prophets and prophecies, and that when they did the things written in the law by nature, they were showing the work of the law written on their hearts.
Paul explained in chapter 3 that both the house of Judah in Judaea and the scattered 10 tribes of Israel were not righteous, and even if the Judaeans sacrificed, they were still not justified by the sacrifices and rituals.
Paul taught that righteousness through The Belief justifies.
Paul told the Judaeans they were justified by their belief and the scattered 'lost' tribes would be justified through The Belief when they learned it.
Paul taught that the Torah was not made void through The Belief (faith), rather that The Belief (faith) established the Torah.
Paul explains in Romans that Abraham was counted righteous because he had the right Belief, not because he performed rituals.
Christ died and rose, so Paul was teaching his kinsmen that Yahweh desired mercy not sacrifices, and that the sacrifices were no longer needed. They never 'saved' anyone anyway.
In chapter 4 Paul teaches his kinsmen of the promises made to the seed of Abraham, which the Romans are the posterity of.
In chapter 6 Paul teaches his kinsmen that Christ died for their past sins and that they must now walk in newness of life. The old man is crucified with Him, which is a reference to the Levitical priesthood, meaning it's ordinances and sacrificial rituals were 'done away with'. They were no longer needed because Christ was the last sacrifice and He is now the reigning priest and mediator to the Father for us.
Paul explains the law of marriage to his kinsmen. That the woman is bound by the law to her husband. So as a wife, Israel sinned by race-mixing and idolatry, so Yahweh divorced them and scattered them among the nations in 745 BC. Paul explains that the husband, Yahweh, had to die in order to be released from the law of marriage. Yahweh died in the flesh as Yahshua Christ, and now Israel is freed from the penalty of death and the law of marriage, and can now be married to Christ.
Paul continues to inform these Romans that they were children of the promise and are the called out seed of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, whom he refers to as vessels of mercy.
Paul contrasts them from the children of Esau whom he refers to as vessels of wrath fitted for destruction.
Paul teaches these Romans that there is no difference between the Israelites of Judaea and the Israelites dispersed and scattered among the nations, and that they are all under the covenant and promises of Abraham because they are all the literal children of Abraham who forgot who they were. And this was because Yahweh blinded them when He divorced them (Deut 29:4; Psa 69:23; Isa 29:10), but He also promised them reconciliation, which was fulfilled in Yahshua (Jer 31:31-37).
In chapter 11 Paul was telling the Israelite Judaeans not to be jealous that the scattered 'lost' nations were to receive the same favor (grace) as themselves. That the lump (Jacob) is holy (set-apart), the root and branches were holy (Israelite Judaeans), and so were the branches. The broken off branches were the Romans and other scattered 'lost' Israelites who forgot who they were and Whose they were.
Paul closes Romans out talking about the 'mystery'. The mystery was who they were.
Paul also reminds them to follow the Torah, to love one another, to walk in The Way, to witness to one another and spread the truth and Good News, and edify the body of the Anointed.
Paul quotes, cites and references the OT in 1Corinthians 72x.
The Corinthian were Dorian and Danaan Greeks of the House of Judah.
Paul founded this assembly. He instructed them to rebuke sin and taught them The Way of Christ.
Paul calls the Corinthian assembly saints, which only the seed of Isaac are called. He also calls them brethren. He tells them that both the Judaean Israelites and Greek Israelites are of the Anointed of Yahweh and that they have His Spirit while there are those born of this world that do not have the Spirit.
Paul was made aware of a fornicator in the assembly and instructed them to cast him out of the congregation and have no dealings with him. Righteousness cannot fellowship with unrighteousness.
Paul also condemns gays, homosexuals, and fornicators.
Paul receives most of the attacks on his writings by gays, homosexuals, and fornicators.
Paul also speaks on marriage and offers his opinions on certain issues relating to marriage when he had no commandments of Christ to give. He gave his best judgment according to scripture.
Paul taught that those who didn't want to eat food sacrificed to idols should not be burdened and beat down by those who didn't have a conscience about it.
Paul also had to explain why he provided for himself, because the false apostles were robbing and taking advantage of the congregations.
Paul also explains that the Corinthians were descendants of the Israelites and reminded them of what Yahweh had done for their ancestors. Paul was also teaching them that there were many scattered Israelites all over the Greco-Roman world that were their genetic brethren.
Paul taught that you must understand what you are doing when you partake in the Master's Supper.
Paul taught that we each have different gifts and services but we are all part of the same body. Each one of us is an important member. Paul teaches of brotherly love and edification of the body.
Paul preaches of the resurrection of Yahshua and the gospel message of reconciliation.
Paul instructed the Corinthians to put aside a collection for the poor in Jerusalem and that they should appoint some of their own congregation to bring the contribution to Jerusalem.
Paul taught these Israelites their heritage and that they should keep the Feast Days.
In 2Corinthians Paul quoted the OT 21x.
In Paul's second (third letter) to the Corinthians we see that his pastoral counsels were followed, the fornicator was ejected from the congregation, he repented and was allowed to return.
Paul again addresses the Corinthians as 'saints' and praised them for doing right.
Paul again speaks of the necessity to follow the law, but also have mercy and brotherly love.
Paul speaks about our spiritual clothing (Shekinah Glory) at Judgment Day, which we receive if we followed The Way.
Paul teaches that we be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. And that our bodies are a temple so we must not let Jewish (Himey) Jesus dwell within us, and then Yahshua Christ can receive us.
Paul warned of false apostles and 33K denominations preaching of another Jesus that would claim Christianity. Do not accept them.
Paul defends his ministry, the gospel of Christ, and that he did not take money from the assemblies, rather he instructed the assemblies to collect, appoint, and disperse the collections, so Paul would be above reproach.
Paul praised, encouraged, and loved his assemblies, and he felt like their father because he brought them the gospel and he watched them grow in it.
Paul, in Galatians, quotes the OT 24x.
Paul brought the gospel to the Galatians, who were mostly Celtic/Germanic tribes. These were the descendants of the ancient Israelites that were scattered among the nations.
In chapters 1-5 Paul explains that the sacrificial rituals and the priesthood were 'done away with' when Christ died. These were not the 10 Commandments, these were the 'works of the law' (rituals, deeds of the law).
Paul was teaching these Israelites their heritage, their identity, and that they were freed from the rituals of the law.
Paul refers to the Galatians as 'saints' and 'brethren'. Paul differentiates them from the Edomites (Jews) and explains how he used to be aligned with them and persecuted the followers of Christ in ignorance.
Paul explains that he was appointed to bring the gospel to the uncircumcised, which is a reference to the scattered 'lost' tribes of Israel.
Paul explains that the sacrificial rituals did not save anyone, and now they were made void by the sacrifice of Christ. Paul explained the function of the ritual laws and that they only served as a foreshadow and schoolmaster for what Christ fulfilled. To keep sacrificing was to deny the work of Messiah. The purpose of the Torah was to reveal condemnation and prevent sinning.
Paul reminds these Galatian Israelites of who they were, and that they were Abraham's seed and were under the covenants and promises made to Abraham.
Paul then instructs them of general living among each other starting in chapter 6. Brotherly love, humility, witnessing of the truth, and doing good, because they are of the household of The Belief.
Paul quotes the OT in Ephesians 12x.
The Ephesians were Dorian Greeks and Roman Israelites, Phoenicians, Ionian Greeks and other branches of scattered Israelites.
Paul addresses them as 'saints', 'brethren', and teaches them that Yahshua was the Anointed, and taught them things concerning the Kingdom of Yahweh.
That these Israelites were chosen by God. Paul speaks of their heritage and the promises made to Abraham.
That these Ephesians were dead in transgressions and error, ignorant and alienated from God through their wickednesses. That they are shown favor and given the gift of salvation through The Belief.
That they should be established among the number of Christ Yahshua for good works which they should walk in.
That the work of Christ on the stake (cross) reconciled both the house of Judah in Jerusalem with the house of 'lost' scattered Israel into one body.
Paul explains he was given the duty of Manager of the Family, and his purpose is to make known the mystery of the Anointed, which is simply reminding them who they were and Whose they were.
Paul exhorted them to be followers of God. Walk in love and eschew the evil.
Paul expounds on the commandment of honoring your parents, which includes honoring your ancestors and your heritage.
Paul also teaches to put on the whole armor of God.
In Philippians 13x Paul quoted the OT.
The Philippians were Macedonian Greeks, Danaan Greeks of the tribe of Dan, as well as Trojan and Thracian Israelites.
Paul addresses them as 'saints' and 'brethren'.
Paul praises them for continuing in the truth and for examining those things that differ, in order that they would remain pure and not stumble unto the day of Christ. Paul praises them for having the same love and being of one mind.
Paul speaks of the humility of Christ.
Paul sends Timothy to care for them because Paul cannot because he was in prison.
Paul warns them to beware of dogs and evil workers, which is a reference to the Canaanite and Edomite Jews.
Paul reminds the Philippians that he was an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew. As a pharisee he thought he was doing right and that he was following the Torah, but as he found out he was on the wrong team, and following the wrong Torah.
Paul told them to imitate him and walk as an example of a citizen of heaven. Paul taught to do what they've learned and not to 'just believe'.
Paul quotes in Colossians the OT 4x.
The Colossians were Dorian Greek Israelites.
Paul addresses them as 'saints' and 'brethren'.
Paul praises them for continuing in The Belief and for being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in knowledge and understanding.
Paul speaks of the Supremacy of Christ. Paul teaches them to stay grounded in the Old Testament history and heritage and be settled in the Gospel that has been prophecied of, fulfilled by, taught by, and sent to the Israelites Judaeans and to the scattered 'lost' sheep of the house of Israel by Yahshua Messiah.
Paul speaks to them of 'the mystery of the ages which is now made manifest to His saints'. The mystery was who they were.
Paul criticizes the 'commandments of men' and warns them not to be deceived by enticing words.
To avoid vain philosophy and deceit. Referring to Greek mythicism and the religion of the Pharisees and the 33K versions of Christianity we now have today.
Paul taught them that the rituals, the priesthood, and even the handwriting of ordinances of the Pharisees and Sadducees was 'done away with'.
Paul taught not to let anyone judge you in food, drink, holydays, new months or sabbaths. So long as one is doing these things in alignment with The Way. Paul was preaching brotherly love and avoiding doubtful disputations that divide.
Paul also warns them of false preachers and teachers.
Paul teaches of the Christian life, putting off the old man and putting on the new man renewed in knowledge and obedience.
Paul tells the Israelite Colossians that they are chosen and set-apart of God.
Paul also speaks of rules for Christian households.
In 1Thessalonians Paul quotes the OT 2x.
The Thessalonians were mainly Israelites that were recently pagans.
Paul addresses the Thessalonians as 'brethren', 'saints', and 'chosen ones'.
Paul praised them for imitating Christ and receiving the Word in much tribulation.
Paul reminds the Thessalonians of who they were, and that many of them suffered the same things as their brethren in Judaea by the Edomite Judaean priesthood. The Jewish priesthood forbade the Apostles to speak to the scattered Israelites because they didn't want them to receive the favor of God, realize who they were, and realize who the Jews really were.
Paul taught them to live clean, righteously and in brotherly love.
Paul preaches of the coming of Yahweh, so whether relaxing or watching, simultaneously together to Him we should be living.
2Thessalonians Paul quotes the OT 2x.
Paul clarifies the first letter. He also speaks of Judgment at Christ's coming.
Paul warns of deception and a falling away.
Paul speaks about the man of lawlessness, and the mystery of lawlessness.
Paul explains that The Belief is not for all, because he knows that The Belief is not able to be received by the Edomite Judaeans, or anyone who is not of the Household of God.
In 1Timothy the OT is quoted, cited or referenced 13x by Paul.
Timothy was a frequent companion of Paul.
Paul placed Timothy over the assembly at Ephesus.
Paul instructs Timothy with practical matters affecting assembly organization and the character of ministers.
Paul refers to Timothy as a 'purely bred child in faith'. Timothy's mother was a Judaean and his father was a Greek. Both were Israelites. Paul is stating that Timothy is an Israelite and of the same faith and seed of Abraham.
Paul warns of false teachers and other doctrines. Paul states that the law is good and lawful, and that the law is for the lawless and disobedient.
Paul states the requirements of Bishops and qualifications for Deacons.
Paul warns of the latter times and how many people will depart from The Belief and give heed to doctrines of devils and seducing spirits.
Paul tells Timothy to remind them of the doctrine of Christ and to continue in it. To fight the good fight of The Belief and maintain good works.
2Timothy
Paul talks about Abraham and our ancestors in the second letter to Timothy.
He gives Timothy encouragment and tells him to hold fast the Gospel, faith, belief and love which is in Christ Yahshua.
Paul tells Timothy to endure as a good soldier of Yahshua Christ and avoid being entangled in the matters of this life.
Paul reiterates that Christ was of the seed of David and those who endure will obtain the preservation and salvation which is in Christ Yahshua.
Paul taught to study to show yourselves approved and to rightly divide the word of truth.
Paul reminds Timothy to teach those things from the law, the prophets, and from Christ.
Paul foretells to Timothy of the godlessness of the last days, and how there will be 33K forms of godliness that are not of God, referring to all the so-called denominations claiming Christianity. Paul speaks about the God-given delusions to those who refuse to be inspired of God, refuse to be corrected or instructed in righteousness, and refuse the Gospel of Yahshua Christ.
Paul taught Timothy to proclaim the Word, stand ready to bring proof, and exhort with all forbearance and instruction.
Titus
Titus was associated with Paul very early in Paul's missionary work.
Titus was the minister of the Israelites in Crete, an island in the Mediterranean.
Paul's letter to Titus was a condensed code of instruction for the assembly in doctrine, morals and discipline, which Titus himself was to be a personal example.
Paul calls Titus a 'purely bred child of faith' just as he did Timothy, as both of them were Israelites of the faith and seed of Abraham.
Paul states that an overseer must be a blameless steward of God.
Paul warns not to give heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men. To avoid trying to claim being descended from the genealogies of the ancient pagan gods. To remind the people that they are not descendants of mythical gods, but that they are the descendants of the living God. They were Israelites.
Paul instructs Titus to teach sound doctrine, in charity, and in patience.
Paul reminds Titus the he and his kinsmen are a peculiar people and redeemed from iniquity by the blood of Christ.
Paul teaches to maintain good deeds.
Philemon
Paul's letter to Philemon was a private letter. The occasion of the letter was the return to Colossae of one of Philemon's servants who had robbed him and escaped to Rome, where he came under the influence of Paul.
Paul addressed Philemon as a brother, a follower of The Belief, and one who shows love toward all saints.
When Philemon's servant Onesimus met Paul, he became a believer.
Paul exhorted Onesimus to do what was right and return and pay off his debt to Philemon.
Paul was also challenging Philemon to do the right thing and forgive Onesimus.
Hebrews 29x Paul quoted, cited, or referenced the OT.
Hebrews was written to Israelites, as Israelites are Hebrews. The Hebrews included those of the remnant of 40,000 who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity, and also of the dispersed Israelites from the Assyrian captivity still living in the Greco-Roman world. The 'lost' sheep of the house of Israel. They are also addressed as 'holy brethren', which means Sacred kinsmen of the flesh, the Anointed seed of Isaac.
Hebrews opens up referring to the Israelites of the BC days, and how on many occasions Yahweh spake by the prophets of Yahshua the Anointed. The Kinsman Redeemer of the people called by His name, who were given the law, married unto, covenanted with and made promises to. The people who broke His laws and covenant, were divorced and scattered among the nations, and promised reconciliation through the blood of Messiah whom Yahweh said “Sit on My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool”. Paul states that Christ is above the angels.
That Christ was made a little lower than the angels so He could suffer death on behalf of His people.
Paul states that He who sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all sprung from one, which is why Christ calls us 'brethren'. Paul also states that Christ was of the seed of Abraham.
Paul teaches history and heritage, and ancestry as he relates accounts of Moses, the forefathers, the Exodus. He speaks of the Rest that will come, but that Rest will not come until there is obedience to the law.
Paul explains the Levitical Office and it's ordinances, and how the sacrifice of Christ was the last sacrifice so the laws of the sacrificial rituals were what was 'done away with'. The need to sacrifice animals for sin expired. The priesthood and its oblations were 'done away with'. The need for priests as mediators between man and God expired. The whole law of Levitical ordinances were 'done away with' because Christ fulfilled them all, made the final sacrifice, and became the High Priest and Mediator between man and God.
Paul explains that there was a change in the law, which was prophecied by the prophets, and this change was a result of the work of Christ on the pale (cross).
Paul explains that Yahshua Christ assumed the eternal priesthood of the Order of Melchisedec.
Paul explains the difference between the spiritual man and the natural man. That one has the spirit and can receive things of the spirit, and one does not have the spirit and cannot receive the things of the spirit. The difference between the Jews and the Ewes (sheep)(Israelites).
Paul preaches to continue in The Way, for if they shall fall away they crucify the Son of God afresh.
Paul references the children of the Devil.
Paul teaches to imitate those with The Belief so they too may receive of the promises made unto Abraham.
Paul explains that when Christ became our High Priest, the Old Covenant was Renewed and made Better because the change was from men priests making temporary atonements with animal blood, to Yahshua the eternal High Priest making a permanent atonement with His blood.
The law was written on our hearts and obedience to His commandments is desired over sacrifices and rituals.
When we sin, we come to Christ and repent, ask for forgiveness, and sacrifice the sinful man/woman, and continue to seek and follow our Kinsman Redeemer.
That the just shall live by belief.
Paul dedicates chapter 11 to the examples of belief. The faith (belief) of the forefathers.
Paul begins with Abel, Enoch and Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Judges, the Kings, the Prophets. They all did not see the prophecies come true, yet they fully believed and proved their belief by their works and their allegiance.
Paul teaches of the example of Yahshua, the author and finisher of The Belief.
Paul reiterates the disobedience of the fathers of our flesh.
Paul warns of rejecting Yahweh's grace.
Paul reminds his kinsmen of their Uncle Esau, who despised his race and gave up his birthright when he married the daughters of the descendants of Cain.
Paul reminds us that our God is a consuming fire.
Paul teaches to let brotherly love continue. Paul taught the second Great commandment.
Paul spoke of the coming Kingdom and the Great Shepherd of the sheep.
I ask the jury, and all who hear this case In Paul's Defence. Does it sound like Paul was a Jew? Does it sound like Paul taught our Gospel heritage to the other races? Does it sound like Paul was teaching another gospel?
If you know who is who, if you know the Word of God, if you know some history, and if you know that the English perversions do not portray the same message as the Greek and older translations, then you should be able to see that Paul was not a Jew, not a universalist, and not teaching another Gospel. And you should be able to see that Paul was indeed the Manager of the Ecclesia. He was the building Administrator of the house of the Most High. An Overseer. He organized the assemblies, he provided the tools needed to build, and he provided step-by-step instructions from the doctrine of Christ on how to build the Kingdom.
Without a Manager, the job would be disorganized, incomplete, and not pass code.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Paul of Tarsus has been singled out, defamed, abused, and unfairly blamed by his accusers because of their lack of scriptural knowledge, the bad translations of his writings, and the repeated misinterpretations of his teachings.
Paul of Tarsus has been accused of destroying Christianity. Judaizing Christianity and universalizing the exclusive message intended for the children of Israel and bringing it to the rest of the world's races. Paul has been accused of teaching his own gospel, teaching Jews first and then Gentiles. Paul has been accused of 'doing away with the law'.
Ladies and gentlemen, Paul of Tarsus was a servant of the Most High Yahweh Elohiym, given correction and instruction in the truth, appointed Manager of the Family of the Household of God, and made an ambassador of the Good News and he was Divinely ordained to bring it to the 'lost' scattered children of Israel who forgot who they were and Whose they were.
Paul is the one with the knowledge and understanding who explained the mystery of who they were.
Paul is the one who taught what took place when Christ died. How the Levitical ordinances and sacrifices had to end. Paul explained the marriage relationship between Israelites and their God and why God had to die.
Paul loved his people and risked his life to spread the Gospel.
Paul of Tarsus had beneficial knowledge from his time as a Pharisee. Paul was educated in the Torah, in Greek literature, in many languages, and in interpretation and explanation of prophecy. Paul was able to relate to the Greek Israelites and the Judaean Israelites because Paul was able to speak to each of them in their languages so they could understand.
If we didn't have Paul to explain the transition from the Old Covenant to the Renewed Covenant, the relationship between the two houses of Israel and Judah, the work Christ did, and the expiration of the Levitical priesthood and blood rituals, then who would have explained all this?
Even Christ's disciples did not understand much of what they were taught, some were doubters, some had to be told things 3 times, and Christ exhorted His disciples for being 'without understanding' many times, and this is also why Messiah appointed Paul as the Manager of the Family. To organize, to reprove sin, to call to account righteousness, to separate Judaism from Christianity, and to convict sin to bring discernment to the faults and errors of false doctrine.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, Paul of Tarsus is innocent of all these false accusations, trumped up charges, outright lies, crafty twisting of doctrine, and bad doctrine due to bad translations. Paul of Tarsus cannot be blamed for poor scholarship, blatant 'just believing', lack of scriptural understanding, inaccurate translations, and repeated misunderstandings.
Let me remind everyone that when Nicodemus used the word (deuteros) he said “born again”, 33K denominations built their 'born again' doctrine according to the error of what Nicodemus said. Yahshua Christ used the word (anothen), which means 'born from above'. (Born Again https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/born-again-2/)
Let me remind everyone that the haters of Christ replaced the name of our God Yahweh with the title the LORD over 6,000 times, resulting in a famine in the calling upon the correct deity. (The Name https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/the-name-3/)
Let me remind everyone that the lying pen of the scribes replaced the words for Judahites and Judaeans with 'Jew', and replaced goyim, ethnos, and Hellen with the Latin word 'Gentiles', resulting in the worldwide belief that the Jews are Israelites and the Gentiles are non-Israelites, when in fact and in reality, the Jews are Canaanites and Edomites, and most of the so-called Gentiles are actually Israelites. The effects of this is from stolen identity and the ignorance of who is who. (Gentiles https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/gentiles-2/)
Let me remind everyone that the true message is lost in the English translations of Greek words, such as uihothesiah, which is translated to read 'adoption' but does not mean adoption. The result of this is the teaching that anyone can become God's children when they 'believe'. This is not what uihothesiah means. Paul cannot be blamed for the bad translations of his epistles. Paul did not teach universalism. (Adoption https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/adoption/)
Let me remind everyone that King James ordered his translators to replace the word ecclesia with the word 'church', resulting in the belief that a building with a pagan sun pillar and cross of Tammuz on top filled with antinomian (against the law), pork-eating “just believers” and race-mixed people is the body of Christ, when in fact and in reality, the obedient Anglo-Saxon Israelite people with correct sound knowledge of scripture, understanding of their heritage and identity, and have allegiance to The Way, the Gospel, the Commandments, and the Father, are the ecclesia, the body of the Anointed. (Congregation https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/2016/07/04/congregation/)
I would like to ask the jury to search their heart, and ask Father Yahweh to give them discernment. To give their verdict with concern, based on evidence according to the facts, and to judge rightly.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I leave you with this to consider. We have had the name of Yahweh removed from scripture, we have had our identity removed and lost the racial connection to our identity, we have forgotten the rich history of our ancestors by losing the OT to identity theft, we have been denied the historical details of our heritage and important teachings by the removal of the Apocrypha, we are now being denied the books of Luke, Acts, and 2Peter, and we are being denied the epistles of Paul which teach us who we are, and Whose we are, and that we must still obey and follow The Way, and that the rituals and sacrifices expired, and the epistles which connected the OT prophecies made to the BC Israelites with the AD Israelites in Christ's time and today.
Paul's epistles are the connective tissue which binds the history, heritage, identity, prophecies, covenants, promises, law, and Gospel to the children of Jacob Yisra'el.
Paul of Tarsus is an oikonomos, which means a Manager of a Household. He was appointed the Oikonomia of the Family of God, which means the Administrator of One's property.
Will we allow the oikonomos of the family of God to be taken away too?
What will be left after that? Matthew, Mark, John, James, and Jude. I'm sure after Paul is removed, they will be next on the chopping block.
Brothers and sisters of the jury, whether you give Paul of Tarsus a guilty or innocent verdict, let's continue in brotherly love and peace.
Accepting Paul or rejecting Paul does not define whether you are a Christian or not, does not depend on your salvation, and does not mean you are anti-christ either way.
Yahweh gives each of us different levels of understanding. The test is brotherly love amidst these disputations.
If Paul was a false Apostle, teaching another gospel, was a Jew, and was against the law, and a deceiver, then why do those who agree with Paul understand scripture, know the truth, live a Christian lifestyle, repents, follow the laws, knows who is Jew and who is Judah, and understands who is Gentile and who is 'lost' Israel, and is one who has The Belief and continues to walk in The Way daily, and seeks the Kingdom of God and Heaven, and believes the same Gospel Christ taught?
Because Paul was a vessel chosen by Yahshua Messiah to be the Manager of the Household of the Most High Yahweh Elohiym who spread the same Gospel to the children of Israel that Christ taught.
If the Gospel fits, you must acquit!
Let Brotherly Love Continue.
Links:
AGAINST PAUL
Paul is rejected because he condemns sexual deviancy and gays. (Rom 1:24-32, 13:13; 1Cor 5:9-11, 6:9-10; 2Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 4:18-24, 5:3-6; Col 3:5-9; 1Tim 1:9-10; Heb 12:16, 13:4)
Fags, communists, humanists, magicians, and Jews are usually the Paul-bashers. Sadly, many of our own kinsmen become entangled in the crafty web of Paul's accusers.
Other notable Paul-bashers: William G Findlay (admits using Joachim Prinz chief rabbi of a large synagogue in Newark NJ for some of his sources, including material on some Jewish Popes), John Spong (the 1st to ordain sexual deviants as ministers in the Episcopalian church), Dr. H Graber. Clayton Douglas. Joseph Jeffers (claimed to be Christ and Elijah), and David James.
Paul's Contradictions of Jesus https://www.jesuswordsonly.com/books/175-pauls-contradictions-of-jesus.html#idolmeat
An Investigation into the Apostle Paul's Gospel https://davidjamesboston.com/an-investigation-into-the-apostle-pauls-gospel/ Short article, scroll down to the 12-part audio series by South African William G Findlay. Further down are David's shows on Paul, Word of the Most High.
Note: Findlay is actually excellent on Covenant theology.
http://www.justgivemethetruth.com/paul_was_a_deceiver.htm
WITH PAUL
For a detailed excellent explanation: https://christogenea.org/podcasts/paul-bashers 23 part audio series with available documents at https://emahiser.christogenea.org/ (you will have to listen to when Bill states which WTL #93-104). (Whatever you think of Bill, just listen to the presentation)
The Paul Conference https://web.archive.org/web/20190714070647/http://www.anglo-saxonisrael.com/content/paul-conference Excellent points and explanations. Documents and audio.
Short Article http://fgcp.org/content/anti-paul-movement-jewish
To see each of Paul's epistles with some corrections, commentaries, explanations, restored translations, references, and my (Brother Hebert's) understanding of it at this time.
https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/
Click the drop-down arrow for Scriptures in the menu. Click New Testament drop-down arrow. Click any of Paul's epistles.
The Belief, (is the faith). Believe https://www.ageoflaodicea.com/believe/
Paul Quotes, Cites, or References the OT. https://www.freewebs.com/thywordis/PAUL%20QUOTES%20THE%20OT.htm
Jesus Quotes, Cites, or References the OT. http://biblepgs.com/Jesus%20quotes%20OT.htm
Table of OT quotes in the NT. https://www.kalvesmaki.com/LXX/NTChart.htm