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Christianity’s Biggest Lie…
“Salvation” from the physical enemies of the Jews became salvation from sin. The method of execution of Jesus for sedition, the cross, became the symbol of salvation from sins and the great symbol of Christianity.
Paul’s teaching of salvation from sin became a replacement for Jesus’ teaching of how to enter the kingdom of God. Paul taught: “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved (not from your enemies, but from the eternal fires of Hell!); for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Now this is not the private type of confession as with a priest in a booth, this is talking about PUBLIC CONFESSION. This type of confession is meant to be an example for others to follow, in order to get new converts for Christianity. Worse yet is the requirement to believe in one’s heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.
It is impossible to know if Jesus even died, let alone know if God actually brought him back to life! Believing is NOT knowing. Belief is required to be deceived. It’s alright to believe something, but to base one’s own salvation on something that could be a lie is dangerous.
Abstaining from Meat Part 2
It is evident that the early Christians abstained from flesh meats, contrary to what modern Christianity would have us believe.
- Nazarenes
Epiphanius says that the Nazarenes “eat no meat”. Hugh Shonfield, in The Passover Plot: The name borne by the earliest followers of Jesus was not Christians: they were called Nazoreans (Nazarenes)…. They were vegetarians and rejected animal sacrifices.“
- Ebionites
Epiphanius of Salamis stated that the Ebionites “…opposed animal sacrifice, denying parts or most of the Law, and practiced religious vegetarianism” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebionites)
- The Apostle Matthew
…was himself a vegetarian, “Accordingly, the apostle Matthew partook of seeds, and nuts, and vegetables, without flesh“. (Clement of Alexandria)
- James, the brother of Jesus — Eusebius, quotes Hegesippus:
After the apostles, James the brother of the Lord surnamed the Just was made head of the Church at Jerusalem. Many indeed are called James. This one was holy from his mother’s womb. He drank neither wine nor strong drink, ate no flesh” (Hegesippus’ account of James from the fifth book of Hegesippus’ lost Commentaries)
- John the Baptist
(his diet) “consisted of wild honey that tasted like manna, like sweet cake cooked in oil.” (In the Gospel of Matthew which they call the Hebrew Gospel.)
Abstaining from Meat Part 1
Paul calls abstaining from meats a doctrine of devils and hypocritical lies. Paul went completely contradictory to the teachings of Jesus and his disciples. The Church uses the Christ’s teaching, that “nothing that goes into a man defiles him” to prove he taught that it is alright to eat flesh meat.
However, the majority of what Jesus and his disciples taught and lived show clearly that this could never have been what he was teaching. This was a false doctrine that Paul taught, knowingly, in contradiction to Jesus and his disciples. James, the brother of Jesus, was made the head of the Christian movement in Jerusalem by Jesus himself.
What Jesus was not only focused on was abolishing the cruel practice of sacrificing animals to eat the meat of their bodies, but the ritual itself, as a means of redemption. Animal sacrifice that the Jews practiced was a heathen practice they absorbed and modified that Jesus also came to do away with. It seems animal sacrifice was, to him, not only a form of idolatry, but also cruelty to animals.
Opinion: It’s possible that Jesus considered the ritual of animal sacrifice as a form of idolatry. In the case of the Heathen, it was idolatry.
Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.
Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.
“I came to end the animal sacrifices, and if you do not stop making sacrifices, the wrath of God will not leave you alone.” (Gospel of the Hebrews) (Jesus, cited from Epiphanius, Panarion 3:16)
The Gospel According to Saint Paul
Paul preached a gospel that was completely different and contrary to the gospel that Jesus brought (this you will see clearly later on in this series). And he is teaching the gentiles that they should reject the gospel of Jesus disciples and saying that their gospel is of Satan! It’s not a wonder that the Jewish Christians regarded Paul as an apostate and a heretic and they rejected him!
It’s Paul who actually has his own gospel and preaches another Jesus. He teaches doctrines that are completely contrary to what Jesus taught
According to “My Gospel”
“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” – Romans 2:16
“Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel…” – Romans 16:25
“…Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:” – 2 Timothy 2:8
Remember, the Jewish Believers in Jesus had the Gospel of the Hebrews, written by Matthew, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus (who Paul never even met), and only followed it and completely disregarded the gospels that Paul’s Greek followers wrote.
We know that the Gospel of the Hebrews was written in Aramaic and the four gospels that were chosen by the Orthodox Church to be included in the Bible were written in Greek. We also know that Matthew’s gospel existed since the church fathers spoke of it and quoted from it. Unfortunately, it is nowhere to be found today.
Paul Teaches Contrary to Jesus
Though Jesus came to fulfill the law, he definitely preached against things that were merely the Jewish traditions and not the law of God. Not to justify Paul, but the Jewish Christians were not so much against him preaching against the law of Moses, but for preaching that one didn’t need “works of righteousness” to be saved.
This is obvious when we read the works of righteousness that Jesus listed in Matthew 25. To sum up Matthew 25: the “goats” who did not do works of righteousness went away into “everlasting punishment, but the righteous who did do good works went into “life eternal”.
He directly contradicted the teachings of Jesus and his apostles (of which he was not). Paul was rejected by all the churches in Asia and in Israel for his false teachings. He was forced to leave those areas and focus his “ministry” to the gentiles who were mainly Greeks and Romans in and around Italy, where his false doctrines were accepted and his form of Christianity became strong with the support of the Roman government. Continue reading
Abstaining from Meat Part 2
It is evident that the early Christians abstained from flesh meats, contrary to what modern Christianity would have us believe. Nazarenes Epiphanius says that the Nazarenes “eat no meat”. Hugh Shonfield, in The Passover Plot: The name borne by the … Continue reading
Abstaining from Meat Part 1
Paul calls abstaining from meats a doctrine of devils and hypocritical lies. Paul went completely contradictory to the teachings of Jesus and his disciples. The Church uses the Christ’s teaching, that “nothing that goes into a man defiles him” to prove he taught that it is alright to eat flesh meat.
However, the majority of what Jesus and his disciples taught and lived show clearly that this could never have been what he was teaching. This was a false doctrine that Paul taught, knowingly, in contradiction to Jesus and his disciples. James, the brother of Jesus, was made the head of the Christian movement in Jerusalem by Jesus himself.
What Jesus was not only focused on was abolishing the cruel practice of sacrificing animals to eat the meat of their bodies, but the ritual itself, as a means of redemption. Animal sacrifice that the Jews practiced was a heathen practice they absorbed and modified that Jesus also came to do away with. It seems animal sacrifice was, to him, not only a form of idolatry, but also cruelty to animals.
Opinion: It’s possible that Jesus considered the ritual of animal sacrifice as a form of idolatry. In the case of the Heathen, it was idolatry.
Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.
Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.
“I came to end the animal sacrifices, and if you do not stop making sacrifices, the wrath of God will not leave you alone.” (Gospel of the Hebrews) (Jesus, cited from Epiphanius, Panarion 3:16)