I am working on an analogy.
The ancient nation of Israel is the caterpillar and the Church is the butterfly.
Judaizers want Christians to don the shell of the cocoon, and pretend like they are a caterpillar. They claim you must don the shell of the cocoon in order to become fully pleasing in God's sight.
However, they don't don the shell themselves; for instance they don't go up to Jerusalem three times a year for the pilgrimage feasts as the Torah required (Deuteronomy 16:16). They have clever excuses so that they can parse the law down to their own set of rules, but it doesn't fool God. They couldn't keep the Torah even if they wanted to, because there's no Levitical priesthood and no tabernacle/temple.
I suppose dispensationalists would disagree with my analogy because they maintain a Church/Israel distinction but most Judaizers despise dispensationalism
My pastor mentioned a title this morning that I think may apply to the Judaizer. It is called Accidental Pharisees by Larry Osborne. I bought it and am going to read it. It talks about how well-meaning zealous people get caught up on nonsense like Judaizing.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...cidental+pharisees,aps,163&crid=2L6Z6F853DDSS
And, yes, I bought a book on Sunday. Day and diet rules mean nothing to me. I'm a butterfly not a caterpillar
The ancient nation of Israel is the caterpillar and the Church is the butterfly.
Judaizers want Christians to don the shell of the cocoon, and pretend like they are a caterpillar. They claim you must don the shell of the cocoon in order to become fully pleasing in God's sight.
However, they don't don the shell themselves; for instance they don't go up to Jerusalem three times a year for the pilgrimage feasts as the Torah required (Deuteronomy 16:16). They have clever excuses so that they can parse the law down to their own set of rules, but it doesn't fool God. They couldn't keep the Torah even if they wanted to, because there's no Levitical priesthood and no tabernacle/temple.
I suppose dispensationalists would disagree with my analogy because they maintain a Church/Israel distinction but most Judaizers despise dispensationalism
My pastor mentioned a title this morning that I think may apply to the Judaizer. It is called Accidental Pharisees by Larry Osborne. I bought it and am going to read it. It talks about how well-meaning zealous people get caught up on nonsense like Judaizing.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...cidental+pharisees,aps,163&crid=2L6Z6F853DDSS
And, yes, I bought a book on Sunday. Day and diet rules mean nothing to me. I'm a butterfly not a caterpillar
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