What do you mean some do not believe Christ started a new religion and they have scripture as their witness?. Which new religion ?
And how did the deep sea scrolls hidden when found help understand more that what the Bible reveals? Are the scrolls another witness or the same?
I'm gonna try to articulate the meaning behind the statement that she and I have made: Jesus did not come to start a new religion.
It was something the Spirit of the Lord brought to my mind and it was like a veil lifting.
God set apart a physical/biological nation of peoples to use to cultivate a spiritual nation of peoples to be a part of His family eternally in the Kingdom of God. Through the Hebrews and the 12 families that descended and became natural Israel, He planted His Seed. Through Abraham, the Promised One of Israel came. the Word came first to the jews, then to the gentiles but ultimately those that are His are the same. Israel.
That is the only family that matters. The Israel of God. And the 'religion' that God created began long ago amongst the Israelites.
It is the only religion that God created and that His Son preached. He preached against the man-made religion of Judaism because it had become corrupt. As has the modern church because of the man-made religions of Catholicism and Protestantism.
One person on here accused me of saying that Jesus wanted to perpetuate Judaism. I did not say nor imply that was the case.
You see the Church (Israel) was formed in the wilderness. Not in the book of Acts. God instructed His people how to build the Tabernacle and assemble themselves and how to worship Him. He taught them when and where and how to worship Him, when to congregate and which of the days/weeks of His Calendar are Holy. He said if you would be my people and I will be your God, then this is how you worship me. I will take you to the Promised Land (Kingdom of God) if you trust in Me and obey my commands.
That God of Israel is the God that Christians claim to worship yet they know so little about Him due to the false doctrine and anti-semitic attitudes that have infiltrated christendom. The jews twisted and skewed His commands and teachings and the modern churches of the world have also twisted the teachings and taught for doctrine the customs of man. Keeping tradition and forsaking the commandments.
So the 'new religion' that we speak of is what most people simply call Christianity. It is a bastardized version of God's True Religion. I prefer to be more distinct by naming the leading denominations that are guilty.
I do not sit in judgment of any believer who is still caught up in the church of evangetainment, but I will defend to the death the Gospel and stand on the Truth.
I hope this helps you understand what I meant when I said Jesus didn't come to start a new religion. And He sure didn't need our help coming up with a new one, but by golly that just what the church of Rome did. and her protestant daughters are headed down the same path.
Rev. 18:4
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