I was recently contacted by a Christian who manages a website offering links to Jewish Messianic teachings. He is a very conscientious disciple, deeply committed to ensuring that nothing anti-biblical is published on his platform. Aware of the teachings available on our site, he trusts us and asked me to verify the doctrinal purity of certain Jewish Messianic communities. He is among those who sense that the time has come to abandon the corrupted roots and return to the original sources of Yahuwah’s Word.
While browsing the sites, I immediately identified a serious and recurring problem!
Although they were Yahushua following communities believing in the New Testament, most of their teachings were based on Rabbinic Judaism. Which means that beyond the Tanach (Old Testament) and the New Testament, other “holy books” were also listed (the Talmud, the Mishna, the Guemarrah, etc…)
What does this mean exactly?
When something begins, when the fulfillment of a prophecy unfolds, and when the undeniable signs of grafting in and grafting back appear before our eyes, the enemy does everything in its power to divert the course of events and distort the original purpose. He presents a cleverly designed counterfeit in order to deceive as many well-meaning and faithful people as possible, drawing them towards superficiality at the expense of true spiritual depth. And although he is unable to destroy the Almighty’s plan, he is still able to delay it and mislead many people.
You’re standing in the wilderness, having just come out from your own Egypt, on the brink of spiritual dehydration, as life-sustaining teachings are lacking in Christian circles. You begin to seek the true source, but Satan sprinkles you with this fine rain which is superficial religious practices, so you do no longer feel the thirst that drives you toward the genuine source. You put on the talit and the kippah, observe the Jewish holidays, and for a moment, you feel better. But without realizing it, you no longer sense the need to search for the true source, and you stop on your journey. You delay your encounter with the Messiah—the only source of life, stretching from Genesis to Revelation—a source that had been first entrusted to the Jewish people.
Beyond the superficial use of religious symbols or, worse, the adoption of a false identity that is not yours, there remains a deeper issue hidden within these communities referred to as Messianic.
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What is the Jewish root?
I myself long believed and proclaimed that the Jewish root is naturally none other than the Old Testament, including the Torah, whose core is the Law—the Commandments themselves. And indeed, this is true, except that in this form, it remains incomplete and inert. Then, with time, Ruach HaKodesh opened my eyes to the fact that the true, the original root, onto which both Greeks and Jews must be grafted according to the prophecy in Ezekiel 37 and many others, is the one that was fulfilled and manifested on Shavuot. That momentous day of Pentecost, when the Old and New Testaments came together in unity through the work of Ruach HaKodesh. The entire content of the Old Testament (the Torah and the Tanakh, including the Commandments and the Prophets) was directly inscribed onto the hearts of the disciples as the Living Word—whole and indivisible.
The root, therefore, is not the Torah or the Tanakh in themselves, not the crude letter, for these were only shadows and a written representation of what was to come. The true root is none other than the Living and Animated Torah and Tanakh—the Word that became flesh, Yeshua HaMashiach. More specifically, it is the moment when the two tablets of stone were transformed into tongues of fire and appeared above the heads of the disciples, engraving themselves directly into their hearts.
The Jewish root is therefore not the Torah, nor the Old Testament, nor the Law in itself, but what the latter projected.
The promises inscribed on the stone tablets, in their original Hebrew formulation, are written in the future tense and not in the imperative mood. In other words, they were not merely prohibitions. These Mitzvot, or Commandments, are actually promises: You will respect Me, you will love Me, you will not commit this or that evil… Because if you are born again in Me (Yahushua), meaning if I enter into your heart to dwell there, I will eradicate sin even at the root of your thoughts through My law—essentially through Myself, by My mere presence in you. You will no longer desire to do what is evil, demonic, or even simply human and carnal.
The common root that we, as Messianic Jews, must proclaim is the Messiah himself, into whose body we are grafted through our new birth when Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) engraves His Commandments in our hearts by the baptism of His Spirit.
This root to which we must all return is not found in the Old Testament, but in the Book of Acts. That is the true common root we share. It is the point of convergence that each of us can personally experience at any moment, on any day of the year, when we repent, undergo water baptism, and receive Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
Our meeting point, where the two branches—Judah/Israel on one side and Ephraim/the Greeks on the other—come together in the hands of the Messiah, is Shavuot (this fullfiled Pentecost), as described in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. Beyond Yeshua’s crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven, we also must all receive the promised Comforter—His Spirit—who is the keystone of the entire process of Redemption. Without Him, our rebirth and Salvation would not even be possible.
The Holy Spirit is literally the keystone of Redemption, the final and crowning piece of the entire process.
However, for us, this same keystone is at the same time the foundation stone – the corner stone-, the very first stone of our own being as temples of the Holy Spirit, marking the beginning of our lives as New Creations.
The Old Testament only foreshadowed this outcome. Our true, shared root—both for Jews and Gentiles—is the fulfillment of Shavuot, when the Ultimate Sanctuary, the Body of Messiah, begins to be built within us by the same Holy Spirit.
What is judaism?
But let us now return to Judaism, the false, the Babylonian, for this message is given to you as a warning to expose the deception that lies behind it. It is nothing less than a deadly poison, attempting to infiltrate the Church like a destructive weed, one that aims to lead souls astray and prevent them from finding the path to the True Root.
Judaism, as it is practiced today, is a complex system of doctrine built upon the Word and Law of Yahuwah revealed at Mount Sinai. Upon this foundation, the various theories of rabbis have been constructed, explaining how to better observe the law. These rabbis claim that Moses received additional oral laws directly from Elohim, which were never written down. This collection is what they call the “oral tradition” or “oral law” and it is contained in works known as the Talmud, Mishna, and Gemara.
What we are dealing with here is nothing other than the legal system of the Pharisees of Yeshua’s time, the very system He openly opposed when He confronted the chief priests and religious authorities. Yeshua HaMashiah, by confronting their teachings, revealed the hypocrisy and distortion that had crept into their interpretations of the Law.
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Yeshua from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Yeushua replied, “And why do you break the command of Yahuwah for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:1-3
Where, when and how was Judaism formed?
The first exile of the tribe of Judah to Babylon caused a profound spiritual rupture within the people. In response to this tragedy, religious leaders—who at the time were still legitimately recognized as such—sought to resolve the problem humanly, hoping to prevent such torment from ever happening again. Unfortunately, after the exile, no true spiritual healing occurred. Instead, the people’s estrangement from the original Law deepened even more.
The “sages of Israel” of that era, acting in good faith, developed various methods and customs designed to make the Torah’s laws easier to observe and more comprehensible to the masses. Their goal was to create a system that would prevent future violations of the Law and, consequently, avoid further exiles. This is when the “oral tradition” came into being. This system of oral laws and teachings, complementary to the Torah, has been passed down through the generations, growing and expanding over the centuries—“Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there”—as Isaiah had prophesied.
These oral laws were eventually codified into written works, such as the Talmud, Mishna, and Gemara, during the period of the second great exile under Roman rule. By then, the religious leaders had successfully convinced the people that these oral teachings were part of the divine revelation received by Moses at Mount Sinai, though they were never written down in the Pentateuch. This narrative was perpetuated until the generation that knew firsthand these traditions were not originally part of the revelation had died out. Thus, after a few generations following the return from Babylon, there were no longer any living witnesses who could testify that these practices had emerged in Babylon and were not part of the Sinai revelation.
In short, the oral tradition is of human and carnal origin. It is a system of commentary, interpretation, and extension of the original laws of Elohim. This is the fundamental truth about rabbinic Judaism and that should be remembered when approaching the subject.
This extension of the law is nothing less than a distortion, leading to increasingly vague and distorted interpretations of the original commandments. This distortion is like a thickening veil that formed over the eyes of the people, preventing them from recognizing Yeshua as the Law incarnate—the Word made flesh—when He stood before them. Because of this blindness, they handed Him over to be crucified, and as a result of which, the Temple was destroyed 40 years later, marking the beginning of the long Roman exile.
Their plan failed. Not only did they not prevent future exiles, but their new precepts directly contributed to the onset of this longer Roman exile and, more tragically, to the rejection of the Messiah. This rejection was largely unconscious, caused by the religious leaders who maintained and perpetuated this false system of beliefs. Thus, both the early and later leaders bear responsibility for leading the people astray.
Judaism also includes works that go beyond just developing the Commandments; they expand on the very narrative of the Torah. One series of works, in particular, is known as the Midrash, where these same “great sages” have crafted imaginative stories about the lives of our patriarchs, beyond what Elohim graciously revealed to us through the Old Testament. It’s somewhat like the slightly romanticized version of Moses’ life as portrayed in the famous 1950s Hollywood film “The Ten Commandments”, made to appear more dramatic and where the filmakers also took some motives from the Midras to had been included in the movie.
After reading and continuously studying such works, one eventually finds it harder and harder to distinguish between the original story and the literary, invented version.
The biblical stories become so diluted in our minds that we end up losing the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.
Exactly the same effect occurs when reading the so-called apocryphal books, which without exception were clearly not inspired by the same Spirit as the 66 canonized books of the Bible. But this will be the subject of another teaching later.
In a very similar way, the Christian midrash-type series called “The Chosen”, which has become quite popular today, degrades Yeshua once again into the image of a bearded idol named Jesus, as we’ve seen countless times on both the small and big screen. Moreover, it allows the Gospel to be diluted and distorted by expanding it in such a way that, for superficial Christians inclined to watch this kind of sitcom, the message of the Gospel is literally blown appart and the person thus becomes even more incapable than before of transmitting it correctly.
Let no one be mistaken! Just as the Jews have their Judaism, the pagans who have become Christians also have their own system of doctrines, which is even more vast and corrupt: paganism. Its scope and destructive power far exceed that of Judaism, and unlike Judaism, there is not the slightest positive effect to be found in it.
This paganism, as I call it, is in summary the whole corrupt root of the Roman church with all its false theologies and festivals as well as its idols of all kinds and by which most of the Protestant currents are still very greatly infected as much neo- and renewed they may claim to be.
So this is in a nutshell what Rabbinic Judaism really is and essentially is, in case anyone still has doubts about the true identity of the thing. Furthermore, from now on, everyone can decide how much interest they will show in the future, when a modern-day “rabbi” opens his mouth to speak on any subject. For although many things are still pure and original, it is better for everyone to keep away from them because of their mixed spirit. As a believer in Yeshua, never go and listen to anything that is spiritually mixed, nor go to synagogues – if you are not Jewish, you have nothing to do in such places anyway – and do not ingest anything that is not in accordance with your own diet, that your stomach cannot digest and that was not prepared according to the original recipe.
As spiritual food, Judaism is comparable, for example, to a good chocolate waffle on which, in addition to powdered sugar, a good big tablespoon of vinegar has been added. If some people like it that way because they have been accustomed to it from a young age, so be it, let them eat it that way. Moreover, as I will explain in a moment, those who are imbued with it should continue to eat it, this will at least allow them not to die of hunger before the second coming of the Messiah. For the Jew who was born into it, Judaism is a pledge preserving his Jewish identity until the Messiah frees him from it when He returns. But you who are not Jewish or who are Jewish without being born into the religious tradition, do not eat from it! Because in the best case scenario, you would end up vomiting. No point in trying.
Because of the cheap and tasteless food of your false Christian rabbis called pastors and other teachers of all kinds, do not turn to the Jewish master chefs with their overcooked, too heavy, too fatty and therefore completely indigestible dishes.
It is precisely these laws that make up the famous veil of which Isaiah speaks, by which Yahuwah placed His people in “quarantine” for a time (because they put their trust in human laws also), in order to open the door towards others peoples, towards the Gentiles.
In conclusion, Judaism is, for non-Jews an antichrist poison, but for the Jewish people, it has acted as a lifeline – or a lifebuoy -, preserving them through the dangers of assimilation during 2,000 years of exile.
Lifebuoy for Jews / Deadly Poison for Others!
This is the Judaism that, in the rough seas of human history, serves as a lifebuoy for those who already wear it like a belt, but it becomes a deadly weapon for those who sink, though they should have long known how to walk on water.
Our Master stands before us and calls us constantly. He wants us to walk on water, not to fool around with our buoys of all kinds.
Let’s not forget that lifebuoys were originally made of very hard wood, which, when thrown at shipwreck victims, could easily knock out or kill those they were meant to save.
A pint of vodka has vastly different effects depending on whether it’s consumed by a Bedouin living in the wilderness or a Russian Cossack living in Siberia. The former wouldn’t sober up even after several days of rest, as he lacks the genetic enzyme to process alcohol molecules. The latter, however, may survive the cold of his environment with this small dose of poison without feeling the slightest drunkenness, as he is accustomed to it—his ancestors having been drinking it for centuries.
Judaism is, therefore, a poison that does not harm the person to whom it has been administered gradually since childhood and for generations, allowing the body to become accustomed and tolerant of increasingly strong doses without showing any particular symptoms. But a similar dose could cause instant death to those who have never consumed it before.
Judaism was against the will of Yahuwah; however, the Almighty, being indulgent, allows His people to remain in this false spirit until the time of the nations is fulfilled.
Indeed, “tradition” is such a strong bond that it at least keeps Jewish identity alive until the time comes when Messiah Yahushua finally reveals Himself to His people. Judaism has the positive effect of preventing the flock from scattering and getting lost. It serves as a temporary fence until the Pastor returns to restore the original and final enclosure around the People.
Nor would you take away an addict’s daily dose of heroin overnight, for fear that withdrawal symptoms might overwhelm his heart. Detoxification is most often a slow and gradual process. In this case, it’s like when a religious Jew begins to read or listen to teachings like mine, gradually abandoning the excess before reaching final repentance, which opens the door directly to the Covenant with the Messiah through the two baptisms—water and fire/Spirit.
Another advantage of Judaism
In addition to preserving Jewish identity, I attribute another significant advantage to rabbinic literature: the Talmud has documented all the “mysterious” events that took place in the Temple, witnessed by the Jews during the 40 years between Yeshua’s crucifixion and the destruction of the Temple. This provides a continuous and compelling series of evidence, accessible through their studies, which can at any moment reveal to them the monumental mistake that was the rejection of the Rabbi of Nazareth.
Apart from the tearing of the veil in the Sanctuary at the moment of His death, during those 40 consecutive years, the doors of the Temple would open “on their own” each night, the candles of the Menorah would extinguish daily “by themselves,” and every year on Yom Kippur, the lot always fell on the ram on the High Priest’s left side, 40 times in a row. Any mathematician can grasp the extremely improbable nature of this sequence: approximately one in a trillion chance (1/1,099,511,627,776). Furthermore, on these same Yom Kippur days, the linen cord soaked in the blood of the goat on the right, the one that was not sent to Azazel but sacrificed on the altar, never turned white again over those 40 years, unlike before, when it signified that the Almighty had accepted the people’s atoning sacrifice.
This series of events are related in the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Yoma 39b – for those who are in it!
However, for those who were not born into this educational system, because they are not Jewish or because they have distanced themselves from it due to assimilation, it is crucial to be aware of the dangers that lie behind it:
Satan attacks on two fronts. From one side, he wants to remove the buoy that keeps the Jews alive and hurl it at the heads of sinking Christians.
He wants Jews to cease being Jews by assimilating them into churches, assemblies, ideologies, or political movements; and on the other hand, he seeks to prevent Christendom from being grafted into the original olive tree by leading them toward unnecessary and superfluous laws and a false Jewish identity – which distance them even more from the original and still in force Commandments of Yahuwah and which they never ceased to deny and trample on through their history – and for some even that they take on an identity which is not theirs.
Judaism is the ideal tool for carrying out this evil plan.
We could also mention the strongly spiritualist nature of Judaism, mainly manifested in the use of Kabbalah and their belief in reincarnation. Although, as I report it in another article, there is a certain form of reincarnation, but it does not concern humans at all, but rather spiritual principalities sent on a mission to earth, as in the case of Elijah/Yohanan (John the Baptist). See my article Shabbat TERUMAH which deals more fully with the subject.
Much could also be said about the sometimes openly racist nature of rabbinical literature, which even supports the most abject deviations, but I address these topics in another teaching that I invite you to read or listen to online, titled Anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity
In short, rabbinic literature contains statements that are so profoundly human, often insane, and sometimes outright deviant, that to consider them “inspired by Elohim” is in itself a blasphemy against the Eternal.
A Christian who falls into the trap of Judaism has made a mistake that can still be corrected. However, if they fall into the temptation of Kabbalah, the spirit of rebellion will have clearly taken control of them.
Make no mistake—continued fellowship with Rabbinical Judaism leads to a gradual and increasing denial of your faith in Yeshua the Messiah. Conversion to Judaism, on the other hand, implies an outright denial of Him. For born-again believers, this is nothing less than a conscious blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
As we approach the series of Holidays, when millions of sincere believers around the world prepare to celebrate Yahuwah’s great feast in a superficial way, I wish them all to find their place around the Seder table, set to welcome everyone—each in their own identity but as equals, Greeks and Jews, women and men—gathered under the singular power of Yahushua HaMashiach in the Kingdom of Yahuwah.
Also see: Veil and Messianic Era
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