At Yeshua’s first coming as Messiah of Israel, there were Jews who recognized Him even as an infant. “Mary did you know?” Yes, she knew exactly Who her son was as told her by the archangel Gavriel. She did not know all, but she knew as her Magnificat reveals (Luke 1:46-55). Miriam’s fiancé and soon-to-be-husband Yoseph, also knew, and so did the magi.
EliSheva, the mother of Yochanon the Immerser knew who Yeshua was, as did the fetus in her womb, Yochanon who danced in EliSheva’s womb upon hearing Miriam’s Shalom Aleichem (“Peace/Greetings to You”). The old man, Sh’meon held Yeshua when He was eight-days old and made the exclamation of the fulfillment of prophecy, "my eyes have beheld my salvation!" And, the old woman Channa, from the tribe of Asher (there are no lost tribes) also knew Who He was. She recognized Him as a toddler, and Yeshua wasn't wearing a halo or "Star of David" diapers, and Channa didn’t need a miracle!
Later, Yochanon the Immerser immersed his cousin, Yeshua in the Yordan after first exclaiming the arrival of the Passover Lamb. In time, twelve Jews left their boats, businesses, vocations, and families to be the talmidim or disciples of Yeshua. Five-hundred others became disciples to whom Yeshua appeared and were eyewitnesses of His resurrection (Acts 13:31; 1 Corinthians 15:3-9). In the Gospel of Lukos 120 Jews were waiting and praying in the upper room, and on the Day of Pentecost Kefa (Peter) preached and three thousand Jewish believers came to believe in Yeshua (Acts 2:41). Five-thousand Jewish men not counting women and children believed in Yeshua says Lukos (Acts 4:4), and Jewish
EliSheva, the mother of Yochanon the Immerser knew who Yeshua was, as did the fetus in her womb, Yochanon who danced in EliSheva’s womb upon hearing Miriam’s Shalom Aleichem (“Peace/Greetings to You”). The old man, Sh’meon held Yeshua when He was eight-days old and made the exclamation of the fulfillment of prophecy, "my eyes have beheld my salvation!" And, the old woman Channa, from the tribe of Asher (there are no lost tribes) also knew Who He was. She recognized Him as a toddler, and Yeshua wasn't wearing a halo or "Star of David" diapers, and Channa didn’t need a miracle!
Later, Yochanon the Immerser immersed his cousin, Yeshua in the Yordan after first exclaiming the arrival of the Passover Lamb. In time, twelve Jews left their boats, businesses, vocations, and families to be the talmidim or disciples of Yeshua. Five-hundred others became disciples to whom Yeshua appeared and were eyewitnesses of His resurrection (Acts 13:31; 1 Corinthians 15:3-9). In the Gospel of Lukos 120 Jews were waiting and praying in the upper room, and on the Day of Pentecost Kefa (Peter) preached and three thousand Jewish believers came to believe in Yeshua (Acts 2:41). Five-thousand Jewish men not counting women and children believed in Yeshua says Lukos (Acts 4:4), and Jewish
Jews who believed in Yeshua were categorized in four groups, Christians (Acts 11:26), the Natzratim (Nazarenes, Acts 24:5), The Way (Acts 22:4; 24:14), and the Ebionites. Jews in large numbers asked Shaul/Paul to stay and speak and reason with them, and myriad numbers were persuaded by Shaul’s handling of the Holy Scriptures in reference to Yeshua and they came to believe (Acts 28:23-29). It is estimated that 25% or one-fourth of the Jewish population in the known world came to believe in Yeshua by AD 100. The biblical truth is, there has always been, there now is, and there will always be a remnant from the house of Israel who are the true “Israel” (Romans 11).
So, what became of OT Judaism if so many Jews came to believe in the New Covenant? Very good question! The nation of Israel and the majority of the Jewish people who were physical descendants of Avraham, Ytzack, and Yaaqov by birth, did not believe in Yeshua. The unbelieving Jewish leaders had little regard for Yeshua and the meshummed or “traitors” who had come to follow Yeshua, and in their attempt to reinvent or reinterpret OT Judaism, they embellished Halakha which is the interpretation of the Torah by suggesting that not even Moshe (Moses) knew the great truths of Rabbinic Judaism. In today’s Judaism Moshe is inferior to Rabbi Akiba ben Yosef who is said to be “the second Moshe,” the “Prophet like unto Moshe” (Deuteronomy 18:15) -certainly not Yeshu the derogative name they call Yeshua.
Daniel Gruber quotes Jacob Neusner (1932 – 2016) an ordained Jewish rabbi and professor at Dartmouth with degrees from Hebrew University (Masters) and Columbia (Ph.D.) in his book Early Rabbinic Judaism who suggests that the halakah of modern Rabbinic Judaism does not need to be grounded by Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy) nor does the Halakha need to have any relationship to the Holy Scriptures whatsoever. The rabbis can invent laws and do not need to tie them to the Bible! That is like saying Christians do not need to be tied to the Bible, but can invent doctrine (which Catholics and other fake Christendom have done), or like suggesting that the teaching of Islam need not be tied to the Quran or the Haddit. Rabbinic Judaism is falsified and fake Judaism.
Do the Jewish people know this? Do they know that the Rabbis consider themselves to be above the authors of the Holy Scriptures? Do they know that the Oral Law was the hinge that Rabbi Akiba ben Yosef hung his reinvented Judaism, promoted as more inspired than the written Word? Do they know that Rabbinic Judaism curses Yeshua, curse His followers, and until this day blasphemes YHWH by calling Yeshua Who is the visible image of the invisible YHWH, a “bastard” in the Jewish Talmud? The Jewish people have been deceived by the Rabbis whose doctrine is of the devil!
Do the Jewish people know this? Do they know that the Rabbis consider themselves to be above the authors of the Holy Scriptures? Do they know that the Oral Law was the hinge that Rabbi Akiba ben Yosef hung his reinvented Judaism, promoted as more inspired than the written Word? Do they know that Rabbinic Judaism curses Yeshua, curse His followers, and until this day blasphemes YHWH by calling Yeshua Who is the visible image of the invisible YHWH, a “bastard” in the Jewish Talmud? The Jewish people have been deceived by the Rabbis whose doctrine is of the devil!
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