Moses was Hebrew, the Bible was given to Moses, by God, in Hebrew. The Bible was first written in Hebrew. It was then translated to other languages. So to truly understand the Bible, you must understand Hebrew. OR have someone explain it to you.
Hebrew doesn't exactly translate to Greek, and Greek doesn't exactly translate to English. The variances, are enough to distort and confuse. So please please please if you find yourself on this journey as I am, go back to a Hebrew text, for translation.
Taken from Torah class by Tom Bradford: "Don't think for a minute that God doesn't play along with each of us on many matters that may prove, in the course of time, to be error. For reasons I can't fathom, He allowed the church to go unchallenged for centuries in the belief that it had replaced Israel, a man-made doctrine that the Holy Scripture refutes. Somehow, He used that bl.ind spot in the church for good, to spread the gospel to the Gentiles of the world. But over the last fifty years He has begun to correct us, showing us that He never replaced Israel with the church, nor did he ever decide He was finished with His people. That time when the church will make the Jewish people jealous for our faith and the stony hearts of His people will be softened so that they can accept their own Messiah is upon us."
"God does not tolerate neutrality". Christ says in Revelation, "I would rather you were hot or cold, but you are tepid so I spit you out of My mouth." Be either for or against him, but not a fence sitter.
"God didn't choose Israel because they were great men; He chose them because He is a great God and uses ordinary people to carry out His will."
Jacob was a sinner... Isaac was a sinner... Even Abraham had more than one wife... which is NOT how God intended it. He didn't choose them because they were virtuous, he choose them so that you and I would know that we need not be perfect in order belong to God too.
God created Israel to be His people. He separated Abraham from his family, separated Isaac from Ishmael, separated Jacob from Esau.... until he had the twelve tribes of Israel, His chosen people. THE foundation that is necessary for all understanding, is written in the Tanakh, the Old Testament if you will. A foundation that is necessary for understanding the New Testament. The New Testament that tells the story of Jesus. The Messiah written in depth about in the "Old" Testament. The Messiah of the Hebrews...
Jesus was Hebrew, brought to the world by God, to save the Hebrews from their sins. Jesus tells us in the New Testament that what he brings is for everyone.
It is my firm belief that when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, when you accept the God of Israel into your heart, you become spiritually a part of the Hebrew Nation. Paul confirms this in Romans, that the Gentile believers in Christ are grafted into the nation of Israel.
Within a few generations of Israel after the Exodus, most of the Ephraim-Israelites wanted to be free from the strict restrictions and requirements of the Torah and the Law of Moses, that they mixed with Gentiles so freely, that most of their descendants don't remember having a Hebrew ancestry. Some folks even believe that the purpose of Ephraim being absorbed into the Gentile world is so that, through the miraculous ways of God, every Gentile believer in Christ has literal, physical, genealogical ties to Ephraim.
I think we are going to find a circle once you piece all the puzzle together...
God created Israel (Hebrews), God brought the living Word to the Hebrews (Jesus), Hebrews rejected Jesus, so the Gentiles were used to spread the Gospel, Then the Gentiles will bring the Word back to the Hebrews. AND yes this is already happening!!!
I am not really sure I had a specific point with this post, but a bunch of little tidbits, that I tried to piece together, hope that I did so in a cohesive manner. Thanks for reading.
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