I am a Jewish man from the tribe of Levi,What is the plan for covering my sins every year?What is the law?HUH?
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added 2/6/06 @ 11:17am central time\n\nAnd every response to your additions can be answered by going to http://JewsForJudaism.org as well as http://OutreachJudaism.org as well as http://MessiahTruth.org as well as http://www.geocities.com/realjewsforjesus and so many others. But they wont mean anything to you, because you are now a Christian, and no longer a Jew, IF you ever were one......\n----------\nObviously, for a "Jewish man," you know little of the Bible or of Judaism or of Gd.\n\nPLEASE look at the following::\nhttp://WhatJewsBelieve.org\nhttp://Convert.org \n\nThe basic beliefs of Christianity about Jesus are against what the Bible says, and so Real Jews cannot believe in Jesus at all.\n\nThe Christian understanding is that the Messiah, Jesus, died for the sins of the people. The messiah is supposed to be a human sacrifice that is the blood sacrifice necessary for the forgiveness of sin.\n\nBut we are taught in our Torah that no one can die for the sins of another. In Deuteronomy 24:16 it specifically says this:\n\nDeuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not \nbe put to death for the children, neither \nshall the children be put to death for\nthe fathers: \nevery man shall be put to death for his \nown sin (eesh b’chet-o yumatu).\n\nIn Exodus 32:30-35, Moses tries to offer himself to atone for the sins of the people. To be written out of Gd's book, means to be written out of the Book of Life, which means Moses was asking to die for the sins of the People. Gd's response is No, it does not work that way, each man dies for his own sin:\n\nExodus 32:30-35 And it came to pass on the \nmorrow, that Moses said unto the people, \nYe have sinned a great sin: and now I will \ngo up unto the Etrnl; perhaps I shall make \nan atonement for your sin. And Moses \nreturned unto the Etrnl, and said, Oh, \nthis people have sinned a great sin, and \nhave made them gods of gold. Yet now, if \nthou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, \nblot me, I pray thee, out of thy book \nwhich thou hast written. And the Etrnl \nsaid unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned \nagainst me, him will I blot out of my \nbook. \n\nThe whole of chapter 18 of the book of Ezekiel is about this idea, that no one can die for someone else's sin. Further, this chapter of Ezekiel teaches us that all we have to do for Gd's forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd will forgive us.\n\nSo, the Bible is clear, no one can die for the sins of another, and this means that Jesus cannot die for anyone else's sins.\n\nChristians also believe that one needs a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, that one who does not have such a blood sacrifice will die in their sins, and go to hell, except for the sacrifice of Jesus.\n\nThis, too, is UnBiblical. The Bible describes blood sacrifices for the forgiveness of sin in the Book of Leviticus. But it is in Leviticus itself, in the middle of the discussion of the sin sacrifices, that we are taught that we do not need a blood sacrifice to be forgiven for our sins. Offering a blood sacrifice was an expensive thing to do for the family offering the animal. Was forgiveness then, to be only for the rich? No, because if one could not afford a blood sacrifice then one who sins could bring flour, which has no blood and no life as their sacrifice, and Gd forgave them!\n\nLeviticus 5:11-13; But if he be not able to \nbring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, \nthen he that sinned shall bring for his \noffering the tenth part of an ephah of fine \nflour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil \nupon it, neither shall he put any \nfrankincense thereon: for it is a sin \noffering.\n\nFurthermore, read the Book of Jonah. In Jonah, the People of Ninevah do three things in order to be forgiven by Gd. They fast, they pray for forgiveness, and they stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd forgave them! This is exactly what we do on Yom Kippur, we fast, we pray for forgiveness, and, h
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Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. \nI have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge \nwith as many people as I can. \nI do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other specific \nBiblical laws and how to follow them.\n\na) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a \npleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. \nThey claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?\n\nb) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in \nExodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price \nfor her?\n\nc) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her \nperiod of menstrual uncleanness (Lev.15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? \nI have tried asking, but most women take offense. If I come into contact with \na woman who is menstruating and she doesn't tell me until afterwards, must I \nkill her immediately or can I just beat her?\n\nd) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, \nprovided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims\nthat this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? \nWhy can't I own Canadians?\n\ne) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 \nclearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill \nhim myself? Also, is Sabbath on Saturday as Seventh Day Adventists \n(Christians, like us...or are they?) or is it on Sunday as Baptists and \nsome other faiths agree? I am beset by not knowing who to kill and when \nto kill them...please clarify this for me.\n\nf) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination\n (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality (Lev. 18:22). \nI don't agree. I'm also confused about how homosexuality can be an abomination \nwhen Jonathan and David were married in the Bible (1 Samuel 18:1, 3 - 4). \nHere, I'll quote it - "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of \nspeaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David \nand Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Then Jonathan and David made a \ncovenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself\nof the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even \nto his sword and to his bow and to his girdle." and also Ruth's relationship \nwith Naomi is suspect, (Ruth 1:16-17) "And Ruth said to Naomi, Entreat me not \nto leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, \nI will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, \nand thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: \nthe Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part three and me.\n" Can you settle this?\n\ng) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a \ndefect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my \nvision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?\n\nh) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around \ntheir temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27 and even \nthough 1st Cor. 11:4-6 says that it is a shame upon a man to have long hair. \nHow should they die?\n\ni) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me \nunclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? Also, since it is \nstrictly forbidden to "eat neither fat nor blood" in Lev. 3:17 & Lev. 19:26, \ndoes that mean that I must be a vegetarian and must I smite those who choose \nto eat meat?\n\nj) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different \ncrops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two \ndifferent kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse \nand blaspheme a lot. Is i
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Leviticus 18:6-18 (New International Version)\nNew International Version (NIV)\nCopyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society\n\n    \n\n 6 " 'No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. \n\n 7 " 'Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her. \n\n 8 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife; that would dishonor your father. \n\n 9 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere. \n\n 10 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; that would dishonor you. \n\n 11 " 'Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's wife, born to your father; she is your sister. \n\n 12 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative. \n\n 13 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because she is your mother's close relative. \n\n 14 " 'Do not dishonor your father's brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt. \n\n 15 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not have relations with her. \n\n 16 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife; that would dishonor your brother. \n\n 17 " 'Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. \n\n 18 " 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.\n\n------------\n  it is also against the law
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I would guess that they buried it or disposed of it someplace. I would like to know where in the Bible it talks of the Jewish law you are speaking of. If you could add the verse/s in the additional details area. I would like to learn more about that.
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From the time that Cain and Abel made the first sacrifice to God, Jews, including Noah and Abraham, made animal sacrifices to God in many places.\n\nWhen the Jews received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, one of the new laws stipulated that Jews were no longer allowed to bring sacrifices to God just anywhere. \n\nThe Torah says, "You may not worship God in such a manner. This you may do only on the site that God will choose from among all your tribes to place His Name there. You must seek His Presence, and you must go there. You will bring there your elevated offerings, your eaten sacrifices, your tithes, your hand-delivered elevated gifts, your general and specific pledges, the first born of your cattle and flocks...." (Deut. 12:4-6). \n\nFurthermore, "You will not do then what we do here now, where each person does as he sees fit.\nFor you have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance which the Lord your God gives you. But when you traverse the Jordan and you settle the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and when He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause His Name to dwell there. There you must bring all that I command you, your burnt elevated offerings, your eaten sacrirfices, your tithes, your elevated gifts, and all your choice pledges that you might vow to the Lord." (Deut 12:8-11). \n\nThe Torah continues: "Watch yourself! Lest you bring your burnt elevated offerings in any place you see fit. Only in the place that the Lord will choose, somewhere from among your tribes, there shall your bring your burnt elevated offerings, and there you must do all that I command you concerning this." (Deut 12:13-14) \n\nThus, once King Solomon completed and dedicated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, animal sacrifices were offered only in the Temple. It would be a sin to offer sacrifices in any other place. And once the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE, no more animal sacrifices were offered.\n\nI know that christians used to burn witches and persecute jews and muslims...but I don't think they burn witches anymore.
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All the apostles were Jewish too – are you suggesting that in order to be a priest that a person must also be Jewish?\n\nWhat about middle eastern – all the Apostles were middle Eastern.\n\nFrom non-broken homes...\n\nHow much further should I go?\n\nHow many rules do you want to impose?  How about you live by Gospel instead of law?
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The reason that Christians do not feel obligated to follow the old Levitical Law is because the apostle Paul said that we didn't have to (Such as in his letter to the Romans, for example.).  The same Paul condemned homosexuality in chapter one of the same letter.  \n\nIf you assume that Paul is right, and we gentiles are not bound by the Levitical law, then how can you turn around and argue that Paul was unduly influenced by the same Levitical law regarding human sexuality and dismiss him?  Your argument sounds logically inconsistent.\n\nIf you look at Acts chapter 15, it is clear that it was the apostle Paul who got the original apostles of the Christian church to agree that the only laws gentile Christians need obey are those that are moral in nature, and not those which served to set Israel apart as a nation.  \n\nSo the same Paul who said that Jesus did away with the need to follow Levitical law to please God is the same Paul that you would dismiss as being homophobic.  If you cut Paul out of the New Testament and dismiss him, then what is your rational for ignoring Leviticus?  The very idea that any of the old Law of Moses does not apply to Christians does not seem to come from anyone else but Paul himself.  Take away Paul, and it would seem that we are back to stoning people for sexual sins, including homosexuality, as Moses commanded.
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My understanding is that the law was over, caput, done with when Jesus died on the cross. Jesus said, I came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Read the book of Romans, written by Paul, he explains very well. If you are new to scripture, you might want to try the "Word" translation. We human beings are so innately depraved and clueless - (a legacy from Adam - check your scripture crosswalk.com = it has a search engine)- that there was/is *nothing* we could ever *do* that would save us. It required that Jesus become flesh and that *He* take on all of our sins... that's how we're saved. By grace. There is no way to *earn* your way. It is a gift from God - GRACE - and it can't be earned. It;s given when you accept that Jesus is the son of God and that His purpose was to do for us what we could never do for ourselves. The operative word here: "do."\n One more thing: God *always* loves us. The question for us is: "Do we *trust* HIm? Obey? If you're believing, you're "obeying." He left only 2 commandments: Love me as I love you and love your neighbors. That second one is tough... oftentimes impossible. I've got neighbors - or people I just come across that I'd like to take a baseball bat to... then I remember that the commandment wasn't "Love your neighbors - except those who make you want to hit them with a baseball bat." This Christian walk is not easy and it doesn't require you to DO anything to receive God's love. Romans and the letters to the seven churches in teh NT all speak to Christ's intentions: Look at how he behaved: he loved and he acted in love. And that ain't easy to do all the time. I try and get it maybe 30-40% of hte time. And still, He's got me covered. \n Scripture will tell you all you need to know. Prepare and ask to know what God's will is for you... he's not a Fairy Godmother - damn it all - but as you are ready you will be shown. Bless you.
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^Have you read the Talmud?  Have you studied it?  Can you understand it?  Do you know what it is?\n\nLet us not forget that the Old Testament is Jewish and the christians accept it in it's entirety.  Jews have to wait until Yom Kippur for forgiveness, even assuming your premis to be correct.  Cross-kissers can simply fess up at their convenience, mumble a few incantations and kiss a ring or a  statue to get theirs.  Protestants have to earn forgiveness, except for those sects who are doomed from birth (other than the select chosen ones.\nIf your question was intended to be anti-Semitic, it was a poor effort.  If it wasn't, learn a little about racism before you open your mouth because yours is blatant. \n\nAs for other racist books, try most anything put out by the monks in the Middle Ages.
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Christ would say if you are violating tbe law and you do it out of rebellion you are sinning.  The old testament calls rebellion as witchraft.  \n\nIt would be different if there wasn't a way for people to come here legally, or if their lives were in danger in the countries that they are from
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Thomas Alva Eddison,\nIt was the Judaizers that had a problem with that. Drink up. Haven't you learned yet that we are all sinners, and that the Grace of God is a Gift that we recieve for trusting God. Why are you always talking about sin? Being saved is about grace through faith. Not adherance to the Law.
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Nobody can atone for somebody Else's sins. It goes against G-ds word in the Torah. Also sacrifices most be Kosher, according to G-ds word in Leviticus, a human is not Kosher. The method of death and what happens to the remains are described in Leviticus, Jesus's death met none of these conditions.\n\nNow G-d gave us many ways to atone, why did he pick the harshest for Jesus? Alsosacrifices ended as general practice with the destruction of the first temple, before Jesus was even born. So was G-d abolishing something that was not being done anymore and that was in effect optional to begin with (since there were other ways to accomplish the same thing)?
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Peter was a Jew who staunchly upheld the old law to a fault. he expected all new converts, no matter their culture, to adopt Jewish ways. He critized Gentile Christians for not keeping a kosher diet. God used this vision to show Peter how he was being legalistic. That Jesus Christ accepts all races and cultures, and that the "letter of the law" was not what God had in mind.
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I am Jewish, Christians come to synagogue all the time for Bar Mitzvahs and parties. It is never a problem though. They provide keepas or head coverings for you at the synagogue. You don't have to sing or say prayers, just be respectful and when the leader says to go to a page, just go to that page and pretend. Sometimes there is even English translation of the left that you can read while everyone else is reading the Hebrew.
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good so the next time a Muslim preaches to me that I need to be a Muslim to get salvation I will show him this. \n\nThanks \n\nas for Judaism it states as long as a non Jew follows the 7 laws of Noah they will go to heaven.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noahide_Laws\n\nIslam by almost atomatic defult fills these conditions.
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The laws of the Tanakh were given to a particular group of people, the Israelites, and not to the whole world.  Many of these laws were specifically to "set apart" Israel from other nations.\n\nThe early Christians were Jews who kept the whole Law.  However, as the movement spread to Gentiles, who were not familiar with the Law, a debate arose over whether the Gentiles should keep that Law or not.  Jesus is reported in Matthew to have said, "I did not come to abolish the Law or the prophets..."  He tells people to obey all the commandments, even the tiniest one.  But a lot of Gentile interpreters noted that he was speaking to a Jewish audience, and therefore the question was still open about how much of the Law the gentiles had to keep.\n\nPaul said they did not have to keep the Law, but he did insist on sexual morality and a pure life.  He just didn't insist on the "ritual" laws.  He felt that the Law was good but he did not approve of the way the Law was being used by some in his time.  Some were saying that the Law is the way to salvation, but Paul adamantly insisted that the Law, while good, can in no way earn one salvation.  He taught that salvation can only be attained by faith in Jesus's resurrection, through the grace of God.\nObviously, Paul's interpretation is the one that won out.\n\nMaldad:  Don't forget the next line after that:  "Now go and study."
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Ok here goes.\n\nFirst off, you need to revise your question. Matthew 7:9-10 says,"\n\n\nAnd Mark 7:9-10 says this " He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.  For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.\n\n\nNow in the OT (Old Testament) that was the Law.\n\nIn this passage though, it was allegory. If you read before and after these verses you will see that the Pharisees were trying to stump Jesus with another question/accusation, and ended up making themselves look like fools. Lets examine this, shall we?\n\nk, lets put things into context.\n\nMark 7\n\n2 Now when they (pharisees) saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault(they found something with which to accuse him). \n\n3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. \n\n4 When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.\n\n5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?"\n\n6 He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.\n\n7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'\n\n8 "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men*--the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do."\n\n9 He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.\n\n10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother';  and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'\n  \n11 But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban"--' (that is, a gift to God),\n\n \n\n12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,\n\n   ***They ended up making Gods law void by picking and choosing what they would and would not follow. See the next verse***\n\n13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do(that aint the only thing you do)."\n\n14 When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand: \n\n15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.\n\n   ***Nothing you enters you from the mouth makes you unclean, it is the things exit your mouth which defile you.***\n\n16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!" \n\n17 When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. \n\n18 So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, \n\n19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?"\n\n20 And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. \n\n21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, \n\n22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. \n     \n***These are the things that defile a man, examine the above two verses carefully***  \n\n23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man." \n\nAs for the commands to kill you are refering to, yes they are not metaphor, They where rules for capital punishment. \n\nIf a