Rabbi Reads the Christian Book of Matthew

Rabbi Reads the Christian Book of Matthew Chapter 23

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Rabbi Reads the Christian Book of Matthew Chapter 13

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Rabbi Reads the Christian Book of Matthew Chapter 7

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Christianity has long held its level of morality to be the highest, and superior to that found in Judaism. However, as this class shows, Christian moral teachings, found here in the Sermon of the Mount, are actually all Jewish teachings. This class shows how Yeshu's original teachings were all founded in previous Torah literature.When Yeshu spoke, there were then no Christians, or Christianity. Yeshu was speaking about Judaism, and he was speaking exclusively to Jews. Essentially, what we have here is the Torah of Yeshu, and we find it to be completely in line with and in context with the traditional Rabbinic teachings of his day.This is no new revelation. Church Fathers saw this centuries ago. Readings from Rabbi Gerald Friedlander's 1911 book called, The Jewish Sources of the Sermon on the Mount. The importance of being the light of the world, the light unto the nations. This light is not the Gospel, there was no Gospel when Yeshu spoke this. He was referring to the Torah, and how Israel and the suffering servant in Isaiah, serves Heaven by shing the light of Torah to the world.Various other Jewish laws and observances are discussed. Each show how Yeshu was following the traditional Rabbinic edict to make a fence around the Torah.

This lesson again attempts to distinguish the myth of the Jesus of Christianity from the actual Yeshu of history.The episodes in these chapters indicate the Yeshu was clandestinely building a relationship with certain Essenic organizations, who, as is known, had a reputation for separatism and violence. John “baptizes” Yeshu. Yeshu is thus showing his affiliation with John's separatist movement. He then goes out into the desert practicing a vision quest meditative ritual, the likes of which are still practiced to this day in certain mystical circles. This was clearly his initiation into the Essenic order, most likely, the one associated with John. This group was known in Maccabean times as the Hasidim, and they were known as zealots. It was this same group that assisted Judah Macabee in the Hanuka war, and now Yeshu comes to align with them, hoping that they will align with him. Yeshu then builds his following, and practices traditional Essenic medicinal cures.From our Torah point of view, we see this this segment of the Yeshu story the beginnings of a political party (the Kingdom of Heaven), that would soon vie for political power here on Earth.Yeshu was not trying to save man from their sins, but rather save Israel from the oppression of the Romans. This message comes through loud and clear when the text is read from a Torah point of view.

Yeshu born in Bethlehem? Why would this be necessary when the prophecy in Micah does not require the messiah to be born there?Who were the wise men from the east ? Persian astrologers? Does Matthew's reference to a star over Yeshu's birth indicate a belief in, and practice of, astrology? Some Christian scholars have said yes!Why would Joseph have to travel to Bethlehem for a census that would not occur for another ten years? Also, the census taker would have traveled to take the census, no one would have had to travel to him. Major discrepancies between Yeshu being born when Herod was king, and when this census is taken 10 years later. This indicates that not everything is literal or “gospel truth.”Herod allegedly kills children in Bethlehem, however there is absolutely no record of this happening. All these stories seem to indicate a desire to build a mystique around Yeshu's birth, similar to stories we see today spun about the lives of famous rabbis.John the Baptist, a good Jew, an end-of-days preacher teaching teshuva and mikvah, Jewish concepts and practices still observed today by the Torah faithful.The baptism/mikvah connection. The ba'al teshuva/born again connection.The hypocrisy of the religious in those days, condemned equally by John, Yeshu, and the Talmud!

Laying down the fundamental principles that serve as our parameters for this course. An introduction into Jewish methods of Torah study and religious writings, with emphasis on Midrash, a moralistic, metaphorical rendition of scripture, intentionally outside of its literal meanings. An overall understanding of what it means to be the messiah in Judaism. A discussion of the name Yeshu, Yeshua. Yeshu in history, the Jewish reasons behind the original schism. Yeshu was a political figure, not a religious one. Yeshu was a zealot, reference to the Midrash of Shimon Kipah from Sefer Otzar HaMidrashim, and the writings of Christian theologian, the Manchester University professor, S.G.F. Brandon. Matthew, Chapter 1. When Matthew calls his “rebbe” Yeshu the messiah, his intentions were obviously political. This is made even clearer by the remaining teachings in this chapter. Matthew uses over and over again midrashic methods to aggrandize the genealogy and birth stories of his “rebbe,”with the intent to solidify for him political authority, for the term “messiah,” was in those days, political, and not religious. Discussion of the “virgin birth,” and how it should properly be understood.