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same token, they have taken it upon themselves Venus-day, our Friday, not Saturday anyway
to not mix meat with dairy, and when we look (which, by the way, using reasoning which
in the Torah and see father Abraham do it and seems good to a man, the Islamic world does
notice that Moses makes a point of recording esteem Fridays) -- and if he changed that to be
this fact, we know that the Jews are at best de- Saturday, all TRUE Christians would not have
ceived in this small point and at worst lying. followed his error and they would have still
been faithful to his inspired teaching to follow
We are, and I intend to, give honour to God's him as he follows Christ.
oracles whenever they are found --- and they
are with the Jews. And we should shut up and I think the hour is too late to be playing church
listen to those who instruct us in them --- in- any more. We don't need recognition from any-
deed, as Jesus instructed. But we are also to one. We don't need to worry about how much
try and test all things to see that they are true of the tithing pie we can get our hands on. We
and discard the bad and cling to the good. don't need numbers nor do we need to cling to
tradition for tradition's sake.
When I read in Torah that there should be
fringes on the garment and that the corners Besides, Jesus instructed his followers to give
should contains blue, I have no problem with hearing to the scribes and Pharisees and there
the Jewish tzit-tzit but I added a blue thread to are not any of either any longer. So, we can do
each corner because to not do so would com- what John Keyser and some even before him
pletely nullify the garment as a prayer shawl. have done, and as Bill Dankenbring has often
done, and find what remains of God's oracles
This is another time I'm glad that I was never with them now in practice (originating with
soiled with the authoritarian cult of personality scribes and Pharisees) and the rest in what they
named the Worldwide Church of God (Arm- have recorded (i.e. some of the Mishnah) and
strongism cum Tkachism). The feeling that one test each against the words of Scripture and
can go on foisting the responsibility of one's once something is proven, adopt it immediately
own salvation on others ("authorities") is ludi- and with a whole-hearted enthusiasm.
crously anti-Christian. When Paul saw such
things happening already in his day, he thun- The Jews are not God's people now (in gen-
derously rebuked the agitators and emphasized eral) and were barely grasping at that straw
that they must all look to Christ as their head when our Lord walked amongst them -- but
instead of bickering over which man they they've lost that designation before and it will
prefer. be restored to them again. Once that temple
went down in 70CE, they were no longer truly
He said to follow him only as he follows God's people -- new Israel, the church, alone
Christ -- not have a bad attitude in emulation of was. And the little matter of crucifying the Son
him as he sometimes succumbed to (as in the of God whom "God's people" would surely
case of Mark and Barnabas) but only as he fol- have expected and welcomed, sealed their fate.
lowed Christ. Since the beginning of the Pagan But, forcing synagogue worshipers to blas-
astrological week in his day was Saturday pheme God by swearing to denunciate Christ
(since most of the known world most esteemed was, unquestionably, the clincher. So, no, I
the imaginary god Saturn) and there is abso- will not follow the Jews, but I will honour the
lutely no record of any other pattern for that oracles of God which a very few of them carry
style of week (the style the "world" uses to- with them as Christ intended -- I won't twist
day!) then Paul would have kept the Sabbath on like a lawyer. I will search, seek and reason

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