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There
is no doubt that a large number of Christians are “good
people”
and have a sincere belief in the truth that the All-Mighty Creator
sent His Son to redeem the world from sin, but the sad truth is that
Christianity is just another false religion that has vague
similarities to the true way that the Messiah taught and lived.
If
you are a Christian and before you exit this page; ask yourself if
you believe that “the Bible” is the “Word of
God”...
If
you believe this then this article and sub-articles uses that very
book to prove that all “denominations” are simply sects
that have
become larger than the original faith.
All
Christian denominations have doctrines that are based on an
interpretation of Scripture and have split away from whatever
denomination they were originally part of.
The
first obvious similarity between ALL forms of Christianity is the
fact that they all worship someone known as “Jesus” and
call the
Creator by a title “God” or “Lord” etc. rather
than by His
Name. If you have not yet read the article: THE NAME, then click
here before you go on:
The
Name of the creator is commanded in the Ten Commandments, yet
Christianity is guilty of breaking the Third Command by bringing the
Name of Yahweh to nothingness!
If
you still have reservations, we ask that you take your Scriptures and
Pray to Yahweh to open your eyes to what He is saying to you. The
only way for any of us to know the truth and to be set free is to
match it with the Scriptures: His love letter to us, His children. If
what you have learned or been taught does not match up to His word
then you are following man and not Yahweh. “See
to it that no one makes a prey of you through philosophy and empty
deceit, according to the
tradition of men,
according to the elementary matters of the world, and not according
to Messiah.” (Colossians
2:8)
BEGINNINGS
The most
obvious place to start is at the first offshoot
“denomination”
known today as “Roman Catholicism”. Catholic means
“universal”
and that's exactly what the first Pagan, sun-worshipping father of
this sect had in mind. Constantine wanted to unite the whole known
world under a one world government and universal religion. What he
succeeded in doing was to combine all the important elements of all
religions into one. This is why Christianity is labeled with a greek
name and why they follow a “christ” with a Greek name. The
origin
of the title: “christ” is the Greek word:
“kristos” which is
also related to the indian word “krishna”. All these titles
simply mean “anointed” and are simply no comparison to the
original prophesied Hebrew MESSIAH.
The
Pagan roots of Catholicism are evident upon examination of the
rituals and traditions practiced which include: “mass”,
“veneration of statues (idol worship)”, “Papal
deification”
“confession”, etc.
This
also explains why Christianity is loaded with Pagan traditions such
as “Christ-Mass” and “Easter”, also Pagan icons
like
“crosses” and “icthus fish”.
REFORMATION
After
over a thousand years enough folks finally realised the truth was
contained in the Scriptures (which had been witheld from the people)
and formed another denomination and were labeled
“protestants”
because they actually removed some of the Paganism from Christianity.
Over the next
few hundred years however, other doctrines were contrived and led to
more and more sects with names defining their pet doctrines or their
founder such as: “Lutherans”, “Calvinists”,
“Anglicans”,
“Presbyterians”, etc.
1Corinthians
3:3-4 For
you are still fleshly. For since there is envy, and strife, and
divisions among you, are you not fleshly and walking
according to man? For
when one says, “I
am of Sha’ul,”
and another, “I
am of Apollos,”
are you not fleshly?
In
the last few centuries, hundreds of new denominations have arisen;
some getting closer to the truth and some further. We will use
Scripture to determine just how far off some of Christianity's
cherished traditions and doctrines truly are. Each
one of these doctrines is described in brief here; just click the
links to learn more about each.
Both
the obedience to the Sabbath
and the use (or lack) of The Name
of YHWH are commanded in the Ten Commandments and the words of the
Messiah are clear:
John
14:21
“He
who possesses My commands
and
guards them,
it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My
Father, and I shall love him and manifest
Myself to him.”
Now
that you are aware of the full extent of these commands; if you
repent and guard them then Yahushua will reveal Himself to you. If
you continue to disobey them, you will most likely not see the truth
and continue in some of the following traditions of man.
SABBATH
Despite
the Sabbath being one of the Ten Commandments written by the finger
of Yahweh Himself, Christianity has continued the Catholic tradition
of honouring the first day of the week known as “Sun-day”
that
the sun-worshipping Constantine ordained.
This
is not a “Jewish” command, nor a “Seventh-Day
Adventist” doctrine; the Sabbath was given to us as an example by
Yahweh immediately after Creation BEFORE there was “Jews”
or any
denomination. For more on this, click the SABBATH link.
“HOLY-DAYS”
Christmas
and Easter are deeply entrenched in Christianity. Ask yourself what
evergreen trees, a rotund man in a red suit and eggs and bunnies have
to do with the birth or resurrection of the Messiah; then click this
link to read about these Pagan celebrations:
TRINITARIANISM
The
three in one "God" is on of those concepts not founded
in Scripture, and it's not always easy using Scripture to refute a
belief not in Scripture... Click the link to find out about "the
Trinity":
SAVED
BY “GRACE”
Does it make sense that we
are
saved to live a life of contentment; to "take thine ease"?
MONEY
AND “TITHING”
Even
though Christianity claims that the Law and Torah has been "nailed
to the cross" and the "Old" Covenant was only for the
"Jews", nearly all of churchianity tries to extort money
from the gullible masses by utilising a First Covenant law!
The
Renewed Covenant does not mention a "tithe" because the
purpose of the tithe under the First Covenant was for the Levitical
priesthood, as the tribe of Levi recieved no possession in the
promised land. Now that Yahushua is our High Priest forever (Heb
7:17)
there is no need for the tithe system.
The gifts and offerings
given were for the poor, widows and orphans, etc. and although the
tithe for the earthly priesthood is surpassed, true believers would
not ignore the Scripture given in the book of Ya'akob:
James
1:27
"Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is
this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep
oneself unstained from the world."
RAPTURE
The
"rapture" is the term commonly used to refer to the second
coming of the Messiah. Just when does the second coming take place?
Click below to find out more...
ETERNAL
SECURITY
Eternal
security or "once saved always saved" is an invention of
the Catholic religion that arose through the "indulgences"
sold to wealthy folk ensuring them a spot in heaven regardless of
their behaviour in this life.
DISPENSATIONALISM
The
idea of "dispensations" arose through the Scripturally
unfounded doctrine of "eternal security", therefore the two
go hand in hand. The premise is that the Creator has used different
means (dispensations) of determining who is entitled to enter His
Reign.
This of course flies in the face of His Word. Mankind has
only one means by which to be saved, and that is through His Covenant
to Yisra'el. We are either grafted into His people through obedience
to His Son, or cast out.
Yahweh does not change: "For
I am YHWH, I
shall not change..."
- Malachi
3:6
REPLACEMENT
THEOLOGY
This
is the teaching that the "church", or gentile believers
have somehow replaced Yisra'el because of the "new dispensation
of grace". Scripturally unproveable of course, but Christianity
is not based on Scripture anyhow. As mentioned above, the only means
of salvation has always been through obedience from a loving heart.
HIERARCHICAL
CONTROL
The
whole "Church" system is Babylonian in origin and again,
stems from the Catholic reigion. The "Church" has created
an order of hierachy based on the Babylonian religions thereby
controlling the masses, or having them believe that they must have a
Pope/Minister/Pastor interpret the Scriptures for them.
Yahweh's
Word is clear that we have only one teacher and do not need man to
teach us:
1 John 2:27
"The
anointing which you have received from Him stays in you, and you
have no need that anyone should teach you.
But as the same anointing does teach you..."
The
Scriptures also inform us that we are all equal in His
eyes:
Galatians 3:28
"There
is not Yehuḏite nor Greek, there is not slave nor free, there is
not male and female, for you are
all one in Messiah Yahushua."
It
is of note that the term "Pastor" (helper) appears only once in
reference to the Assembly of believers and is plural (Pastors).
Yahweh never intended His people to be "lorded
over" but gave us One Head: Yahushua!
THE
BIBLE
The
word "bible"
conjurs up thoughts of "God's
Word"
in the minds of most Christians, but the meaning and origin of the
word is far removed from it. The word comes from the ancient word:
"Byblion"
meaning paper! Apparently so called from
the name of the Phoenician port Byblos from which Egyptian Papyrus
was exported to Greece. The name given to the recorded Words of
Yahweh is Scriptures - the term used by Yahushua and Sha'ul and all
believers.
Another sad fact about the "Bible"
is that some Catholic called Jerome decided to name the original
Covenant between Yahweh and man, the "Old"
Testament, giving the impression that Yahweh's "instruction for
righteousness" (2
Tim 3:16) is obsolete! The phrase
"New"
Testament was also coined leading people to belive that there is a
new way to Salvation (see dispensationalism) when in fact salvation
has always been through obedience and the Greek word used for this
"New"
Covenant is "Kainos"
which means "Renewed".
Yahweh's
Covenant is the same as the "First"
(old?), renewed through the blood of Yahushua.
SUMMATION
We
as Believers have many things to face up to. We want to live and have
everything this world offers, yet the Scriptures say if you are a
friend of the world you are an enemy of Yahweh (James
4:4).
We
have found the quickest way to judge things in this world (Scripture
is the only way of course) is to measure how popular it is in the
world. “Woe
unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their
fathers to the false prophets.” Luke
6:26.
The rule of thumb: If it has a large following then it cannot be of
Yahweh. Why you ask? Because Yahushua Messiah was not popular (John
15:18).
He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow (Heb
13:8),
He does not change. Only false signs and wonders will follow this
generation, no signs will be given, only the sign of Yonah (Luke
11:29),
and of course, only a remnany shall be saved (Rom
9:27).
If
you want everything this world has to offer, you cannot be a follower
of Messiah (John 12:25). If you
are spending more time on worldly things other than Yahweh, then you
cannot be a follower of The Messiah (Matthew
13:22). If you are in continuous sin you cannot be a
follower of The Messiah (1 John 3:6).
We are not saying we are perfect, but there is a big difference in
planning sin (you are in fornication) and stumbling into sin (you hit
a nail into the wall and smash your thumb and say something not right
- not that your mouth should say bad words - but you did not plan to
hit your thumb). Please do not make excuses. The Scriptures say if
you continue to sin you have neither seen Him or known Him (1
John 3:6).
FOR
A
COMPARISON BETWEEN JESUS AND YAHUSHUA
CLICK THE LINK BELOW:
WHO
OR WHAT ARE CHRISTIANS?
Without
knowing it, Christians
are followers of a Greco-Roman culture of names, terms, and
festivals, all adopted intact from Pagan sources, yet adapted or
mixed carefully with ideas and people from the Hebrew Scriptures.
The
mixing together of practices and beliefs is called syncretism.
Every
detail of Scriptural observance was omitted, and replaced with new
observances. With skillfully crafted reasoning over many centuries,
the formerly Pagan observances were camouflaged or wrapped in new
meanings.
Examples:
Sacraments
- YHWH never commanded them, hinted at them indirectly, or mentioned
any such thing. They add to the Torah, against Deut. 12.
Sun-day
- the Day of the Sun.
Easter
Day
- the Pagan festival of the impregnation of Mother Earth by the rays
of the springtime sun. Ostara, Astarte, Eostre, Asherah, Eastron, and
other names were used for this Pagan deity. It became adopted to
refer to Yahushua’s day of resurrection.
Christmas
- The winter solstice festival, commemorated as the nativity of the
sun, re-thought by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 CE, now promoted as the
birthday of the Messiah of Israel. Wreaths (wombs), trees
(phalluses), tinsel (semen) & balls (testes) were used to observe
the sexual aspects of this Pagan ritual. The tree was an altar where
offerings were placed for the deity (Asherah).
The
womb wreaths represented Ba'al, and the phallus trees represented
Asherah. This is a practice inherited from the ancient Canaanites,
specifically Jezebel.
Ultimate
determination:
The
Messiah of Israel observed none
of these practices.
1
John 2:3-6 “And
by this we know that we know Him, if
we guard His commands.
4
The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His
commands,
is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5
But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been
perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.6
The one who says he stays in Him ought
himself also to walk, even as He walked.”
If
we walk "as" Yahushua did, we do the things He did, and
observe the observances He observed, according to the Word of
Yahuah. He lived as our example. So, how does it become
appropriate for us to ignore all the things He did, and embrace
Christmas, Easter, and Sun-day, observances borrowed from Pagan
cultures?
This
brief comparison page is intended to EXPOSE the darkness and
deception that has overtaken the world.
How
are Messianics different from Christians?
Both
claim to follow the same Person, yet in practice differ in every
way.
Ephesians
5:8-11
“For
you were once darkness, but now you are light
in the Master. Walk as children of light
– for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and
righteousness, and truth – 10
proving what is well-pleasing to the Master. 11
And have no fellowship with the fruitless works of darkness, but
rather reprove
(expose) them.”
You
may consider the darkness and Pagan practices exposed; learn
more, and how we are supposed to be living by reading your
Scriptures, the Word of YHWH, and order the book "Fossilized
Customs" by visiting the links page.
Find
out what pleases YHWH, your Creator.
WHO
OR WHAT ARE MESSIANICS?
Messianics
are followers of Yahushua of Natsarith, the Messiah of Israel, who
also obeyed Torah (The Covenant with Israel).
Our
belief is that all
people outside the Covenant must engraft through the Covenant,
written upon their hearts by the Spiritual indwelling of the Messiah.
DIFFERENCES
Messianics: the
true Hebrew Name of the Creator is called upon: Yahweh
(yod-hay-uau-hay).
The
Messiah’s true Name is used: Yahushua.
The
weekly Sabbath is observed as a day of rest, according to the
Commandment.
The
7 annual festivals commanded for Israel to observe are observed, and
there is no observance of a single “Christian” festival,
which
are all derived from Pagan festivals.
Christians:
the Creator's Name is avoided, and instead "devices" or
generic terms are used to refer to Him. Examples are LORD, GOD,
and the mongrelized hybrid, "JEHOVAH". The Messiah's
Name is corrupted beyond all recognition, to a meaningless
Greco-Roman one.
The
weekly Sabbath is NOT observed as a day of rest, but is thought to be
moved to "Sun-day".
The
7 annual festivals commanded for Israel to observe are ignored, and
replaced with 7 "sacraments", violating the command to not
add or take away from Torah.
Examples
of these differences:
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