Biblical Judaism

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Most people who study the Bible in depth would say that biblical Judaism did not end well. By biblical Judaism I mean the Torah Judaism of the Bible which was centered around animal sacrifices which were offered in the stone Temple located in Jerusalem.

By the first century AD, Judaism had a corrupt priesthood, was rigidly legalistic and was oppressed by the Roman occupation. The Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. After that time Rabbinic Judaism rose up and it continues on to this day.

In Rabbinic Judaism, Jewish men wear the yarmulke because it is a symbol that they are in mourning over the loss of the Temple. For a Jewish man to cover his head means that he is in mourning.

However, I believe that the scriptures show that in …show more content…

Everyone knows that Jesus was (and is) a Jew. The Bible teaches that He was without sin. Hence, Jesus kept the Old Testament law perfectly.

Jesus was the only Jew ever to perfectly fulfill the Law. He rebuked the Pharisees over their man made Sabbath rules but He definitely kept God's Sabbath commands. So what is the significance of Jesus being the perfect Jew? I will show you the striking prophetic ramifications.

To set up the teaching in this article let me give you a thumbnail sketch of Dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is a method of biblical interpretation that divides the Bible into time periods of history.

Dispensationalism is in contrast to the more traditional Covenant Theology Method of biblical interpretation. Covenant Theology views the Bible through the lens of the several covenants made between God and man.

I will mention in passing that the dispensational premillennial method of biblical interpretation is the method that most clearly sees the crucially important role of the present Jewish state in the Middle …show more content…

The church is referred to in scripture as the body of Christ. As the fifth dispensation ended with the perfect Jew, I believe the sixth dispensation ends with the perfect church!

This perfect church will not be the whole church but will be a small portion of the church that comes to full stature in Christ (Ephesians 4:13). The New Testament refers to this in Romans 8:19 "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God" (NASB).

The sons of God (born again Christians) who grow to full maturity in Christ will be the perfect church. The term "sons" does not exclude women. All of us are sons of God (Gal. 3:26) but none of us are yet fully sanctified.

Those who come to full sanctification will be manifested (revealed) to all creation. God will use the manifested sons to do great works in the end times before the second coming of Christ. I'm tempted to teach on how the sons will climb the seven mountains of influence but I'll leave that for another

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