Happy Birthday to the Church... or Not!

There is a very popular teaching in Christianity today that says that the Edah(Church) of our Mashiach was born on the Shavuot(Pentecost) after the resurrection of Yeshua, ushering in the age of the Basar(Gospel) and grace.  But is this the case?  I think not.  Shaul says;


Galatians3:8  And the Scripture, foreseeing that Elohim would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Gospel to Avraham beforehand, [saying], "In you all the nations shall be blessed."

If the Basar was preached to our father Avraham how can the Edah of the Basar have been born two thousand years later?  Yeshua also said;


^{Yochanan(John)8:56} Your father Avraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
 

So we see that the Basar preached to our father Avraham was indeed the Basar of Yeshua.  And if Avraham believed in the Gospel of Yeshua, would he not be a member of the Church?  What does Steven say?


^Acts7:38 This is he(Moshe), that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

So we see that Moshe and our fathers were also members of the Church!  If Steven is correct, the Church could not have been born in the first century.  The Edah of Yeshua has been since our father Adam.  The first to be saved by grace through faith!

Rosh Chodesh, a Day of Rest?

Men of Yisrael, is the Rosh Chodesh(New Moon) a day of rest?  Bemidbar(Numbers) 10:10, 28:11-15 is all that I can find in the Torah dealing with the New Moon.  Other than recognizing the day as special and offering special sacrifices there is not a whole lot there.  Of course that does not prove that it is not a day of rest.  After all the Torah never says not to buy and sell on Shabbat either.  At least not that I'm aware.  We get that from Nechemyah10:31.  So, how do the prophets interpret these passages in the Torah regarding Rosh Chodesh?

^Amos8:5 Saying, When will the New Moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Shabbat, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Here we have a prophet of Elohim saying that people could not wait for the New Moon and Shabbat to be over so that they could sell corn or wheat.  Implying that it was not done in Yisrael not even by dishonest business men.  Some will say that this only applies to Yom Teruah(Day of Trumpets).  Is there any where that says it more plainly?

Yechezkiel(Ezekiel)46:1Thus saith Adonai YHWH; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Shabbat it shall be opened, and in the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

Can we come to any other conclusion after reading this passage?  Rosh Chodesh is placed with Shabbat as a non working day of the week!  This is the prophets understanding of the Torah regarding the Rosh Chodesh.  It is a day of rest.

Rabbinic Jews, Salvation and Yeshua

Men of Yisrael(Israel), I'm not a good writer or a scholar, but I feel that I must address this issue the best I can.  What issue? To put it simply, can a Rabbinic Jew be saved without believing in Yeshua?  First I need to define some things.  My definition of Rabbinic Jew is a Jew who denies Yeshua and follows the Oral Torah.  And my definition of saved is being able to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Again, can a Rabbinic Jew be saved without believing in Yeshua? According to Shaul(Paul) and Barnavah(Barnabas), no.

^Acts13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Shaul, contradicting and blaspheming.
⁴⁶ Then Shaul and Barnavah waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of Elohim should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

What did Yeshua say?

^{Yochanan(John)14:6} Yeshua saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  

Again he says;

^Yochanan8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins.

Yeshua also told the Perushim(Pharisees);

^Yochanan8:42 Yeshua said unto them, If Elohim were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from Elohim; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

But are these statements correct?  Will YHWH(Jehovah) really condemn someone for not believing in HaMashiach(the Messiah)?  I think He will.  For it is written;

^{Devarim(Deuteronomy)18:18} I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
¹⁹ And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which He (Yeshua) shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Anyone who does not believe in Yeshua HaMashiach will perish, for it is also written;


^{Tehillim(Psalm)2:12} Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

^Yochanan3:16 For Elohim so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

It seems clear to me that if one wishes to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven they must submit to the King Messiah who is Yeshua.  I would love to hear your opinions.  Yerushalayim(Jerusalem) Hear the cry of your Mashiach!

^{Mattityahu(Matthew)23:37} O Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

³⁸ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
³⁹ For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of YHWH.

Shalom