Now, please, understand this: If uncircumcised Gentiles were absolutely precluded from entering the earthly Sanctuary in Jerusalem, then how much more will they be utterly excluded from the Heavenly One?! Which Sanctuary is more important? Surely, everyone will want to enter in, but wishful thinking and false expectations based upon "assumptions" and "presuppositions" will not necessarily make dreams come true. Remember, at the high Walls of the Sacred City there are twelve Gates; on each of the there is the name of a son of Israel; and there are twelve gigantic angels guarding all these Gates. Now think about this:
1) Why the Gates ONLY have names of the Children of Israel?
2) Why are the Walls so high?
3) What are the gigantic angels at the Gates for?
For your own sake you should figure out the right answers to these questions, because the entrance to that most blessed City is not based upon delivering some high-sounding verse from the writings of Paul as if it was an entry password. Let me put it really clear for you so that both responsibilities, yours and mine, are well set in place: In order to enter in the Heavenly Sanctuary (New Jerusalem) you must come under the everlasting Covenant and thus be part of the Chosen nation of Israel through Circumcision in your flesh; recognize and repent from all your sins; claim for forgiveness to the only Righteous Judge in the name of Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel; apply yourself to study and obey Torah — then, in due time, Elohim will circumcise your heart. This is the way by which you will have sure access to the Heavenly Mansions that Yashua went to prepare for righteous Jews. According to Ravenous Wolf of tarsus, Paul, there is an "easy shortcut" to get into the City, but according to the Scriptures it is not so at all.
Matthew 7:13-15
13 Enter through the Narrow Gate because the Gate is Wide and the Way is Broad that leads to Destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
14 But the Gate is Small and the Way is Narrow that leads to Life, and there are few who find it.
15 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are Ravenous Wolves.
How extremely important it is to realize the indicative fact that immediately after Yeshua's Warning against the wrong idea of getting inside the Sacred City the easy way, it comes the strong warning against false prophets who would deceitfully play the role of being spiritual men, but whose evil intentions would be to devour their gullible followers!
Paul is the only man who claiming to be a prophet presented a New Gate and an Easy Way to access the well-guarded Sacred City. He offered a very Wide Gate which would allegedly give access to all the Gentiles of the world. Well, that is wide indeed! Not only that, but Paul met the other aspect of Yeshua's prophetic Warning too because he also offered an Easy Road to his blind followers — a Road which is very far away from the Demands of Torah. Paul's deception has been summed up into what Evangelicals call "the Roman Road" — the doctrine of being easily "saved by Grace through faith and nothing else". Could it be easier and wider? Yes, Paul was that false prophet that Yeshua had in mind — a Ravenous Wolf in sheep's clothing. And accepting Paul's fallacy means to run the highest risk of all. Nevertheless, countless millions of Christian/Paulinists have done it through the centuries. And they still do it without ever stopping to honestly consider Yeshua's Declarations and Warning for what they are truly worth. But, after all, have masses ever wanted to hear Truth or pay attention to Reality? People think that so many Christians/Paulinists could not be wrong. But since when the Truth is determined by consensus?
Some people have told me, "But, if that is true, then, where are my mom and my little granny?" For such an emotional argument Yeshua has an answer which demands a personal Choice from everyone:
Matthew 8:21-22
21 Another of the disciples said to Him, "Master, allow me first to go and bury my father." 22 But Yeshua said to him, "Follow Me, and you allow the dead to bury their own dead."
Be careful, because it seems that the "Mommy argument" shall not have any weight for that Day.
Matthew 10:37
37 He who prefers father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who prefers son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
If preferring father, mother, son and daughter more than Him firmly condemned, what is left for those who prefer and unknown false prophet of whom we were forewarned against?
5. Paul the most successful Gnostic Guru ever asserted he put "no confidence in the flesh"
Just as in modern history demonic Communists attacked a country from many angles, satanic Gnostics of all flavors attacked the followers of Yeshua with equal variety, intensity, resiliency and shrewdness. Like all of them, Paul came into their midst by the sideways. After his so-called "conversion" on the way to Damascus the Mole of Tarsus refused to go and humbly learn from the mouth of the only authorized people to do it, the Disciples in Jewrusalem. His contradictory conversion tale and the total absence of any proof whatsoever for his claim that a certain apparition — whom he himself had identified as "Yeshua" — had given him a "commission" of universal proportions is exceedingly suspicious since the very beginning. Paul knew it, so he went in hiding from Yeshua's disciples, who would have tested and found him wanting.
( By the way, Peter never supported nor sponsored Paul, as the Pseudepigraphy known as 2 Peter 3:15 would have you believe, since that letter is totally spurious. Here is why:
1. The author's says that he and his audience are already familiar with multiple Pauline epistles at a time when, if he was Peter, it was impossible for him and his readers to know about all of them because communications then were not as fast as they are now. Check out 2 Peter 3:15-16
2. The author's implication that the Apostolic generation had already passed. Check out 2 Peter 3:4
3. And his differentiation between himself and "the apostles of YHWH and Savior." Check out 2 Peter 3:2
4. The literary style of 2 Peter is totally different to the style of 1 Peter which is the one that is legitimate
5. It was already known in ancient times that 2nd Peter was a mere Pseudepigraphy. The earliest record of doubt concerning the authorship of the letter was recorded by Origen (c. 185 - 254). Others, like Eusebius (c. 275 - 339), professed their own doubts
6. The letter was written in the 2nd century BCE, therefore it is impossible to have been written by man who was already dead by then. There is a total lack of early quotations from 2nd Peter in the writings of the "Apostolic Fathers"
Therefore, the so-called "witness" of Peter on behalf of Paul of 2 Peter 3:15 is just a make-believe — like all things that concern Paul. One the main reasons by which it was later canonized was that it "validated" Paul — something the evil Catholic curia who established the "Canon" desperately needed. Of course, there is much more to be said about this particular fakery, but this writing is not about that )
Satan knew that time makes people relax and forget. So not long after Paul's so-called "conversion", he sent Paul for many years on a low key stance. Then, when finally Paul reappeared, we see that immediately after he started teaching his Gentilizing heresies, Christianity appeared for the first time. This whole story is unmistakably resumed in one verse (26):
Acts 11:25-26
25 And he (BarNabbas) left for Tarsus to look for Saul (Paul).
26 And when he (BarNabbas) had found him (Paul), he (BarNabbas) brought him (Paul) to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
This verse tells us the sequence of events of the initial formation of the Christian church — which main determinant is the arrival of Paul in the midst of a congregation mainly formed by Gentiles — in a beautiful city that was one of the favorite resorts of the Herodian family.
Here is the sequence of events:
1. BarNabbas finds Paul in Tarsus
2. BarNabbas takes Paul to Antioch
3. BarNabbas and Paul spent one year teaching in that congregation
4. After that year of teaching that congregation is called "Christian" for the first time
But why were they then called "Christians"? Why not Netzarim or Ebionim any more? Because a radical change had taken place — a change that had totally altered their character.
In those times, as in all antiquity, a change of name always meant that a certain modification, alteration, transformation or conversion of some kind had occurred. People did not change their names out of a whim. Names were changed only in order to reflect a variation of character (i.e. traits, characteristics). In time the true meaning of the word "name" was totally lost, and nowadays we use names as a mere appellatives or patronymics. We choose names mainly for how good they sound and/or to honor someone, but not for what they truly mean. However, it was not so then.
Despite of the fact that the ancient meaning and importance given to a name has been lost, we still at times still use the word "name" in the proper way, although we do not know what we are saying. For example, when we use the ancient praising formula of "Blessed be your Name" what is meant by that is "Blessed be your Character" or "Blessed be your Characteristics" or "Blessed be your Qualities" or "Blessed be your Traits." That is the ancient and true meaning of the expression "Blessed be your Name".
If we pay attention we can easily detect that in Scriptures there is an unequivocal equivalence between the word "name" and the word "character." This is so because the name of any person is always to reflect the character or traits of such a person being called by it. This also applies to any group of individuals, as is the case of the congregation of Antioch.
This is the very reason why Adonai changed the name of Abram to Abraham, or why he ordered some people yet to be born to be named in a certain specific manner that would reflect their characters, or the characteristic mission of their life. This is also the reason why Yeshua promised in Revelation to give us a New Name, because when we experience the purifying "shock" of his Presence our characters shall be radically transformed — and with it, our names. In the same way, this is why HaShem says that one Day everyone shall know that His Own Name (Character) is YHWH.
Up to this moment no one really knows what YHWH, the most sacred of names, means. Some speculate about it, but no one has the way to know it because it has not yet been revealed by the only One Who can. Some people, like your neo-Nazarenes for example, believe that in that Day what we shall know is how to pronounce it correctly. But the Almighty is interested in deeper things than the pronunciation of His Blessed Name; what He wants is that we get to know His Character in a deep way so as to drastically influence ours and so enhance our Relationship with Him. Notwithstanding as of now, we do not even know how to pronounce it, much less what it truly means!
[ Despite of some brazen Gentiles saying that they can infer from Scriptures what the authentic pronunciation is, reality is that no one in this day and age — Jew or Gentile — has the least idea of how to pronounce it. Because of this when reading it Jews, out of respect for its Possessor and hidden Meaning, substitute YHWH by saying instead Adonai (Heb. "My Master") or HaShem (The Name). Again, it is out of respect that we — the Jewish people — do not attempt at pronouncing it because we do not want to commit the awful lack of respect (Hillul HaShem) of mispronouncing it, and so distort the Wonderful Meaning and Magnificent Character of our Glorious King. We will patiently and gladly wait until the most sacred and blessed of all names shall be revealed to all of us on that Day — again, not only its beautiful pronunciation, but also its Breathtaking Meaning. And what an unsurpassable Wonder it will be when we finally get to know the Perfect and Awesome Character of the King of All ! ]
Ok, coming back to earth and our discussion. The name change of the congregation of the city of Antioch ad Orontem meant that a change of character had undoubtedly taken place in that group. The fact that such a drastic change took place immediately after BarNabbas and Paul spent an entire year teaching their heretic "gospel" in their midst gives way to the only logical conclusion that the name-change and their teachings are connected to one another.
The new name "Christian" precisely indicates what kind of change of characteristics took place in that congregation during that year of Pauline teaching: Hellenic Christos — not Jewish Yeshua! — was now being taught to the Gentiles.
