Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage The Final Call of the New Covenant “This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”— Galatians 3:2 The Journey We’ve Taken Over the course of this series, we have examined the doctrines, distortions,…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage 1. Jesus: The Fulfillment of Israel’s Identity “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt” (Hosea 11:1). Matthew 2:15 applies this verse not to the nation of Israel but to Christ Himself: “that it might be fulfilled…Out of Egypt have…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage The One New Man. The Israel of God. The People of Christ. “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.”—Ephesians 2:14 1. What Is the Church, Spiritually Speaking? The Church is not a nation. It…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”— Galatians 5:1 1. The Yoke of the Law in Galatians 5 Paul’s words in Galatians 5 are not ambiguous. He is pleading with believers not to…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series There is a growing movement among Hebrew Roots followers and other fringe groups that insists we must call God by His “original” Hebrew name only. According to these teachers, using titles like “God” or the name “Jesus” is unacceptable — even pagan. They claim that true believers…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series From the Garden of Eden to modern theological fads, Satan’s strategy has always included twisting the Word of God. Today, the Hebrew Roots Movement continues that ancient pattern by reinterpreting and repurposing New Testament scriptures to suit a return-to-Torah narrative. As with all false teaching, they prey…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 5 “He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.”— Psalm 105:8, KJV One of the most frequently used talking points in Christian Zionism is this: “God made an everlasting covenant with Israel. That means it…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 4 “By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country… for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”— Hebrews 11:9–10, KJV Christian Zionism puts the land of Israel at the center…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 3 “They are not all Israel, which are of Israel.”— Romans 9:6, KJV Christian Zionism depends on a simple but deadly assumption:That “Israel” always means the same thing in the Bible — specifically, ethnic Jews descended from Abraham through Jacob. But Paul, writing…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 2 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”— 1 Corinthians 2:14, KJV Christian Zionism begins with the wrong man. It sees…