The 13 Messianic Jewish (Christian) Principles Of Faith

Based on and taken from Maimonides' 13 Priniciples of Faith, basic:

Belief in the existence of the omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent Creator who created all life (of people, animals, and other kinds of beings) and all non-living matter; and who created all people b'tzelem Elohim--in the image of G-d.

The belief in G-d's absolute and unparalleled Pluralunity as Father, Son, and Spirit--"Shema, Yisra'el; Yehovah Eloheinu, Yehovah Echad."

The belief in G-d the Father's noncorporeality, and that He will be affected by any physical occurrences, such as movement, or rest, or dwelling; and the belief that Yeshua (G-d the Son, Begotten--Not Made) is both G-d and the only sinless Man, thus why human beings are created b'tzelem Elohim.

The belief in G-d's eternity, immortality, and complete and perfect morality. 

The imperative to worship Him exclusively and no foreign false gods.

The belief that G-d communicates with man through prophecy, dreams, visions, TaNaKH (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim, Hadashah), creation, the Holy Spirit, and other direct and indirect revelation

The belief that the prophecy and direction of Yeshua, and any prophecy and direction given through and by Him has priority; and that all spirits which give prophecy, direction, and revelation should be tested to see whether they are of or from Yeshua.

The belief in the divine origin of the TaNaKH.

The belief in the immutability, infallibility, and inerrancy of the TaNaKH; and that only those who are not under grace are still under all of the 613 mitzvot given to Moses and to Israel through Moses, and that those under grace are under the New Covenant (B'rit Hadashah) in Yeshua--to which Torah and the rest of TaNaKH before Hadashah pointed.

The belief in providence and miracles that emanate therefrom (e.g., life itself).

The belief in divine reward and retribution.

The belief in the arrival of the Messiah (which was the First Coming; in which Yeshua was born of a virgin and took on a mortal form which was not corrupted by sin and the sin nature, and fulfilled the other Messianic prophecies); and the Second Coming, the 7-Year Tribulation, and the 1000-year Messianic Era.

The belief in the resurrection of the dead who are in Yeshua the Messiah at the Second Coming--just as Yeshua was resurrected on the Third Day after he died on a Cross for our sins--, the Rapture of the resurrected dead and of the living in Yeshua the Messiah, and the Final Judgement of the dead who were not Raptured or saved in the Messianic Era--which is to come after the Tribulation and Messianic Era, and in which the dead who are not found in the Book of Life will be condemned to the Second Death and the Lake of Fire.

By the way (Messianic Jews and gentiles only), please correct me if and where I am wrong. 

Is "How Do You Like Me Now?!" Actually A Mean Song?

An excerpt from the lyrics:

When I took off to Tennessee

I heard that you made fun of me

Never imagined I'd make it this far
Then you married into money[,] girl

Ain't it a cruel and funny world?

He took your dreams and [he] tore them apart.
He never comes home

And you're always alone

And your kids hear you cryin' down the hall
Alarm clock starts ringin'

Who could that be singin'

It's me[,] baby, with your wake up call!
How do you like me now?

How do you like me now,

Now that I'm on my way?

Do you still think I'm crazy

Standin' here today?

I couldn't make you love me

But I always dreamed about living in your radio

How do you like me now?

Another excerpt:

[Yeah,] I was always the crazy one
I broke into the stadium 
And I wrote your number on the 50 yard line
You were always the perfect one
And the valedictorian[,] so
Under your number[,] I wrote "call for a good time"

[And] I only wanted to [get] your attention
But you overlooked me somehow

So we can see that:

1. He started the trouble with criminal trespass, vandalism, and publication of another party's personal information with a malicious intent to do so, and he has the hutzpah to complain about her overlooking him.
2. He's not very forgiving.
3. He's vengeful and vindictive.

Not that I'm perfect, and not that Toby Keith's a Christian (or at least acting like a Christian at the present time, anyway); nonetheless, this song of Toby Keith's penmanship goes against everything Biblical. For example:

• Romans 12:19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 
• Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
• Psalm 83:16 Fill their faces with shame,That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

By the way, the context of Psalm 83 is that David desires to Israel should be avenged against Anti Semites. Toby Keith acts toward his former crush as if she put him through what Anti Semites have put Israel through over countless years-- and yet David is more forgiving. As a last resort, David wants for legitimate enemies of Israel (who never even did any bad to many of the Anti Semites in the first place), that they "be confounded and dismayed forever;Yes, let them be put to shame and perish, That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth." 

Toby Keith acts as if his former crush was a Nazi who put countless Jews and gentiles, including Corrie ten Boom, through an inexplicable amount of pain. Yet, many of us have been perhaps beyond forgiving and even forgetful in some ways (for example, in buying Mercedes Benzes and hosting ".de" domain websites), and Corrie ten Boom forgave her former Nazi captor. By the way, the L-rd has the right to hate and laugh at the wicked; we do not, since we are human and imperfect; and even the L-rd does not desire that anyone should perish (See Ezekiel 33:11 and 2 Peter 3:8-9.), though He predestines (See Romans 9:10-24.). 

Here's the video for itself, though, so that you can judge for yourself:

A Few Lessons That I've Recently Learned and Relearned

• As the old saying goes, "If it's too good to be true, it probably is"; and if it's too true to be good, it probably is as well.
• On a similar note, if it looks too real to be fake, it probably is; and if it looks too fake to be real, it probably is.
• On another similar note, if it doesn't look like a joke or game, it probably isn't; and if it does look like a joke or a game, it probably is.
• Always know the what and why of what's going on and what you're doing. For example, "now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all." (1 Chronicles 7:5) And "of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command" (1 Chronicles 12:32). Be like bnei-Yissakhar in valor and understanding; for you don't want to be like bnei-Yissakhar when they weren't as valorous and understanding as they could have been-- and thus forewent the opportunity to have led kol bnei-Yisra'el in doing the right thing:

1. " So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but they laughed at them and mocked them. ¹¹ Nevertheless some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. ¹² Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of the Lord. " (2 Chronicles 30:10-12)
2. When they finally knew what was going on and why they were to obey: " ¹⁷ For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to the Lord. ¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement for everyone ¹⁹ who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.” ²⁰ And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people. " (2 Chronicles 30:17-20)

• " “Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’ Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. " (Isaiah 8:12) In other words, make sure to not get involved in believing or making conspiracy theories.

From bible-history.com

So the "Free Wood Post" May Be Satire, But...

They still took a real happening, Rick Santorum's admission of being addicted to pornography-- which my very own mom says that she once heard Senator Santorum make on "The Janet Parshall Show"-- and satirized it. The "Free Wood Post" claims:

Free Wood Post is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within FreeWoodPost.com are fiction, and presumably fake news.

Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction.

FreeWoodPost.com is intended for a mature, sophisticated, and discerning audience.

In Santorum's Confessiongate (or Pornogate or whatever you want to call it), they clearly didn't need to make up what happened-- that just came right to them. "Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction." And this wasn't a case of even a little "entirely in fiction". This was a " purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities" case.

On This, I Agree With Michael Reagan In A Way...

Rick Santorum strikes again! What a hypocrite! That's right, Senator Santorum; you don't want to at least give contraception to people who want to practice safe sex, even within marriage; but you held back that you were addicted to porn, and many porn stars need contraception so that more porn stars aren't born into this crazy-enough world! Oh man! 


Michael Reagan is right: "Somethings need to be left unsaid!!There was no need for this statement!" For, "[e]ven a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive." (Proverbs 17:28) There's also a second alternative: admit your sins from the beginning before you start crusading against others' doings of what you did; but Senator Santorum obviously was too late on that count.


I'm not into porn myself, but "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still;" (Revelation 22:11a-b); and ""Judge not, that you be not judged. ² For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." (Matthew 7:1-2). We live in a country where "Congress shall respect no establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof." Not everyone is a Christian or a Vatican One Catholic (although, to be fair, that Vatican was notorious for sexual sin and hypocrisy).


No wonder "An awkward silence fell over the crowd as Santorum went on to say, “The devil pulled me into lust. I would stare at screens, magazines, my hand…but now I’m free. I’m free of the devil’s grip.”" People don't like to be hoodwinked and unnecessarily shocked and surprised.


The problem is less the sin, and more the self-righteous hypocrisy. 

Wednesday's Blog Entry, In Case You Missed It...

Some Lies That Anti Missionaries and Anti Semites Say

1. "Jews don't believe in Jesus."
2. "Jesus didn't claim to be the Messiah."
3. "Jesus didn't claim to be G-d."
4. "You can't be a Jew if you believe in Jesus".
5. "You're no longer a Jew if you believe in Jesus."
6. "There are no Jews or gentiles in Jesus; there are only Christians."
7. "The Jews killed Jesus."
8. "All Jews are Anti Palestinian."
9. "The Holocaust didn't happen."
10. "The Holocaust was deserved."
11. "Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were Christians."
12. "Zionism is racism."
13. "Anti Zionism is not Anti Semitism."
14. "Once you become a Christian or Messianic Jew, you have to stop keeping Torah."
15. "Once  you become a Christian or Messianic Jew, you have to keep all of Torah."
16. "Jesus invented a whole new religion."
17. "Jesus was a Self-Hating Jew."
18. "Jesus' followers turned Jesus into the Messiah and invented a whole new religion."
19. "Paul turned Jesus into the Messiah  and invented a whole new religion ."
20. "Jesus' followers were Self-Hating Jews."
21. "Paul was a Self-Hating Jew."
22. "You become a gentile once you believe in Jesus."
23. "You become a gentile once you're baptized."
24. "Martin Luther was a Christian."
25. "The Crusaders were Christians."
26. "The Inquisitors were Christians."
27. "Catholics [excluding Evangelical Catholics, "fundamentalists"] are Christians."
28. "The Jews stole Palestine from the Palestinians."
29. "The Exodus didn't really happen."
30. "The Jewish Diaspora is just like any other Diaspora."
31. "Ashkenazic Jews are Edomites."
32. "The Talmud is as valid as Tanakh."
33. "Jews can be saved without Jesus."
34. "Jews can be saved by keeping Torah."
35. "Jews own everything [e.g., banks, Hollywood]."
36. "The Church is the New Israel."
37. "G-d no longer has a covenant with ethnic Jews-- at least until the End of Days."
38. "You're Jewish only if your mother is Jewish."
39. "You're either fully Jewish or at least Matrilineally Jewish, or you aren't Jewish."
40. "Jews for Jesus is trying to accomplish the destruction of the Jewish people that Hitler wanted to finish."
41. "You become as an ethnic Jew once you convert to Judaism."
42. "Only 6,000,000 or so Jews were murdered in the Holocaust."
43. "Jews for Jesus is a branch of the Southern Baptist Convention."
44. "Christians are Zionists only to convert to Jews to Christianity."

Anti Semites and Anti Missionaries Poisoning the Spiritual Well: "Jews Don't Believe In Jesus"

First, the following verse means only that salvation is not a Jews-only thing. Whichever Anti Semite first used this verse to deny Jews our ethnicity and our heritage owes us an apology:


"[T]here is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor freeman, neither male nor female; for in union with the Messiah Yeshua, you are all one."

That verse simply means that everyone gets equal treatment in terms of that we are not better or worse than each other. All Jews, gentiles, slaves, free persons, men, women, and other persons in the Messiah Yeshua are sinners and have been redeemed by Yeshua the Messiah. Secondly:

"8 These are the names of Isra'el's children who came into Egypt, Ya'akov and his sons: Re'uven Ya'akov's firstborn; 9 and the sons of Re'uven - Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi. 10 The sons of Shim'on: Y'mu'el, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin, Tzochar and Sha'ul the son of a Kena'ani woman. 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.12 The sons of Y'hudah: 'Er, Onan, Shelah, Peretz and Zerach; but 'Er and Onan died in the land of Kena'an. The sons of Peretz were Hetzron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Yissakhar: Tola, Puvah, Yov and Shimron. 14 The sons of Z'vulun: Sered, Elon and Yachle'el. 15 These were the children of Le'ah whom she bore to Ya'akov in Paddan-Aram, with his daughter Dinah. In sum, his sons and daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Tzifyon, Haggi, Shuni, Etzbon, 'Eri, Arodi and Ar'eli. 17 The children of Asher: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B'ri'ah, and their sister Serach. The sons of B'ri'ah were Hever and Malki'el. 18 These were the children of Zilpah, whom Lavan gave to Le'ah his daughter; she bore them to Ya'akov - sixteen people. 19 The sons of Rachel Ya'akov's wife: Yosef and Binyamin. 20 To Yosef in the land of Egypt were born M'nasheh and Efrayim, whom Osnat the daughter of Poti-Fera priest of On bore to him. 21 The sons of Binyamin: Bela, Bekher, Ashbel, Gera, Na'aman, Echi, Rosh, Mupim, Hupim and Ard." 

Let's break this down for some of you: "Sha'ul the son of a Kena'ani woman", an eighth Patrilineally Jewish. Same with " 'Er, Onan, Shelah, Peretz and Zerach"; and "M'nasheh and Efrayim, whom Osnat the daughter of Poti-Fera priest of On bore to him". Later, M'nashe takes a Aramit concubine:

The descendants of M'nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil'ad; Asri'el [Gil'ad's son] was descended from her. 15 Makhir's wife was from the families of Hupim and Shupim, and his sister's name was Ma'akhah. M'nasheh's second son was Tz'lof'chad, and Tz'lof'chad had daughters. 16 Ma'akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son whom she named Peresh, the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17The son of Ulam was B'dan. These were the descendants of Gil'ad the son of Makhir the son of M'nasheh. 

Makhir was a 1/16th Patrilineally Jewish.

To conclude, you Anti Semites and Anti Missionaries need to grow up and quit trying to deny especially Messianic Jews our Jewish heritage.