Dear Grandkids,
If you ever hear people talk bad about the Jewish people it's because they are ignorant of the facts about who the Jews really are.
During the reformation of the Christian religion certain church leaders believed that the Christian church replaced the Jews as God's chosen people which is not true. In fact, believers in Jesus, who was also a Jew, were 'grafted' into the chosen people of God just as a branch of a tree can be grafted onto another tree to become part of that particular tree, in this case, all of us who believe in Jesus as our Savior have been grafted in and included with the Jews as God's special chosen people. Those who hate the Jews evidently don't understand this and the main reason being that they blame the Jews for killing Jesus, which is even more a lie because Jesus gave Himself up to be a sacrifice for our sins, He had to die on a specific date, and all the details regarding His death were written down hundreds of years earlier by Jewish prophets under the inspiration of God the father in the bible. No man or people took His life, He offered it up willingly to pay for the sins of the whole world.
The leaders of the early Christian church wanted to separate themselves from the Jewish people and all the customs and holy days or 'feast days'
that the Jews observed were rejected by the church leaders and replaced with pagan celebrations, Christmas and Easter being the most popular. These Holidays are pagan celebrations disguised as Christian. Even the observance of the Sabbath has been distorted by the early church fathers to be changed from the traditional Jewish Sabbath which starts at sun down on Friday night until sun down on Saturday night. The church changed that to Sunday, which is the first day of the week and justified it by saying it was the Lord's day because that was the day Jesus rose from the dead. If you look at the Ten Commandments I think it's the fourth one that says, "Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy." The true biblical Sabbath is not Sunday, but from Friday at sun down til Saturday at sundown. This is just another distortion of the truth set forth by the early church to undermine the practices if the Jewish people and separate the Christians from the Jews. Which I believe is another tactic of the 'enemy' the Devil, to further separate and divide the people against God and cause confusion so that many fall away from even wanting to know who God really is.
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY
"Then the LORD said to Moses, "say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so that you will know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy." Exodus 31:12-13
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Thank You Father God for Your Word that helps us understand You and that will separate truth from lies. Thank You for Your Spirit that gives us life and guides us and teaches us right from wrong.. Help us to choose the right ways to think and act as we live our lives and get closer to You. Thank You for providing for us richly and protecting us from all forms of sickness and disease and accidents and the attacks from the enemy.. Help us be better people and bring glory and honor to Your name. In the name of Jesus our Lord, make it so, Amen.
If you ever hear people talk bad about the Jewish people it's because they are ignorant of the facts about who the Jews really are.
During the reformation of the Christian religion certain church leaders believed that the Christian church replaced the Jews as God's chosen people which is not true. In fact, believers in Jesus, who was also a Jew, were 'grafted' into the chosen people of God just as a branch of a tree can be grafted onto another tree to become part of that particular tree, in this case, all of us who believe in Jesus as our Savior have been grafted in and included with the Jews as God's special chosen people. Those who hate the Jews evidently don't understand this and the main reason being that they blame the Jews for killing Jesus, which is even more a lie because Jesus gave Himself up to be a sacrifice for our sins, He had to die on a specific date, and all the details regarding His death were written down hundreds of years earlier by Jewish prophets under the inspiration of God the father in the bible. No man or people took His life, He offered it up willingly to pay for the sins of the whole world.
The leaders of the early Christian church wanted to separate themselves from the Jewish people and all the customs and holy days or 'feast days'
that the Jews observed were rejected by the church leaders and replaced with pagan celebrations, Christmas and Easter being the most popular. These Holidays are pagan celebrations disguised as Christian. Even the observance of the Sabbath has been distorted by the early church fathers to be changed from the traditional Jewish Sabbath which starts at sun down on Friday night until sun down on Saturday night. The church changed that to Sunday, which is the first day of the week and justified it by saying it was the Lord's day because that was the day Jesus rose from the dead. If you look at the Ten Commandments I think it's the fourth one that says, "Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy." The true biblical Sabbath is not Sunday, but from Friday at sun down til Saturday at sundown. This is just another distortion of the truth set forth by the early church to undermine the practices if the Jewish people and separate the Christians from the Jews. Which I believe is another tactic of the 'enemy' the Devil, to further separate and divide the people against God and cause confusion so that many fall away from even wanting to know who God really is.
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY
"Then the LORD said to Moses, "say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so that you will know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy." Exodus 31:12-13
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Thank You Father God for Your Word that helps us understand You and that will separate truth from lies. Thank You for Your Spirit that gives us life and guides us and teaches us right from wrong.. Help us to choose the right ways to think and act as we live our lives and get closer to You. Thank You for providing for us richly and protecting us from all forms of sickness and disease and accidents and the attacks from the enemy.. Help us be better people and bring glory and honor to Your name. In the name of Jesus our Lord, make it so, Amen.
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