I'm Posting...Must have something to say

Many a thing to discuss.

Let's start here. With a thought provoking video


Let's move into here.

Exodus 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

((Why then is the altar always pictured as having steps?))

C. Heston passed on today. We said a little of the Mourner's Kaddish because our Intro to Jewish Roots instructor says he was some of the last of a truly Judeo-Christian generation. Now days we preach forgiveness only. No mention of repentence or T'Shuva anymore. Our instructor said that when he was a young boy growing up in a methodist church that you couldn't just church hop, your pastor had to right a letter recommending you to the pastor of a church you needed to attend because of moving or whatever. He said that's how it is in the Synagogue also. You don't hop from one place to the next over matters. If you are in the wrong or rebellious and so disagree then you are put out of the congregation until you repent and apologize. You are not able to just go down to the next Synagogue and be accepted. Not so today, you get mad over the carpet color on the minor end to any of the "pillars" on the major end, then you just visit the next church down and they welcome you in.

We read James 3:1
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

And our instructor jokingly said, "I quit"

We also read Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

And he put on his Kippa and explained that to be in authority you must be under authority.

That is what the Kippa symbolizes.

So a lady asked about I Corinthians 11 that says men don't have to cover and we were informed that it means men don't need a veil over their face. SO that of course led to the discussion regarding women covering.

And I'll be upfront here. None of the ladies at this Intro class wear head coverings. Now when they light the Shabbat candles they do put a scarf over their heads. And our instructor said in Brooklyn on Shabbat you see the ladies with lovely wigs and hats. Many agreed that during Shabbat, prayers, and Synagogue time were appropriate to be covered and as for the rest of one's day, this was an individual conviction. We need to remember that HE will convict/teach us all what HE wants us to know and when. If we don't learn the lesson we'll just take another trip around the mountain and it will be brought up again.

I said all that so I can get to the following.

We watched Fiddler on the Roof after class time today. I only stayed for the first half because my son was getting restless. I have seen this before so I already know how it ends.

What caught my attention was the matchmaker and the first proposal which would be more traditional for them where the dad visits the guy who wants to marry his daughter and they make the arrangement together and she has no say ((until of course 3 of his daughters buck tradition and this movie is to me a Jewish version of a Jane Austen story)).

I had been taught by a Messianic lady ((meaning a physical Jew who believes in Messiah not a gentile turned christian turned Hebrew Roots)) that the young man would visit the lady he wanted to marry and with her dad present pour a glass of wine and ask the question and if the lady accepted she would drink from the cup of wine. The young man would then go back to his father's house to build a house for his bride to be. His father would tell him when it was ready and traditionally that could be 2 or more years. So traditionally his friends would tease him and ask when he was going to bring his bride home and the young man would reply, "when my father says it's time" Now I hope all this is making connections with Yeshua's actions and words for you as it does for me.

Then of course the groom comes for his bride and he tries to come unannounced and wisk her away while every one else is sleeping. Course then we have the 10 virgin thing so I'm guessing the plot to keep his coming a secret must get out.

This reminds me of a nauseating comment I read on the HSreview board this morning. A lady was asking about how to properly leave a church and a replyer was saying not to bail because all churches can have problems and she cited corinth as having an immorality problem and galatia as being legalistic by returning to the Mosaic law and thus perverting the gospel.

this caused me to search for a correct interpretation of Galatians.

http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/galatians.htm

http://messianicgentiles.blogspot.com/2007/07/gal-48-10-legalismso-missunderstood.html

http://www.baptistpillar.com/bd0367.htm

And now for my closing thoughts.

Pesach is approaching fast. IS it yeast only I need to rid my apartment of or also baking soda/powder and sourdough starter?

When is first fruits? Nisan 17 or the day after the Shabbat during Unleavened Bread?

Is the Seder done at the end of the 14th, which at sunset would then be the 15th?

Thanks for any tips.

Signed,
A Hebrucostal Biblicist