LINK BETWEEN HISTORIC JESUS MOVEMENT AND NOAHIDE MOVEMENT

 

 The apostle Paul spoke of not focussing on aiming to know Christ "after the flesh" (that is, by means of carnal knowledge), but to worship in Spirit and Truth and know Him through being taught by the Holy Spirit through revelation. 
 
Paul wrote:

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. (2 Cor 5:16)

The so-called “Historic Jesus” movement along with  the Torah movements like Hebrew Roots and Messianic Judaism err in that they focus on knowing  Christ "after the flesh” and thereby focus on the carnal, fleshly things  and not on worshipping in Spirit and in “newness of life”: (Rom 6:4)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Cor 5:17)
 In this blog I aim to show how the "Historic Jesus movement", which presents itself as helpful academic research, is a subversive movement and part of the spiritual war against the saints.  I do not go in depth but look briefly at four well known names associated with this movement.
 
I also add a link to  further research  I did into the Messianic Judaism movement. which also focuses on a "historic" version of Jesus, the so-called "Jewish Jesus",  a false christ they call "Yeshua".  Like the "historic Jesus" movement, this also proved to be subversive.   
 
 
 
The "HISTORIC JESUS" movement:
 
During my journey of investigating the Judaizing of Christianity,  I found out that James Tabor, who is one of the well known names associated with the "Quest for the Historical Jesus" movement , is a proponent of the  Noahide movement.

Here is a link to an old article he wrote in 1991 which proves this:


Interestingly he calls the Noahide faith a "halfway house", which struck me.  

The two calves at Beth-El and Dan Jeroboam set up for political control come to mind:

1 Kings 12:26–28 (KJV 
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

This passage reminds me that just as Jereboam set up a religious system of his own making in order to hold on to political control of the people, today we see the  Noahide movement  being set up for  political reasons.  The people are told: " Christianity is now unacceptable in our post modern post truth world,  and full observance of Judaism is too much for you,  so we give you an easier path where you do  not have to go all the way. And  "Behold Israel after the flesh"  - they will be  your gods who you will look to going forward" (worship of and obedience to  the state of Israel)
 

If James Tabor is a part of this movement, many other big names  may  also be.

I do not want to delve too deeply into this, but  I did look at three other well known names, and while I cannot prove a  direct  link to the Noahide movement, there are things that raise alarm bells  to me.  



BART EHRMAN:


Bart Ehrman helps lead Christians out of the faith into atheism/agnosticism to lead an "ethical"  life of "meaning and purpose".  While leading people into atheism (with a webinar course!) is bad enough, those words "ethical" and "meaning and purpose" are the tenets of what both  the secular  and the religious Noahide movement claims to offer,   and according to Vincent Bruno, atheists can also become Noahides. People today only seek a form of godliness or morality,  something that will unify them politically and create (false) peace and stability for them..



MICHAEL HEISER:

Michael Heiser comes across as somewhat  "orthodox" at first glance, however if one watches this video where he speaks of the Noahide laws, it again raises alarm bells for me personally:


 

 

Firstly, he starts off immediately by warning Christians against antisemitism when they question the Noahide laws.  This is a  huge warning bell for me.  A true shepherd will not sternly warn against antisemitism when discussing the Noahide laws, but rather  warn sternly  against the Noahide laws!

Then in the video itself he says many things that are strange, for example he keeps stressing that the sanhedrin Trump met with is "self appointed".  There is no way a rabbi  would be able to  appoint himself, since they always lift their best  sages to god-like status among themselves and would never follow "self appointed" men.

Finally, when you follow the link beneath his video, you come across a very strange list of topics he discusses in which he invites people  to " Join Dr. Michael S. Heiser and learn how to think well about all things fringe."

There are many topics which are the usual topics that raise questionings,  cause doubtful disputes  and bring even more  division  among Christians.  They are  meant to get people  to question the faith.  I notice his factual  (and favourable) articles on both Kabbalah and the Zohar, in which he does not start off with a warning, as he does the video to warn against antisemitism when questioning the Noahide laws.  Again, strange for someone presenting himself on the surface  as an "orthodox Christian"

Here is my personal opinion:  He is the academic equivalent of  Amir Tsarfati:  familiarizing and normalizing Jewish concepts and terms to Christians and discussing things that ought not be part of Christianity, because they lead to "doubtful disputations" and a falling away from the faith.  I also  see a gatekeeper who obfuscates  the truth to those who do have questions, to hide from their eyes the dangers we face,  and to normalize things such as "Noahide laws", and for those who  do delve deeper, to "make them think well" of topics that ought to raise alarm bells, familiarizing them with things from the Jewish faith such as Kabbalah and the Zohar, as if these things are benign and offer no threat to Christianity. 



ROBERT EISENMAN:


Robert Eisenman is well known for his focus on James, the brother of Jesus.  

 There is a well known quote from the gospel of Thomas which reads:

"The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."

This has  (according to my understanding)  been seen by many who turn against Paul,  fall from grace and follow "Jesus' words only", as a coded instruction for them to return to  the roots of Judaism once they realize the church is in error. and then start to believe they have hidden  the true messiah from them.  (This happens because they do not understand that we are not saved by works.  They may understand this mentally, but it has not yet been revealed to them by the Father, and so they fall from grace.)
I think there is ample proof that   "The Historical Jesus" movement  is more about "deconstructing" the faith,  and leading people to fall away, rather than a real quest for truth.

  I see four  Judas goats here to lead  into four flavours of apostasy:  Noahide, atheist/agnostic, blind and accommodating  orthodoxy  and Messianic Judaism. 

In my opinion, this academic "Historic Jesus" movement can also be added to our knowledge base  of discerning  the ranks of the spiritual army that is warring against the saints.  They are part of  the front line  of this vast spiritual army, whether they are aware of it or not....as the rot  always comes down from academia and then out into the public sphere.


THE MESSIANIC JUDAISM MOVEMENT:
  
 Months after doing this research on the "Historic Jesus" movement,  I also found a link between the messianic movement and the Noahide deception.  You can read about this here:
 


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