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The Worldview of New Covenant Judaism - Part 1


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Worldview (def.,) = What humans express through their religion (loyalty/truth), ethics (values/justice) and culture (identity/beauty) as the answer to the question, “why do we exist?”

 

1. People should reject all forms of Christianity not only because its doctrines are unethical but also its worldview.

1.1. There are three main branches of Christianity: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestant/Evangelical Christianity that exist in the world today. All three prove to be completely unethical (and therefore false) w/regard to the following:

1.1.1. their doctrines of Trinitarian Monotheism (Joh 8:17-18 “two-witness rule requires the witnesses be separate beings), Original Sin (Eze 18:20), Perfectionism and Total Depravity (Deu 28:1 w/30:11-14).

1.1.2. their embrace of a FAG (i.e., we are ultimately only saved by what God/Christ has done on our behalf) (Eze 33:18-20 w/Rev 20:12) which includes the belief that Christ was punished for our sins (Eze 18:4 w/20; Lev 27:29).

1.1.3. their creation of a new religion (Joh 4:22 “we worship what we know for salvation is from the Jews”) = Judaism is the religion from God. Anything not consistent w/that is worshipping what “you do not know” – i.e., false religion. If Jesus had created a new religion – one not demonstrating consistency/continuity with Judaism, then He was a false teacher Who deserved to die (Deu 12:32-13:3). The fact that He established a “new covenant” confirms He was not starting a new religion since such a statement implies an already existing religion. Rather, Jesus established, New Covenant Judaism, the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:31. Christianity (in all its modern manifestations) is a new religion. It bears no continuity with Judaism as testified to also by its FAG - or rejection of the gain and maintain mechanics that are a part of every saving covenant and gospel in the Old Testament – most especially original - or Old Covenant Judaism (Exo 24:7-8).   

1.2. What however may prove to be the most overlooked evidence of Christianity’s unethical nature, is the worldview created by its false gospel and doctrines: “This Life Is God’s Testimony” = God created this world as the place where He would testify to our complete inability to do anything that could please Him or get us to heaven (“you suck”) and His abundant mercy in sending His Son to do it all for us (“Jesus is the Only One Who doesn’t suck”). Getting to heaven requires we not only adopt (believe in) this as our worldview but also practice daily self-abasement (e.g., Wayne’s World, “we’re not worthy!”) and cessation from anything that might imply we can contribute something to our salvation (e.g., Tim Keller, “we need to repent of our repentance”; Tullian Tchividjian, Jesus Plus Nothing Equals Everything). Why this worldview is unethical: Based on their beliefs, God is the reason we suck. God should therefore be apologizing not rubbing our noses in it. Likewise, Christ should not be viewed as an act of mercy, but the obligation He possess to fix His screw-up.

1.3. Given the apostasy that for some time has characterized all main branches of Christianity, we must reject not only the religion but also the term “Christian” as our identity. New Covenant Judaism is our religion, and “new Jews”, our identity.

2. The worldview taught in the God’s Word and therefore by His religion, New Covenant Judaism, is “This Life Is A Test.”

2.1. God created this world as humanity’s temporary testing site, the place where – based on our life performance, we choose what in the future will serve as our permanent and eternal home. This is the worldview taught in God’s Word and therefore by those following His religion, New Covenant Judaism.

2.2. This worldview (“This Life Is A Test”) therefore possesses two salient points: 1) every single person’s life in this world (every circumstance good or bad) is their personal and particular test (their test-life). 2) God is going to give to every person who has ever lived, what they by their responses to the circumstances of this test-life chose as their future, permanent and eternal version of life (Gal 6:7-8 “what a man sows…” = We – not God, are the ones determining by our choices our eternal home; Jer 17:10 “test the heart…mind” = Our will – the place determining our choices; “according to his ways” = In agreement with his choices).  

2.3. To pass the test that is our life – or be worthy of eternal life with God in the new Creation (the Reboot/new heavens and new earth) (Rev 21-22), a world full of happiness, unending love (or righteousness) - and therefore free from inequity (or wickedness and sin) and unhappiness, requires we - during our test-life, “sow from the Spirit”(Gal 6:8) – i.e., we choose to love all freewill beings (e.g., God and humans) with equity by not only gaining a marriage covenant relationship with His Son Jesus Christ (His love gift to us - 1Jo 4:9) through baptismal rebirth/a vow of faith in His church, but also maintaining that covenant through frequent table observance, faithful obedience to all His laws (Mat 22:37-40 = God’s Law is how we love/show equity to Him and others; Rom 13:8-10) and loyalty to Christ and His covenant family over our blood family for the rest of our life (1Pe 3:21; Gal 3:26-27 [Rom 3:28]//Mat 28:19-20; Phi 2:12, 3:8-16; Jam 2:24//Act 2:42, 46, 20:7; Luk 22:14-23 w/Joh 13:1-20; 1Co 11:23-26//Mat 5:17-20//Mat 10:34-37, 19:29-30; Mar 3:21 w/31-35; Luk 14:25; Joh 13:34-35).

2.4. Those persons who respond to their life in any other way than the aforementioned, are choosing to fail their test (to sow to their flesh- Gal 6:8) and therefore hell as their future, permanent and eternal home, a place of unbridled and unending corruption and destruction (Mar 9:43 “unquenchable fire”; Rev 20:15 “lake of fire”;  Mat 13:42 “in that place there will be weeping” [b/c there is no hope for justice or protection from the corruption and destruction those in hell continue to inflict on one another – Lam 1:2, 16]; “and gnashing of teeth” [a reference to those seeking temporary relief from their guilty conscience through the dehumanizing destruction of others – e.g., rape of enemy soldiers or rape in prison = Most of the time, the act is performed not for sexual pleasure, but sadistic pleasure – or the sense of relief that can result from inflicting pain on others [or seeing others in a situation worse than ours]. The sense of relief the perpetrator experiences is often proportionate to the level of suffering inflicted – making dehumanization [one of the worst forms of suffering] preferrable. This has proven especially true when the victims are viewed as the cause of our pain – e.g., Act 7:54-58. Given therefore sexual assault’s ability to provide the most relief, as well as the fact that those in hell will most likely possess bodies similar to those they chose to love during their test-life, means rape will exist as one of the most popular activities for those in hell).

2.5. The “test” worldview is not only ethical but effective in overcoming the massive inequities of every other worldview:

2.5.1. In relation to the “test” worldview being ethical consider:

1) All morally conscious people know that God exists and they should seek Him (Rom 1:19-20). God promises to lead all those who seek Him to the truth – including the proper worldview and religion (Act 17:27 w/Neh 9:7-8; Isa 55:6; contra Psa 10:4).

2) Faithful obedience to God’s expectations and laws – which is how we love others (i.e., promote and protect equity) is not only achievable in every individual test prescribed by God (Deu 30:11-14; Mat 6:33-34; 1Co 10:13; Mat 6:34) but also not burdensome to those who are reborn, loving God and loving others (1Jo 5:1-3).

3) The only people who will go to hell – the place of corruption and destruction, are those who freely chose it by freely choosing to follow the path of corruption and destruction (the result of following anything other than God’s love and equity) (Rom 1:18-23). Allowing such people to go to the New Creation would also be inequitable to those who suffered/worked hard to pass their tests (1Pe 4:1-2) - as well as dangerous, given their identity as corrupters and destroyers of worlds.

4) God giving to people exactly what their choices deserve - i.e., what they by their responses to their test-life chose to be their future, permanent and eternal life, is the key definer of all equity (Psa 62:12 “lovingkindness” = Equity).

2.5.2. In relation to the “test” worldview overcoming the massive inequities created by every other worldview consider:

1) It is clear that not everybody is given the same opportunities in life or potential to experience and possess the same things. Any worldview therefore that teaches this life is the only place where will we be able to experience the good things of Creation (e.g., Atheism) is inherently inequitable (since some were given more than others).

2) The same is true of any worldview that once more removes us as the ultimate determiners of what we get in the life to come – which includes almost every other religion/worldview that has ever existed (e.g., all the ancient Mesopotamian religions [royalty req’d], Islam [Allah is capricious], Hinduism [caste system], Christianity – especially Calvinistic or its Reformed versions [god chooses his pets based on his own preferences]). Knowing however that this life is simply the test, and that it is my choices – or responses to the test –and not where I start or what I get in this life that determines the kind of life I will possess in eternity means that the test-life of every single human being who has ever lived has always been perfectly equitable. Why? Because the only thing that matters (or determines what we get in our future, permanent and eternal life) is what every human has always had the power to control – their choices/responses. In short, though you cannot pick your test-life (i.e., the circumstances of your life in this world), you do determine your performance on the test and therefore where you will end up in eternity – which means every single situation that a person could end up in this life is completely equitable and fair. As such, people’s condemnation of things like slavery – most especially those who claim to follow God’s Word, reveals a massive level of ignorance. The purpose of our life is not what our American forefathers thought (though they claimed it came from God): to pursue life, liberty and happiness. We are to pursue those things for the next life. And once more, the way we do that is by pursuing God – and passing our test according to His prescription (Mat 6:33). Those who make the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness their focus in this life, forfeit it in the next. In this light consider:

(1Co 7:20-24) PNTM: we are not to view the challenging conditions or circumstances of our life (e.g., slavery) as something unfair or to be avoided (the perspective of the world and what makes us the “slaves of men”), but rather the test that God has “called” us to pass as “Christ’s slave[s]” - as those “bought” by Him for this very purpose – to forget about our status and possessions in this world (the identity of a slave) and instead focus on getting those things in the next life.

(Mat 16:24-27 “deeds”) = Our moral choices are what will determine what we get in the next life – not what we were able to gain in this world. Making the right moral choices in this life – those which “follow” the example and commands of Jesus – the kinds of deeds that will get us to the Reboot, are the kinds of choices that will mean denying self and forfeiting the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness as our focus (“whoever wishes to save his life will lose it…what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?”).

2.6. Ignorance of the “test” worldview is a major reason many people have a hard time accepting hard things in their life - or the lives of their loved ones (e.g., child with cancer; this was the main reason for Job’s confusion and his friends’ bad counsel).  

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