One thing I noticed when the Coronavirus first hit was that everyone had their own take/perspective on it. If you are a religious person, you see it all through the lens of the Bible and prophecy. If you are considered a conspiracy theorist, you see it all through the lens of conspiracies. If you are a Secular or Atheist, it's all about the science. This is why I have waited so long before making my own post about how and why all this is happening. I really didn't have a coherent, all encompassing reason. It took these riots to happen for things to become crystal clear. So now I will briefly try to break down my perspective which includes all views that are all connected.
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The Connection Between Coronavirus The Red Heifer And Jewish Purity Laws
I’ve been wanting to write a commentary of how the various rabbis are addressing the reason behind the Coronavirus pandemic. I might still do that, but for fear of being censored since this also ends up on YouTube, I want to focus first on what’s not being talked about that isn’t related to going against the WHO or CDC.
We’re Doing Pesach Passover All Wrong – What Is Chametz (Leavening)
Exodus 12:19 For seven days leaven may not be found in your houses, for anyone who eats leavening - that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel, whether a convert or a native of the land. The Insanity Of Determining What Is Chametz What is Chametz 'Leavening'? The Talmud states that leavening, or Chametz, is the fermentation of any of 5 grains namely wheat, barley, rye, spelt, or oats. However, looking at a dictionary's definition, leavening is: A substance used in dough or batter to make it rise, such as yeast or baking powder. Baking powder wasn't invented until the mid 1800s. Store bought yeast wasn't invented until the 1930s. This is a case of not adapting to modernity. Instead of focusing on the 'leavening', rabbis have only focused on the 'fermentation of grains' which the Talmud states counts as leavening. You would think rabbis at that time would've maybe updated their customs like they did with electricity. Instead, they just went off the rails by adding all the derivatives of grain products that aren't themselves used as leavening agents. And don't get me started on kitniyot. That will be a separate post.
Rabbis Have Created A Noahide Monster
The Rabbis today tout the Noahide Laws as a way of bringing the world together under the One True God of Israel, but the reality is exactly the opposite. They are in fact creating a whole new religion that will only serve themselves and not God. I have already written 2 posts about different aspects of the Noahide Laws. This post is more on the Noahides themselves and my encounters with them so this is more of a rant than my usual more thought out posts.
The Imagined Three Oaths In The Talmud Leads To The Apocalypse
A Glimpse Into The Mind Of An anti-Zionist Why I Decided To Write About This I was debating with a Christian anti-Zionist via his blog about the factual errors of his post, when he brought up the "Three Oaths" mentioned in the Talmud as justification that Israel should not be. The reasoning he gave stunned me. It made no rational sense in light of factual history and biblical history. I was left with the feeling that no matter how much I educated him on the facts, all he seemed to care about was validating the Arab's "feelings" of being victims. I told him he was brainwashed, yet he thought the same about me! How can anything change in this environment when the Arabs themselves believe the lies their leaders have told them all these decades since 1964? It got me thinking of how to frame the argument in a different way that they would empathize with. I came up empty because I didn't understand this whole Three Oaths thing. So I did my own research, and now I need to make my own blog post about it. Needless to say, or rather I DO need to say, this is yet another corruption of Torah by the Rabbis that left me at first confused, then incredulous, then deflated in grief shaking my head at the revelation of the devastation this one folktale midrash has caused.
Religious Freedom and Western Democracy Are Not Part Of Torah
"There shall be no strange god within you, you shall not worship any strange god."(Psalm 81:10) "within you" means both within the whole Jewish community and the whole Land that God gave to them. In the Book of Kings, some kings tore the high places of idolatry down, some didn't. The kings who were righteous were given 'grace' even though they did not tear them down. (Yes, for all you Christians out there reading this, the God of the Old Testament gives Grace.) But it ultimately led to their destruction.
False Messiahs. Will The Real Moshiach Please Stand Up ?
What Makes Someone Think They Are The Messiah? Many things. This is from a Jewish perspective from my own research on the subject just going on YouTube and doing a search for "I am the Messiah" and listening to their videos. Some I just came upon by chance and that is how I decided to write this post. They seem to be everywhere. I won't name names because I don't want to embarrass any single person, but some of you may figure out who I'm talking about if you also have seen their YouTube videos. This is not done with hate or ridicule. This is meant as a wake up call. I am doing this to help these people understand why people reject them and to bring out the True Moshiach.
Israeli Jews Do Not Want A Religious Messiah, They Want A Secular One. Israeli Elections And Messiah Mania
Where Is The Jewish Messiah? For all intents and purposes, President Trump is Israel's Messiah. He has done more for the Jewish people than any Jewish leader since David Ben Gurion at it's founding. If PM Netanyahu and him are such good friends, why can't he be more like Trump and just DO what needs to be done? Instead, he stays the "status quo". If ever was a time to change it, now is the time. Everyone said, "We can't change the status quo, it will start WW3". Well, Trump has changed the status quo on Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, yet no WW3. So what are we waiting for? Oh, I forgot, "The Deal of the Century". Nice try Trump, but there is no deal for the "Palestinians" except for the elimination of Israel. And because the mess of the elections and Netanyahu's legal woes, Israelis are stuck not knowing what to do.
Why Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism (Jew Hatred)
In exploring various aspects of anti-Semitism, this is the last of a 3 part series of my previous posts We Need a New Definition of Who is a Jew and Replacement Theology is at the Root of Religious Anti-Semitism. Criticizing the policies of a government whether foreign or your own is a function of democracy and free speech. However, criticizing the very foundation of a country is something else.
Replacement Theology Is At The Root Of Religious Anti-Semitism
In exploring various aspects of anti-Semitism, this is a continuation of my previous post We Need a New Definition of Who is a Jew. As a convert from Christianity, I personally did not grow up religious. I have no real scriptural knowledge of the New Testament. It never made sense to me. It still doesn't; no matter how many explanations I hear. So this post is strictly from a layperson's personal observations within a Jewish perspective.
Pure Judaism יהדות טהורה 