BANDERSNATCH
Senior Member
Just wondering if there were any (or if you knew of any) Christians who were Torah-observant?
Bandy
Bandy
Just wondering if there were any (or if you knew of any) Christians who were Torah-observant?
Bandy
My bad, Hobbs... I should qualify it a little more. Anyone know of any non-Jewish Christians who are Torah-observant?
OK.. No. Paul stood for the Gentiles on the subject of circumcision . Only the Jew's were to keep Torah, as long as it was possible to keep it.
Just wondering if there were any (or if you knew of any) Christians who were Torah-observant?
Bandy
I think you might have missed the OP'S question.
but no one can keep Torah without a temple.
there's some rabbinic Judaism practicing folks that claim to believe in Christ,
Isn't that all a Christian has to do? Believe in Christ? Does that mean all of the people who claim to believe in Christ but believe this requires repentance of sins or works doesn't believe in Christ.
They don't just claim to believe in Christ, they do believe in Christ.
By making someone believe in Christ the same way you do is actually a type of legalism or works of and in itself.
JWs say they believe in Christ... but then they say He was just an Angel ...does that mean they believe in the same Christ as I do.. Because it wasn't an Angel that redeemed me.
We believe;
in God as declared in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4) who is Echad (a compound unity) and eternally existent in three persons.
in God’s Son — Messiah Yeshua — born of a virgin, His deity, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension, and His future return in power and glory.
in God’s Holy spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) who in times past came upon our forefathers (such as Moses, David, and the Prophets) for a specific purpose and who now indwells and empowers believers to live a godly life.
http://www.shalomaugusta.org/about-us/
You can't get much more Trinitarian that that.
Let me expound on my previous statement, so as not to confuse. Animal sacrifice was part of Torah. It was to be done in the tabernacle of God. The last Temple was the last known dwelling place of God per old Testament faith... Therefore they can no longer practice animal sacrifice without a temple... Hence they cannot practice Torah.
*Edit* see I knew someone was going to question.. So this answer is for you Pappy.
this answer doesn't go with my question at all. We all know that Daniel and all the prophets practiced the Torah from the time of the destruction of Solomon's Temple until the building of the 2nd Temple. They did this without a Temple to sacrifice, and God had a relationship with them during those hundreds of years without a Temple.
I don't think your premise that they must sacrifice at a Temple to practice their religion is accurate. Sure, they can't perform all the commands of the Torah now, but they can perform all possible.
Did God honor the worship of Daniel, even though he wasn't traveling to Jerusalem to sacrifice, pay his Temple tax, or celebrate the feast that are commanded?
Is is possible to practice Torah today without being able to hold each and every command. I would think if it was possible then, it would be possible now.
Whether or not Torah practice is proper worship of God now is a totally different conversation.
They were in captivity for 490 years......so no, there was a bit more than 100 years with no Temple
I thought the entire purpose of the OP was to access whether or not there was any christian who attempted to practice Torah...
Maybe I need to go back and read the OP again
I think the OP might have been looking for present day Christians but the discussion could look back in time to when Jewish Christians practiced Torah.
Did Paul practice Torah?