I know many of the things I post can seem a bit "heavy"; they fly completely in the face of what I had been taught for over 30 years as a Christian. It seems harsh and a bit unreal - so, where did I get my information?
I have been studying a number of different resources over the past year or so to come to where I am in my journey. It started with me trying to find the "truth" of my Christian faith. I wondered heavily about what the foundations of Christianity really were. When I still wasn't satisfied (or had more questions develop), I kept my search going. I would like to share with you many of the resources I utilized in my journey. There are a lot! I took this life changing journey very seriously. I am also no where near finished with this journey. I am confident in where I am going, even though it is taking me to a very different place than I expected when I started! I went looking for my "Christian roots" and instead - found the One, Truth, and Living God. I hope at least one person will be compelled to take a walk through the foundations of their faith as well.
Scriptures or Bibles:
The Scriptures from Instititute for Scripture Research
The Complete Jewish Bible
The Geneva Bible
The Amplified Bible
1611 King James Version
If you were to get just one, I would recommend highly The Scriptures. It restores the Name of God and Yahoshua into Hebrew making reading easier. It also brings back the names of all individuals in the scripture to their original Hebrew. This is important because everyone's name had a meaning. Those meanings were stripped from individuals when their names were forced into Greek, meaning we miss some of what God was trying to tell us. For instance, Yahoshua means "Yah is salvation".
Websites:
Yada Yahweh website is filled with an amazing amount of information. The most beneficial is a more accurately translation of Scripture from the Hebrew as well as a solid history of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions. http://yadayahweh.com/
This "Questioning Paul" Website brings under scrutiny some of the writings of Paul with an interesting contrast between the writings of Paul and the words of Yahoshua: http://questioningpaul.com/Questioning_Paul-Galatians-00-Letter_to_the_Reader.Paul
This site has many different article and also some mp3 files that can be downloaded to listen to come great commentary on the 10 Commandments! http://www.blessyahowah.com/
Books:
Todd Bennett's Walk in the Light Series. Not all the books are published yet, but the ones that are have been amazing. The ones I have read so far are:
Restoration Names, Kosher, the Messiah, Redeemed, The Law and Grace, and the Sabbath
Should Christians be Torah Observant by Carmen Welker
Come Out of Her My People by C. J. Koster
The Original Faith by Normal B. Willis (this really puts to rest the myth that the first followers of Yahoshua were "Christians", they weren't; the original faith would look more like a Messianic Kararite Jew)
Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson
The Feasts of the Lord: God's Prophetic Calendar from Calvary to the Kingdom by Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal
God's Appointed Customs: A Messianic Jewish Guide to the Biblical Lifecycle and Lifestyle by Barney Kasdan
Movies: Constantine's Sword; the History of the Bible, God in America
This list is not exhaustive of everything I have studied thus far and it doesn't include many things on my shelf waiting to be explored. I just felt it necessary to show people that I haven't taken my journey lightly. I didn't come to my amazing conclusions on a whim, and I wouldn't make such a great leap of change in my walk with God were it not backed up by a lot of research. The big thing is once you start to unpeel the onion - you need to see more and more. It is a heartbreaking, but fulfilling experience. I promise you will never be the same, and you won't regret it for one minute!
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