BIBLICAL PROPHECY PART 2

Even though the Sanhedrin was terminated some 350 years after the death of Jesus, the passion against the deity of Jesus was always there within the leadership of rabbinical Judaism. This passion is so strong that this newly resurrected Sanhedrin would prefer to reject traditional Christianity, of which many believers loyally support the existence of Israel, and to embrace Islam, of which many believers are bent on the destruction of Israel. These men are so resentful of the authority of Jesus and want peace so badly, a false peace without Jesus, that they are willing to sacrifice their scriptures, the Word of God, in order to obtain it.

Many of the Jews in Israel have an amazing bond with believers in Jesus. Many of the Jews in Israel are feeling the love of Jesus through these Christian believers and would not agree with what the Sanhedrin is doing and saying. The Sanhedrin is not a big authority in Israel at this time, and they say they are in a development phase, but that could change in the future. 

The Sanhedrin is cozying up to Islam because Islam also considers believing in Jesus as the son of God to be blasphemy. Jesus as God is antithetical to both Islam and Rabbinic Judaism (importantly, not antithetical to the Word of God); they both share this common goal. They are also cozying up to Islam because they fear its destructive weapons.  These two passions, pride and fear, are driving the Sanhedrin to alter scripture.

The scripture clearly says that one day Yahweh will be crowned king of all the earth. I know I am harping on this issue, but the names of the true God are very important: Yahweh is the God of national Israel (the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) and Jesus is the part of Yahweh that has been revealed to mankind. Some of these scriptures are:

"And Yahweh has become king over all the land, in that day there is one Yahweh, and his name one." Zechariah 14:9

"All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to Yahweh, and he rules over the nations." Psalm 22:27,28

"By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity, a word (Jesus is the word) that will not be revoked; before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, 'In Yahweh alone are righteousness and strength." Isaiah 45:23

"that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Philippians 2:11

The Sanhedrin has rejected these scriptures and state something very different. It is stated on their website www.thesandhedrin.org, "Judaism doesn't view itself as an universal religion, it sees itself as a national faith. Each group of people must develop their own worship but must follow the Noahide teachings." Therefore, in their view, in the future messianic age, muslims will still exist as a group and they will still be worshiping Allah, the God of Abraham and Ishmael. They say that that is fine as long as they are following the seven Noahide laws. No Gentile (non Jew) ever needs to believe in the God of national Israel and they will always remain a separate class.  However, as I said in my earlier post, believers in Jesus as Yahweh will be judged as blasphemers and idolaters.

The Sanhedrin believe that it is Yahweh's plan for certain ethnic groups to worship a God named Allah, the God of Abraham and Ishmael. Strangely, they believe Yahweh and Allah are in a sense the same God: Yahweh to the Jews and Allah to the muslims. The Sanhedrin, by proclaiming this, are breaking the first commandment given to Moses: " that you will have no other Gods before me." The true God of creation, Yahweh,  has revealed himself through his covenants made with Abraham, then Isaac and then Jacob. A belief in a God, Allah, that covenanted with Abraham and then Ishmael, and not with Isaac and Jacob, is all together a different God. God's names and his covenants are of upmost importance to him. Most importantly, Allah does not have a son.

The Sanhedrin has altered the Bible and says that it believes the Bible is different now. Some members traveled to Turkey to speak with one of the leading Islamic authorities in November of 2012. Here are some quotes from representatives of the Sanhedrin from this recent visit: 

"Islam as far as Judaism is concerned is a perfect religion. We believe in the same Allah. We have to change from what the past was. Islam and Judaism share a common root and future. All will coexist in messianic age.  Bible is different now. Back then everyone who wasn't Jewish was pagan and an idol worshipper. Today that isn't correct. People that are not Jewish are not idol worshippers. Verses don't apply now. Muslims are not idol worshippers. Jews in the Quran (the Quran speaks of Jews needing to be killed) are different now too. The Quran doesn't speak of all Jews.  Muslims and Jews are all believers. We can't fully comprehend God so times change and we now understand differently. Judaism will benefit from Islam. Christians and Jews that are fundamentalist are the same as muslim terrorists."

The next post will deal with both Islam and the Sanhedrin accepting the same Anti-Christ in order to bring peace to the Middle East.