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Bible Christanty is one of the Five Sects of Judaism.

(1 Th 5:21-22 KJV)  "PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD. {22}
Abstain from all appearance of evil."

In the first century, the Jews were DIVIDED INTO FIVE MAJOR SECTS or
movements. These were the SADDUCEES, the PHARISEES, the ZEALOTS, the ESSENES
and the Jewish Christians called in the Bible, "THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES."
The  SECT OF THE NAZARENES were the Jews who accepted Jesus Christ as the
Messiah. Jesus Christ was the Head of this Sect and it was the fulfillment
of the New Testament Church that Jesus Christ is the HEAD of.

THE SADDUCEES were the priests who controlled and administered sacrificial
worship at the Temple. Since Temple worship was the most important element
of Jewish life in Jerusalem, the Sadducees were very powerful.  They  were
basically the  "upper-class" aristocratic group who were comfortable living
in a Greek-Roman world.  In view of their influence and power, they were
suspicious of any activity that might threaten their position. The
destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. brought an end to the Sadducees.

(Acts 5:16-18 KJV)  "There came also a multitude out of the cities round
about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. {17} Then the high priest
rose up, and all they that were with him, (WHICH IS THE SECT OF THE
SADDUCEES,) and were filled with indignation, {18} And laid their hands on
the apostles, and put them in the common prison."

The second of the five sects, was the "SECT WAS THE PHARISEES."       They
were basically the "middle-class" group. They were not comfortable living in
a Greek-Roman world and identified with the common people. Whereas the
Sadducees had the pocketbooks of the masses, the Pharisees had their
religious hearts. The two sect were opposed to each other in their
doctrines. In some translations the are called "Lawyers".  They are the ones
who argued the meaning of the Scriptures with Jesus Christ to their own
destruction.  They use parts of the Hebrew Law to prove that the Hebrew Laws
meant something different from what the God of Israel had said. (Mat 15:3
KJV)  "But he (Jesus Christ) answered and said unto them, WHY DO YE ALSO
TRANSGRESS THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD BY YOUR TRADITION?"

     (Acts 15:3-5 KJV)  "And being brought on their way by the church, they
passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the
Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. {4} And when they
were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the
apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with
them. {5} But there rose up certain of THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES WHICH
BELIEVED, SAYING, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command
them to keep the law of Moses."

The Pharisees were the primary teachers of the Tanakh and the Oral Law. They
did not use the Scriptures to justify their faith in the God of Israel, but
the teaching and traditions of the Elders to prove that they were the People
of God.  The Protestant movement of the Catholic Church do the same thing
today. They defend their religious practices from Rome on the bases of
tradition, rather that the WORD. They do not keep the "Faith of Jesus
Christ", as recorded in His Jewish Text.  All the Holidays in the Gentile
Christian Church are from the Pagan Religion, not from the Jewish Religion
in the Jewish Bible. Unlike the Sadducees, they were not politicians but
religious leaders held in high regard by the people. Because of their
emphasis on Jewish tradition and their attendance of the Jewish synagogue,
they survived the destruction by the Romans and established the Rabbinical
form of Judaism at Yavneh. It was this form of Judaism, based of Oral Law,
not on the Written Word,  that laid to the present foundation for Jewish
Faith today.  It is a Religion Faith, based on their Oral Traditions, not on
the Written Words in the Old Testament that keeps most of the Jewish people
from finding the Christ of Israel in person of Jesus Christ.

The Pharisees were the Lawyers of their day. They were the one's who
defended their Babylonian understanding of the Jewish faith against the Pure
faith of  "THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES" as taught by Jesus the Christ of
Israel and His Disciples. Today they are those of the Babylonian Christian
faith that defend their Paganism  believes against the Pure Faith of Jesus
Christ as recorded in the Hebrew Bible.  The true Christian today as they
were then, are the ones who have the Faith of Jesus Christ and keep His Holy
Commandments.  (Rev 12:17 KJV)  "And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, WHICH KEEP THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." (Rev 14:12
KJV)  "Here is the patience of the saints: HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND THE FAITH OF JESUS."

A third of the Jewish sects, was the "SECT WAS THE ZEALOTS".  The Zealots
were a NATIONALISTIC MINDED sect that desired to overthrow the Roman by
force. They were revolutionaries who died in the First and Second Jewish
Revolts. It was members of this group who committed mass suicide at Masada.
Today we would recognize them in the Jewish Sect that we now call the
"Zionists".  They are the Jews who have taken back the Nation of Israel by
force.

The fourth sect, was the Jewish "SECT WAS THE ESSENES". The Essenes were an
ascetic group that, some believe, established the community at Qumran and
wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Romans destroyed this community in 68 A.D.

"THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES."

Of all the Jewish Sect, the Sect of the Nazarenes is the Sect that is
inportantance to us if we call ourselves, Christians.  This is the Sect that
was started by the Jewish Messiah, Jesus the Christ and are called
Christians in the Holy Bible.  It is described in the Holy Bible as the New
Testament Church of  the God of Israel and His Son, Jesus Christ. It is the
fulfillment of the New Covenant with Israel.

(Mat 2:23 KJV)  "And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, HE SHALL BE CALLED A
NAZARENE."    (Acts 24:5-6 KJV)  "For we have found this man (Paul) a
pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the
world, and A RINGLEADER OF THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES: {6} Who also hath gone
about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according
to our law."

The Sect of the Nazarenes was the fulfillment of the New Covenant Church
with the coming of the Jewish Messiah.  The Books we call the New Testament
is the History of the establishment of this Jewish Sect by Jesus Christ and
His Apostles. The New Testament Church in the Hebrew's Bible is called "THE
SECT OF THE NAZARENES,"  They were the Messianic Jews and the Gentiles who
had joined themselves to the Faith, "New Covenant" delivered to the
Commonwealth of Israel as promised by the God of Israel and His Son, Jesus
Christ.

(Heb 8:7-13 KJV)  "For if that first covenant had been faultless, THEN
SHOULD NO PLACE HAVE BEEN SOUGHT FOR THE SECOND. {8} For finding fault with
them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, WHEN I WILL MAKE A
NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH: {9} NOT
ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT THAT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY WHEN I
TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; BECAUSE THEY
CONTINUED NOT IN MY COVENANT, AND I REGARDED THEM NOT, SAITH THE LORD. {10}
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith the Lord; I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MIND, AND WRITE
THEM IN THEIR HEARTS: AND I WILL BE TO THEM A GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE TO ME A
PEOPLE: {11} And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to
the greatest. {12} FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
THEIR SINS AND THEIR INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE. {13} In that he
saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth
and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."

We know this New Covenant Church, then and now as the Messianic Jewish
Church. Remember, these people at first were all of the Nation of the
Commonwealth of Israel.  The First and Second Covenant that God made with
them, contained these Promises. They were with the Nation of Israel and the
Strangers that joined themselves to Israel's Covenant. Therefore the Christ
truly said, "Salvation is of the Jews". Not to the Physical Nation of
Israel, but to the Jews and Gentiles who accept the New Testament Church of
the Jewish Messiah, Jesus Christ.

(John 4:22-24 KJV)  "Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:
FOR SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS. {23} But the hour cometh, and now is, when the
true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him. {24} GOD IS A SPIRIT: AND THEY THAT
WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH."

Three and one half years after the Death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, this
same Covenant was preached to the Gentiles. Now, as it was them, both the
Carnal Jew and Gentile must accept the New Covenant Church of Jesus Christ
to be saved. (Acts 4:12 KJV)  "NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER: FOR
THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE
SAVED."   There is no salvation in the Anti-Christ of the Babylon Religons.

That New Testament Church in the Jew's Bible is called a Jewish Sect, "THE
SECT OF THE NAZARENES". The New Testament Church is not a Sect of the Roman
Catholic Church. They may  call themselves Christians, but they are not part
of the Jewish Sect of the Nazarenes" that were first called "Christians" at
Antioch. These "Christians" were follower's of the Jewish Messiah and His
Jewish Prophet, Paul,  from Jerusalem.

(Acts 11:25-27 KJV)   "Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek SAUL
(PAUL):  And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came
to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and
taught much people. And the DISCIPLES WERE CALLED CHRISTIANS FIRST IN
ANTIOCH. {27} And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch."

 They were not the "Anointed" (Christ's) from the Roman Catholic faith and
the Protestant Reform Churches that are producing all the miracles in their
Churches today.  Protestant Churches are doughters of the Catholic Church
and are "Christian" by the definition of the Catholic Faith only. As the
Protestants are doughters of the Catholic Church, they use the same titles
that the Catholics use, to refer to themselves also. (Mat 24:24-25 KJV)
"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and SHALL SHOW
GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS; INSOMUCH THAT, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL
DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT. {25} Behold, I have told you before."

This is not to belittle the true miricales of the God of Israel. (Rom
15:18-19 KJV)  "For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which
Christ hath not wrought by me, TO MAKE THE GENTILES OBEDIENT, BY WORD AND
DEED, {19} Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of
God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully
preached the gospel of Christ." (Heb 1:8-9 KJV)  "But unto the Son he saith,
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A SCEPTRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE
SCEPTRE OF THY KINGDOM. {9} Thou hast loved righteousness, AND HATED
INIQUITY; THEREFORE GOD, EVEN THY GOD, HATH ANOINTED THEE with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows."  Unrighteous men do not work miracles in the
Name of Jesus Christ as they are
not in the Name of Jesus Christ. (Luke 13:27 KJV)  "But he shall say, I tell
you, I KNOW YOU NOT WHENCE YE ARE; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YE WORKERS OF
INIQUITY."

All Gentiles and Jews who do not have a Living Faith in the God of Israel,
based on the Words of Jesus Christ, are without the God of Israel and
without the HOPE of His Salvation.  Salvation only comes through the death
of Jesus Christ paying the full payment of your past sins. The Father of
Jesus Christ ordained that every sinner must die unless the death of Jesus
covers his past sins.

(Eph 2:11-14 KJV)  "Wherefore remember, that YE BEING IN TIME PAST GENTILES
in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the
Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; {12} THAT AT THAT TIME YE WERE
WITHOUT CHRIST, BEING ALIENS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL, AND STRANGERS
FROM THE COVENANTS OF PROMISE, HAVING NO HOPE, AND WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD:
{13} BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS YE WHO SOMETIMES WERE FAR OFF ARE MADE NIGH BY
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. {14} FOR HE IS OUR PEACE, WHO HATH MADE BOTH ONE, AND
HATH BROKEN DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION BETWEEN US;"

The question we must ask ourselves today is, what Sect are we following?
The  "THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES," or the Protestant Sects or the Roman
Catholic Church, which the Jewish Bible describes as the Mother of Babylon.
If your Salvation is found in the Protestant Faith, than follow it.  However
if you claim that your Salvation is found in the same Faith Jesus Christ
had, than follow the Christ of "THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES," who is the Head
of the Jewish Christian Church described in the Jewish Bible.

(Rev 17:2-6 KJV)  "With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the
wine of her fornication. {3} So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness: AND I SAW A WOMAN SIT UPON A SCARLET COLOURED BEAST, FULL OF
NAMES OF BLASPHEMY, having seven heads and ten horns. {4} AND THE WOMAN WAS
ARRAYED IN PURPLE AND SCARLET COLOUR, AND DECKED WITH GOLD AND PRECIOUS
STONES AND PEARLS, HAVING A GOLDEN CUP IN HER HAND FULL OF ABOMINATIONS AND
FILTHINESS OF HER FORNICATION: {5} And upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH. {6} And I SAW THE WOMAN DRUNKEN WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS, AND
WITH THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS OF JESUS: and when I saw her, I wondered with
great admiration."

"Jewish Christians (Messianic Believers) who survived the First and Second
Revolts were driven out of Israel and scattered through Europe and Asia.
However, being in exile, their movement soon lost its Jewish distinctiveness
and evolved into a the form of  Pagan Gentile "Christianity" that was cut
off from its Jewish roots. In Europe it evolved into what we know today as
the Roman Catholic Church, of which the Protestant Churches are a Sect
(Doughters) of.." Re: How the Cross Became a Sword by Richard Booker"

Most people today do not follow the Jewish Sect of the Nazarenes. They
follow a mixture of believes from the Sects of the Roman Churches, mixed
Jewish Christian believes from the Hebrew's Bible.  The Sect most are
following is the Sunday  Sect of the Roman Catholic Church. This Sect is not
from Judaism, but from the Roman's, "Babylon the Great". They are Protestant
from the Roman Church.  (Rev 17:2 KJV)  "With whom the kings of the earth
have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made
drunk with the wine of her fornication." Rev 17:5  And upon her forehead was
a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." This Sect and all her sub-sects, should not be
confused with the Jewish Sect called the "SECT OF THE NAZARENES".  The Sect
of the Nazarenes was and is the only New Testament Church of the God of
Israel that Jesus Christ Founded and is the Head of. All it's teachings are
based on the Hebrew Bible only, not on a mixture of Pagan and Jewish
Doctrines as found the Protestant Churchs today.

If anyone can present Scriptures that will proof to the contrary, that this
is a wrong understanding, I would like to hear from you.  Please quote the
scriptures that will prove other wise.  I will gladly change my faith when
proven wrong.  Only a fool would continue in the path of destruction.
robert_sanford@hotmail.com

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