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| | #More - "After several years of fighting, the Romans defeated the Jews, and expelled them from Jerusalem ('''but allowed Christians who would renounce all Jewishness to enter the city'''), levelled the city and renamed it Aelia Capitalina. Judea was renamed Palestine after the Philistines, the ancient Israelite enemies. The AD 135 revolt was the final breaking point between the traditional Jews and the Messianics who had but one Messiah — Yeshua of Nazareth. .. Later on, as the Romans, continued their persecution of the Jews throughout the Roman Empire '''Christians found it expedient for self preservation purposes to distance themselves from the Jewish ties, similitude and any beliefs that appeared in any way to smack of Judaism, no matter whether the Jewish beliefs were biblically-based or not. Eventually, as Christianity grew in numbers of converts and influence within the Roman Empire it joined forces with the Romans''' and became the state religion in the early part of the fourth century. Sunday became the official day of worship and all Jewish observances (such as the Feast Days) and religious practices were banned and were replaced with paganized Christian holidays such as Easter and Christmas. By this time, the Christian church had officially cut all ties with its Hebrew roots and had become a very different religious entity from that of the Book of Acts believers." (Ya'acov N'tan Lawrence [http://www.thefullgospelyeshuahamashiach.com/content/wow/hebraic_roots.htm How the Church Became Divorced from the Hebraic Roots]) | | #More - "After several years of fighting, the Romans defeated the Jews, and expelled them from Jerusalem ('''but allowed Christians who would renounce all Jewishness to enter the city'''), levelled the city and renamed it Aelia Capitalina. Judea was renamed Palestine after the Philistines, the ancient Israelite enemies. The AD 135 revolt was the final breaking point between the traditional Jews and the Messianics who had but one Messiah — Yeshua of Nazareth. .. Later on, as the Romans, continued their persecution of the Jews throughout the Roman Empire '''Christians found it expedient for self preservation purposes to distance themselves from the Jewish ties, similitude and any beliefs that appeared in any way to smack of Judaism, no matter whether the Jewish beliefs were biblically-based or not. Eventually, as Christianity grew in numbers of converts and influence within the Roman Empire it joined forces with the Romans''' and became the state religion in the early part of the fourth century. Sunday became the official day of worship and all Jewish observances (such as the Feast Days) and religious practices were banned and were replaced with paganized Christian holidays such as Easter and Christmas. By this time, the Christian church had officially cut all ties with its Hebrew roots and had become a very different religious entity from that of the Book of Acts believers." (Ya'acov N'tan Lawrence [http://www.thefullgospelyeshuahamashiach.com/content/wow/hebraic_roots.htm How the Church Became Divorced from the Hebraic Roots]) |
| | #There's more - "another Jewish revolt resulted in Jews being uprooted from Judea entirely. As a result of their constant struggle to be free of Roman control and influence, the Jews were hated bitterly by Roman society at large. The emperor Hadrian prohibited, under the threat of death, any Jew from entering the area of Jerusalem. Moreover, he outlawed the Jewish faith and particularly the observance of Sabbath. It was in this environment that Christianity was born. When Constantine decreed in the fourth century that Christianity was to be the state religion of Rome, a blow was struck to Christian heritage. The historical record proves that Constantine's motive was purely political and not spiritual. Due to its extensive influence throughout the empire, Christianity was chosen by Constantine as the method by which he could unite the empire and solidify his power. Furthermore, Christian standards and doctrines were relaxed to accommodate those pagans in the empire unwilling to abandon certain heathen practices. As a result, paganism and Christianity embraced and the Hebraic, Torah-based heritage of the Church went into hibernation. '''Many Christians distanced themselves from anything that seemed Jewish'''. Furthermore, the Church now sponsored by Rome, became the instrument of Roman retaliation against the Jews. It was the Roman Church that continued the religious war on Jews and Jewish practices. One of the main battlefields in this war was the Sabbath issue." (Bill Coloud "Torah Teachings: Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday?" Beit Tehila) | | #There's more - "another Jewish revolt resulted in Jews being uprooted from Judea entirely. As a result of their constant struggle to be free of Roman control and influence, the Jews were hated bitterly by Roman society at large. The emperor Hadrian prohibited, under the threat of death, any Jew from entering the area of Jerusalem. Moreover, he outlawed the Jewish faith and particularly the observance of Sabbath. It was in this environment that Christianity was born. When Constantine decreed in the fourth century that Christianity was to be the state religion of Rome, a blow was struck to Christian heritage. The historical record proves that Constantine's motive was purely political and not spiritual. Due to its extensive influence throughout the empire, Christianity was chosen by Constantine as the method by which he could unite the empire and solidify his power. Furthermore, Christian standards and doctrines were relaxed to accommodate those pagans in the empire unwilling to abandon certain heathen practices. As a result, paganism and Christianity embraced and the Hebraic, Torah-based heritage of the Church went into hibernation. '''Many Christians distanced themselves from anything that seemed Jewish'''. Furthermore, the Church now sponsored by Rome, became the instrument of Roman retaliation against the Jews. It was the Roman Church that continued the religious war on Jews and Jewish practices. One of the main battlefields in this war was the Sabbath issue." (Bill Coloud "Torah Teachings: Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday?" Beit Tehila) |
| − | #More- "The status of Jews throughout the empire plummeted. They were faced with the physical destruction of their religious center and the shame of apparent divine abandonment. The Romans imposed a permanent tax on them, to be devoted to the upkeep of a pagan temple. '''Other communities, realizing that the Jews were out of favor with the authorities, harried them violently.''' ... '''From the start the Christians sought to distance themselves from Jews.''' Once they attained power, the destruction of the Temple was reinterpreted as the Jews' punishment for killing Jesus. Early Christian accounts describing Jews and Judaism have a mean, vicious quality that is almost entirely lacking from earlier Roman accounts. The political reasons Rome had for making an example of the Jews were replaced by darker, deeper motives." ("Rome & Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations" - Marin Goodman's book discussed in [Rome & Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations The Jerusalem Post])) | + | #More- "The status of Jews throughout the empire plummeted. They were faced with the physical destruction of their religious center and the shame of apparent divine abandonment. The Romans imposed a permanent tax on them, to be devoted to the upkeep of a pagan temple. '''Other communities, realizing that the Jews were out of favor with the authorities, harried them violently.''' ... '''From the start the Christians sought to distance themselves from Jews.''' Once they attained power, the destruction of the Temple was reinterpreted as the Jews' punishment for killing Jesus. Early Christian accounts describing Jews and Judaism have a mean, vicious quality that is almost entirely lacking from earlier Roman accounts. The political reasons Rome had for making an example of the Jews were replaced by darker, deeper motives." ("Rome & Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations" - Marin Goodman's book discussed in Rome & Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1180527992168&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull The Jerusalem Post])) |
| − | #There are many many more but I think that I have provided sufficient to demonstrate the prrof. Final one - "After the Romans put down the Jewish revolt so totally it became necessary for the Gentile Christians to distance themselves from the Jew’s." (http://www.lifeisbigger.com/essays/jewish%20christianity.pdf Jewish Christianity) | + | #There are many many more but I think that I have provided sufficient to demonstrate the proof. Final one - "After the Romans put down the Jewish revolt so totally it became necessary for the Gentile Christians to distance themselves from the Jew’s." ([http://www.lifeisbigger.com/essays/jewish%20christianity.pdf Jewish Christianity]) |
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