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GETTING BACK TO THE BIBLE
by Evert
Kooy
MOSES LAKE, Yom Sheini (Second Day - "Monday"), 8
Adar I, 5760 (Christian Date: February 14, 2000) (Muslim Date: 8
Thul-Quada, 1420), Root & Branch:
I feel like writing a letter to you. Where I live in
the State of Washington I don't have many people to talk with about the
subjects which are dear to me -- Jews, Israel, Torah and Noahides.
I am not much of a writer. I was born in Holland. When
I was 23 I left Holland. I never studied English in school so please don't
pay attention to my spelling and grammatical mistakes.
In 1980 I joined the Baptist Church. After 8 years I
quit the church for lack of faith in the Greek ("New")
Testament, as a result of the many contradictions that I found it
contained.
Christians try to find Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures
(the Tannach, "O.T." or Only Testament) but he is not there. The
Christians say that there are many prophecies of foretelling the coming of
Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures, but none of them make any sense.
The reason I had trouble with the Greek Testament was
that I got acquainted with the Hebrew Scriptures before I started studying
the Greek Testament. I used to farm and there was not much to do in the
winter, so every winter I read the Bible, always starting on page one of
Genesis. I never got to the Greek Testament until I joined the Baptist
Church. The Baptist Church spent most of its time teaching us from the
Greek Testament, with very little time spent studying the Hebrew
Scriptures.
I am convinced if every would-be Christian were to
start studying the Bible on page one of Genesis there would be a lot more
Noahides.
Last week I got a invitation from a new Christian to go with him to a
Bible study class. I told him I would join him if the class started
studying the Bible on page one of Genesis. Of course they won't. They
always start in the Greek Testament, most likely in the Gospel of John.
Getting information about authentic Jewish teachings is not so easy where
I live.
When I quit the Baptist Church in 1990, I was looking
for study books and commentaries. I had the basics but I wanted to learn
more.
I remember calling a rabbi in Seattle, and I told him what I needed. The
rabbi was very nice, but when I told him I was not Jewish he lost interest
in me. He told to go to a Jewish bookstore. The trouble was that the
nearest Jewish bookstore was 1000 miles from where I live.
One day I got hold of the Jerusalem Post. I am reading it ever since.
Through the Jerusalem Post I found places to order Jewish books and tapes.
Then my daughter gave me a computer and now I am in great shape. But not
everybody has a computer and not everybody gets the Jerusalem Post.
I sure enjoy getting all the E-mail from Root &
Branch. Every time I get something from Jerusalem I feel like a little kid
getting a present.
We getting bombarded with Christian doctrine day and night on radio and
T.V. It would be nice if there was a real Jewish rabbi on the radio or TV
for two or three hours a week, explaining the Hebrew Scriptures. That
would also help slow down the number of Jews who fall prey to Evangelical
Christian missionary activities.
Some times I tell people about the Noahide Movement but
they are not interested. The Christians here are very nice, at first. They
think I need help and they keep telling me Jesus loves me, but I know
enough to refute most of their false ideas. Any time they have to admit
that they are wrong they say, "You have believe by faith, Jesus
cannot be wrong".
Hope you have time to read this.
Shalom from Moses Lake,
Evert
kooy
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