[Four years ago at the start of our Sinaite’s spiritual pilgrimage to biblical Mt. Sinai, i.e., the Revelation of YHWH, we encountered a lot of opposition and criticism from our Christian colleagues, understandably. This article first posted June 6, 2012 was in answer to the exact words in the title.—Admin1.]
1. Just like our Christian colleagues, we love God so much we continue to seek Him in all the sources, we deem, best teach us about Him.
2. Just like our Christian colleagues, we are independent-minded, will rely on teachers only to a certain extent, but also and at the same time do our own research and study, checking out the teaching as well as the scriptural basis for it.
3. Just like some of our Christian colleagues, we do not limit our research to books and sources from Christian bookstores; we venture out into perspectives and opinions outside of Christian thinking, outside of the box.
4. While we settled into each religious persuasion for a time [Catholicism, Protestantism, Evangelicalism, Messianism], when we were confronted with more truth about the questionable foundations of beliefs we embraced, we unhesitatingly moved on, once convinced there was more to explore or something to take out of our belief system.
5. We are not afraid of transition, paradigm shift, loss of all former religious affiliation and association, as long as we are convinced we are moving toward the right direction and that is toward the One True God.
6. We agree on the following:
- How can anyone go wrong, lose one’s salvation, when one returns to the GOD revealed in the foundational scriptures of Israel, the Tanakh?
- Once you get to know the God of the Hebrew Scriptures from His own declarations about Himself, any deviation cannot possibly be of HIM.
- HE has spoken very clearly, making sure anyone who seriously undertakes a Truth quest will end up right at His doorstep.
- What HE is like. His attributes and characteristics HIS ONE-ness are all associated with the NAME HE reveals —YHWH —“I will be who I will be.” Christians might jump at that translation of THE NAME with “aha, see, YHWH can be anything He wants to be, even a trinity!” No way.
- Grateful, humble Truth-seekers who have arrived at the sanctified place of divine revelation, Spiritual Sinai —, and therefore have become worshippers of YHWH, the Law-giver, the Author of the TORAH.
- When God seeks us out asking the same question he asked Adam and Eve, and Cain, “Where are you?” We can confidently say: We have found the Way, retracing our steps back where the forked road misled us to the wrong direction. We have gotten on the road less travelled, the same pathway long trodden by the chosen people of Israel. Yes, we are starting over and yes, as our messianic teacher has mockingly suggested, we’re taking a few more laps toward and around Sinai because it IS good for our spiritual health which enhances our physical health; in fact we’re taking as many laps as are needed to get into our thick skulls the long neglected truths issued by the God Who spoke on Sinai.
- What is there to be afraid of? We’re going back to the Source of the historic, one-time, complete revelation and that Source is YHWH.
- We are grateful to Israel, the Jews, for preserving the Ten Words, and more. Truly Israel has lived up to its anointing as YHWH’s light to the gentiles, to the nations. They left their legacy to the world, the Hebrew Scriptures for all to learn from, closely examine, make a decision whether to believe or not, live or not. Their light as biblical people surviving to this day continues to shine simply by their very presence today, in the Land promised to them by their God, by the God of Abraham, the Revelator on Sinai.
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