If you were like me most likely you grew up in a Christian Church where you were taught over and over that the Scriptures in the New Testament are infallible and inerrant. We were given Apostle Paul’s attestation to this very fact in Second Timothy 3:16: “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” Of course Paul was referring only to the Old Testament Jewish Scriptures with that verse since most of the New Testament had not been written yet, but who was to object if it was taken to refer to the New Testament. For after all, most "assume" that the Bible that they carry to church Sunday after Sunday could not be filled with "errors, misquotations, mistranslations, and purposeful misapplications of Old Testament passages in their New Testament"....do they?
Answer for yourself: How “righteous” is it when you purposely deceive others?
Answer for yourself: How valuable are documents reported to of importance for religious doctrine when these documents can be shown to be full of purposeful misquotations of the original sources (the Jewish Scriptures)?
Answer for yourself: How can we trust such misquotations for “reproof and correction” when themselves are diametrically opposed to the original teachings they are supposed to validate?
Answer for yourself: Do you realize that if you follow a fraudulent document full of misquotations and mistranslations for your religious belief system then in reality what you choose to “believe” and “do” are in reality 180 degrees opposite to both what God said and desired for you to both know and do?
Answer for yourself: Were you aware that many supposed “quotations” in the New Testament are not quotations at all, but rather Gentile creations that serve their anti-Semitic propaganda as espoused by Rome?
Let us look into the matter.
I challenge anyone to find where these supposed “quotations” exist in the Jewish Scriptures when taken in the same context and wording as used by the original writer.Let us remember that these “supposed quotations,” are non-quotations. These “non-quotations” are read unfortunately as inspired Scripture which they are not. The Holy Spirit does not make such mistakes but men not inspired of God do and we have their record of such event in the New Testament. These false quotations served the purpose to make us belief doctrines which were foreign to the Jewish Scriptures which were given by God
You must agree that since the New Testament bases its validity off the Old Testament; this means that the Jewish Scriptures are taken as truth by Christians and thus cannot be wrong. But that cannot be said for the New Testament passages if they contradict the original passages or misquote them. Again, this cannot be said for Christian Bibles which misquote and mistranslate the Hebrew of the Jewish Bibles in the Christian Bible's Old Testament. I always knew for some time now the problems inherent in the New Testament, but was utterly amazed to find how the KJV Bible was just as guilty of misrepresentation of the Jewish Old Testament in their "translations" of it in the Christian Bibles as well.
We cannot trust either the OT or the NT in our Christian Bibles unless we compare the NT with the Jewish Bible as well as compare the OT in the Christian Bible with the Jewish Old Testament in the Jewish Bible. Then and only then can we be assured we have the truth
Once you embark on this type of study you will be amazed at how many quotations by Paul are anything but true quotations. Thus, we need to check out Paul and his teachings very closely because often they are opposite to what Yeshua both said and taught.
1 Timothy 1:18
18. This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
Answer for yourself: Have you ever read in the Jewish Scriptures prophecies concerning Timothy?
There are no Old Testament prophecies pertaining to Timothy.
Ephesians 5:14
14 Wherefore he saith {it is said -- {RSV}, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Most Christians commentators refer to two Jewish Scriptures for reference for Paul's comment. We are told to believe that in the Jewish Scriptures, in Isa. 60:1 and 26:19 we have the reference to which Paul alludes in referring to the resurrection of Yeshua. Let us investigate these two passages and see if they refer to Yeshua’s resurrection.
Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for they light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
In this passage the Prophet Isaiah foresees a time when Israel will arise out of her darkness and shine with God’s glory and not the resurrection of a person.. Then the Gentile will come to the light of Israel and her Torah. Thus the sons of the strangers described in this chapter will come to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. The context of Isaiah is a national revival and has nothing to do with the resurrection of a body.
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
The context of this verse is the general resurrection of all the dead as alluded to in Daniel 12:2 and not to a resurrection of a man prior to the consummate event of all eschatology. This is an event which is to transpire at the end of days and not 2000 years earlier in Yeshua's resurrection. Daniel refers to two resurrections, one of the righteous dead to everlasting life and another of the unrighteous to everlasting contempt. A traditional Christian dispensationalist will tell you that these two resurrections are separated by the one-thousand year reign of Christ. Again the meaning of the Jewish Scripture used from Isaiah by Paul has a context totally foreign to thy way Isaiah originally intended. Paul used the passage from Isaiah and gave it a totally different meaning. Such is a misquotation of the passage in which the original context of the author was distorted.
1 Corinthians 15:4
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
Answer for yourself: Where in the Gospels does it say that Peter saw Yeshua before the other apostles?
No gospel says that Peter (Cephas) saw Yeshua before the 12 or saw Yeshua 1st after the resurrection.
Answer for yourself: Where in the Gospels does it say that 500 people saw Yeshua after he was raised from the death?
No gospel says 500 people saw Yeshua after the resurrection. But more troubling than that is that such a dramatic occurrence, which would have easily brought the religious establishment to their knees, is totally without corroboration outside of this single reference by Paul.
Answer for yourself: In 1 Corinthians 15:4 Paul says that Yeshua was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
Answer for yourself: Where in the Jewish Scriptures is the death of Yeshua predicted with his resurrection foretold for 3 days later?
It simply is not there. Paul is speaking as if the Jewish Scriptures prophesied of Yeshua's death and resurrection 3 days later and such a statement is not true.
Hebrews 10:5
It is debatable that Paul is the author of the book of Hebrews. But for the sake of argument let us say he is at the moment.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
The above passage is a quotation from Psalms 40:6..
Answer for yourself: Does the book of Hebrews, believed to be inspired and infallible by millions of believers today, quote accurately Psalm 40:6?
Notice the difference for yourself
As taken from the Hebrew text of Psalm 40:6 we find something rather startling that contradicts the inspired writings of Hebrews.
6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened (in order to hear the Torah of God): burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Answer for yourself: How does "mine ears has thou opened" become "a body Thou has prepared for me?
Answer for yourself: Does Paul quote Psalm 40:6 correctly in Hebrews 10:5? No way.
Paul misapplies or misquotes (or someone later to his letters) Psalms 40:6. "A body hast thou prepared me" is not in Psalms. Paul omits "mine ears hast thou opened". Nowhere in the New Testament did Yeshua say these things either.
Romans 2:24
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Again the context of the quote is totally foreign to the way Paul used the quote. Quoting from Isa. 52:5 we find that the name of God was blasphemed by the Gentiles who took captive the Jewish nation when all the while their God was to be their defender. God was mocked by the heathen because of the plight of the Jewish people What the heathen failed to understand is that such captivity was a punishment upon the Jewish people and not indicative of the impotence of God in protecting and saving His people.
In Romans we are led to believe that the name of God was blasphemed again by the Gentiles because the Jews don't keep the Law. Such is ludicrous, and Paul tells a lie because any casual attempt to study the first century will show the dedication of Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes to scrupulously keep the Law. That was one of Yeshua's problems with the religions establishment…they neglected the weightier matters of the Torah due to preoccupation of the nuances of the Oral Law. They strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel.
Matthew 12:5
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Nowhere does the Old Testament state that priests in the temple profaned the sabbath, and are blameless.
Matthew 23:35
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
This may come as a shock to you but the name Barachias is not in the Old Testament In the Old Testament Zacharias is the son of Jehoida, not Barachias as it is shown in 2 Chron. 24:20-22.
Matthew 26:56
56 But, all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
This event, the forsaking of Yeshua at his crucifixion, is not in the Jewish Old Testament at all.
Mark 1:2
2 As it is written in the prophets {in Isaiah, the prophet -- RSV}, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
No such statement exists in Isaiah or the Old Testament.
Mark 9:13
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
There are no predictions in the Old Testament of things that were to happen to Elias.
Luke 24:46
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Nothing is written in the Old Testament about Yeshua as the Christ rising from the dead, especially on the 3rd day.
John 1:45
45 Philip findeth Nathaniel, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Yeshua of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
This will be hard for you to deal with but I have come to the conclusion that none of the Old Testament prophets nor Moses wrote about Yeshua "personally" but only about the Messiah. We as Christians have been conditioned over the years, due to hearing poor teaching by our leadership, to read into the text prior beliefs espoused by this or that denomination about Yeshua. We can read anything into the text if we violate the laws of interpretation. That is what I am trying to say and warn the Christian community. You can say "this" or "that" refers to Yeshua, but for the document called the Old Testament to hold credibility is has to stand up to the same criteria of interpretation that the New Testament is held to. That means before your apply a text to Yeshua as a "fulfillment" there has to be a prior "peshat" interpretation. There are four levels of Biblical interpretation for Jewish literature. First we have the "peshat" or the literal and plain ordinary meaning. If Yeshua did not in his life accomplish the same exact event, then any reference to fulfilling a previous prophecy is ludicrous. We must not take out of the original context of the writer events and try to apply them to Yeshua. If God is behind it He does not need our help to "fudge" to make it fit. Before you have any allegorical or methaphorical interpretation we must again have the literal and real event (peshat). If said event is missing literally from Yeshua's life or can be proven less than authentic, then all the allegorical allusion is worthless. Next if there is to be any mystical interpretation to the events in Yeshua's life as fulfillment of Scripture then again the literal-plain ordinary event must be demonstrable without twisting the facts to make it fit our pre-formed theologies about Yeshua. I know this is hard, but necessary if you want the truth. Again this is startling for most but if you have read these articles up to now just remember how we have exposed error after error taught as truth. I guess I should understand that of utmost importance for most is if Yeshua is Messiah. Time will tell. When Messiah comes and fulfills the prophecies of the Prophets and Moses we can ask him his name and if he has been here before. Due to the overwhelming forgeries within the New Testament and the lack of actual "peshat" fulfillment of the prophecies of Moses and the Prophets we must await the coming of Messiah to 100% be certain of his identity.
John 7:38
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Again this passage is not to be found anywhere in the Old Testament. It is not in Isa. 44:3, Isa 55:1, Ezek. 47:1, and Isa 58:11.
John 20:9
9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
There is no Old Testament statement that Yeshua must rise from the dead, or that Yeshua must rise again.
Acts 20:35
35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Yeshua, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
To the best of recorded knowledge at present, Yeshua did not say "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Hebrews 11:35
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Nowhere in the Old Testament does it say that people suffered torture because they expected to rise again to a better life.
James 4:5
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
No such statement is recorded in the Old Testament; not Gen. 6:5, 11; 8:21; Prov 21:10 and Eccles 4:4)
In Jewish custom there is what they call a 'durash' where you deliberately misquote, or make up something in scripture in order to prove a point. But of course you can immediately see how problematic such an explanation would be.
A durash is a quotation from the Old Testament which is quoted out of context, misquoted, or doesn't exist. It is still used sometimes by orthodox Jews for teaching along with a parable. It is usually introduced by the phrase "Thus it was fulfilled that which was spoken by ... As it is written in the scriptures ... As the scriptures say ... etc.".
Matthew 27:8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
(Jeremiah is misquoted)
Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
This is a blatant misquote of Isa 40:3.
The bottom line dear child of God...we have trusted in a document for our salvation and eternal life which is repudiates and is an adulteration of the only true revelation which truly reveals the way...the Bible Yeshua used...the Holy Tanakh. May all those who truly love the LORD and His Word....buy one and read it and study it. It is a sad reality to know that as a Christian that when you die you have never read the true Word of God because of all the additions and deletions made with theological purpose to both the Christian's Old and New Testaments.