What Was Paul’s Motive?

Why was Paul given permission to go into other nations in order to hunt down Nazarite Saints? Who gave him this permission? What was Paul’s MOTIVE FOR MURDER?

Paul got his chance to defend his actions – before a real human being, King Agrippa, whose sister-queen, Berenice, took the Nazarite Vow. Paul tells Agrippa, that Judaic Religion is now null and void – and gets away with it! Jesus, according to the Talmud, was crucified for practicing Egyptian magic.

I seriously doubt Paul appeared before Agrippa, or went anywhere to spread Jesus’ teaching to the Gentiles, the very reason Jesus forgave Saul-Paul, because Jesus had failed to bring God’s Message to non-Jews, he intent on converting Jews to a teaching that bids one to forsake the Laws of Moses – and thus God! And then Jesus feels persecuted when DEVOUT JEWS WHO OBEY GOD’S LAWS………reject him?

Does not compute?

However, when you understand Paul came after four million Jews fought a loosing battle with Rome that led to the destruction of the temple, then you understand there was no one alive to defend the original teaching of John the Baptist from those who would want to alter Judaism, and sell it to Gentiles – for profit! Paul admits to embezzling money from one of the Greek churches. Reformed – my ass!

Paul was too cowardly to lead any army, and more then likely stayed put in a room in Rome where he spent years rewriting the Judaic religions so it was more palatable for rich Roman slave masters – who hate God’s Abolitionist Revolution that is the world’s first Democracy!

What is truly astounding, Christian leaders are entering politics in order to rule America with Old Testiment Laws. Rushdoony wants to bring back stoning, kill teenagers who talk back to their paresnts, call them butt-heads, and ass-brains!

Jon the Nazarite

Paul, The Apostle
From “Crazed destroyer of Christians” to Committed Christian Leader
Why did Paul Change?

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Saul of Tarsus hated Christians. He made it his goal to capture, then bring Christians to public trial and execution. Saul was present when the first Christian martyr (named Stephen) was killed by an angry mob.

“… they all rushed at him (Stephen), dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. . . . And Saul was there, giving approval to his death” (Acts 7.57 to 8:1).

After Stephen was martyred, Saul went door to door in Jerusalem finding people who believed that Jesus is the Messiah.

“Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison” (Acts 8:3).

After putting these people in prison, Saul learned about their Christian friends in Damascus by somehow getting letters from the prisoners.

“I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, as also the high priest and all the Council can testify. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished” (Acts 22:4-5).

But something happened to Saul as he traveled to Damascus in search of Christians. According to Saul of Tarsus, God appeared to him in an unexpected way.

“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, `Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ ” `Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “`I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me. ” `What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. ” `Get up,’ the Lord said, `and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’ My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me” (Acts 22:6-11).

Saul of Tarsus believed that he was serving God by finding Christians, throwing them into prison, and even executing them when possible. But Saul was wrong. Perhaps even more intriguing, Saul was highly educated for his era in Jewish beliefs about God.

“. . . Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you . . . ” (Acts 22:3).

Paul’s Nazirite Vow – Acts 18:18
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Paul’s Post Crucifixion Temple Sacrifices” – Background & Contents
Neither Christianity Nor Judaism Seems To Have All The Answers
Undeniably Christianity has “Jewish” foundations, but it’s almost as if it was embarrassed about it. Many Christian theologians believe that Paul’s epistle to the Galatians shows that the New Covenant and specifically Christ’s sacrifice has “done away” with the religion of the Old Testament & the written Torah-law, because the law is now only spiritual and no longer physical.
To Jews the idea that the written Torah-law has been replaced (“replacement theology”) is unthinkable. They argue that the Old Testament clearly shows:
Malechi 3:6 “For I am the LORD, I do not change… NKJV
Interestingly though, the New Testament says something very similar…
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. NKJV
Even the last thing written in the Old (some would say redundant) Testament is:
Malechi 4:4 “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. NKJV
Does it really makes sense to suggest that God changed His mind only four verses later?
We would suggest not, particularly given that only five chapters later Jesus said:
Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfil. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. NKJV
If the written Torah-law really was going to be “done away”, why did Christ so curse anyone who teaches others to break the commandments in the written Torah-law? Are we to believe that the apostle Paul, put himself under this curse? Interestingly even the apostle Paul said he believed everything written in the Torah-law and the prophets.
Why don’t Christians believe as the Jews do that the written Torah-law is a great blessing? Although the Bible sometimes refers to the first five books as “the law of Moses”, the written Torah-law is (and we would argue remains) The Law of God. The ten commandments and the statutes and judgments recorded in Exodus were just given to Israel through Moses by God.

Antinomianism (a term coined by Martin Luther, from the Greek ἀντί, “against” + νόμος, “law”) is defined as holding that, under the gospel dispensation of grace, moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation.[1]
Although the concept is related to the foundational Protestant belief of Sola Fide where justification is through faith alone in Christ, it is taken to an extreme in antinomianism. It is seen by some as the opposite of the notion that obedience to a code of religious law earns salvation: legalism or works righteousness.
While there is wide agreement within Christianity that “antinomianism” is heresy, what constitutes antinomianism is often in disagreement. The term “antinomian” emerged soon after the Protestant Reformation (c.1517) and has historically been used mainly as a pejorative against Christian thinkers or sects who carried their belief in justification by faith further than was customary.[2] For example, Martin Luther preached justification by faith alone but was also an outspoken critic of antinomianism, perhaps most notably in his Against the Antinomians (1539).
While the charge of antinomianism can and often does apply to those who reject the keeping of any codified moral laws, antinomian theology does not necessarily imply the embrace of ethical permissiveness; rather it usually implies emphasis on the inner working of the Holy Spirit as the primary source of ethical guidance.[2]
Although the term originated in early controversies of Protestant doctrine, it has its roots in debates over the Synoptic Gospels and the Pauline Epistles and the issue of Paul of Tarsus and Judaism, it can be extended to any religious group believing they are not bound to obey the laws of their own religious tradition. However few groups or sects, outside of Christian anarchism or Jewish anarchism, explicitly call themselves “antinomian”.

Acts 26
Acts’ third discussion of Paul’s conversion occurs when Paul addresses King Agrippa, defending himself against the accusations of antinomianism that have been made against him (Acts 26:12-18). This account is briefer than the others. The speech here is again tailored for its audience, emphasising what a Roman ruler would understand: the need to obey a heavenly vision[6] (26:19); and reassuring Agrippa that Christians were not a secret society[6] (26:26).

The account continues with a description of Ananias of Damascus receiving a divine revelation instructing him to visit Saul at the house of Judas on the Street Called Straight and there lay hands on him to restore his sight (the house of Judas is traditionally believed to have been near the west end of the street[4]). Ananias is initially reluctant, having heard about Saul’s persecution, but obeys the divine command:

Ananias Restoring the Sight of St. Paul (c.1631) by Pietro da Cortona.
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

R. J. Rushdoony, Reconstructionist and Racist Bigot
Posted on May 1, 2009 by thegirlcanwrite

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 4 of the Pillars of Faith series.
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Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, Howard Ahmanson, James Dobson, D. James Kennedy — almost every fundamentalist follows Rousas John Rushdoony, 1916-2001. Newsweek once referred to Rushdoony’s Chalcedon Foundation as the think tank of the religious right.
But what you won’t hear in Sunday school is that Rushdoony is a racist, sexist, Jew-hating bigot who denies the holocaust. Don’t take it from me: The British Centre for Science Education refers to him as “a man every bit as potentially murderous as Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot or anyone else you may want to name amongst the annals of evil.”
Democracy Is of tThe name of this theologian may be unfamiliar, but most men of God are his hhe Devil
Pullquote: To keep the secular indoctrination of sciences, arts, and feminism from poisoning society, Rushdoony advocated the death penalty according to Leviticus laws.
R.J.’s basic philosophy was that the Old Testament gave white man dominion over the earth, the animals, women, and heathen nations. Theocracy is God’s will, and democracy is apostasy — only Christians should be able to vote.
To keep the secular indoctrination of sciences, arts, and feminism from poisoning society, Rushdoony advocated the death penalty according to Leviticus laws. Among the 18 capital crimes were of course, adultery, witchcraft, homosexuality, and blasphemy.
Rushdoony is the driving backbone behind the home schooling movement, to guarantee kids would be brainwashed by the O.T. and not by history and literature.
Because R.J. sought to reconstruct the O.T. laws and overturn the apostate civic society, his work is called the Reconstructionist Movement.
Dominion and Stoning
R.J.’s foundation is a web ministry and magazine espousing Reconstructionist theology, promoting home schooling as defense against secularism. “The state, the school, the arts and sciences, law, economics, and every other sphere [is] to be under Christ the King. Nothing is exempt from His dominion.”
The magazine publishes thought provoking articles like W. Einwechter’s on stoning the rebellious child. “It displays the wisdom and mercy of God in restraining wickedness so that the righteous might flourish in peace.” (Jan. 99)
Slavery was Awesome for the Negro
Pullquote: “The move from Africa to America was a vast increase of freedom for the Negro, materially and spiritually.”
R.J. is best known for Institutes of Biblical Law, an 800 page opus on “the heresy of democracy.”
Here are a few interesting statements from the book:
“The move from Africa to America was a vast increase of freedom for the Negro, materially and spiritually.”
Lazy slaves were “an albatross that hung the South, that bled it.”
“The University of Timbuktu never existed. The only thing that existed in Timbuktu was a small mud hut.”
“Some people are by nature slaves and will always be so.”
“The urge to dominion is God-given and is basic to the nature of man. An aspect of this dominion is property.”
“The false witness borne during World War II with respect to Germany (i.e., the death camps) is especially notable and revealing…. the number of Jews who died after deportation is approximately 1,200,000 … very many of these people died of epidemics.”
“All men are NOT created equal before God.”
“The matriarchal society is thus decadent and broken… matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure of Negro men, their failure …to provide authority. The same is true of American Indian tribes which are also matriarchal.”
And here are some quotes from Foundations of Social Order:
“An employer therefore has a property right to prefer whom he will, and he can prefer whom he will in terms of color, creed, race, or national origin.”
“Selective breeding in Christian countries has led to … the progressive elimination of defective persons.”
“A ‘Litany’ popular in these circles identifies ‘God’ with the city, with the ’spick, black nigger, bastard, Buddhahead, and kike,’ with ‘all men,this concept runs deeply through the so-called Civil Rights Revolution… But …no society has ever existed without class and caste lines.”
The True Agenda of the Christian Right
But what about Christ’s softer love thy neighbour touch?
His son-in-law, North, explains for him that the Sermon on the Mount was clearly an ethical guide for slaves only!
Most of R.J.’s followers wisely keep his name out of their sermons. But careful examination of the Institutes on which their work is based reveals the truth: power and privilege for white men — God’s only true incarnation — is indeed the true agenda of the Christian right.