Becker Bible Teacher Resources

The hesitation or neglect to respond to God's Divine Love (First Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:2,3)

The hope of salvation of self without Christ's atonement as well as the hope to receive forgiveness without the foundation and walk taught by Christ (First Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:2,3)

(Romans 8:15) - Makes Christian a child of the LORD God’s and gives the right for inheritance

(Numbers 11:17) - Upholds worker as He accomplishes the Works of the LORD God’s

A spiritual walk (life) that is alert and watchful

[Jer. 1:11-12 uses the Hebrew word for almond tree whose root word means to watch.  The Lord picks up on this association and makes a wordplay to that effect.]

Illumination and enlightenment of believers shined by the light of the Word of God, through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, under His rule

(Romans 8:14) - Maintains the Muslim servants and disobedient Jews

Three Paradigms ¹

1. Better Faith Paradigm - Church triumphant, synagogue defeated.  The Eucharist made preeminent over the Law of Moses. Christians have spiritual ability to see with freedom and confidence vs. the Jew's spiritual blindness leading to misery and shame.

2. Mother-Daughter Paradigm - Judaism is the mother and Christianity her daughter.  Relies upon the idea that the Old Testament is Jewish and the New Testament Christian. Since the Old Testament predates the New Testament, it is concluded by these adherents that Judaism predated Pentecost Christianity. Christianity is said to descend from Judaism since Jesus and the early Christians were Jews.

3. Siblings Paradigm -  Relatively new paradigm does not relate Judaism to be equal to the Old Testament or Christianity to be New Testament. The Mother was not Judaism, but rather, the Ancient Faith of Israel.  The Mother did not have only one child, she had many. Each child interpreted and practiced the ancient faith of Israel differently; only some survived the destruction of Jerusalem Temple and exile from the Land of Israel.

The Ancient Faith of Israel consisted of non-Jerusalem Temple Jewish Movement, Samaritan Israelites, Hellenistic Judaism, Jewish Jesus Movement, Sadducees/Herodians, Historic Christianity, Pharisaic movement, Essene Judaism, Militant Judaism, People of the Land, Qumranic Judaism, and Unknown types. The two major surviving siblings that retained and increased their religious/cultural force from the Ancient Faith of Israel were Judaism (Proto-Rabbinic) and Christianity (Non-Jewish). Though Samaritans and Christian Jews also survived, they eventually lost their influence as specific groups in comparison with Judaism and Christianity.

Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg claims Christianity is actually older as it developed through the Ancient Faith of Israel, than is Rabbinic Judaism, when the foundational document dating is recognized.  Historically, Christianity was recorded in the New Testament in the late 1st Century.  Judaism's foundational document is identified as the Mishna; it was published in the early 3rd century.

¹Traditional Paradigms Reconsidered in an ETeacher Biblical course by Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, 2014,at https://student.eteachergroup.com/course-details/C53106

Typological dwelling place of the soul