2 Timothy 4:7-8 • I Have Finished the Course
Saturday, July 30th, 2011—2 Timothy 4:7-8 (NASB)
One of the things we may be eventually faced with is the fact that Judaism as it is practiced today is a false religion. It can be called "Talmudic Judaism" to differentiate it from "Mosaic Judaism", the original Judaism of the Old Testament which is now impossible to practice without the temple, the priesthood, and the sacrifices. Talmudic Judaism, in the wake of the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. substitutes the synagogue for the temple, rabbis for the priesthood, and good works for the sacrifices, none of which is actually biblical. The only "true" Judaism that exists today is Christianity, the New Covenant that is the natural extension of Mosaic Judaism.
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