Paul the false apostle of Revelation 2:4

This is our #1 web page, most viewed also #1 YouTube video exposing Paul as the false apostle of Revelation 2:2

Revelation 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (There is no 13th or 14th apostle)

Paul is the proven false apostle of Revelation 2:2. Find out who Paul really is! You must fully reject Paul because God is testing you regarding Paul, see Deuteronomy 13:3.

Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

The book of James was written for the trial of Paul at the church of Ephesus. the trail that Jesus spoke about in Revelation 2:2 where Paul was found to be a heretic and was expelled.

Paul in 2Timothy 1:15 affirms his excommunication from the church of Ephesus "Asia". " 2Timothy 1:15 This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me,"

Not a single word Paul wrote in any of Paul’s epistles gives the actual teaching of Jesus, nor does he mention even one of his parables; instead he spreads his own philosophy and his own ideas. Paul never knew Jesus. Paul is really a top noted Greek Neo-Pythagorean philosopher during that time. We have lots of proof for this, read further on and also see our comparison chart below.

Paul also fails the testing of a true prophet of God found in Deuteronomy 13:1-10. Paul teaches people away from the need for "keeping God laws" any more.

Yeshua "Jesus" passes the testing of a true prophet of God found in Deuteronomy 13:1-10. Jesus primary ministry doctrine is for everyone to always keep the commandments of God. This is also a major theme throughout the Bible for everyone to always keep the commandments of God. Click here to see it

In Acts 26:16 the bright light "Lucifer" encountered by Paul said Paul would be "a minister and a witness" for the bright light. Lucifer is the one who teaches people away from keeping the commandments of God, just like the serpent did to Eve in the garden, Genesis 3:1-4. Nowhere does it say in the Bible that Paul would be called to be an apostle. That is a title Paul gave to himself. There are only 12 apostles, see Revelation 21:14

Ask yourself, did Jesus come to start up a new religion? No Yeshua is and always will be King of the Jews. You can become a Jew. That is what Jesus meant by being "born again." See our other studies as well.

Would the Holy Spirit of Yeshua "Jesus" ever teach people away from the need for keeping any of the commandments of God anymore? No! Paul's spirit is the spirit of anti-Christ for Paul's replacement religion called Christianity. Christianity teaches people no longer any need to keep the commandments of God any more, teaching to put doubt in people’s minds about keeping the law, just like the serpent did to Eve in the garden. Genesis 3:1-4

There are many other conflicting teachings from Paul. We are here to expose the false apostle Paul of Revelation 2:2. Paul is the Christ figure of Paul's new religion called Christianity. Christians meet on Sunday, Christians are not Torah observant, they celebrate Christmas, the rebirth of the pagan sun god day and this goes back to Nimrod, Simiramis and Tammuz and that nativity scene you see each year. God calls sun god worship an abomination Ezekiel 8:14-18 Christians celebrate Easter, which is Ishtar which is Simiramis which goes back to sun god worship. The Lord's Passover is celebrated when God commanded it to be celebrated and not on any other day, Leviticus 23:5. The queen of heaven spoken about in Jeremiah 7:18 and elsewhere in Jeremiah is "Simiramis." God forbids sun god worship, Deuteronomy 17:3 "who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

Why was Paul allowed to rise up? Simply as a test, God is testing everyone on Paul. Will you hearken to the words of the false prophet Paul and stop obeying God's laws or will you obey God and keep God laws? See Deuteronomy 13:3-4 regarding God's big test. Hebraic testing is very common.

Deuteronomy 13:3 "you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 13:4 "You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

Remember the Jews rejected Paul’s false teachings, Acts 21:21 "but they have been informed about you (PAUL) that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses (THE LAW), saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

Acts 21:28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man (Paul) who teaches all men everywhere against the people (the Jews), the law (Torah), and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."

Jesus primary ministry doctrine is for everyone to always keep all the commandments of God. Matthew 5:19 "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.

If you fail this test of God from Deuteronomy 13:3 you will follow Paul into hell. It is just that simply.

Please watch the short video above to learn more about Paul. I also share lots of great notes and observations below! Be sure to get the book Jesus Words Only, by Bible scholar Del Tondo and top attorney. It is free to read online. Del Tondo has a web site by the same name JesusWordsOnly and enjoys answering questions. I enjoy answering questions too! Please email to Pastor Douglas Nicholson

Who is Paul? Paul is really a top Greek neo-Pythagorean philosopher from Tarsus who had studied several belief systems and wanted to start his own new religion based on Greek philosophy to solve the world’s problems.

Paul is also the fulfillment of the prophesized Benjamin wolf prophecy from Genesis 49:27. Jesus also warned about Paul and Paul "false gospel" message. Paul claimed to be of the tribe of Benjamin and a Pharisee. Jesus taught that the Pharisee's would not inherit the kingdom of God because of placing their "oral tradition" practices being placed equal or before Torah observance. All Christians are followers of Paul and practice Pauline oral traditions, also the extra Biblical practice of Christmas, Easter and Sunday worship. Jesus speaking from Matthew 5:20 "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness (true Torah observance) exceeds the righteousness (oral traditions teachings) of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. (The Pharisee back then are today's Orthodox Jews. Please go and ask any Orthodox Jew about why they wear "white only Tzitzits?" It is only because of their "oral tradition practices. Tzitzits are commanded by God to have a blue thread in them Numbers 15:38-41) so they are putting their oral tradition practices BEFORE Torah. There are lots of sects of Judaism, not just one. The white only Tzitzits is proof the Orthodox Jews are denying Yeshua "Jesus" first coming and also denying the keeping of the commandments of God with their oral tradition practices, OUCH! All Christians are guilty of "oral tradition practices" as well and will not inherit the kingdom of God. These are the foolish virgins of Matthew 25 that Jesus warned about.

Matthew 5:20 "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness (true Torah observance) exceeds the righteousness (oral traditions teachings) of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:

Genesis 49:27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil."

Blessings Pastor Douglas Nicholson, I am a Torah observant Messianic Jew / Though I was raised in a Christian home, I do know all the false Christian dogma and precepts they hold to and I teach for everyone to fully reject Paul as a false prophet and the one Jesus spoke about in Revelation 2:2. “how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:"

The reason why so many people cannot spot Paul as a false prophet is because they are not Torah observant. Torah is also called "Truth" or "the Truth" as a metaphor. Until a person gets "Truth" inside them from truly being Torah observant, keeping all the Sabbaths of the Lord of Leviticus 23 and keeping all the commandments of God it will be very difficult to spot Paul as a false prophet. Its a super natural thing. Being Torah observant will change you forever! Go and find a Messianic Jewish congregation today! Everyone is welcome to attend, you don't have to have a Jewish background, just a heart for God which is the love of being Torah observant and keeping all of God's commandments. 1John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome

1John 2:4 He who says, "I know Him," (Yeshua) and does not keep His commandments (God's laws), is a liar, and the truth (Torah) is not in him

Mr. Tondo is a practicing attorney here who wrote a great and exhaustive book about Paul's teachings which are very contraire to the teachings of Jesus and proving beyond doubt that Paul is a false apostle and the same one that Jesus spoke about in Revelation 2:2

The book "Jesus Words Only" in English, Spanish and Italian. All chapters online in PDF or html

I have met with Mr.Tondo several times. He is an absolute genius! He also speaks Spanish and Italian

I have worked with pastors who held five PhD's behind their name and Mr. Tondo posses more Biblical insights and understanding then any pastor that I know of. Del Tondo is a very humble man too. He is willing to share with any who will listen. Be sure to get his book and be sure to visit his web site with lots of recent updates.

So many people miss out on understanding this concept! Christians miss out because they are taught there is no longer any need to be Torah observant. Sense Christians are not Torah observant or study Torah at the commanded Saturday Sabbath they miss out on the understanding this concept. The testing of a true prophet of God comes ONLY from Torah and not from anyone one else!

Another prophet of God or apostle can not validate another prophet as being legitimate. Only Torah (the Commandments) can validate a true prophet of God and not anyone else!

Torah teaches that if a prophet of God teaches to take a person away from being Torah observant to any part of the law you are commanded to fully reject that prophet as a false prophet. This is a test of God for everyone!

Deuteronomy 13:3 "you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Loving God with all your heart and soul means to be fully obedient to the commandments of God

Deuteronomy 13:4 "You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

If the prophet teaches that the Saturday Sabbath is changed to another day like Sunday. That is a false teaching.

Act 20:7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.

This passage from Acts 20:7 also dose not changed the Devine commanded appointments with God found in Leviticus 23.

Also the keeping of the commanded feasts of the Lord as found in Leviticus 23 has never gone away and in fact is very prophetic and everyone must keep theses ALWAYS.

Yeshua warns in Luke 13:24-27 if you do not remember to be Torah observant and to keep all the Feasts of the Lord, the Devine appointments with God that He will not remember you!

Luke 13:24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Luke 13:25 "When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from,' ( I don’t remember you)

Luke 13:26 "then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.'

Luke 13:27 "But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, (I don’t remember you) where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.'

We read in Acts 21:21 where James, the brother of Jesus and head of the Jerusalem church is questioning Paul about Paul’s false teachings against Torah

Act 21:21 "but they have been informed about you (PAUL) that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses (THE LAW), saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

Paul is busted big time for teaching against Torah and this make Paul a false prophet.

Now in Acts 21:27-28 we read where the Jews from Asia, most likely from the Ephesus area have spotted Paul and are warning other Jews about Paul’s false teachings against being Torah observant “ teaching against keeping the commandments of God.”

Act 21:27Now when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia , seeing him (Paul) in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,

Act 21:28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man (Paul) who teaches all men everywhere against the people (the Jews), the law (Torah), and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."

So we read that Paul is busted again by “eye and ear witnesses to Paul’s false teachings against Torah. Jews don’t take lightly bringing up charges against someone unless they have the hard core needed proof, the needed witnesses.

False apostles do exists! Yeshua “Jesus commended the church in Ephesus for rejecting false apostles which must be based on teaching away from the keeping of the commandments of God. Gosh, is it any wonder who Yeshua “Jesus” was referring to back then who that false apostle was? Paul spent time in the Ephesus area!

Revelation 2:2 "I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

Yeshua “Jesus” our living Torah, teaches and rebukes churches in book of Revelation for the eating foods sacrificed to idols.

Revelation 2:14 "But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Revelation 2:20 "Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols

For many the finding out that Paul is a false prophet is a very large hard pill to swallow. Yet how has this gone unnoticed for so long? This is because Christians, a religion started by Paul are taught by Paul writings. Paul’s teachings are then echoed from their respective pulpits that “the law was done away with!” So when Christians read the commandments of God they just discount them as something of the past and serve no real purpose anymore. ALL the Sunday churches are the foolish virgins as found in Matthew 25.

Luke 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” declared that He and the Father are one in the same!

John 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

So when Jesus is talking about “keeping My commandments” Jesus is not teaching about some other commandments. Jesus is talking about “the commandments of God” Torah, the first five books of the Bible. These are foundation for a proper walk with God.

Yeshua “Jesus taught John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Yeshua is referring to the commandments of God, Torah! Not some other commandments.

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

One of the main themes of the Torah is to love God by ALWAYS KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS. Jesus is God in the flesh and Jesus is also our LIVING TORAH! Yeshua “Jesus” is the Messiah that gave the commandments to Moses !

Paul teaches that the Law of Moses (Torah) was given by angels and not directly by God. Galatians 3:19-29 . This is incorrect ! The law was given directly by God to Moses.

Paul has more to say about the angels. In chapter 4 of Galatians, Paul will say that because the Law was given by angels, why do we want to be subject to those who are not gods? (Galatians. 4:8.) This also clearly proves that Paul is teaching away from Torah, the law of Moses. Thus making Paul a false prophet as found in Deuteronomy 13:1-5.

Paul clearly says the Law was not given by God. See chapter 5 of the book Jesus Words Only , subtopics of Denigration of the Law as Given by the Angels and Paul Says the Law Was Ordained through Angels

Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven

This has been the battle from the beginning and still is true for today! It began when the snake "Satan" who taught Eve to put "doubt" in keeping the commandment of God as we read in Genesis 3:1-5 Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Today there are many false teachers out there who are teaching people to put doubt in the keeping of "all the commandments of God.' They teach false things like "we are not under the law any more but under grace" Remember the commandments of God are forever! And you as the "commandment keeper of God" are responsible for yourself to keep all the commandments of God and must reject also false teachers or God will allow you to follow false teachers into hell.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

"iniquity" in this passage is the Greek word "anomia" which dose not mean "lawlessness" it is rather "a negator of the law."

The person Apollonius of Tyana was born in Asia Minor . The apostle Paul claims to be raised is Tarsus ! And so dose Apollonius. The are so many parallels between the persons of Paul and of Apollonius which proves beyond any doubt to be one in the same person

Apollonius grew up in his early youth studying at his near by pagan temples in Asia Minor and then went to study more and became an outstanding Greek scholar. Apollonius then took his studies to even higher levels and went to study with the best spiritual scholars the Asia and India areas. Upon Apollonius return to the Asia area he then went on to Jerusalem and then later when to start up his own religion called Christianity. Apollonius desired to start his own new religion based on his vast knowledge of peoples, languages and various belief systems. Apollonius himself was a devoted sun god worshipper, Mithraism. So Apollonius took what he thought was the best spiritual attributes that would work well with "all the cultures of the world" and then formed this new universal religion which is now called "Christianity."

In Catholicism you see the "sun imagery, icons and practices" everywhere. You also see this in your protestant and nondenominational churches as well. The Eucharist wafer is often framed in a sun. The protestant version sometimes called a "communion service" and also has it origins from Egypt. All of these Sunday practices stems from sun god worship and practices. When Jesus is talking about do this in remembrance of me, that event is only occurring at a Jewish Passover Seder! Sunday Christians don't practice the prescribed Jewish Passover Seder at all, the commanded Feasts of the Lord as found in Leviticus 23.

Catholics also believe they are actually consuming the actually body and blood of Christ. That is cannibalism! Also the consuming of blood is prohibitive in Torah. Deuteronomy 12:23 "Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat. 12:24 "You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 12:25 "You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

Much of the Mysteries of Mithras religion "sun god religion" had originated in area of Tarsus where Paul was from. Paul also known as Apollonius. Apollonius grew up in these pagan temples. Paul on his road Damascus experience encountered "a bright light." Acts 9.

On the other hand all the apostles of Yeshua "Jesus" even after Messiah's death and resurrection met Messiah Yeshua face to face. The name Apollonius means "Destroying."

Constantine was a sun god worshipper and promoted the sun god religion called Christianity. Constantine maintained the title of "Pontifus Maximus" the high priest. On Constantine coins were inscribed "Sol Invicto comiti" which means, committed to the invincible sun.

Circa 313AD Constantine declared December 25th as the Feast of the Nativity this would later on become "Christ-mass" as the birthday of Jesus. The Romans called December 25 Saturnalia which means the birthday of the "unconquerable sun" Feast of the Nativity goes back to and is referring to Semiramis and Tammuz

The truth is Yeshua "Jesus" was born on Sukkoth! THIS IS A PROVEN FACT and can easily be proven from Scriptures. It is not a mystery and yes we do know exactly when Messiah Yeshua was born. Sukkoth is a Jewish fall feast of the Lord and normally occurs around September. Go surf the net for "When was Yeshua born"

Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Jeremiah 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

The festival of Mithras' birth was December 25th. All sun god worshippers cite December 25th as the birth date. Birthday for Tammuz (Nimrod is reborn)

"Nimrod's religion is identified in scripture with Satan -by reading Isaiah Chapter 14 and in Revelation Chapters 17-18.
By history we can prove that Babylonian religion invaded he whole world and is the basis for every system of idolatry,
and is the theme of mythology, though the names of the gods are different because of the various languages in the world.
The world's major religions can be traced back to ancient Babylon. Satan is known as the father of lies which deceived the whole world
(Genesis 3:1, John 8:44, Revelation 12:9), and Nimrod was the human "father" of all false religion."
--World Religions by David Terrell

"Tammuz became symbolized by the golden calf. Semiramis became known as the "queen of heaven,"
and was the prototype from which all other pagan goddesses came."
--World Religions by David Terrell

All of Christianity is a counterfeit religion. They teach and cry out claiming to be legitimate but in reality they are a counterfeit. They meet on Sunday and they all have rejected Torah, the commandments of God.. These are the "foolish virgins" as found in Matthew 25 and will get left behind..

The Jews have left Egypt and have separated themselves with the giving of God's Torah. The instructions of God. The commandments of God

Exodus 12:49 One Torah shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

Numbers 15:16 One Torah and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you

Numbers 15:29 Ye shall have one Torah for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

Apollonius	Paul
Born 4 BCE	Born c. 2 CE?
Birth miraculously announced by a supernatural being
Was the son of a god and a mortal woman
Raised in Tarsus	Raised in Tarsus
Religiously precocious as a child	Religiously precocious as a child
Asserted to be a native speaker of Aramaic	Claimed to be a speaker of Hebrew
Associated with wise men or magi
Had a disciple named Damis from Asia Minor	Had a disciple named Demas from Asia Minor
Had an associate named Titus	Had an associate named Titus
Associated with a Demetrius	Associated with a Demetrius
Associated with a Stephanus	Associated with a Stephanus
Influenced by Plato	Influenced by Philo/Plato
Renounced wealth	Embraced poverty
Followed abstinence and asceticism	Followed abstinence and asceticism
Wore long hair and robes	Wore long hair and robes
Discussed eunuchs for the kingdom of Babylon
Was unmarried and childless	Was unmarried and childless
Was anointed with oil
Went to Jerusalem	Went to Jerusalem
Spent much time at Antioch	Spent much time at Antioch
Made missionary journeys around Mediterranean	Made missionary journeys around Mediterranean
Traveled to the East for three years, where he was taught by sages	Traveled to the East for three years, where he was taught by Jesus
Wrote epistles instructing followers in spirituality	Wrote epistles instructing followers in spirituality
Spoke in metaphors
Fought wild beasts at Ephesus	Fought "wild beasts" at Ephesus
Saw and predicted the future
Performed miracles	Performed miracles
Healed the sick	Healed the sick
Cast out evil spirits	Cast out demons
Raised the daughter of a Roman official from the dead
Famed far and wide	Well known in Christian communities around the Mediterranean
Religious reformer	Religious reformer
Spoke authoritatively to temple priests	Spoke authoritatively to temple priests
Spoke as a "law-giver"
Founded a religious community at Corinth	Founded a religious community at Corinth
Was on a mission to bring Greek culture to the "barbarians"
Converted "unrefined" people to himself
Believed to be a "savior" from heaven
Worshipped as a god	Mistaken for a god
Accused of being a magician
Had his life threatened	Had his life threatened
Brought before a king, whose righteousness he challenged
Was accused of killing a boy
Condemned by Roman emperor	Condemned by Roman emperor
Imprisoned at Rome	Imprisoned at Jerusalem and Rome
Miraculously escaped prison	Miraculously escaped prison
Was shipwrecked	Was shipwrecked

Paulinism: Is the term is used to describe the type of theology of Paul. It places Paul's authority above that of Yeshua "Jesus."

Paulinist: "A Paulinist is one who emphasizes teachings of Paul at odds with those of Yeshua "Jesus." Yeshua always taught as primary doctrine to always keep ALL the commandments of God

Apollonius, Jesus and Paul: Men or Myths? http://www.truthbeknown.com/apollonius.html There is a nice comparison chart between Paul and Apollonius showing both to be one in the same.

Paul of Tarsus - Alternative views Paul of Tarsus - Christianity as mystery religion

In his books The Mythmaker and Paul and Hellenism, Talmudic scholar Hyam Maccoby proposed a theory that Paul was actually a Gentile raised in an environment influenced by the popular Hellenistic mystery religions centered on dying and resurrected savior deities, who later converted to Judaism, hoping to become a Pharisee scholar. (There are no passages in the Talmud to validate this.) He found work in Jerusalem as a police officer of the Sadducee High Priest, who was at that time a de facto Roman quisling in Jerusalem . Paul's work persecuting the enemies of the High Priest led to an internal conflict in his mind, which manifested itself while he was travelling to Damascus on a covert mission. Maccoby believes that Paul's revelation was thus actually a resolution of his divided self; Paul subsequently fused the mystery religions, Judaism and the Passion of Jesus into an entirely new belief, centered on the death of Jesus as a mystical atoning sacrifice. Maccoby considers Paul's claims to a Jewish background and Pharisaic education to be false, claiming that a number of passages in Paul's writings betray his ignorance of the Jewish Law. Maccoby also contends that Paul invented many of the key concepts of the Christian religion, and that the Gospels and other later Christian documents were written to reflect Paul's views rather than the authentic life and teaching of Jesus.

Constantine was a devoted "sun god" worshipper, just like Apollonius and during the time of Constantine, Constantine put together the biggest scam the world has ever known "to take people off of the commandments of God" with a contrivance through using the false teaching of the false apostle Paul and Paul's new mystery religion called "Christianity." The false apostle Paul is a complete fraud and is not of God. The Roman Catholic church is a complete fraud. It is a "sun god" pagan church clocked to deceive and take people off the commandments of God ! Just like the snake did to Eve!

"Apollonius of Tyana the Nazarene" by RW Bernard is very good book with lots of great insights to who Apollonius is, how the alias Paul came into play and things that occurred at the Council of Nicea

Constantine on YouTube, this an OK overview, yes the birth of the pagan "Roman Catholic Church" called Christianity they meet on "sun day.".

Even today you can see the pagan sun god imagery all over the place within the Catholic church and its "sun day" practices. .

The last three chapters of Judges tell a story of how the Tribe of Benjamin could have become extinct. The point of the story isn't seen until we come to chapter 21

Genesis 49:1And Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:

Genesis 49:27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil."

Please see study on the Benjamite prophecy who is a sheep in wolves clothing. ( the following is snipped from Douglas Del Tondos' site)

Who is the Benjamite Wolf?
Verse	Characteristics
Matt. 7:15	"ravening wolves" are "false prophets"
Matt. 7:15	"ravening wolves" appear as "sheep," i.e., claim to be Christians.
Genesis 49:27	In latter days, Benjamin shall be a "ravening wolf."
Genesis 49:27	This "ravening wolf" from Benjamin's tribe first shall kill its "prey" in the morning.
Genesis 49:27	Later this "ravening wolf" from Benjamin's tribe will "divide the spoil" i.e., plunder and divide its prey.
Rom. 11:1 Phil. 3:5	Paul is of the tribe of Benjamin.
Acts 7:58 8:1-3	Paul starts out participating in murders of Christians.
Gal. 2:9	Paul later divides the church along Gentile-Jew lines, reserving for himself the right to recruit Gentiles, claiming the Jerusalem church relinquished the Gentile-mission exclusively to Paul.
Ezek. 22:26-32	The "ravening wolves" will come who do "violence to the Law," and who teach the people to "hide their eyes from the Sabbath," and to no longer discern clean food from impure food, etc. These wolves are associated with those who "have false visions" and "divine" lies in the Lord's name.
Rom. 14:5; Col. 2:14-16	Paul, a Benjamite, came claiming visions of Jesus, and taught the Sabbath rule was a shadow of things to come, and no one can any longer judge another on failure to keep the Sabbath.
2 Cor. 2:14; Gal. 5:1; Rom. 7:1 et seq.; Rom. 10:4; 2 Cor. 3:7; Gal. 5:1; Col. 2:14-17; Rom. 3:27; Rom. 4:15; 2 Cor. 3:9; Gal. 2:16; Gal. 3:21; Col. 2:14	Paul, a Benjamite, came claiming visions of Jesus, and on that authority taught the Law was abrogated, abolished, done away with, nailed to a cross; it was against us, etc. This same Paul said Jews are released from the Law and if they follow Christ instead, He has set them free from the Law which is death and bondage. This same Paul taught the Law was given by angels who are no gods, and Paul asked `why would anyone anyway want to submit to the weak and beggarly angels (elements)' who are no gods?
Romans 14:21;1 Corinthians 8:4-13; 1 Cor. 10:19-29; 1 Tim 4:4.	Paul, a Benjamite, came claiming visions of Jesus, and on that authority taught all foods were pure, including meat sacrificed to idols.

At the finding of the Dead Sea scrolls we learn a lot more about the early church days and how the early church leadership named the identity of the false apostle Paul as the “Wicked Priest” and “The Liar.” The term wicked is often used to referrer to someone who is without Torah, which are the commandments of God. So the false apostle Paul is being looked upon as a false prophet in the early days of the church whose teachings are contrary to the Word of God. The recent Dead Sea scrolls writings of John warns about the false apostle Paul, the “Wicked Priest” and “The Liar”

This from the book “James, the Brother of Jesus by Robert Eisenman ISBN 1842930265

An interloper, Saul a descendant of the Herods, later to exchange his Jewish name for that of Paul, appeared with self appointing claims to leadership, all the while maintaining important contacts with Roman officials, becoming a double agent for them. Often defending foreign ways, Paul chose some (i.e., Cornelious) to become cofounders for his new brotherhood of believers into a new religion, not just for Jews only, nor centered from Jerusalem, the sacred city of the Jews, but from a new base, the foreign city of Antioch, thereby establishing the newly amalgamated religion acceptable to foreigners, called "Christianity."

Many of James' followers, born Jews, fled eastward into the desert " land of Damascus ," eventually to become known as the site of Qumran . Sermons of James found among the Dead Sea Scrolls thundered against "the Enemy" and "the Liar," referring to someone daring to teach differently than the cherished standards of observant Jews while he, James, continued to teach and extol the "Way of Righteousness."
Adversarial letters went out accompanied by blatant denials with skillfully rearranged events and place names in parodies devised to belittle James and his message. Later they became known as the "Epistles of Paul." Paul, admittedly a mixed-breed Herodian, had also claimed to be "a Pharisee of the Pharisees," yet introduced co-mingling of foreign Mystery Religion rituals. The Jewish Passover became subject to rearrangement, intermixed with the very ancient sacrificial meal of blood/wine and body/bread of a dying foreign god.

Some others in the early days of the church also reject Paul’s teachings as going against the Word of God. The Ebonite’s were a Judaeo-Christian sect that keep Torah, the commandments of God yet rejected Paul’s teaching.

Sect of Judæo-Christians of the second to the fourth century. They believed in the Messianic character of Jesus, but denied his divinity and supernatural origin; observed all the Jewish rites, such as circumcision and the seventh-day Sabbath; and used a gospel according to Matthew written in Hebrew or Aramaic, while rejecting the writings of Paul as those of an apostate

The Ebionite and Nazarene, these Jewish sects rejected the false teachings of Paul.

Josephus reports four main sects or schools of Judaism: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Zealots. The earliest followers of Jesus were known as Nazarenes, and perhaps later, Ebionites, and form an important part of the picture of Palestinian Jewish groups in late 2^nd Temple times.

The Ebionite/Nazarene movement was made up of mostly Jewish/Israelite followers of John the Baptizer and later Jesus, who were concentrated in Palestine and surrounding regions and led by "James the Just" (the oldest brother of Jesus), and flourished between the years 30-80 C.E. They were zealous for the Torah and continued to walk in all the mitzvot (commandments) as enlightened by their Rabbi and Teacher, but accepted non-Jews into their fellowship on the basis of some version of the Noachide Laws (Acts 15 and 21). The term Ebionite (from Hebrew 'Evyonim) means "Poor Ones" and was taken from the teachings of Jesus: "Blessed are you Poor Ones, for yours is the Kingdom of God" based on Isaiah 66:2 and other related texts that address a remnant group of faithful ones. Nazarene comes from the Hebrew word Netzer (drawn from Isaiah 11:1) and means "a Branch"—so the Nazarenes were the "Branchites" or followers of the one they believed to be the Branch. The term Nazarene was likely the one first used for these followers of Jesus, as evidenced by Acts 24:5 where Paul is called "the ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes." Here we see the word used in a similar way to that of Josephus in writing of the four sects/schools of Judaism: Pharisees; Sadducess; Essenes; and Zealots. So the term Nazarene is probably the best and broadest term for the movement, while Ebionite (Poor Ones) was used as well, along with a whole list of other terms: Saints, Children of Light, the Way, New Covenanters, et al. We also know from the book of Acts that the group itself preferred the designation "The Way" (see Acts 24:14, 22, etc.). The term "Christian," first used in Greek speaking areas for the movement, actually is an attempt to translate the term Nazarene and basically means a "Messianist."

The Essenes (possibly from 'Ossim, meaning "Doers of Torah"), who wrote or collected the Dead Sea Scrolls, pioneered certain aspects of this "Way" over 150 years before the birth of Jesus. They were a wilderness (out in the Arava, near the Dead Sea--based on Isaiah 40:3), baptizing (mikveh of repentance as entrance requirement into their fellowship), new covenant, messianic/apocalyptic group (they were expecting three redemptive Figures—the Prophet like Moses and his two Messiahs), that saw themselves as the remnant core of God's faithful people—preparing the Way for the return of YHVH's Glory (Kavod) as set forth in Isaiah 40-66. They too referred to themselves as the Way, the Poor, the Saints, the New Covenanters, Children of Light, and so forth. Perhaps their most common designation was the Yachad--the brotherhood or community, and they referred to themselves as brother and sister. They were bitterly opposed to the corrupt Priests in Jerusalem , to the Herods, and even to the Pharisees whom they saw as compromising with that establishment to get power and influence from the Hellenistic/Roman powers. They had their own developed Halacha (interpretation of Torah), some aspects of which Jesus picks up (ideal of no divorce, not using oaths, etc.). They followed one they called the True Teacher (Teacher of Righteousness) whom most scholars believe lived in the 1st century B.C.E. and was opposed and possibly killed by the Hasmonean King/Priests at the instigation of the Pharisees. John the Baptizer seems to arise out of this context and rekindle the apocalyptic fervor of the movement in the early decades of the first century C.E.

So, the terminology is flexible; there are a variety of self-designations used by the Jesus movement, most of which had previously been used by the Essenes. In that sense you might call the Jesus movement a further developed messianic "Essenism," modified through the powerful, prophetic influence of Jesus as Teacher.

Later, when Christianity developed in the 3rd and 4th centuries and gradually lost its Jewish roots and heritage, largely severing its Palestinian connections, the Gentile, Roman Catholic Church historians began to refer to Ebionites and Nazarenes as two separate groups—and indeed, by the late 2nd century there might have been a split between these mostly Jewish followers of Jesus. The distinction these writers make (and remember, they universally despise these people and call them "Judaizers"), is that the Ebionites reject Paul and the doctrine of the Virgin Birth or "divinity" of Jesus, use only the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, and are thus more extreme in their Judaism. They describe the Nazarenes more positively as those who accept Paul (with caution) and believe in some aspect of the divinity of Jesus (virgin born, etc.). What we have to keep in mind in reading these accounts from the Church fathers is that they are strongly prejudiced against this group(s) and claim to have replaced Judaism entirely with the new religion of Christianity, overthrowing the Torah for both Gentile and Jew.

I think it best today to use the collective term Ebionite/Nazarene in an attempt to capture the whole of this earliest movement, and it would be useful to revive the term Yachad as a collective designation for the community of the Hasidim/Saints. I use Ebionite/Nazarene as an historical designation to refer to those original, 1st century, largely Palestinian followers of Jesus, gathered around Yaaqov (James) in Jerusalem, who were zealous for the Torah, but saw themselves as part of the New Covenant Way inaugurated by their "True Teacher" Jesus. James is a key and neglected figure in this whole picture. As the blood brother of Jesus, authority and rights of guidance were passed on to him. When he was brutally murdered in 62 C.E. by the High Priest Ananus (see Josephus, Antiquities 20.197ff), Simeon, a second brother [sic "cousin" according to Hegesippus] of Jesus took over the leadership of the Jerusalem based movement. Clearly we have the idea here of a blood-line dynasty, and according to the Gospel of Thomas, discovered in 1946 in upper Egypt, this dynastic succession was ordained by Jesus himself who tells his followers who ask him who will lead them when he leaves: "No matter where you are, you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being" (GT 12). Indeed, when Simeon was crucified by the Emperor Trajan around 106 C.E., a third brother of Jesus, Judas, took over the leadership of the community.

As far as "beliefs" of the Ebionites, the documents of the New Testament, critically evaluated, are among our best sources. There are fragments and quotations surviving from their Hebrew Gospel tradition (see see A. F. J. Klijn, Jewish-Christian Gospel Tradition, E. J. Brill, 1992), as well as the text of "Hebrew Matthew" preserved by Ibn Shaprut, and now published in a critical edition by George Howard (The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Mercer University Press, 1995). Based on what we can reliably put together from other sources we can say the Ebionite/Nazarene movement could be distinguished by the following views:

1) Jesus as the Prophet like Moses, or True Teacher (but not to be confused with YHVH God of Israel), who will anoint his Messiahs on his right and left hand when he is revealed in power following his rejection and death. These two figures, the Davidic Nasi (Prince of the Yachad) and Priest, will rule with him in the Kingdom of God .

2) Disdain for eating meat and even the Temple slaughter of animals, preferring the ideals of the pre-Flood diet and what they took to be the original ideal of worship (see Gen 9:1-5; Jer 7:21-22; Isa 11:9; 66:1-4). A general interest in seeking the Path reflected in the pre-Sinai revelation, especially the time from Enoch to Noah. For example, divorce was shunned, even though technically it was later allowed by Moses.

3) Dedication to following the whole Torah, as applicable to Israel and to Gentiles, but through the "easy yoke" halacha of their Teacher Jesus, which emphasized the Spirit of the Biblical Prophets in a restoration of the "True Faith," the Ancient Paths (Jeremiah 6:16), from which, by and large, they believed the establishment Jewish groups of 2nd Temple times had lost.

4) Rejection of the "doctrines and traditions" of men, which they believed had been added to the pure Torah of Moses, including scribal alterations of the texts of Scripture (Jeremiah 8:8).

How the earliest group(s) viewed Paul is unclear. By some reports he was tolerated or accepted as one who could go to the Gentiles with a version of the Nazarene message (Acts 15, 21). Others apparently believed he was an apostate from the Torah and founder of a new religion—Christianity.

Either Paul went by the name of Apollonius or the Roman commander knew about Apollonius the Egyptian false prophet and what Apollonius looked like.

Also of notice, Apollonius also approved of Titus and the taking of Jerusalem. Titus also invites Apollonius to come see him as a soothsayer " a divinatory" "able to see the future events" for Titus future behavior as a ruler. Page 197,198 The Monist, Volume 13

Antiquity Unveiled: Ancient Voices from the Spirit Realms Proving Christianity to be of Heathen Origin

Google online book The Indian travels of Apollonius of Tyana By Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx

Google online book The Gospel of Apollonius of Tyana By Kenneth S. Guthrie

The apology and acts of Apollonius and other monuments of early Christianity edited by Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare

Apollonius, Jesus and Paul: Men or Myths? http://www.truthbeknown.com/apollonius.html There is a nice comparison chart between Paul and Apollonius showing both to be one in the same.

Last Trumpet Org Ministries | PO BOX 25979 | Santa Ana, CA 92799-5979 | 949-705-6907 | email Pastor Douglas Nicholson

Paul of Tarsus - Alternative views Paul of Tarsus - Christianity as mystery religion

Who is the Benjamite Wolf?

Google online book The Indian travels of Apollonius of Tyana By Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx

The apology and acts of Apollonius and other monuments of early Christianity edited by Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare