Israel continues to reject its Messiah, Jesus Christ, preferring to
remain in darkness and bondage, and to impose the bondage of "noahide
laws" upon the rest of the world. It will be in vain, as Israel turns
to a false messiah, the beast whose number is 666, leading to the
great tribulation. "Noahide Laws" have as much redemptive power as
"Sharia Laws", or any other human system of laws - zero. Salvation
is a free and unmerited gift of God, and cannot be earned by law-
keeping or acts of righteousness.

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Vaetchanan: A Universal G-d
by Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin
Aug 04, '06 / 10 Av 5766

Two of the most famous passages in the entire Bible that refer to G-d
are to be found in this week's Biblical portion: "I am the Lord your G-
d who took you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage," the
first of the Ten Commandments, and "Hear O Israel the Lord our G-d the
Lord is one," the opening verse of the Shema, the watchword of our
faith. Neither of these verses express a frontal commandment to
believe in G-d, and nor is there any such verse of commandment to
believe anywhere in the Bible. Why not, and what is the significance
of what these particular verses do teach us about G-d?

I believe that the Bible neglects to specifically command Divine
belief because belief in G-d alone is not what really matters; witness
all of the fanatical wars fought in name of G-d, and how Islamic fundamentalists brainwash and train their youth to blow themselves up
together with innocent citizens in the name of a god of Jihad. What
good is "pure monotheism" if Allah has been transformed into Satan?

[...]

No wonder Maimonides insists that everyone must accept - even by
coercion, if necessary - the seven Noahide laws of morality (Mishneh
Torah, "Laws of Kings" 8, 10), and defines the Messianic Age as a
period in which the entire world will live in peace and harmony. No
wonder major commentaries like the Ramban and Ibn Ezra see the exodus
as having established G-d as the only ruler of the universe - as He demonstrated by deposing Pharaoh, the prototypical despot - and
thereby claiming His right to legislate morality for all. No wonder
the Bible, in its prelude to the Decalogue, assigns the Israelites the
task of being a "kingdom of priest-teachers and a holy nation" (Exodus
19:6), which is defined by S'forno to mean "to teach the entire human
species to all call out in the name of G-d and to serve Him shoulder
to shoulder... since 'from Zion shall come forth the Torah (to the
world).'" (ad loc) And no wonder the second version of the Decalogue,
in Deuteronomy, when it presents the exodus as the reason for the
Sabbath, explains that the purpose of this second day "is in order for
your Gentile man- and maidservant to rest like you." (Deut 5:14)

[...]

Full article at "Arutz Sheva" / Israel National News http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=6437

Cheers, Steve..

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