Question 154: Who were the Nicolaitans?

Answer:

Though they are mentioned in Revelation 2:15 it is not positively known, but from the context it would appear that they were people who abused Paul's doctrine of believer’s liberty, which they turned into license. It is supposed that Jude 4 refers to them. They appear to have attended the heathen rites and shared in the abominations there practiced. Some suppose them to have been followers of Nicolas of Antioch, but if so, they falsely claimed that he taught such things. It is more probable that the name, if relating to a person at all, has been confused with some other Nicolas.

Question 153: Who are the Nestorians?

Answer:

They are the descendants of a sect of early believers, named after Nestorius, a theologian of the fifth century A. D. They claim also to be descended from Abraham and sometimes call themselves Chaldeans. They are probably the oldest of the Oriental churches. They are found in Persia, in India, East Indies, Syria, Arabia, Asia Minor and even in Cochin China, the principal settlements however, being in and near Persia. They believe Yeshua Moshiach to be both divine and human - two persons, with only a moral and sympathetic union. They do not believe in any divine humiliation nor any exaltation of humanity in Moshiach. They acknowledge the supreme authority of the Scriptures and believe they contain all that is essential to salvation. The main body of Nestorians is nominally believers, but it is a lifeless faith. They have no images, but they invoke the Virgin and the saints and are ignorant and superstitious.

Question 152: How many Marys are there in the Bible?

Answer:

The Marys spoken of in the New Testament are: Mary the mother of Yeshua Moshiach, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Lazarus, Mary the wife of Oeophas (John 19:25) and Mary the mother of John (Acts 12:12).

Frequently asked questions and answers:

Question 151: Who were the parents of Mary?

Answer:

Many scholars are of opinion that she was the daughter of the Heli mentioned in Luke 3:23. As the Jews reckoned their genealogy by the male side only, it was customary to set a man's son-in-law down as his son. This would account for Joseph being described by one evangelist as the son of Jacob and by the other as the son of Heli. Apart from that theory there are no data for ascertaining the parentage of Mary.

Thought for Today: Tuesday January 21

One lesson that Yeshua would teach us is to have confidence that YHVH answers every true petition. Sceptics may question it – humanists may deny it – and intellectuals may ridicule it. Yet Moshsiach promised us: “If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you” (John 15:7)

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FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – MISHPATYM:

“Do not afflict any widow or an orphan.”

Who is a widow or an orphan in this picture? Do you know? Can you tell? Are you sure? If not, beware:

“If they cry out to Me at all, I shall certainly hear their cry, and My wrath shall burn and I shall kill you with the sword, your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.”

FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – MISHPATYM:

Please notice that there are no “if’s, ands or buts” in this commandment. Even Paul of Tarsos, when abused by the wicked high priest of his day, repented of this sin:

“And Sha’ul, looking intently at the council, said, ‘Men, brothers, I have lived in all excellent conscience before Elohim until this day!’ And the high priest Ḥananyah commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Sha’ul said to him, ‘Elohim is going to strike you, whitewashed wall! And do you sit judging me according to the Torah, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the Torah?’ And those who stood by said, ‘Do you revile the high priest of Elohim?’ And Sha’ul said, ‘I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it has been written, “You shall not curse the ruler of your people.”’”

Nothing you say can change this command or justify breaking it.

FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – MISHPATYM:

“And I shall set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I shall give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them nor with their mighty ones. Let them not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me when you serve their mighty ones, when it becomes a snare to you.”