Page 17 - Attractive Deception - The False Hope of the Hebrew Roots Movement

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Joseph Smith of the Mormons, reveals one of the chief tactics Satan uses
to corrupt the word of God in order to hinder humanity from arriving at the knowledge of the truth.
He will alter, or add to the word of God, ultimately leading men to place a higher emphasis upon
these corruptions than they do upon the Scriptures themselves. It should surprise no Christian to
discover that this practice goes much further back, even pre-dating Christianity. Satan used the same
scheme to lead the Jewish people away from truth by having them adopt a second Torah that
ultimately redefined the original and stole away from men the key of knowledge.

Today there are Yeshivas, schools of Jewish religious instruction, where men (and some women)
devote their lives to the study of the Jewish religion. Yet, it is not the Holy Scriptures that captivates
their attention and demands their devotion. Rather, it is the study of the Talmud and the Midrashic
writings of various Hebrew sages and rabbis throughout the centuries. These writings include
numerous passages which defame the Son of God. He is always spoken of as illegitimate, a worker
of forbidden magic, and one who suffered a disgraceful death. To deny Yahshua the Messiah to be
the Son of God and the Savior of mankind is a manifestation of the spirit of anti-Christ. The Talmud,
for this reason, and others, must be considered to be a work of Satan. It has no divine legitimacy.

Despite the lying claims about the Talmud’s origin, its enmity toward the truth of God’s word, its
claim of being superior to the divinely inspired Scriptures, its denouncement of the Messiah, and its
rejection by Isaiah, Yahshua, and the apostles, there are many among the Hebrew Roots Movement
who are advocating that Christians study the Talmud in order to properly understand their Bibles.
They are inviting believers to engage in a vain, and potentially harmful, activity. Can a man gather
figs from thorns, or pick grapes from a briar bush?

The Talmud is a thief. It steals away the key of knowledge from mankind. It is a rebel, asserting its
own will and ways above those of the Creator. It is full of pride, claiming to be superior to the words
of Yahweh. It is a destroyer, casting down all that is true and holy, blinding men to the truth, and
suffering none to challenge its authority. Are these not the characteristics of that being whom
Yahshua said “comes only to kill, steal, and destroy”?

As I was perusing various websites looking for information for this study, I came across the website
www.thetorah.com. An article was posted there by a woman named Shani Tzoref who holds a
Masters degree in Jewish History from Yeshiva University and a Ph.D. in Ancient Jewish Literature
from New York University. Among other biographical facts, it was mentioned that she was awarded