Page 31 - Attractive Deception - The False Hope of the Hebrew Roots Movement

did not repent of their idolatrous practices, He sold them into slavery to the very nations whose gods
they were worshiping. The northern ten tribes of Israel were led captive into Assyria, and the
Southern tribes were taken into bondage in Babylon.

Any sincere Christian who walks according to the leading of the Spirit of Christ, eschewing error
and loving truth, should be appalled as they observe the great harlot of Rome. This entity that boasts
of being the largest religion in the world, declaring itself to be the one true and universal church of
Jesus Christ, has prostituted herself as she has embraced other gods along with their rites, symbols,
and doctrines. There is far more evidence of Sun worship among the Roman Catholic Church than
there is worship of the Son of God. It is a gross admixture of the holy and the profane.

Many non-Catholic Christians recognize that the abominations of Rome have bled over into
Protestant Christianity. The clergy/laity system is anti-Christian, for the apostles taught that the entire
body of Christ was called to be a kingdom of priests. The Protestant church has embraced Christmas
and Easter, Sunday worship, a fixation on buildings with steeples/obelisks, and the list goes on and
on. A growing number of believers want to heed the command of Revelation 18:4 to “Come out of
[Babylon/the Great Harlot] My people, lest you participate in her sins and partake of her plagues.”

Partially due to a failure to recognize the apostate nature of Judaism, an apostasy that began long
before the birth of Christ, and partially due to the ongoing deception of Satan, Christians are turning
away from the harlotries of Rome and toward an even older idolatry, one that was birthed in
Babylon. This is the state of Judaism today. It is as saturated with the religious confusion of Babylon
as is the Roman Catholic Church. I believe it is more convincing to show people this truth, than to
tell them it is so.

Macedonian Hanukiah

Many Jews and Christians who observe Hanukkah relate the story of the miracle of the oil to their
children. As you can see in the video below by a popular Hebrew Roots teacher, Hanukkah is being
embraced as an alternative to Christmas.

http://youtu.be/6TYOG4AkmxY

It is difficult to arrive at the true origins of the Hanukkah celebration without providing some
historical background. In 332 B.C. Palestine was conquered by Alexander the Great. This began a