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The God of the Old Testament is not the Father of Jesus

Text copyright @ 2019 Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

Unless otherwise noted, biblical quotations are from the Christian Community Bible: Catholic Pastoral Edition, 2005,

By the Pastoral Bible Foundation in the Philippines, and are used by permission.

Published by Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

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PREFACE

Two thousand years have passed since Jesus came to save our world, and yet our world has gone even much more miserable than when Jesus left it.

All you see around are poverty and oppression getting ever wider and deeper, as greed and corruption get ever bolder and meaner.

In all of these, where is Jesus, the said Messiah of the world? What has he been doing?

He is there locked up in church, content with spewing up spiritual words that nobody listens to, aiming to save the souls of men, not the world from its ever-deepening hunger and misfortune. And who locked him up there? The Christianity of Paul.

JESUS MUST RISE! For as long as Jesus remains buried beneath the lies and hypocrisies of Paul’s Christianity, the world is doomed to its inevitable destruction. And must Jesus rise now, while the “wood is still green.”

Amen.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Dream

Where’s Jesus?

The “TWELVE DESTRUCTIONS” Christianity Had Done Upon The Person And Mission Of Jesus

The Truth

The 40 Biblical Proofs That The “Yahweh of the Jews” Is Not The “Father Of Jesus”

In Conclusion, Did the “YAHWEH OF THE JEWS” Change His Character And Disposition As To Eventually Transform Himself To Become The “FATHER OF JESUS”?

No One Can Serve Two Gods. And There Are Two Gods In Scripture: “THE YAHWEH OF THE JEWS” And “THE FATHER OF JESUS”

May We Turn To The “ONE AND ONLY TRUE” Living God—The FATHER OF JESUS

THE DREAM

ON THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER 1991, while I was driving, something very strange happened. The front windshield of my car suddenly burst into pieces as if a lightning had struck it, and yet, as I looked around I could not suspect anything or anyone who could have caused it.

THAT NIGHT I HAD A DREAM

It was a very frightening dream indeed; in fact, it was the most frightening dream I ever had in my whole life.

The dream had no story in it. What I could just recall was I was somewhat thinking of what name to give an organization [what kind of an organization is that, I do not know] when, out of the blue, a most horrifying and unearthly voice thundered. The voice shouted: “The Jesus Mission!”

The voice came so unexpectedly and was so mysteriously big and resonating that it jerked me up from my sleep into a sitting position—panting and sweating and wondering “What is that?”

I IGNORED THE DREAM

But almost exactly one year later, while I was driving again in the early morning of November 8 on my way to a seminar, a stone coming from nowhere hit the front windshield of my car so hard that it almost shattered the glass. As I looked around, there was no one or anything I could suspect the stone could have come from.

THEN I REMEMBERED THE DREAM

Somehow I thought there must be something exceptionally special the VOICE in my dream wanted to tell me.

THIS BOOK IS THE RESULT OF THAT DREAM

My soul tells me it is the mysterious VOICE in my dream “who wrote this book,” simply using my person as an instrument. And whose voice could that be? The outcome will tell. Jesus said:

“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY HER DEEDS.” -- [Matthew 11:18-19 NIV]

WHERE’S JESUS?

I have been looking for Jesus. Did you by any chance see him?

Curiously, I was born in a Christian world and yet I could not find Jesus.

All I see are “self-seekers for personal salvation in Christ,” not “self-givers for the liberation of the world in Christ.”

All I see are people “religiously going to church to give worship to God through singing, dancing and listening to the word of God,” not people “going out into the world to give worship to God through bringing justice to the poor and oppressed children of God.”

All I see are people “watching for signs of the end of the world,” not people “loving one another as the only way to see a renewed world.”

All I see are people “giving tithes and donations for the life of their church,” instead of the church “seeking for all the power and fortune she can generate to be able to bring freedom to all the poor and oppressed in our world.”

All I see are people “avoiding evil so as not to blemish their purity at the coming of the Lord,” not people “fighting head-on all evils that are causing all the sufferings in our world.”

All I see are “countless number of Christian sects bashing each other for religious supremacy” that only succeeded in dividing the already divided people of the world.

All I see are “greed and corruption in seats of governments where leaders come one after another to plunder their nation,” instead of to “bring uplift to the lives of the people whom to serve they have sworn.”

Oh, God knows how hard really I have been trying to see Jesus, but I just could not find him. Have you?

Honestly, in my searching for Jesus, I have found him.

I found him in a tomb, deeply buried “beneath the two-thousand years of lies and hypocrisies” of Christianity—waiting to be resurrected by the New Disciples of the Kingdom. Indeed, all that Jesus stood and came for died with him on the cross. If the Jews killed the living Jesus, Christianity murdered the risen Christ.

And because Jesus’ Mission had long since remained buried, Jesus had not really overcome the world—as he said he had—much less renewed it. All we see around us is exactly the opposite of renewal: A world doomed to an inevitable destruction.

Truly, from all fronts—be it in the political, in the economic, in the social, or in the spiritual—the little ones of God remained oppressed and ever shepherd-less, deadly crying for a Messiah. But no Messiah comes!

There are TWO KINDS of Christianity that have long since been operating in our world: “PAUL’S Christianity” and “JESUS’ Christianity.”

It is Paul’s Christianity that turned Jesus and his Mission “upside down.” The world is deep in wickedness, corruption, and suffering mainly because of the betrayal done by Paul’s Christianity upon the person and Mission of Jesus. The world that Jesus came upon two thousand years ago is still pretty much the same kind of world that we now have where at the center you will still very much find the SELF, being worshipped, glorified, and pampered—not GOD.

Consider how the Christians are contributing to the ruin of our world by putting all their hopes in the life they are to inherit above, instead of facing boldly the iniquities that are hurting our world. Would you still wonder why poverty and oppression are at their worst in countries where Paul’s Christianity is predominant?

Oh God, what has Paul’s Christianity done to your Son Jesus!

What a pity to see a Jesus, supposedly leaving the ninety-nine to seek out the lost one, becoming a Jesus who turns his back on the lost one to care for the ninety-nine, lest the ninety-nine, too, may be lost as the other one.

What a pity to see people being led to church to save their souls, instead of being sent into the harvest field to fight head on all evil and corruption to save the lost and the suffering souls.

What a pity to see church buildings standing almost everywhere even in the midst of great poverty and oppression, instead of seeing the righteousness and justice of God where there is poverty, corruption and oppression.

What a pity to see a poor widow giving all she has to live on, just so she can feed her church, instead of seeing the moneyed church helping out the poor widow from her miseries and misfortunes.

What a pity to see people caring only for their fellow brothers and sisters in the faith, instead of caring for one another regardless of the differences in our faith.

Oh God, what has this sham Christianity done to your Son Jesus!

Behold in these twelve series of books,

“THE TWELVE DESTRUCTIONS”

Christianity had brought upon

the person and the true Mission of Jesus

This book with the title of:

“The God of the Old Testament is not the Father of Jesus”

Destruction No. 1 of 12

Christianity Destroyed Jesus

The “TWELVE DESTRUCTIONS” Christianity Had Done Upon the Person and Mission of Jesus

DESTRUCTION 1:

The God of the Old Testament is not the Father of Jesus

DESTRUCTION # 2:

Paul Destroyed Jesus

DESTRUCTION # 3:

Christianity presented a most confusing bible and called it—the “Word of God”

DESTRUCTION # 4:

Christianity saw mainly Jesus as ‘God’; while some other sects as merely a ‘Man’—made God; still some other sects as a great moral and religious ‘Teacher’—but never a ‘God’

DESTRUCTION # 5:

Christianity made Jesus’ Mission as ‘taking people to the kingdom of heaven,’ instead of ‘bringing the kingdom of heaven to the people of the world’

DESTRUCTION # 6:

Christianity treated ‘Life on Earth’ as somewhat like a burden—not a gift, while treating ‘Eternal Life in Heaven’ as the gift—not as a reward for doing God’s will

DESTRUCTION # 7:

Christianity turned Jesus’ Mission into a ‘Church,’ that whosoever shall enter, shall be saved; instead of ‘Life’ that whosoever needs help—be helped, and whosoever can help—help

DESTRUCTION # 8:

Christianity turned God and Jesus into a religion and locked them up in church, never to meddle in political affairs, much less rule the world

DESTRUCTION # 9:

Christianity taught people they were saved by Jesus’ blood and resurrection, rather than by repentance and pursuing the works of Jesus’ Mission

DESTRUCTION # 10:

Christianity made God a ‘Servant’ whose seeming duty is to serve man, rather than a ‘Master’ whose will for the world we all must pursue as God’s loving servants

DESTRUCTION # 11:

Christianity looked to reading the bible and belief in God as the answer to obtaining a bountiful life, to the neglect of obeying the Law of Nature that governs all life

DESTRUCTION # 12:

Christianity’s church leaders prostituted the name of God into a most lucrative business enterprise—living like kings and queens, not servants—under the guise of spreading the Gospel of Christ

THE TRUTH

There is only ONE TRUE GOD—no other!

Unfortunately, that one true God is not the “Yahweh of the Jews” but the “Father of Jesus.”

The “Yahweh of the Jews as revealed by Moses to the Israelites” and the “God that Jesus revealed to the world and whom Jesus called his Father” are not one and the same as the whole Christian world had maliciously taken them to be. Yahweh is for the Jews alone, whereas the Father of Jesus is for the world.

And who is the FATHER OF JESUS?

The Father of Jesus is the one true God who revealed himself through his Son Jesus. Because of his perfect likeness and oneness with Jesus, God practically sent himself into the world through his Son Jesus. Nobody knows our Father in heaven except his Son Jesus.

The truth is: If not for the coming of his Son Jesus, we would never have known about the “One True God” and the “One God sent” to save the world—Jesus Christ.

Amen.

The

40 Biblical Proofs that the “Yahweh of the Jews” is not the “Father of Jesus”

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PROOF # 1:

The YAHWEH OF THE JEWS is the God for the Jews and Israel—and only for the Jews and Israel alone.

“I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.” -- [Leviticus 26:12 NIV]

But I said to you, "You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the nations. – [Leviticus 20:24 NIV]

Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.” -- [Exodus 19:5-6 NIV]

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” -- [Exodus 9:1 NIV]

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. -- [Exodus 3:5-6 NIV]

“Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.'" -- [Numbers 35:34 NIV]

And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. – [Deuteronomy 26:18-19 NIV]

IN CONTRAST, the FATHER OF JESUS is the God of the world—and truly for all the people of the world.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” -- [Mark 16:15 NIV]

PROOF # 2:

The YAHWEH OF THE JEWS, being God for the Jews and Israel alone, treated the Jews like a treasured possession to the discrimination of those who are non-Jews.

Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.’ -- [Exodus 19:3-5 NIV]

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. – [Deuteronomy 7:3-4 NIV]

“‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves. They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors. Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves. Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.

“‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly. – [Leviticus 25:39-46 NIV]

This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. – [Deuteronomy 15:2-3 NIV]

You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess. – [Deuteronomy 23:20 NIV]

Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God. – [Deuteronomy 14:21 NIV]

Did the Yahweh of the Jews choose to favor Israel over other nations of the world BECAUSE THE ISRAELITES WERE EXEMPLARY IN THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS AS A PEOPLE? The answer is NO!

After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. – [Deuteronomy 9:4-5 NIV]

But then, was it really because of the WICKEDNESS OF THOSE NATIONS that the Yahweh of Moses drove them out from their land? But come to think of it, could there be any other people in the world who could do acts more despicable than what the Israelites did to their Yahweh? Take it from Yahweh himself. He said:

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.” -- [Exodus 33:1-3 NIV]

The Yahweh of Moses, even in all his almightiness, COULD NOT SEEM TO CONTAIN A PEOPLE HE HAD CHOSEN TO LOVE AND LEAD. As direct leader of his people, the Yahweh of Moses, strange as it might sound, was but a miserable failure. No other race of a people could really equal the magnitude of evil and stubbornness that had been displayed by the Hebrews against their very own Yahweh. Yahweh had no other recourse but to punish this most disobedient race of people whom, ironically, he had especially set apart from the nations to be his most treasured possession. The punishment? Be slaves in the very land he had given them as their inheritance.

Truly, therefore, it was not for the “wickedness of those nations” that their people were driven out of the land, and neither was it because of the “righteousness of the Israelites” that the Hebrews were given possession of the land, for no other people could equal the faithlessness they had repaid their Yahweh. The only reason, the one and only reason, the Israelites were so much favored was: “OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD, YAHWEH HAD CHOSEN THEM TO BE HIS PEOPLE.”

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. – [Deuteronomy 7:7-8 NIV]

And so, the ENEMIES OF ISRAEL would, too, be the enemies of Yahweh.

You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives

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