Hebraic Heritage Radio Podcasts

In this session, we take a look at the Jerusalem ruling that was given in Acts 15 and how that relates to the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel. The uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel is referred to as the “restoring of the tabernacle of David.” A matter of controversy arose between Paul/Barnabus and the Pharisees.The controversy was this: What do we do with these non-Jews coming into the faith? How do we receive them into the fold? The Pharisees basically wanted them to go through a “conversion process” of converting to Judaism, (which means you are going to follow the Oral law/Talmud) and then as a “sign” that you have converted, you were to get physically circumcised. Paul and Barnabus strongly disagreed. They taught that the weightier matter was to be circumcised in heart and then to follow the written Torah of Yeshua. Paul and Barnabus took this matter to a council of elders/apostles in Jerusalem to get a ruling on the matter. In doing so, they were following the Torah. How is this ruling related to