U.S. GOVERNMENT, TALMUD MOCK NEW TESTAMENT
By Rev. Ted Pike
17 Apr 08
The U.S. State Dept.’s Office of Global Anti-Semitism now
says the New Testament is a book of conspiracy theory! Yes, our government
now rules that the Biblical record that Jews had Christ crucified
is not only anti-Semitic; it’s conspiracy junk. This step toward
criminalization of Christian beliefs directly threatens believers.
It is also an act of blatant hypocrisy: While the New Testament is
derided as “hate speech,” not a word is said about the
seething hatred contained in Judaism's most sacred book, the Talmud.
The State Department reports, "The tactics of many anti-Semitic
groups include the propagation of conspiracy theories… Traditional
conspiracy theories…" include the belief "…that
the Jews are responsible for the death of Christ." 1 For
tens of millions, the New Testament is anything but conspiracy theory!
It’s the written Word of God.
But now our State Department says the New Testament account of
Christ’s passion, culminating in rejection by the Jewish people
and crucifixion by the Romans, is akin to the other conspiracy theories
that inspired Hitler to attempt to destroy Jews. My previous article, “Bible
is Hate, Says U.S. Government,” documents the State Department's
other charge: that the New Testament espouses "classic anti-Semitism." 2
Hitler is rightly considered a classic anti-Semite. But the State
Department, in also labelling the New Testament "classic
anti-Semitism," suggests it is morally and intellectually similar
to Nazism. This implies the New Testament could lead to yet another
Holocaust! This premise, legislated into “anti-hate” laws,
will justify persecution of Bible-believers as “anti-Semites.” After
all, it will be reasoned, people with hateful ideologies, leading
to violence against Jews should be restricted, even imprisoned.
Talmud Tells Us Who Killed Christ
Abraham H. Foxman, head of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, couldn't
agree more with the State Department. His organization is the
prime mover behind hate laws worldwide and the Office of Global Anti-Semitism.
Foxman asserts that Jews of Jesus’ time were innocent of the
crucifixion; it was entirely the work of Romans. Foxman says New
Testament writers concocted the vicious anti-Semitic lie that Jewish
leaders and people goaded Pilate to condemn Christ. He says this
falsehood — that Jews are "Christ killers"—fanned
into flame nearly two millennia of anti-Semitism and led to the Holocaust.
He also says it creates "new anti-Semitism" which he warns
is rapidly escalating worldwide. 3 ADL's “anti-hate” laws
have already been used in dozens of western nations to infringe on
the freedom of Christians.
Foxman, as an Orthodox Jew, knows plenty about another book whose
vitriol is far darker than that of the Bible. The highest religious
and ethical authority of modern Judaism, the Babylonian Talmud, states
that Jewish leaders did have Christ condemned to death. In fact,
the Talmud says they did it entirely without the Romans’ help!
Jewish authorities killed Christ not by crucifixion (illegal in Jewish
law) but by the legal methods prescribed by Talmudic law.
The Talmud says:
On Passover Eve, they hanged Jesus of Nazareth. And the herald
went before him forty days, and proclaimed ‘Jesus of Nazareth
is going out to be stoned because he practiced sorcery, incited and
led Israel astray. Whoever knows of an argument that may be proposed
in his favor should come present that argument on his behalf.’ But
the judges did not find an argument in his favor, and so they hanged
him on Passover Eve. 4
The Talmud describes torture inflicted on Jesus before His death. “All
four legal methods of execution – stoning, burning, decapitation
and strangling were employed”. 5 The Talmud elaborates
on “burning.” It involved Jesus being:
“lowered in dung up to his armpits, then a hard cloth was
placed within a soft one, wound around his neck and the two ends
pulled in opposite directions until he was dead, forcing him to open
his mouth. A wick was then lit, and thrown into his mouth, so that
it descended into his body, burning his bowels.” 6
Jesus, says the Talmud, was excommunicated for the thought of seducing
a woman. In His ensuing grief and confusion, He fell down and worshipped
a brick. 7 The Talmud says Jesus “…was a fool
and we do not pay attention to what fools do.” 8 According
to the Talmud, Jesus is now in hell, writhing in eternal agony. The
Talmud asks: “‘What is your punishment?’ He replied, ‘With
boiling hot semen…’” 9
The Talmud defends the Jewish rulers who it says righteously executed
four of Christ’s disciples: Matthew, Luke, Nicodemus, and Thaddaeus.
10 It considers His followers to be worshippers of a false prophet
and worthy of death. References in the Talmud to Christ and Christians
are often veiled by terms not understood by Christian censors in
previous centuries. Two of the most common are “Minim” and “Minith.” The
footnote to the Talmud in Abodah Zarah 16b (pg. 84) says that “Minith” refers
to “…heresy with special reference to Christianity.”
Brotherly love did not extend to the Minim: Christians may be legally
thrown into a pit to die. As Abodah Zarah 26b says: “…‘idolaters
and [Jewish] Shepherds of small cattle need not be brought up, though
they must not be cast in, but Minim, informers, and apostates may
be cast in and need not be brought up.’” In Shabbethai
116, Rabbi Tarbon says, “The writings of the Minim [New Testament]
deserve to be burned, even though the holy name of God occurs therein,
for paganism is less dangerous than Minith [Christianity]…”
According to the Talmud "…Those who deny the Torah
and the prophets of Israel [giving loyalty to the "false prophet" Jesus
and the New Testament], the law is that they should be killed and
those who have the power of life and death should have them killed.
And if this cannot be done, they should be led to their death by
deceptive methods. 11
Christians: Keep Out!
Concerning Gentile Christians who presume to make use of the Jewish
Sabbath, The Jewish Encyclopedia tells us, “Resh Lakish…said, ‘A
Gentile observing the Sabbath deserves death’ (Sanh. 58b)." This
article says, “The Sabbath is a sign between God and Israel
alone…” and the Talmud's death sentence "was probably
directed against the Christian Jews…” 12 Sanh. 59a says, “A
heathen who studies the Torah [Old Testament] deserves death, for
it is written, Moses commanded us a law for an inheritance; it is
our inheritance not theirs.”
Christianity is vividly described in the Talmud as worse than even
the most wicked behavior of a Jew. A.Z. 17a says: “Rabbi Eleazar
B. Dordia did not leave out any harlot in the world without coming
to her…" yet attained forgiveness because he had not
committed the unforgivable sin of accepting Christianity. Likewise,
incest is a “light sin” compared to faith in Jesus. The
Talmud tells us “Minuth,” along with the Roman government,
are the two daughters of hell. One seduces Jews to idolatry; the
other keeps them politically bound.
Does the Talmud teach the same “tolerance” and “respect
for diversity” which Foxman demands from Christians toward
Jews, homosexuals, abortionists, and pornographers? Listen to how
the Talmud instructs Jews to respond to the death of a Jew who has
become a Christian:
At the death of one who had severed all ties with his people
no rites whatever should be observed. His brothers and relatives
should dress in white and cloak themselves in white. They should
eat, drink and be merry, for an enemy of God has perished. As it
is written, ‘Do
not I hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with
those that rise up against Thee? I hate them with utmost hatred;
I count them my enemies.’ (Psalms 139:21-4)” 13
Is this “hate?” Absolutely!
It's hard to imagine greater hate than what the Talmud teaches
against Christ and Christians. Jewish “civil liberties” groups
such as ADL, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, and People for the
American Way set themselves up as lawgivers to the world. They propose
to end “hate, intolerance, prejudice, and bias.” Yet,
the greatest religious and ethical authority for modern observant
Judaism, the Talmud (which far exceeds the authority of the Old Testament
for religious Jews) 14, cannot be surpassed in its hate,
intolerance, prejudice, and bias against Christians. Chief among
Jewish ethical pontificators is Abe Foxman, a devout Orthodox, Talmud-quoting
Jew, who says he earnestly awaits the coming of Israel ’s “messiah.” This,
of course, is not Jesus but Antichrist. 15
“Christophobia”
With this in mind we can understand why Jewish activist groups
exhibit such a loathing of Jesus and His name in public schools,
government and the military and why they tirelessly labor to remove
all symbols having to do with Him, especially at Christmas and Easter.
Jewish activists accuse evangelicals of “homophobia,” preaching
hate against homosexuals. Actually, out of love, Christians warn
sodomites that, unless they repent, their sexual perversion will
land them in hell forever. In contrast, Jewish activists are consummate “Christophobes,” opposing
Christ and His followers -- not out of love but from a morbid obsession
to remove all memory of what their forefathers did, screaming, “Crucify
Him! Crucify Him! His blood be upon us and our children!”
Like Lady Macbeth, who washed her murderous hands incessantly,
muttering, “Out, out, damned spot!” the descendants of
those who had Christ killed attempt to wash away their guilt with
lies.
There’s only One, however, who can wash away anyone’s
sins. Scripture repeatedly promises He will come again and “…they
shall look upon Me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn…” 16
He who makes the vilest sinners clean will put “a heart of
flesh” in Israel , wherein now resides “a heart of stone” against
Him. At last God will remove the obsession to defame Him out of Israel
.
The saga of Christ’s dealings with the Jews is thus one of
radical extremes: vitriolic hate, as Talmudic Jewry strives to prevent
His appearance, and astonishing love, as Christ eventually proves
His power to save a whole nation of repentant Jews.
Someday all the earth will gasp in amazement saying, “Who
is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the
transgression of the remnant of His heritage?” 17
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