“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
??Galatians? ?3:28? ?ESV??
What is the context?
Who are the Judaizers?
What are the Judaizers claiming is the process for non - Jew salvation?
What does this verse have to do with the Judaizer's false gospel?
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I would strongly suggest to you that the false brethren and "Judaizers" are found in the following passage and they are not what most think because they are the kind which cannot be seen with the eyes of the flesh of the natural man who walks according to the carnal and natural mind:
Galatians 2:1-6 KJV
1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, ( whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person: ) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
Notice he says "no, not for one hour"? He is speaking of one of his own appointed times which he relates in 2:cor 12:1-4, (and the fourteen years are mentioned there also for the same reason). This is the hour of trial hidden in the writings of Paul; he is saying he did not bow the knee to Baal or submit, (Rev 13). Those who creep in unawares are the same from Jude which were written beforehand to destruction, evil beasts, (for we wrestle not against flesh and blood).
Jude 1:4 KJV
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
τινες ανθρωποι οι παλαι προγεγραμμενοι εις τουτο το κριμα
"certain anthropoi-manfaced, of old time having been fore-written toward this condemnation"
Jude 1:4 ASV
4 For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
These are named "permanent dwellers upon the land, (οι κατοικουντες επι της γης, Rev 13:8), and their are names are found written in "the book of the dead", (Genesis 4, because none of those written in that passage are ever said to have "lived" even though their names are written, (and the scripture cannot be broken)). They are not mortal human beings of flesh and blood, but rather, men of old time, men of renown, men having been named, fallen ones, twice dead anthropon-manfaced; and you cannot see them with your natural eyes, but if you let them
creep in unawares they will corrupt your understanding while you feast in the Word. They are like hidden jagged rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, false-shepherds who feed themselves without fear; clouds without water carried along by winds; late autumn trees having borne no fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied concerning these. They love the flesh, and they love seeing all things according to eyes and mind of the flesh, just as the Judaizers who walk according to the belly of the flesh, like Esau-man the old man nature, who would sell his birthright for a bowl of lentils to please his god which is his slow belly like a Nile dragon, likewise even as the serpent was cursed to walk by way of his belly from the very beginning in the garden. :chuckle:
