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Chapter Two
Our Jewish Roots
The patterns of the Lord never change. This is because God himself
never changes, and his patterns reflect his nature. Now in saying that,
God does change methods. For example, we see in the 1950’s there
was a great revival of healing that in many ways restored the healing ministry
to the body of Christ. I know that there were always healings happening,
but this revival brought healing to the body on a very large scale. During this
time many revivalists would go and set up large tents to house the people.
Billy Graham started his meetings this way. The tent meetings, with the music
of that time, were methods that have changed over the years. I know
some of that still goes on here and there, but overall this method has been
done away with in America.
God’s patterns
A pattern is something established by God. It is not a method, or even a fad,
but it is a truth that is eternal. We see these patterns in the Tabernacle of
Moses and its furniture, the Priesthood of Aaron, the five major offerings of
Israel, the Law given by Moses, and the seven major feast days. These were
all established by God. They were not methods of the day, but rather revela­
tions of heavenly truths which are eternal. Many gentiles have wanted to
throw away the Old Testament like a piece of garbage. They obviously don’t
understand that Jesus came to fulfill the Law not do away with it as we read
in Matthew 5:17.
Jesus fulfilled the law
I know some that are reading this might be thinking I am leaning toward put­
ting people under the law. That is obviously not my intent. That fear may be
why many have been deceived by the enemy to disconnect from our Jewish
roots altogether. The western gentile church has abandoned its roots. If a
tree is disconnected from its roots, it will wither and die. We see this principle
in Matthew 13:6 when Jesus says, “they withered because they had no root.”
Also, in Romans 11:16­17 we read “If the part of the dough offered as first
fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the
branches. If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a
wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in
the nourishing sap from the olive root.” The olive always represents the
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