"How To Recognize The Synagogue of Satan" by Ariel Ehrmantrout

"How To Recognize The Synagogue of Satan"
by Ariel Ehrmantrout
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Revelation 3:9-10 States "7"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my Word and have not denied my name. [Notice that it is those who obey the Torah and keep the name of YHWH-See Isaiah 8:20] 9I will make those who are of the Synagogue < συνάγω, Strong's number G4684, meaning "A 'gathering-or netting' where the ' fishes' are caught" See: Jeremiah 16:16 and compare it to Matthew 4: 19> of Satan , who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars <1john> —I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
Note that Yeshua's standard for "valid faith" is being a "true Jew," which is someone who keeps a proper view and practice of Torah in their life. John made clear in his epistle what the relationship was between true faith and God's Torah:

1 John 2:3-5 states - "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments . He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments , is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word , in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."

Verse 9 is directly tied to the promise in the next verse:

10 `Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth. The "word of endurance" Yeshua speaks of is yet another reference to Torah. The word translated "endurance" in this text is hupomone, (translated as "patience" in the King James version). It is the same word used later in Revelation, where we are told that this "patience" involves keeping His Torah: Revelation 14:12 - Here is endurance of : here [are] those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Yeshua. The Christian Church as an entity, cannot be the "bride of Messiah," as the bride is grounded in Torah and the faith of Israel . Christianity came about as a replacement for this faith grounded in Torah.

**Please make special note that this does not mean that the individual Christian [or anyone for that matter] is eternally "lost," as God will judge each person according to what they have been shown. We are addressing the false idea of "the Church" being a "valid replacement" for the faithful remnant of Israel and those gentiles who come out with them--like Ruth of old--who follow Israel's God, as defined through God's Torah.**