In the video I break down each of the 15 statements, paying particular attention to the most dangerous (unbiblical) ideas and pointing out one big omission.
In the video I break down each of the 15 statements, paying particular attention to the most dangerous (unbiblical) ideas and pointing out one big omission.
This new teaching, 2025, from FFOZ is a bold new heresy, one utterly rejected by every N.T. author. In a nutshell, FFOZ is now teaching that the "radial" geography of the tabernacle/temple is eternal. Thus, they teach that gentile followers of Jesus are eternally 4th class citizens of the kingdom of heaven (behind the priest/Levites, Jewish men, and Jewish women) in accordance with the physical layout of the Temple. There are also two statements that hint toward the conclusion that because the Jewish people are eternally the "people of God," with permanent status of closer access, they don't need to accept Jesus as Savior.
Given what God was willing to do to save you, how should you respond?
The Apostle Paul tells us that we must live our entire lives in a way that is worthy of our calling. Calling from who? From God. Calling to what? To self-sacrifice and service for the sake of the Gospel.
How do we do this? Paul begins to answer that question by telling us to be: humble, gentle, patience, and loving. When we can demonstrate these virtues here among the people of God, it opens the door to being able to share them with everyone we meet.
If you're new to my blog, or my YouTube channel, note that all of my research has been primary source. I don't write about what people say about what FFOZ says, I write about what FFOZ teaches in their own publications, the things they choose to publish and profit from. You may not agree with all of my conclusions, that's ok, they come from an Evangelical Baptist perspective, I wouldn't expect them to be universally understood and embraced. If my thoughts get in the way, look at the direct quotes, I flood my posts and videos with them. I believe in the priesthood of all believers, and I believe that the Holy Spirit is more than capable of guiding each follower of Jesus Christ into Truth. Weigh what FFOZ is saying against the Word of God for that is the ultimate judge, not me. I am doing my best to apply God's Word to these weighty matters, if I fall short God's Word will not.
HaYesod is the primary disciple-training material for the Hebrew Roots Movement aligned organization: The First Fruits of Zion
The following analysis is not based upon this one lesson alone. These same false teachings have appeared in dozens of other Torah Club and FFOZ published materials.
What this lesson reveals is that Torah Club leaders are being taught to embrace these teachings, not gloss over them. The “correct” answers provided are truly damning.
Paul interrupts his own thought about being a prisoner of Christ Jesus to reflect upon the journey that brought him to the place of being the Apostle to the Gentiles. That act of God's grace was part of the revelation of the mystery of Christ: God's plan to include the Gentiles in his covenant people by calling all men equally to repent and believe in Jesus.
“Playing on the double meaning of the word – vision and mirror – the Midrash Rabbah contrasts Moses’ exalted level of prophecy against that of the other prophets. All other prophets saw their prophetic visions dimly through nine mirrors.” – p. 18{quoting Leviticus Rabbah 1:14}
Why do I have the feeling that Daniel Lancaster wants me to take the Red Pill? If that Matrix reference didn’t connect with you, in that 1999 movie Keanu Reeve’s character Neo is told by a guide named Morpheus that the reality he thinks that he is living in isn’t real. Not really real anyway, it is just a computer simulation.The amazing salvation provided by Jesus Christ has implications that ripple across every area we might consider. In this case, the Apostle Paul focuses on how the Blood of Christ has brought us near to God. Previous barriers have been eliminated. Previous assistance (Temple, Priest, animal sacrifice) has ceased to be needed. Now, because of Jesus, was can commune directly with God.
To illustrate this wondrous development. Paul tells us that Jesus has destroyed the dividing wall that separated into groups (Gentiles, Jewish women, Jewish men, Jewish priests) those who sought God's presence at the Temple.
We don't deserve to be there, but that's not something that God worries about. Instead, God chose to bless us, all of us who believe in Jesus, by offering us a place at the heavenly banquet alongside our Lord and Savior. The kindness of God never ends.
The Apostle Paul offers us hope with a well placed "But." Immediately after proclaiming that humanity is spiritually "dead" Paul continues by telling us that God didn't leave us in that woeful state, but did something about it "because of his great love for us." Love was the answer to humanity's turmoil, God's love. God worked with mercy to provide salvation through Jesus Christ.
In one of the Apostle Paul's beautiful rabbit trails in his letters, he muses on the power of God that both works in/through his people and raised Jesus from the dead. This thought leads Paul to contemplate the glory and authority that belongs to Jesus, as the risen Lord, declaring it to be above all others that every will be.
What is the ultimate goal and purpose of God's grace? There are many amazing purposes that lead to this conclusion, among them the adoption into the family of God of the redeemed, but the endgame of God's grace is unity. Unity of everything under Christ to God. At present, everything suffers from disunity, even the world itself. The final triumph of God's grace will be the full reunion that restores the original created order and purpose of God.
The interactions between Abimelek and Abraham serve as a template for God's teaching on the respect and kindness God expects from his followers with respect to those on the outside-looking-in. Whether those in need are foreigners or outcasts in our own society, the followers of Jesus are called to imitate his compassionate outreach. For Abraham, this meant promising Abimelek that in the future when his descendants had the power to do so, they would treat Abimelek's descendants with kindness.
The modern Church has struggled, especially in the West, to fulfill this calling, we need to set aside our own political or cultural notions and instead truly embody the Fruit of the Spirit.
The Light seen by the Magi of the East is powerfully symbolic in Matthew's Gospel. This astronomical phenomenon brought them on a long journey to see the newly born King of the Jews. For us it serves as a reminder of our need, as disciples of Jesus, to also reflect his light in our world. Our task is to draw those in the darkness to the light of Christ that they too may be saved.
After having appeared to the priest Zechariah in the Temple in Jerusalem to foretell the coming of the great prophet John, God's plan shifts to a teenage girl in the backwater village of Nazareth. The angel Gabriel shares amazing and unprecedented news with Mary, setting up a moment of decision on her part. Will she run away like Jonah, hesitate like Moses or Esther, or will she embrace this responsibility of being the mother to the Messiah?
We all know how Mary responds, an incredible example for us to imitate of hearing the word of the Lord and obeying it.
Joseph of Nazareth was a fairly ordinary man up until the moment he found out that he fiancé Mary was pregnant. Instead of letting pride or anger rule him, Joseph chose to embrace mercy, he was willing to divorce her quietly.
Having demonstrated this strength of character, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream to tell him that God had chosen him for a monumental task: Adopt the Messiah.
Joseph may have been an ordinary carpenter, living in the unimportant village of Nazareth, but when he obeyed God's command by marrying Mary, Joseph became an example of faith and obedience that we would all do well to imitate.
Where was Jesus before Bethlehem? For ordinary human beings like us that's a question that doesn't go anywhere, our lives began at a definite point-in-time. But for the Son of God, the long-awaited Messiah, that question opens the door to profound theological truths.
The Apostle John explains in the prologue to his Gospel that the Word (Jesus before the Incarnation) was with God in the beginning, that he is, in fact, God. Not only that, the Word (Jesus), had an equal hand in all of Creation.
That same person, the one who is God and is with God (the wonder of the Trinity allowing such phrases to be true), also came to Earth "in the flesh." The Word became a man, the man Jesus.
The wonders and depths of these truths are great, our response is simple: Worship Christ the newborn King.
When you are someone as important to history as Jesus of Nazareth, the long-awaited Messiah, curiosity about your ancestry is only natural. Matthew begins his Gospel by addressing this desire and does so in unexpected and interesting ways: (1) He starts with the titles of "Messiah," "son of David," and "son of Abraham." Each of these carries weight and adds to the claims about Jesus that Matthew's Gospel will be making. (2) The inclusion of four mothers with strong Gentile connections in a list that otherwise only contains fathers. In so doing Matthew points toward God's concern for the whole world as well as his willingness to utilize people who would otherwise be overlooked, two key themes in the Gospel narratives. (3) Matthew leaves in the list (while some have been left out to form thy symbolic 14,14,14 symmetry) men both good and bad, heroes and villains, making what Jesus will prove himself to be even more remarkable.
In Genesis 14 the story of Abram is dragged into the drama of a regional war when his nephew Lot is taken along with the spoils following one of its battles. Abram responds in faith, boldly moving to rescue Lot. His success leads to an amazing moment, where the victorious Abram tithes from the plunder to Melchizedek, a "priest of God Most High." This offers an amazing insight into God's work in our world beyond the scriptures.
To read the original post where I responded to this publication from Daniel Lancaster:
Or the follow-up that explored what was edited out of the transcript:
The original audio version of Daniel Lancaster's Only Begotten Son is even more heretical.
The following 4 videos combine the information in those two posts in this more accessible format:
Only Begotten Son (part 1) by Daniel Lancaster (FFOZ) - A critical review from Pastor Randy Powell
Only Begotten Son (part 2) by Daniel Lancaster (FFOZ) - A critical review from Pastor Randy Powell
Only Begotten Son (part 3) by Daniel Lancaster (FFOZ) - A critical review from Pastor Randy Powell
Only Begotten Son (part 4) by Daniel Lancaster (FFOZ) - A critical review from Pastor Randy Powell