How to Read This Website
Deep Summary
This website contains biblical studies, teachings, and terminology that may differ in certain respects from what is commonly taught in traditional churches and modern Christianity. Some subjects may therefore initially seem unfamiliar, challenging, or even controversial.
This does not mean that statements should simply be accepted without examination or immediately rejected. The purpose of this website is to examine Scripture carefully, define terms clearly, and revisit biblical subjects from their original Hebrew and biblical context.
For this reason, it is important not only to read individual sentences or familiar religious definitions, but first to understand the meaning given to certain words and concepts on this website. Once this foundation is understood, the other articles can be read and evaluated much more accurately and fairly.
Read the definitions first.
Understand the context.
Then examine the teaching through Scripture.
In-depth explanation
1. Read the Definitions First
Many biblical and theological terms used on this website have different meanings within different religious traditions. A word may sound familiar while the meaning assigned to it is, nevertheless, significantly different.
For this reason, visitors are strongly encouraged to read the Definitions & Theological Framework page before exploring the more detailed articles.
This helps prevent a familiar term from automatically being understood according to a traditional definition when the article is using the term in a different sense.
2. Distinguish Between Words and Concepts
Words have meaning within a particular context. This is also true of biblical words.
Terms such as God, Son of God, begotten, created, worship, Jesus, and Yeshua may be discussed on this website from a different biblical or Hebraic context than is customary within Catholic, Protestant, or modern evangelical theology.
Therefore, do not focus only on the word itself. Pay close attention to the meaning that is being given to the word within the particular study.
A familiar word does not automatically mean a familiar concept.
3. Test Everything Through Scripture
This website does not ask the reader to blindly accept every teaching. Nor is the reader asked to reject something simply because it differs from what they have previously been taught.
The proper response is to examine it.
Every teaching should be tested against Scripture, the context of the relevant biblical passages, the overall message of the Bible, and careful examination of the meaning of the text.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Test all things; hold fast what is good.
The Bible, therefore, does not call us to believe everything without examination. Scripture calls us to test, examine, and then hold fast to what is good.
4. Understand the Hebraic and Biblical Context
The Bible emerged within a Hebrew and biblical world. The writers of Scripture did not live within the later ecclesiastical systems and philosophical frameworks that developed centuries afterward.
This website, therefore, approaches Scripture primarily through its Hebraic context, biblical patterns, and original worldview.
This influences the way certain words, events, prophecies, covenants, and teachings are explained.
This does not mean that every interpretation is automatically correct. It means that the original biblical context must be taken seriously before later interpretations are used as the starting point.
5. Some Articles Are Intentionally Challenging
Some articles on this website directly question traditional church teachings, institutional doctrines, historical developments, and commonly accepted interpretations.
This is not done to personally attack people or to create division. The purpose is to examine these subjects again and ask whether particular beliefs actually come from Scripture.
A teaching should not be considered true merely because it is old, familiar, or widely accepted.
The ultimate question is not:
“What have I been taught?”
but:
“What does Scripture say?”
6. Distinguish Between Important Concepts
| Term | Meaning on This Website |
|---|---|
| The Historical Messiah | The true Son who was sent by the Father. |
| Religious Systems | Institutional teachings and interpretive frameworks that developed throughout history. |
| Scripture | The inspired biblical message of God. |
| Tradition | Human interpretations, practices, and additions that developed throughout history. |
These distinctions are important for correctly understanding the articles on this website. When an article refers to tradition, it does not automatically mean Scripture. Likewise, a religious system is not automatically the same thing as the original biblical faith.
7. Do Not Read Individual Sentences Out of Context
One of the easiest ways to misunderstand an article is to remove one sentence, paragraph, or statement from its complete context.
Biblical subjects are often interconnected. A particular statement may therefore only be properly understood when the preceding argument, the biblical passages being used, and the explanation that follows are also considered.
Therefore, read complete articles and evaluate a teaching based on the entire argument rather than on one isolated sentence.
Read the context.
Examine the complete line of reasoning.
Then draw your conclusion.
8. The Bible Should Be Read as a Whole
The Bible consists of many books, writers, and historical periods, but its various parts do not stand independently of one another.
A teaching based exclusively on one verse, without considering the rest of Scripture, can easily be misunderstood.
For this reason, this website seeks to compare biblical passages with one another and follow biblical themes throughout Scripture.
When a concept, for example, begins in Genesis, its broader meaning may only become clear when the later prophets, the writings, and the words of Yeshua and the apostles are also examined.
9. The Purpose of This Website
The purpose of this website is not to create a new religion, defend a denomination, or place people under a particular church system.
The purpose is to examine Scripture, seek truth, honor the Father, and follow Yeshua, the Messiah.
This includes deliberately distinguishing between what Scripture actually says, what is taught through religious traditions, and what has been added to the biblical text through human interpretation.
Tradition is not the ultimate goal.
Religion is not the ultimate goal.
The truth of God’s Word is central.
10. A Posture of Humility and Discernment
Anyone who genuinely wants to examine the Bible must be willing to place even their beliefs back under the authority of Scripture.
This applies to everyone. No one should defend a teaching merely because they have believed it for many years.
At the same time, being open to examination does not mean that every new interpretation is automatically true. New insights must also be examined and tested.
Proverbs 14:15
The simple believes every word, but the prudent considers carefully.
Therefore, both careful examination and discernment are necessary.
Final Note
Do not read this website with the expectation that every explanation will automatically correspond to what you have previously been taught. But neither should you assume that everything unfamiliar must therefore be false.
Read. Examine. Compare. Test.
Take the time to understand the definitions and biblical passages being used. Consider the context. Examine the reasoning. And ultimately, test everything against Scripture.
Read carefully.
Examine with discernment.
Test everything through Scripture.
The end