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Are You Really Seeking the Truth About Yeshua?

It is our position that any person honestly and sincerely seeking truths will value and incorporate new factual information into his or her existing Belief System in order to make sure that it is as accurate as possible.  The Biblical Heritage Center, Inc. is not a religious organization and therefore does not have a doctrinal statement or a statement of faith.  BHC is an educational and research organization and the only guideline that we ask people that study with us to accept is this: My Belief System will be large enough to include all the Facts; It will be open enough to be Examined and Tested; and, It will be Flexible enough to change if Errors or New Facts are discovered . Could anyone "honestly" seeking truth do otherwise? Could he or she be a “seeker of truth” and reject factual information? Would a “seeker of truth” and refuse to allow his or her beliefs to be examined? Would a person be a “seeker of truth” and knowingly hold beliefs that are in err

Yeshua’s Teachings on Divorce

Yeshua said, “ It was also said, `Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you, `Whoever divorces his wife, except for the matter of fornication causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. ’” (Matthew 5:31-32) This is probably one of the most discussed and debated teachings of Yeshua in history. The first step in working with any text is to define the context in which it appears. In this case, the context began in verse 27. (Yeshua said,) “You have heard that it was said to those of old, `‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you, `Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ‘” (Matthew 5:27-28) The section on divorce is a subsection of his teaching about adultery.  So, let’s begin by defining what adultery was during Yeshua’s time. Sexual intercourse of a married woman with any man other than her husband. Adultery ca