Is JUDAISM the Law of Moses? - Part 3 - Ernest L Martin - February 1961

Ernest L Martin

Here is the third installment - revealing what really happened under Ezra and Nehemiah, and how the Government of God functioned in the Old Testament Church. THE religious condition of the Jews during the time of Christ had not evolved in just a few years. It took over 200 years for Judaism to firmly implant itself in Palestine. If we are to adequately understand the full development of Judaism, we will have to go back in history over 500 years before Christ. In these centuries history shows why and how "Judaism" replaced the Law of Moses as the religion of the Jews! The Babylonian Captivity. The proper place to begin a study of the development of Judaism is with the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. Between the years of 604 B.C. and 585 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians, made war with the Kingdom of Judah. The Jews were not successful in any of the skirmishes with the Babylonians. In the first years of this war, Nebuchadnezzar carried away the majority of the Jews from Judah to Babylon. At the end of the war, in 585 B.C., all the Jews, except those under Gedaliah, were finally carried to Babylon. And even those under Gedaliah finally fled Palestine. This was a complete captivity. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library