I live in Troy, North Carolina, with my wife Tina and my two daughters, Tova and Tavia. The house that I now live in is only a few hundred feet away from the house that I grew up in. When asked where Troy is, I answer that it is in the middle of nowhere. And this is somewhat true, the geographical center of North Carolina is in Montgomery County, and Troy is the county seat.
I was not raised in church, but I have always been drawn to the Bible, and began reading it at a very early age. During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, I began to question why the Church did certain things that were contrary to the Bible. Changing the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day was the one question that no one could give me a satisfactory answer to. Why did the Church not observe the biblical feasts, instead of the ones with pagan origins? These unanswered questions would eventually cause me to break with the Church.
I began to observe the Sabbath on (the seventh day of the week) and the Biblical Feast days (to the best of my ability) in the late 1980’s while still attending Church. People in the church began to be “concerned” about me when I wanted to learn a little of the Hebrew language in 1991. It was during this time period that I was lectured on “the dog returning to his vomit” by a “friend” in the church who was worried about my “Jewish” views on scripture and that I was headed in a dangerous direction.
Anyway, I began to realize that the Church had a belief system that was largely based on the “traditions of men” instead of Biblical truths. And, I began to realize that what I had come to believe was more closely related to Judaism than modern Christianity. I tried to hang-on to the church scene for a while, I enjoyed the fellowship and study sessions we had, but by 1992 I knew I had to go down a different path.
More later…
Patty
