Glad-U-See

The Gladducees (aka GUS) are a contemporary sect of the Sadducees The Gladducees believe in Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel and in the hope of the Resurrection. They stand in opposition to the sect of Herodian Sadducees that appear in the writings of Josephus; their only commonality is the rejection of the Oral Law promulgated by the Pharisees. The Gladducees base their beliefs on a common thread that weaves itself throughout the scriptures. It's called the Similitude of Adam's Transgression, an idiom for Exile. The common thread manifests itself into these 5 statements:

1. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob received a promise that their descendants would become a great nation.
2. Jacob's descendants rebelled and were subsequently exiled. (The GUS logo above symbolizes the expatriated).
3. An heir to King David will regather all the physical descendants of Jacob and rule a nation in the middle-east known as Israel. (There is no spiritual country).
4. Israel's enemies are the descendants of Esau. (There are no spiritual enemies).
5. Scripture is applicable to the physical descendants of Abraham. (There are no spiritual heirs).

Humpty Dumpty was an egg sitting on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

That's how our mind interprets it, however, 'Humpty Dumpty' refers to a powerful cannon used during the English Civil War (1642-49). It was mounted on top of the St Marys at the Wall Church in Colchester defending the city against siege, in the summer of 1648. It fell off the wall and couldn't be mended.

It is difficult to hear this rhyme without conjuring up an egg. And, the same can be said of our understanding of the Scriptures. It is difficult to be accessible when we encounter words like sin, saved, blood, redeem, gentile, flesh, spirit, Jew, law, demon and satan. But that is the challenge we set before you.

Who is roshavot?

"Every teacher who is relating anything about the Kingdom of YHVH in Israel, is like a man who is a rosh avot, who brings forth out of his treasure of applications and conclusions, things new and old" (Our paraphrase of Mat 13:52).

The Hebrew phrase 'rosh avot" means head of fathers, an idiom for the head of the family. Richard Tarr (roshavot is his alTARR-ego) lives in Arizona with his beautiful wife Louise. In 2001 they discovered a potpourri of information about the restoration of all Israel. As a benefit of that research, they have embraced the Torah, the Sabbath (Exo 31:12-17), and the remembrance of YHVH's feasts (Lev 23).

Richard's email address is: roshavot@yahoo.com.