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Regarding Kabbalah, Although our traditional Jewish brethren will totally disagree, The Refiner's Fire views Kabbalah as just another man-made form of astrology. (Kabbalah has of late become popular via the Hollywood types who haven't got a clue about the Jews or the origins of Kabbalah. It's just another "cool" trend to follow - a trend spawned, like every other, by Satan himself....) However, since Kabbalah is not mentioned in the Bible, it is therefore, not of God. For a more indepth explanation, please see What is Kabballah and Discussion about Kabbalah.
Regarding the Talmud: The Talmud is commentary on Mishna (Oral Law). The question is this: WHAT oral law? Did God say He was giving us an "oral law" that was to be interpreted by MAN? Not hardly! The Bible tells us that Moshe (Moses) wrote down everything that God said on Mt. Sinai:
Exodus 24:3-7: "Moshe came and told the people everything Adonai had said, including all the rulings. The people answered with one voice: 'We will obey every word Adonai has spoken.' Moshe wrote down all the words of Adonai... Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud, so that the people could hear; and they responded, 'Everything that Adonai has spoken, we will do and obey.'"
Back in the "Old Testament" days, it was the rabbis who interpreted the Torah. They discussed the mysteries of God and life and addressed the "do's" and "don'ts" of acceptable societal behavior, along with the resulting consequences of various crimes, and sexual perversions. They did the best they could with their limited, human mindsets.
We realize that those in traditional Judaism see the Talmud on par if not surpassing the Bible in its authoritative nature but, one has to remember that the Talmud was written by MAN (in addition to, and outside of the Bible!) and his limited thoughts which makes it an imperfect document. But, the bottom line is, the only Book that matters is the Bible, which is GOD'S Perfect Word. As far as we are concerned, the Talmud has no authority since it is MAN's word and MAN's interpretation of what God supposedly "meant to say". We at The Refiner's Fire view the Talmud as resource material and nothing more.
Regarding the Magen David, please see the following article: Star of David.
Regarding the Noachide Laws, there is nothing wrong with the laws themselves. They are laws which everyone should be keeping. These are laws that are found in the Bible (though not all together in the same place, nor are they listed as "Noachide"). The problem is with the purpose that was stated for these laws. The laws were given by the sages to non-Jews in order to allow non-Jews to have a place in the world to come. The problem with that is that no Jew or non-Jew will have a place in the world to come based on their keeping or not keeping these laws. Works has never gotten anyone into heaven.
As a Messianic Jew, I personally know that I am assured a place in heaven because of Yeshua's death on the cross as the final sin Sacrifice. Walking in Torah is a wonderful thing to do because God said so and we are blessed when we do it. But walking in Torah by itself does NOT give us eternal life once we die.
Here is an illustration: You have a friend who gives you a new car, but the reason he gave you the new car is so that you would be a get-away driver for his bank robberies. While there is nothing wrong with someone giving you a car, the reason he gave you the car is all wrong. The Noachide laws are a good thing. But they were given by the sages to non-Jews for a wrong reason....
A more indepth explanation can be found directly on our pages: Explaining Netzarim; and Original Commandments.
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