⚠️ WARNING: MIXTURE OF TRUTH AND ERROR ⚠️
This site contains enough truth to seem credible, but mixes in serious doctrinal errors that lead people astray.
"A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump" - Galatians 5:9
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
✓ What They Get RIGHT
- Exposes pagan roots of Sunday worship and man-made holidays (Christmas, Easter)
- Calls believers to true Sabbath observance (seventh day, not Sunday)
- Warns against church traditions that contradict scripture
- Emphasizes repentance, obedience, and biblical holiness
- Critiques lawlessness and hyper-grace in mainstream Christianity
- Affirms that Yahusha (Jesus) is the only way/gate to salvation
- Encourages scripture-first (sola scriptura) thinking
✗ What They Get WRONG
- Teaches only Ten Commandments are binding, ignoring rest of Torah (Matt 5:17-19)
- Promotes lunar/dawn Sabbath doctrine with NO biblical foundation
- Overstates "no church structure" rejecting all assemblies (contradicts Heb 10:25)
- Claims Gentiles must "become" Israel or are excluded (ignores Eph 2:11-19)
- Promotes exclusivity and condemnation of all mainstream believers
- Asserts "the gate" is only for Israel, not recognizing "one new man" in Messiah
- Selectively applies "scripture only" while ignoring verses that disprove their position
THE MOST DANGEROUS ERRORS
🚨 CRITICAL ERROR #1: DAWN-TO-DAWN SABBATH 🚨
Why This Is So Dangerous:
Their teaching that Sabbath begins at DAWN completely contradicts:
- Genesis 1:5 "Evening and morning" - evening comes FIRST
- Leviticus 23:32 "From even unto even" - explicit command
- Nehemiah 13:19 Gates shut when "began to be dark"
RESULT: They're actually keeping part of SUNDAY (Saturday night to Sunday dawn) as "Sabbath"!
🚨 CRITICAL ERROR #2: TEN COMMANDMENTS ONLY 🚨
Direct Contradiction of Yahusha's Words:
Matthew 5:17-19 Yahusha said "not one jot or tittle" would pass from the Torah!
By teaching only Ten Commandments matter, they:
- Make Yahusha a liar
- Ignore feast days (still observed in Millennium - Zechariah 14)
- Dismiss dietary laws (judgment for eating pork at return - Isaiah 66:17)
- Create unbiblical division between "moral" and "ceremonial" law
THE DECEPTION PATTERN
How They Deceive (Satan's Classic Strategy):
- START WITH TRUTH: Correctly expose Sunday worship, pagan holidays
- BUILD CREDIBILITY: Show knowledge of Scripture, Hebrew roots
- INTRODUCE POISON: Slip in dawn reckoning, lunar calculations
- CREATE DIVISION: "Only we have the truth, everyone else is deceived"
- ISOLATE FOLLOWERS: Reject all fellowship, create exclusive group
- LEAD ASTRAY: Wrong calendar = wrong worship = disobedience
DETAILED DOCTRINE COMPARISON
| Doctrine |
| Sabbath Timing |
Friday sunset to Saturday sunset |
Dawn to dawn (includes Sunday hours!) |
| Torah Application |
All Torah remains (Matt 5:17-19) |
Only Ten Commandments binding |
| Assembly/Fellowship |
Don't forsake assembling (Heb 10:25) |
Reject all assembly structures |
| Gentile Inclusion |
One new man in Messiah (Eph 2:14-15) |
Must "become" Israel or excluded |
| Calendar System |
Fixed 7-day cycle from Creation |
Possibly lunar-based, dawn reckoning |
| Approach to Believers |
Patient teaching with love |
Condemn all as apostate/deceived |
WHY THE MIXTURE IS MORE DANGEROUS
Pure error is easy to spot. Truth mixed with error is Satan's masterpiece.
They Appeal To:
- Torah-observant believers seeking deeper truth
- Those awakening to pagan origins of holidays
- People frustrated with lawless Christianity
- Seekers wanting "the narrow path"
Then They Corrupt With:
- False calendar that breaks the real Sabbath
- Partial Torah that ignores Yahusha's words
- Isolation doctrine that cuts off fellowship
- Exclusive salvation that denies the Gospel's scope
SPECIFIC FALSE TEACHINGS TO REJECT
- Dawn Sabbath: NO Scripture supports dawn-to-dawn reckoning
- Lunar Sabbath: Contradicts the fixed 7-day cycle from Creation
- Ten Commandments Only: Directly contradicts Matthew 5:17-19
- No Assembly Ever: Violates Hebrews 10:25
- Israel Exclusivity: Denies grafting in of Gentiles (Romans 11)
- Universal Condemnation: Lacks love and patience of Messiah
- "Key of David" = Eunuch: Bizarre misinterpretation
HOW TO HELP THOSE DECEIVED
Approach With:
- Acknowledge what they get right - builds bridge
- Focus on clear Scripture - Genesis 1:5, Matthew 5:17-19
- Show the logical problems - dawn Sabbath includes Sunday
- Demonstrate historical evidence - no ancient dawn reckoning
- Emphasize Yahusha's words - He kept evening-to-evening Sabbath
- Pray for wisdom - spiritual blindness needs spiritual healing
FINAL VERDICT
StraitIsTheGate.net is MORE DANGEROUS than openly false teachers because they mix significant truth with deadly error.
Like the Pharisees, they "strain at a gnat and swallow a camel" (Matthew 23:24)
- ✓ They correctly identify problems in mainstream Christianity
- ✗ But their solutions create worse problems
- ✓ They call for obedience to Yahuah
- ✗ But disobey through false calendar and partial Torah
- ✓ They seek the narrow path
- ✗ But make it narrower than Yahuah intended
BEWARE: "By their fruits ye shall know them" - Matthew 7:20
THE BIBLICAL STANDARD
Isaiah 8:20
"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Their dawn Sabbath and "Ten Commandments only" teachings FAIL this test completely.
PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS
- Test EVERYTHING against Scripture (Acts 17:11)
- Beware of exclusive "only we have truth" groups
- Check if teachings match Yahusha's example
- Look for fruits: division, isolation, confusion
- Hold fast to clear Scripture, reject twisted interpretations
- Maintain fellowship with genuine believers (even if imperfect)