Totally Shocked & Extremely Disappointed - Jews for Jesus Founder Gone the Other Way

[Tropicana]

Yes I know...I shock too easily. Also, if I didn't put people on a pedestal, I wouldn't always end up disappointed.

Sitting here waiting for the young man to walk through the door. Decided to put on the TV. One channel had some beautiful horses so I sat down to watch. A fairly attractive man was speaking of how he was born into a secular Jewish family but eventually, came to a revelation of Yeshua as the Messiah and was converted. He felt called by God to move to America and become a Rabbi and get involved in Messianic Jewish Alliance, an evangelical Christian ministry that has spread around the world. Google him and his name is Philip Sharpe

So far so good. I thought. Very nice. Even as he is a horse trainer. Ticking off many boxes on my list.

Next thing he started having visions every time he would lay down on his couch. He started seeing visions of angels etc. and fell called by God to follow the Old Testemant practice of having a number of wives. SEVEN wives in fact. (He is legally married to one and shacks up with her and the other 6). He now believes he is destined to become a Hebrew king.



I was totally



Changed the channel immediately. Enjoying Million Dollar Rooms instead.

Anyway, in case you think I am making this up.....mi will post confirmation in a second.

[RichD]

Changed the channel immediately. Enjoying Million Dollar Rooms instead.

Anyway, in case you think I am making this up.....mi will post confirmation in a second.

instagram picture of you changing the channel?

[Emperah]

Awesome, so he finally sees the bible for what it really says

[Tropicana]

He lives in England where they call him the Rampant Rabbi.

Rampant Rabbi: Seven wives, eight children and one very happy 'messiah' - meet Britain's most unorthodox family

Philip Sharp emerges from his farmhouse kitted out in jodphurs, a thick red sweater and boots, and strides purposefully towards the stables to take his racehorses for their morning gallop.

Before arriving, I had not formed a clear impression in my mind of what a 'rampant rabbi' looks like, but the man in jodphurs before me - albeit one with a rascal-ish gleam in his eye - is definitely not it.
Nonetheless, this is the man himself, the man who has found infamy across the land for living with his 'harem' of seven 'wives' and their many children.

All the women have changed their surnames by deed poll to Sharp and wear wedding bands. But there is no marriage ceremony when they become part of this extraordinary community: they are judged to have become Philip's 'wife' when their particular relationship is consummated.
The wives' personalities broadly fall into two categories: the 'softer' ones - Chava, Hannah, Karyn and Margo - and the 'harder' types - Tracey and Judith. Vreni falls somewhere in the middle.
There are eight children aged from five months to six years. And confusingly, Margo's three children are being raised by Judith, and call her 'Mummy', not Margo.
Philip also has five children, aged 13 to 22, from his first wife - the only one recognised as such by law - from whom he is estranged.

Two of his sons from that marriage also live with him, along with his eldest son's wife and their own two young children.
It is, you might say, an eclectic mix. But one big happy family? We shall see.
They all live together in a former oasthouse set in 27 acres of paddocks and fields near Battle in East Sussex.

They own about 40 horses, many of them thoroughbreds,

See what I mean about bad behaviour being rewarded.

as well as chickens, two black labradors and a few cats. Scattered about the farm are various outbuildings and barns.

It's a typical scene of pastoral life. And that's what's so odd about this place. It seems so normal that it's almost spooky.
Philip and his wives are followers of Messianic Judaism, which Philip explains is essentially being Jewish, but believing in Jesus Christ as the son of God.
Contrary to recent reports, Philip says he is not the reincarnation of an Old Testament king, but simply 'a king' specially selected by God.
Before we go into what part religion and kings have played in this tale, let us first address the nitty gritty of polygamy.
How does it work? Does Philip flit from bed to bed at night, creeping in and out of his wives' respective rooms? Are they allotted an equal share of their 'husband'? Who does he cuddle up to on the sofa when they're all watching telly?
'There is no system as such,' explains 48-year-old Philip.

'It's an evolving thing, it just happens. I might spend a week or so with one wife, then spend another week with another wife.'
He has his own little flat in one of the outbuildings, to which the favoured wife of the moment is 'invited' to share his bed.
When he feels it's time to give someone else a turn, he will tell the present incumbent so, in the nicest possible don't-take-it-personally kind of way.

Judith explains, 'Philip will say something like: "I think this should be our last night together." Obviously, you'd rather that wasn't the case, but you accept it as the way it is.'

But you may not be surprised to learn that they keep their husband happy. Twenty-five years ago, the rampant rabbi, the son of a Jewish clothes manufacturer for C&A and his wife from Stanmore in Middlesex, was a well-known radio DJ called Phil Sharp.'I was quite famous for a time,' he says. 'It was wine, women and song, and a bit of dope.
'But even though I'd achieved what I wanted, I felt increasingly depressed and I turned to God.'
In 1982 he married his first wife, Hadass, and five children followed. In the early Nineties he began to become involved in an American religious organisation called the Messianic Jewish Alliance.
In 1994 he was ordained as a rabbi by the organisation (a qualification which would not be recognised by traditional Jews) and began preaching in a number of synagogues.

'Jesus was Jewish, his disciples were Jewish, the people he healed were Jewish, yet the Church turned anti-semitic,' says Philip.
His marriage began to deteriorate, with increasing differences between the couple.
The fatal rupture occurred in 2000 when he decided he wanted to take his children out of State education.
'They were being taught sex education and about homosexuality and I wanted them out of there,' he says.
His wife objected and took him to court; the judge ordered him to send his children back to school. Philip refused and was sent to jail for two weeks for contempt of court, serving a week.

After this, he says, he couldn't go back to his wife. He doesn't want to go into why the marriage failed but does say his wife was 'rebellious' and would 'do things without communicating'.
He turned to Judith, his secretary at the synagogue, and asked her to 'share his life'.

She accepted and believed she was going to be the only wife.

[Tropicana]

Judith wanted Philip for herself, and not unreasonably expected that that would be the case.

But an atmosphere of religious fervour was taking hold at Philip's synagogue in Hove, which was to lead eventually to his belief that he should take more wives.
'God was telling me I was a king. Not the Messiah, as has been suggested, but a Messiah. What God was showing me was that I would have a significant role in a Jewish revival, that a true nation of Israel would rise up and the world as we know it today was going to be severely judged.
'There would not be democracy, but kings throughout the world - humble, righteous kings.'
And Philip would be one of them. As well as bearing the responsibility of being a king, Philip was beginning to worry about the welfare of the women in his congregation.
'The Bible says God is the head of the man, and man is the head of the woman,' he says.

'And I was thinking: "I've got all these women in the congregation and none of them of them has a head." This had to be a true covenant, not just a Saturday morning get-together. God was telling me I was like a patriarch.'
And so from this Philip came up with the idea of making these women without heads his wives. He would be their head, their protector - their 'husband'.
He found passages in the Bible which seemed to give the all-clear. So was this the guiding hand of God, or a terrific scam by someone who wanted to have sex with lots of women?

He began to sound out his idea to women in the congregation. Some fled, but, remarkably, other women warmed to the idea, though not apparently the religious authorities.

He was later 'derobed' by the Messianic Jewish Alliance
It began in 2001. The first was a lady called Sue, who, having joined Philip and Judith, left after a couple of months, finding the arrangement not to her liking. But Sue was quickly followed by Tracey, Margo, Vreni, Hannah and then Karyn.
Judith was more than a little miffed at first. 'But I appealed to God to help me through it and He did,' she says. 'It wasn't that I accepted it, just that it was right and that it was right for me to stay.
'We all have our fears and hang-ups and there is a huge safety in our family, this environment allows you to be humble. Don't get me wrong, sex is important to all the wives, but this is not just about being married to Philip. It's a spiritual, Godly set-up.'
They settled into a house near Brighton before moving into the current place two years ago. Now, the women take it in turns to cook and help around the farm. Karyn works on Philip's haulage business. Philip concentrates on his horseracing and horse breeding.

Anyway there is LOTS more...far too much to cut and paste even for me. You can read it here.

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I think they are all barking mad....especially him. Unbelievable and totally shocking

[Tropicana]

instagram picture of you changing the channel?

Million Dollar Rooms is much more interesting. They were discussing a house that has been built with an exact replica of the staircase, landing and dome from the Titanic. Now there is a house with a nautical theme, 7 bodies of water, pools with geothermal heating, and a huge sauna. One pool has a $150,000 custom designed sea shell.

[Tropicana]

Awesome, so he finally sees the bible for what it really says

Don't even try to push my buttons or I will start talking about Gustavo again.




I keep forgetting to ask you...don't you think he models beautifully?

[Emperah]

push buttons, dat is wah de bible reveal but yuh waan follow follow yt ppl and dats yuh keep puttin dis homo infront a ppl

[Tropicana]

He is married with a child AND he is a successful lawyer...he is not gay.

[Tropicana]

Notice the trophy wife.

[RichD]

He is married with a child AND he is a successful lawyer...he is not gay.

which of those things preclude him from being gay?

[Tropicana]

He is not gay.

[RichD]

He is not gay.

mek mi put this in my spreadhsheet. time and date

[Tropicana]

Good you just go ahead and do that.

[RichD]

Good you just go ahead and do that.

i have done so


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