2006-10-28 00:34:05 · 4 answers · asked by gruby 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Israel
yes there are, as the term Nazarite simply meant one who has taken a vow and is seperate "Holy one of God". Like Samson or John the baptist.
There are now groups who set themselves apart and practice the vows of the Nazarite all over the world including Israel.
2006-10-28 22:59:52 · answer #1 · answered by toda1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Nazarites served God in a special way long ago. God's pupose is for all mankind to come into a relationship with him. He long ago....as soon as Adam turned his back on the creator....began a process to return mankind to his original purpose for the earth. That process involved a "special" relationship with a family for several reasons, (one was to provide a messianic King to take charge of returning the earth back to order). That family was Abraham's family and turned out to be the nation of Israel. It was a 2 way agreement. The Israelites many times violated their end of the agreement and not once did God violate his end of the agreement. Once that "special" relationship produced a messiah, Jehovah God no longer needed to place the Israelites in an special position. Now anyone can approach God through a relationship with the Messiah, (Jesus) and come into a "special" relationship with God. The special news of this was first preached to the Israelites, then later opened up to all people. In this way God is not partial to anyone. He provides the information so that anyone can approach him and serve him. You could say now, (as does the Bible) that there is a spiritual Israel made up of "every tribe and tongue". The Messiah, (Jesus) himself officially stated that the special relationship with Israel had ended and even accurately foretold the absolute destruction of Jewish Jerusalem. It occured in 70CE. All records were destroyed then. The few inhabitants of Jerusalem who were not killed were scattered all over the then known world. The "nation" which exists today does not represent the Kingdom of God. It has no temple. It was put there by man, not by God. The Christian restoration prophecies are in regard to a new covenant or agreement between God and a loyal Spiritual Israel and results in a heavenly kingdom or government which will restore the earth.
NOTE: It is a serious mistake to think that the secular nation of Israel today is favored by God over any other people or that they have a God- given right to their land in Palestine forever. Any restoration prophecies which apply to literal Israel apply to the "kingdom" of Israel and were fulfilled long ago when they were restored from captivity to Babylon. Today we see "Christian Zionists" meddling in poilitcal affairs and adding to the Chaos in the middle east which will backfire in a large way.
2006-10-28 13:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by fasteddie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, of course.
There is a town called Nazarath. People that live there are known as Nazarites.
Simple as that.
2006-10-28 14:17:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are still groups in Nazeret
that define themselves as nazarites
and are true to the 'original' ones.
2006-10-30 20:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by Luv Thy Neighbour! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋