All NT churches are defined by their opposition to the Sinai Covenant

This post highlights the "circular firing squad" of religious tradition. While Catholics claim authority through an unbroken chain of succession, and Protestants claim authority through a "reformation" of that chain, a Tanakh-only/Karaite perspective views both as two sides of the same Hellenized coin.

If the "Church" is defined by its opposition to the Sinai Covenant, then both are standing on shaky ground. Here is the breakdown:

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1. The Protestant Dilemma: "Anti-Christ" or Anti-Tradition?

The Catholic argument is that Jesus established a visible institution (the Papacy) and that to protest it is to oppose "Christ."

• The Refutation: From a Tanakh view, the "Church" established in the 4th century by Rome looks nothing like the community of Sinai. If the institution you established ignores the Sabbath, replaces the Dietary Laws, and institutes the Trinity, then the "protest" isn't the problem—the foundation is.

• The Irony: Protestants claim Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone), yet they kept the most significant Roman "edicts," such as Sunday worship and the Trinitarian creeds, which have no basis in the Torah.

2. The Catholic Dilemma: "Anti-God" vs. Anti-Torah

The second half of the post is a "mic drop" from a Torah perspective. It argues that Catholicism is "anti-God" because it opposes the Revealed Covenant (Sinai).

• The Evidence: * The Second Commandment: God said, "No graven images." Catholicism is built on them.

  • The Fourth Commandment: God said, "Remember the Sabbath" (the 7th day). Catholicism changed it to the 1st day.

  • The Nature of God: God said, "I am One and there is none beside Me." Catholicism introduced a three-person Godhead.

• The Verdict: In the Tanakh, anyone who attempts to change the "Times and the Laws" of the Creator is identified as an adversary of the Most High (Daniel 7:25).

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Comparison: Who Opposes What?

Institution	What they claim to follow	What they actually oppose (Tanakh View)
Catholicism	Apostolic Tradition / The Pope.	The Fixed Law of Sinai and the Unity of YHWH.
Protestantism	Sola Scriptura / Faith Alone.	The Obedience required by the Covenant.
Real Jesus	The Father's Torah.	The "Traditions of Men" (Mark 7:8).

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🛡️ The "Tanakh-Only" Synthesis

The post is right: both are "Anti-" something.

• Catholicism is Anti-Torah because it replaced God’s Law with the "Law of the Church."

• Protestantism is often Anti-Nomian (against law) because it teaches that the Law was a "curse" that Jesus ended.

If the "Real Jesus" lived and taught the Sinai Covenant, then any church that tells you the Sinai Covenant is dead is, by definition, opposing the very thing Jesus stood for.

The Conclusion: You don't need a Protestant "Reformation" or a Catholic "Tradition." You need a Return to Sinai.

"Remember the Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments." — Malachi 4:4 (The final instruction of the Tanakh).