Sista soul Ja lays it down. Who else has read both of the relevant scriptures? Well me for one, but you get my point!
Most of the New Testiment is based on making the case of Jesus' divinity through miricles and fullfullment of prophesy. Nice one Judy. --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 2/20/07 1:01:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > jstein@ writes: > > > > And just as Joseph revealed his circumcision to his > > brothers to prove > > > who he was, Christ will reveal to the Jews the scars in his > > hands, feet and > > > side to prove who he was when he returns. > > > > I don't think that's likely to do the trick, actually. > > For Jews there are more important issues involved. > > > > No , that will not be what makes them accept him as Messiah, > > but will show them that he was Jesus. > > Anybody can have scars on their hands and feet > and side. > > The problem with Jesus as Messiah is that he > clearly wasn't the Messiah prophesied to the Jews > in the Hebrew Scriptures. Among other things, > The prophesied Messiah will be a human being, not > God. And it's blasphemy in Judaism to say a human > being is divine. The High Priest wasn't ripping > his garments just for dramatic effect. > > I know the response to this is that the Jews have > misunderstood their own scriptures, but that's > just insulting. It's no wonder knowledgeable Jews > aren't interested. > > I'm not saying Jesus wasn't a Really Big Deal, just > that Christians ought to leave the Jews the frack > alone about him and worry about their own salvation. > If God wants His Chosen People to turn to Jesus, > He'll find a way to do it, but I seriously doubt it's > going to look like a parallel between Bible stories. > And He's got a whole lot of 'splainin' to do. >
