Apologetics Answers for answering Jewish objections to Jesus

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Then can you imagine them killing someone who would want to convert?
So you have no firsthand knowledge of Orthodox Jews? You just share random videos from Youtube?
 
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Some of the Masoretic edits are really crafty. There’s the popular ones like changing “they pierced my hands and feet”, but a subtle one that sticks out to me is Genesis 11, when it lists the genealogies of Shem and so on. After Shem, lifespans change dramatically. Instead of the usual long lifespans, they cut in half. It produces the crazy effect of Shem (the last long lived patriarch) to actually outlive his great great great/etc grandsons! He lives all the way into Abraham’s era.

But in the Septuagint, the lifespans are much longer. Completely different! Shem doesn’t outlive any of them.

Now here’s the kicker: The Jews have a tradition of saying Shem is actually Melchizedek, and this is how he befriended Abraham. To this day they teach this. Why?

Look at Hebrews: It calls Jesus a priest in the order of Melchizedek, “having no father”… a mysterious figure. And it argues that Jesus is worthy to be a High Priest, because he’s part of this order of Melchizedek. It’s unthinkable for a Jew to be a Priest unless they are Levites. But Hebrews argues that Melchizedek is a higher priest than Levi, because he predated him and even blessed Abraham (where Levi was in his loins).

So the Jews altered the text in Genesis and made Melchizedek into Shem, and part of the same branch of Levi… and hence, this negates the High Priesthood of Jesus.

And this is just one thing you’re going to have to work with. They had millennia to build this up.
 
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I think what these Israelis are experiencing in Israel is from certain groups in Israel; the death threats might be bluster, though the harassment is certainly real. There are plenty of videos of it on Youtube.
 
Meh. “ONE FOR ISRAEL” appears to be more Fundamental/Evangelical then Catholic.
And just because there are videos on Youtube, does not make it real.
 
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I didn’t say Orthodox Jews want to kill Israeli converts to Christianity. What I did say is that there are a number of rabbis threatening the converts who are sharing the gospel. Did you not watch the videos I posted? Also, did you notice what the rabbi said regarding the Talmud?
 
Roy Schoeman has some pretty long vids, but here’s a good series (he’s a Catholic).

 
I never said it was Catholic. They are Christian converts. Baptized, meaning, members of the Body of Christ, which means, members of the Church…
 
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Huh. Strange that a proclaimed Catholic would adhere to unCatholic teachings.
And one of the titles of your videos did say that an Orthodox Rabbi threatened to have these two men killed. Strange also that they did not give the name of the Rabbi either.
 
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Realize that as Catholic we will be held to a much higher standard than non-Catholics, being that we have been given so much more. Thus the more you know, the more will be expected from you. We shouldn’t denigrate other Christians merely for not being Catholic. They love and believe in Jesus to, yet they do not have the Seven Sacraments!. So, love and kindness please…
 
I am a convert are you?
And your videos are not promoting love and kindness to our Jewish Brothers and Sisters.
 
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If you dig a little you can find the name of the rabbis threatening them. You can also watch the rabbis on video. The point is that being a Christian is not as easy as it is in our country. These people are brave. All they are doing is sharing the gospel.
 
There’s a lot to learn from Messianic/Protestant types. They still have a wealth of knowledge as far as scriptures go. If anything, it can be personally rewarding. But not all of it, of course.
 
I think the missionaries need your prayers, not scorn. Maybe you need to watch their videos and then comment. Our Jewish brothers and sister are greatly loved, and I think it is great that these Israeli converts are sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
 
I watched. The world would be a better place of we focused on what unites us.
 
As for conversion, this word can be misleading. It’s one thing to intellectually convert out of looking to facts and then believing certain truths. It’s quite another to have a conversion of heart. In a sense. a real conversion is a lifelong process of sanctification, removing all the nasty things from our hearts, from un-forgiveness and resentments to worldly attachments, anything that separates us from God. Thus sanctifying grace is so powerful, as it empowers us to do things we would otherwise not be able to do on our own. That’s why it is so important to share the gospel with those who do not have Jesus!
 
Were you born and raised in The Catholic Church? Do you have a background in religious studies? Archaeology? Anthropology?
 
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