Ben Masada;5114626:
Oops, it looks to me from your post here that I have angered you in some way; that was not my intention and I apologize if anything I said sounded insulting, I did not mean it in that way.
No, no. Don’t worry. You did not offend me. I know what is to be offended here in this forum.
I therefore have to ask why you started this thread and why post here?
Because of the Pauline policy of Replacement Theology. And why I post it here, because this a section of the Forum for non-Catholic religions. In fact, I was in the Bible debate section and they transfered me to this section.
What do you hope to acheive?
What Isaiah wrote in 42:6. That Israel was given as light unto the Gentiles.
I entered into dialogue with you on this thread because I am a Religious Studies student, you are Jewish and I was hoping to educate myself in relation to your understanding of the Old Testament.
Very good! Let us start with the misnomer, Old Testament. There is no such a thing as Old Testament. This is an item from the antisemitic agenda of Paul in Galatians 4:21-31, which means Replacement Theology. The name is Tanach or Hebrew Scriptures.
I did not mean to be contentious in any way but I have my beliefs and I have no intention of changing my mind on any of those beliefs.
**Good for you! Although it tells me you don’t have a missionary spirit. Why are you on religious studies? **
I have not joined this thread with the expectation that anything I say will change your beliefs or with that intention. I am purely and simply interested in dialogue and educating myself in relation to the beliefs of others.
That’s okay. Things change as we progress.
This is not because I feel I cannot defend my beliefs or unwilling to enter into dialogue with persons of other denominations.
Are you sure?
Are you saying that you believe Paul was the Anticrist?
I am just trying to use logic based on your belief that Jesus was Christ. According to my beliefs, Christ is Israel, the Jewish People. You must know that Christ means anointed. And according to Habakkuk 3:13, Israel is the anointed People of God. So, any anti-Semite is an antichrist.
I say that because of your comment about Paul going against Christ.
Well, if Jesus said he did not come to abolish the Law and Paul said that he did abolish the Law, do we have to be genius to see Paul here contradicting Jesus? To contradict is to stand against. Against is the same as “anti.” If you believe Jesus was Christ, what else do you want me to say?
as far as I know, and I stand to be corrected,
Why do you stand correct? Is it based on preconceived notions?
Jesus did not disagree with the religious teachings of the Pharasees, but he did not like the kind of people they were and did not want his followers to be like them.
There was never any contension between Jesus and the Pharisees. The grudge with the Pharisees was with Paul, because the Pharisees never allowed him to build a church in Israeli soil.
Perhaps this is not what you meant when you said the house of Israel has nothing to do with Christians.
I said that the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31 was with the House of Israel and the House of Judah. You can check it out. And indeed it had nothing to do with Christians. The salvation of Mankind is connected with the existence of Israel, according to Genesis 8:21 and Jeremiah 31:35-37.
Do you disagree with what I said? That the Jewish nation made the one true God known to everyone?
No, I agree with you, but are you aware of how the Church has paid us back for that?
Why do you think 2.5 million Jews are perishing for lack of knowledge? What does this statement mean? Who are these 2.5 million Jews?
I have a record of about 2.5 million Jews who somehow have converted to Christianity by accepting Jesus as the one. They are perishing for lack of knowledge according to Hosea 4:6 because they do know the Scriptures, neither ours nor the Christian one.
