Jesus the Jew

March issue, 1995 pages 1-6 [I typed it in.] | Arthur Zamboni----Catholic Digest--condensed from Catholic Update

[ArGee]

Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah. Ten points and a Kewpie doll for you.

I probably shouldn't have been showing off, but I've been to so many Messianic Jewish worship services that I can quote that passage better in Hebrew than in English. That's about the only Hebrew I know, except for the Aaronic blessing and the blessing over the wine and bread.

Shalom.

[wimpycat]

And don't forget Moses as a prince of Egypt, son of the daughter of Pharoah.

And Robert E. Lee being asked to command the Union Army by Abraham Lincoln.

God does work in mysterious ways, doesn't He?

[ArGee]

He'd speak that way to many Jews, Christians and Muslims.

No he wouldn't. No he wouldn't. Jesus was all about peace. Jesus was all about turning the other cheek. Jesus was all about love and warm fuzzy feelings. Don't you remember learning about "Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild" during Sunday School? Jesus would never assail the Pharisees with "Woe to thee" and call them a brood of vipers and stuff like that. Jesus would never appear as a warrior with a sword in His mouth such that He scared the Apostle He loved half to death.

</sarcasm>

Shalom.

[wimpycat]

.....And Henry VIII being entitled "Defender of the Faith" by the Pope.

[BibChr]

I'm sorry, could you be just a tad more cryptic? I almost understand what you're saying.

Dan

[madrussian]

Jesus the human was a Jew, Jesus the God's son wasn't. God has no nationality.

The excerpts quoted by you don't make Judaism a religion of love.

[RightWhale]

He raised Lazarus from the dead,
that He cast out demons,
that He walked on water,
that He multiplied the loaves and fishes,
that He cured the blind man,
that He was tempted by the Devil for forty days,
that He was crucified and rose from the dead

That makes him Jewish? :)

[RightWhale]

Jesus was not Roman. There is no suggestion of that.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Yahweh, call your office.

[malakhi]

Actually, Jews were one tribe of the (Christian) House of Israel, anticipating Christ's arrival. When He, the Messiah arrived, they rejected Him, splintering from the (Christian) House of Israel. Then, they conducted the first holocaust against their own people for accepting Christ as the Messiah. Later, their descendants were to be saved from another holocaust by the nation founded by men seeking to worship Christ freely, America, 2,000 years later. America has no obligation other than brotherly love toward Israel and Her lost, reorganized (Christian) House of Israel, tribe of Judah brothers and sisters. Christianity is the oldest religion, with Judaism being the oldest Christian splinter group, followed by Islam the modern pagan religion that remains as a thorn to keep Christians humble.

Well, that's quite a story you have there. The only problem is its complete and utter disconnection with reality.

[geaux]

Curious to know what you think.

[malakhi]

The old covenant no longer exists.

God said that His covenant with Israel would be EVERLASTING. Is God a liar?

[AshleyMontagu]

It would be interesting to compare and contrast the meaning of the word 'neighbor' in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Care to give it a shot?

[malakhi]

Jesus the human was a Jew, Jesus the God's son wasn't.

There are two different Jesus's?

[malakhi]

The excerpts quoted by you don't make Judaism a religion of love.

you shall love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18)

[f.Christian]

God does work in mysterious ways, doesn't He?

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[Dallas]

As far as I can tell, the law given to the Hebrews only pertains to a Jew's behavior while dealing with other Jews.

There is no penalty, and does not apply to a Jew's behavior towards a Gentile.

[RightWhale]

the Jewish Jesus was some sort of cover up for something else

There has been some mention lately [on FR even] that the Muslims, or some of them, say that Jesus was a prophet, but a liar. What are they talking about? I think many of them do believe so. This being the situation, how can Christianity possibly defeat Islam? We're going to need to do better if we are going to change any minds over there. I don't think Islam has a corner on the truth market, but how can they be persuaded at this late date when they weren't persuaded way back when?

[Lurking Libertarian]

As far as I can tell, the law given to the Hebrews only pertains to a Jew's behavior while dealing with other Jews. There is no penalty, and does not apply to a Jew's behavior towards a Gentile.

Read a little further-- Leviticus 19:34 says that if a "stranger" (non-Jew) lives among you, you must love him as yourself.

[Paulus Invictus]

Jesus (Y'shua in Aramaic) apparently had a close and friendly relationship with at least two Pharisees, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus.

When I ask people what Jesus' real name was, they are astounded, thinking that the name Jesus is correct. Y'shua was also thought to be a form of Joshua or Jehosua. The Greeks could'nt easily translate the name Y'shua so they made it Iesu and so did the Romans, thence to Jesus in English. Any flames?