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To: Grey Ghost II
the Jewish messianic wait is not in vain

Duh. Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and He's coming back. "For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in. And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob." (Rom 11:25-26).

Of course that doesn't mean that the Jews have a valid reason to reject their Messiah, or his historical form, the Church...

Indeed, the Church, guided by charity and respect for freedom, must be primarily committed to proclaiming to all people the truth definitively revealed by the Lord, and to announcing the necessity of conversion to Jesus Christ and of adherence to the Church through Baptism and the other sacraments, in order to participate fully in communion with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Thus, the certainty of the universal salvific will of God does not diminish, but rather increases the duty and urgency of the proclamation of salvation and of conversion to the Lord Jesus Christ. - Cardinal Ratzinger

32 posted on 04/18/2005 6:40:38 PM PDT by gbcdoj (And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend it. ~ John 1:5)
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To: gbcdoj
Duh. Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and He's coming back.

Per my post:"although Jews are waiting for the first coming and Christians for the second."

38 posted on 04/18/2005 6:50:34 PM PDT by Grey Ghost II
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