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To: Torahman
Judaism is anti-Christian

One needs only to read the Jewish Talmud, which is the foundation of all Rabbinical teaching, to see the vitriol hatred of Jesus the Christ, and through association - all Christians.

The Description of Jesus in the Talmud

Jesus was born out of wedlock (Mishna Yebamoth 4,13) to His mother, Miriam, and her lover Pantera (Shabbat 104b). She is said to have been the descendant of princes and rulers, and to have played the harlot with a carpenter (Sanhedrin 106a). Jesus spent time in Egypt, from where He learned magic. He was a magician who deceived and led Israel astray. He mocked at the words of the wise, was tainted with heresy, and was thus excommunicated (Sanhedrin 107b). He called Himself God, also the Son of Man, and said that He would go up to heaven (Jerusalem Taanit 65a). He was “near to the kingdom” and had five disciples (Sanhedrin 43a). He was tried in Lydda as a deceiver and as a teacher of apostasy (Tosephta Sanhedrin X, 11: Jerusalem Sanhedrin 25c,d). He was executed in Lydda, on the eve of Passover, which was also the eve of the Sabbath, by being stoned and hung, or crucified (Tosephta Sanhedrin IX, 7). For forty days a herald proclaimed that He was to be stoned, and invited evidence in His favor, but none was given (Sanhedrin 43a). He (under the name of Balaam) was put to death by Pinchas the Robber (Pontius Pilate?) when He was thirty-three years old (Sanhedrin 106b). He was punished in Gehenna by the means of boiling filth (Gittin 56b, 57a). Finally, under the name of Balaam, He is one of those excluded from the world to come (Mishna Sanhedrin X, 2).

In addition to these horribly erroneous and blasphemous statements said of Jesus in the Talmud, there is yet more to be found in the Jewish scholarly studies known as the “Toledot Yeshu” (“History of Jesus”). In this strange parody of the life of Jesus, there are similarities with what is said in the traditional Talmudic references, the only difference being that the commentary is less restrained and more elaborate. Here is a sample of what is said of the Jesus in the Toledot Yeshu.

The Description of Jesus in the Toledot Yeshu

Mary, who had been betrothed to a man named John, was seduced by her neighbor, Joseph ben Pantera. When she discovered she was pregnant, John left her and went to Babylon. When Jesus was born, she tried to pretend He was the son of John and even attempted to give Him a Jewish religious education. Jesus, however, began to reveal the evil that would later mark Him and was extremely rude to His rabbi teacher. The rabbi eventually uncovered the truth about Jesus’ father, but declared that Mary was not worthy of death because she committed the act unwillingly. Jesus, about thirty years old and now declared to be a bastard, fled to Jerusalem. There he secretly “stole” the letters of the Divine Name which had been written on the Foundation Stone of the Holy of Holies in the Temple – by sewing them under his skin! With the power of the Divine Name, He began to heal the sick and eventually gathered 310 young men as His followers. He also performed such “magic tricks” as enabling a millstone to float on the Sea of Galilee and causing clay birds to fly, and even occasionally flying Himself. At one point He was chained to an ark of the law in a synagogue in Tiberias, but His followers, called “insurgents,” rescued Him and He fled to Antioch.

Eventually, Yeshu arrived in Jerusalem on the eve of Passover, riding on a donkey. There He was arrested and examined by the “wise men.” During this time He claimed to be the Son of God and the Messiah, and cited many of the traditional messianic prophecies as being fulfilled in the events of His life. Condemned as a blasphemer by the “wise Men” (the Romans are not mentioned), He was put to death by hanging on a tree and was buried by the time of the evening prayer. On the third day, His “insurgents” declared to Helena (queen at the time!?) that they could not find Him in the tomb. At that point, the gardener revealed that he had removed the body and cast it in a nearby pool. Whereupon the “wise men” recovered the corpse, tied cords around His ankles, and dragged Him through the streets of Jerusalem. (Source: Zion’s Fire)

Obviously, these perverted statements regarding the person of the Lord Jesus Christ have turned millions of precious Jewish people away from their own Messiah. The same kind of hatred for the Lord Jesus Christ displayed when He was brought before Pontus Pilate is obvious in the Talmud and the Toledot Yeshu. (See the full account in Matthew 27 – Mark 15 – Luke 23 – John 19). Beloved, this is why we must seek to preach Christ and Him crucified to the Jewish people. Their understanding has been darkened, and their eyes blinded to the truth by their traditions and centuries of rejection of the prophetic truths regarding their own Messiah. We see bumper stickers pasted on automobile bumpers that ask us to, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” I often wonder if these dear folks who place these stickers on their cars even understand the Millennial implications of this statement. In one of David’s “Songs of Degrees” we read, “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee” (Psalm 122:6). The day is yet to come when Jerusalem will know peace and live in peace. That day will not come until the Lord Jesus Christ sits upon the Throne of David as King of kings, and Lord of lords. That day will not come until the Lord Jesus Christ establishes His Millennial Kingdom upon this earth, and the Jewish people are back in the land, not in national pride, but in individual and national repentance. In the meantime, we may well pray for the peace of Jerusalem in biblical context, but must also pray fervently for the conversion of the Jewish people. The Jewish nation will not know peace until she know the Prince of Peace. Likewise, the individual Jew will not know peace until he or she knows the Prince of Peace.

This link gives you the Roman Catholic response to your accusations.

http://roman-catholic.com/Roman/Articles/catholicsjews.html

15 posted on 07/28/2014 9:03:48 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: JesusIsLord

i am Catholic and we are taught that we owe our Christian inheritance to the Jews. Many of our traditions are founded by Jewish traditions, such as the Advent candles.

We love Jesus our King and He was Jewish. So was the blessed mother. Anything said to the contrary of that is NOT authentic Catholic doctrine.


20 posted on 08/22/2014 8:13:36 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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To: JesusIsLord

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0002.html

The Catechism is the only valid source of Catholic doctrine. Not even the Pope has “executive orders” to independently change that official doctrine.

“The Catechism of the Catholic Church (no.839) tells us: “When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with Jewish people, the first to hear the word of God. The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God’s revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews “belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ ‘for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.’” The interior quotation is from St. Paul, Romans 9:4.”

“That concise paragraph tells us that the Catholic Church is the fulfillment and completion of God’s self-revelation that began with Abraham. After seven centuries, God continued His revelation through Moses. The people that He chose to carry His revelation across the next twelve centuries lived in the crucible of the Old Covenant until they were prepared to receive His Messiah, who reconciled God with man in the New and Everlasting Covenant. There is a straight line from Moses, who said, “Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you,” (Ex 24:8) to Jesus, who said, “This is My blood of the covenant” (Mt 26:28). The ancient Jewish priesthood continues today in the person of the Catholic priest. Catholics are God’s chosen people, proclaiming His revelation across the centuries until He comes again in glory.”

that doesn’t mean Catholic pretend to know who is saved or will go to heaven. Only God knows that.


21 posted on 08/22/2014 8:30:02 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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