In the rabbinical apocalyptic literature the conception of an earthly Messiah is the prevailing one, and from the end of the first century of the common era it is also the one officially accepted by Judaism. As proof of this may be given: (1) "The Prayer for the Coming of the Messiah,...
free from sin, and to teach them the ways of God, as in Ps 22; Ps 40; Ps 110; Isa 2; Isa 11; Isa 53, In these and other places, too, the power of the coming One reaches beyond the Jews and embraces all the Gentiles, which is contrary to the exclusive notions of Judaism. A...
For instance, in Judaism, the Messiah will be a political leader who claims the throne of Israel and saves the Jewish people from oppression.What is a Messiah? The definition of the term Messiah depends on the religious tradition in which the term is used. Generally speaking, a Messiah is ...
Who we are AND who we are Not!Though it’s been stated (mostly by those who do not know us), but also by those who think that they know us, that we "have become Jewish" or of "Messianic Judaism" or "legalistic" etc… the truth is we have not become any o
It were an extremely narrow, and, indeed, false view, to regard the difference between Judaism and Christianity as confined to the question of the fulfillment of certain prophecies in Jesus of Nazareth. These predictions could only outline individual features in the Person and history of the ...
A few nights ago I was talking with my incredibly smart and beautiful wife about the violence of God in Scripture and how we can interpret both in light of Jesus Christ, and we realized that in some ways,Christianity has fallen into the same trap that Judaism fell into so many years ago...
15 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte (convert to Judaism), and when he becomes a convert, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. 16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say...
Akiba (according to legend) with Shimon bar Kosiba, and Nathan of Gaza with Sabbetai Zevi, Paul made his mark as a literary surrogate for a man whom he regarded as the messiah. This article examines the social role of the emissary for a messiah in the history of Judaism from antiquity ...
Freemasonry has undertaken to rob the German people of their Germanic pride, and to turn them, unawares, into an instrument for bringing about the glorious future of the Jewish people.” - Mozart & Freemasonry, p.85 Jewish Encyclopedia: The Lord's Prayer “Fundamentally, JUDAISM IS ANTI-...
By way of education, I earned an MA from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Mt. Scopus in political theory, most of my classes taught in Hebrew. It was there that I became an observant adherent to Judaism and also there where I backed down from an otherwise fundamentalist approach, to find...