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To: Teófilo
Jesus was born, raised and lived as a Jew. Since He was and is without sin, He could not have been involved in an ungodly religion. He did not sin against God while living among us.

Jesus was not killed by the Jews - he was killed by the powerful elites of the day for political reasons (He threatened their power). Those powerful political elites just happened to be Jewish and Roman.

His life, death and resurrection fulfilled the prophecies of the Torah. He is intimately connected with that portion of the Word of God.

I personally believe that the Jewish people are still God's Chosen - He gave them that promise and He is eternally faithful and true to His Word.

13 posted on 07/26/2012 12:33:56 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: 5thGenTexan
Jesus was not killed by the Jews - he was killed by the powerful elites of the day for political reasons (He threatened their power). Those powerful political elites just happened to be Jewish and Roman.

A very odd statement, IMO.

Was Jesus killed by "The Jews," IWO did all or most of the nation get together and conspire to kill him? Of course not. Any more than the Roman nation did.

Was he killed by Jews, that is by people who were Jews, in fact the designated leaders of the nation? Pretty much. The Gospel accounts are clear that the Jews were the ones who decided he had to die and who did whatever was necessary to reach that goal.

Does this let Pilate off the hook? Nope. He was obviously willing to kill a man he knew to be innocent just to avoid hassle to himself. A truly evil thing to do.

But was he the driving force behind the murder? Nope. He did not have a clue who Jesus was until he was brought before him.

The logical conclusion is that a group of Jewish leaders were the ones primarily responsible for the murder. Does their bloodguilt descend to their progeny for all eternity? Of course not, no more than any other crime.

But focusing on the killers power status as being their main identifier rather than on ethnicity seems very odd to me. By their own words they killed him for what they saw as threats to the Jewish religion and nation, IOW for specifically religious reasons.

14 posted on 07/26/2012 12:51:08 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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