I take it then you are more Jewish than John. And more Jewish than the author of the book of Hebrews, I suppose...
Who said God had appointed the Son of God “heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds,” 1:2. “FOR whom are all things, and BY whom are all things,” 2:10.
John also, speaking of the Word in Genesis that spoke life into the world, said, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life,” 1 John 1.
Phinneous, my friend, IT WASN’T LETTERS OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET John had seen with his own eyes, looked upon, and handled with his own hands!
I said all (real) Jews are equally Jewish, from Moses to Harvey Finkelstein. There is a binary, equal, G-dly soul.
Re letters vs John’s vision? It is a classic agree to disagree— I don’t believe in any NT prophecy. The opening argument to the video class was that “Let’s assume Acts is authentic...” Someone in the thread earlier counted the witnesses to the resurrection. Big deal (to the Jew....) Didn’t Elisha already resurrect a child? There is no innovation in resurrection. There is also no innovation in trying to trick Jews I guess.
I don’t want to put words in Rabbi Skobac’s mouth, but Jews believe all Christianity, “New” anything, is heresy (for Jews. Christians should live moral lives based on the 7 Noahide laws of course.) It’s a great deal actually. No ‘pesky’ commandments to follow but 7. (Pesky in quotes because they are gold for Jews. Diamonds. Life itself.)
One more job description of a kabbalist, by the way, is to take the Hebrew word for anything in creation, and connect it back to its source in the 10 utterances of creation (the 9 “let there be’s” and the 1 “In the beginning.”) “Connect it” is part of the class on The Gates of Unity and Faith that I linked to earlier. Some kabbalists just theoretically ‘connect’ objects/concepts of our world to their G-dly root. Others actually create reality. Want more fodder (for Greetings_Puny_Humans-types?)
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2293219/jewish/Is-the-Lab-Created-Burger-Kosher.htm
(Stories of Kabbalists creating beef vis-a-vis modern questions of test-tube-grown meat.....)