>> “Are you that naïve? I said Nehemiah Gordon does not believe Jesus or Yeshua or anyone else is the Messiah.” <<
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You are into something that you cannot possibly understand on this.
Do you realize that Yeshua didn’t actually come as the Messiah on his first coming?
He came as the suffering servant, and will come as Messiah/King on the second coming.
Nehemia Gordon is a dedicated researcher, and a stickler for detail. Every Christian he has met has insisted that Yeshua is the messiah, which he obviously is, but on examining all the scriptural evidence, Gordon searches for a messiah, and does not see one in the suffering servant that died on the cross.
This is a common hangup for a considerable number of Jewish scholars. He doesn’t deny that Yeshua came, and he has studied all that is available to him about Yeshua and says that he is still looking for the messiah.
There is no denying that the Holy Spirit is working through him, if you meet him in person. The Holy Spirit touches everyone in the room when he is there. I’m kind of holding my judgement on this because of what I’ve seen, and the things that happen when he and Keith Johnson are together.
I don’t blame anyone for being cautious about accepting him, but attacking him is clearly a mistake; he produces much fruit for Yeshua, and throws no stones at all.
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Of course I can. It’s explained very clearly in scripture.
2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; 16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.…
Romans 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
2 Corinthians 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
It’s not a mystery why those who focus on the law of Moses don’t see the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
>> Do you realize that Yeshua didn’t actually come as the Messiah on his first coming?<<
And you say I don’t understand. Jesus is already the Messiah, the anointed one.
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Matthew 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ (Christos) are fourteen generations.
Christos - Definition: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ.
>> Gordon searches for a messiah, and does not see one in the suffering servant that died on the cross.<<
2 Corinthians 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
>>The Holy Spirit touches everyone in the room when he is there.<<
Which god is working in Gordon to keep him blinded?
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Not being able to discern which spirit is blinding should be of concern to you.
>>but attacking him is clearly a mistake<<
2 John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
I wouldn’t let him in my house through his teachings. Do so at your own peril.