[editor-surveyor]

>> “Why would you use as an authority for NT scriptures a man who does not believe Yeshua is Messiah?” <<

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Gordon himself does not consider himself an “authority” on the NT, but a scholar, and a beginning scholar at that.

But on the things which he has studied in depth, his work in unassailable, due to the completeness of his process.

There have never been any “great” NT scholars, just NT manipulators, mostly doubters, but I am confident that when he does set out to comment on the NT in detail, it will be the finest available.

[CynicalBear]

Yeah, yeah. He understands the Old Testament so well He couldn’t see who the prophesied Messiah was.

[redleghunter]

But on the things which he has studied in depth, his work in unassailable

As in what exactly?

So you are comfortable to call someone who has not confessed Yeshua as Messiah and Lord being the "finest" commenter on NT texts?

[redleghunter]

but I am confident that when he does set out to comment on the NT in detail, it will be the finest available.

I will assume you see Gordon, as he studies the NT, will come to confess Yeshua as Messiah and Lord. If not then how can Gordon be an authority on the Words of Yeshua?:

Jeremiah 5:

20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying, 21 ‘Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not:

Mark 8:

18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

Matthew 13:

11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; 15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’ 16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.