Posted on 09/14/2005 10:27:20 AM PDT by Alouette
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Israel's leading known Kabbalistic Elder, Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri called upon worldwide Jewry Tuesday night to return to Israel due to the natural disasters which threaten to strike the world.
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In a class between between the Mincha (afternoon) and Maariv (evening) prayers at his Jerusalem yeshiva seminary, Rabbi Kaduri issued the following call:”This declaration I find fitting to issue for all of the Jews of the world to hear. It is incumbent upon them to return to the Land of Israel due to terrible natural disasters which threaten the world.
Rabbi Kaduri also stated that the upcoming year would be a year of "secret and revelation" in the world. The Jewish year 5766 begins in less than three weeks, with the holiday of Rosh Hashana. The Rabbi explained that the numerical Hebrew abbreviation for 5766, tav, shin, samech, vav gives insight into the nature of the upcoming year. "This will be a year of secret (or sod, from the letter samech) and revelation (or v'giliu from the letter vav. Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio show host Yehoshua Meiri first publicized the declaration on his Hebrew radio show late Tuesday night. Meiri, who attended the class, typed out the words of Rabbi Kaduri's declaration and presented them back to the Rabbi who signed on the document. Associates of Rabbi Kaduri were dispatched to communicate the Kabbalistic Elder's call to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before the latter's departure to the United States later in the same night. Meiri says he will publicize the signed declaration after Prime Minister Sharon delivers a speech in the U.S., in which he is expected to call upon the Jews of the Diaspora to make Aliyah (immigrate) to Israel.
Earlier this Jewish year, Rabbi Kaduri predicted great tragedies in the world. Just two weeks before the devastating tsunami in southeast Asia, Rabbi Kaduri was quoted in the Yediot Acharonot newspaper as saying:
Rabbi Kaduri said in the week prior to the interview, "What can save the world from calamities is real repentance by Jews, who must increase acts of kindness towards one another... The cry of the many poor in Israel and the expulsion of Jews from their homes shakes the world... It's not for naught that this place was hit, where many of our compatriots went to look for this-worldly lusts." The month of Elul, which immediately preceeds the Jewish New Year is traditionally a month of teshuva, or repentence by the Jewish people, in anticipation of the judgments that are incurred on the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Rabbi Kaduri has told his students that the current government will be the last one of the "old era." He is on record as saying that Sharon will be the last prime minister in Israel, and that the new government will already have leadership of the Messianic era. |
"Rabbi Kaduri also stated that the upcoming year would be a year of "secret and revelation" in the world. The Jewish year 5766 begins in less than three weeks, with the holiday of Rosh Hashana."
This is truly amazing in terms of the precise word usage.
"And it shall come to pass on that day, that the Lord shall gather from the flood of the river to the stream of Egypt, And you shall be gathered one by one, O children of Israel.
The Bible says that it is because His people rejected Him the judgments came upon Israel. They rejected the Messiah, their King. Not to worry when He comes the second time Israel will embrace Him.
Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
You may have been told that this verse and all of Isaiah 53 refers to Israel but I ask you does Israel despise itself? Does Israel not esteem itself? Can the people of Israel hide their faces from their own selves? If you read the book of Isaiah chapter 53 anew can you not help but to see that only Yehoshua (Jesus Christ) can fulfill the role of the Messiah of Israel? He is the one who was despised and rejected of men. He is the one who was cut off from the land of the living for the transgressions of my people.
In the book of Zechariah it says that the Messiah will come back after God delivers Israel from all the nations that that are out to destroy Israel. When He comes back Israel will recognize the one whom they have pierced as the Messiah. They will have great sorrow when they look upon Him. Jesus was pierced and so was the Messiah. This piercing had to take place in the past before this prophecy of His coming so there would have to have been a first coming. Israel will mourn because they will realize that they had for so long rejected Jesus their Messiah. I can only just imagine what that will be like.
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.
Zec 12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zec 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;....
Was the Tsunami supposed to be some focused judgment on the Jews' enemies in this chap's theology? It wiped out a lot of Buddhists and Hindus, not just Muslims.
Also, how does he go about getting a reading on what the numerology of a year means. Does he view himself as a latter day prophet that can carry this information from the spirit world?
I'm surprised at the similarities between this group and the apostolic/prophetic Christians of which I'm a part. The discernment of times and seasons is amazing.
In fact, there's a couple of guys who publish an annual essay during the Feast of Tabernacles. It's a prophetic declaration for the year, and some of the revelation has to do with the Hebrew year number.
By the way, thanks for the explanation on the Madonna thing.
"You may have been told that this verse and all of Isaiah 53 refers to Israel but I ask you does Israel despise itself? Does Israel not esteem itself? Can the people of Israel hide their faces from their own selves? If you read the book of Isaiah chapter 53 anew can you not help but to see that only Yehoshua (Jesus Christ) can fulfill the role of the Messiah of Israel? He is the one who was despised and rejected of men. He is the one who was cut off from the land of the living for the transgressions of my people."
If you read it in context, it is CLEARLY talking about the Nation of Israel.
A little history. The first and second half of Isaiah are thought to be written by 2 different authors - the second is not Isaiah - note the time perspective change midway through. Chapters 40-55 are known seutero-Isaiah. Isaaih talks about the destruction as imminent, while deutero-Isaiah talks about it as in the past.
Here are some other passages to consider
41:8 But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;
41:9 Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away';
44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen;
44:2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
(Jeshurun is an affectionate name for Israel used in the Torah)
44:21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art My servant; I have formed thee, thou art Mine own servant; O Israel, thou shouldest not forget Me.
49:3 And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
From these, it should be clear to you that the "Servant" IS Israel. It is talking about the Babylonian exile. The former generation is described as the sacrificial sin offering, this is the generation who was taken into bondage, and is "him." The generation that was around when Cyrus ended the exile, is "us," the forgiven and restored nation.
Isaiah CAN'T be talking about Jesus. There are other passages that definitely don't refer to him.
For example
53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the Lord might prosper by his hand:
Again, HIM being the former generation of Israel who was taken into captivity. Jesus does not match this statement because he did not live a long life, and he did not have many children. The children of the Jews who were taken into exile who were freed by Cyrus DO meet this description, however.
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"When He comes back Israel will recognize the one whom they have pierced as the Messiah. "
Zechariah is not talking about crucifixion..
Zec 12 is talking about a war, not about Jesus. It is the Jews who will be great mourning those among them who their enemies have thrust their weapons through.
However, the opposite is true of Jesus. First of all, according to the New Testament, it is the Jews who had plotted to kill Jesus. If this is true, why would they have mourned over him?
Christians don't "mourn" over the death of Jesus, they see his death as being necessary sin offering to take away their sins. Thankful, grateful, appreciative, yes. Mourning, no, because Christians believe this was his role. In fact, I recall a NT passage (can't remember which, it isn't my forte...) where Jesus says not to mourn over him. I know the word "mourn" is used a lot in Christian theology about Jesus, but not in the way that this passage describes.
Just like "13:6 And one shall say unto him: 'What are these wounds between thy hands?' Then he shall answer: 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'"
This doesnt' describe wounds characteristic of a crucifixion, where it is the WRIST that is pierced... despite popular portrayals. The hand is not strong enough to bear the weight, so Romans crucified people through their wrist.
Even if you disagree with my above characterization - you can't deny that if you look carefully, you will see that the HIM that is being mourned is not the same as the ME who is being pierced.
"You may have been told that this verse and all of Isaiah 53 refers to Israel but I ask you does Israel despise itself? Does Israel not esteem itself? Can the people of Israel hide their faces from their own selves? If you read the book of Isaiah chapter 53 anew can you not help but to see that only Yehoshua (Jesus Christ) can fulfill the role of the Messiah of Israel? He is the one who was despised and rejected of men. He is the one who was cut off from the land of the living for the transgressions of my people."
If you read it in context, it is CLEARLY talking about the Nation of Israel.
A little history. The first and second half of Isaiah are thought to be written by 2 different authors - the second is not Isaiah - note the time perspective change midway through. Chapters 40-55 are known seutero-Isaiah. Isaaih talks about the destruction as imminent, while deutero-Isaiah talks about it as in the past.
Here are some other passages to consider
41:8 But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;
41:9 Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away';
44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen;
44:2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
(Jeshurun is an affectionate name for Israel used in the Torah)
44:21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art My servant; I have formed thee, thou art Mine own servant; O Israel, thou shouldest not forget Me.
49:3 And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
From these, it should be clear to you that the "Servant" IS Israel. It is talking about the Babylonian exile. The former generation is described as the sacrificial sin offering, this is the generation who was taken into bondage, and is "him." The generation that was around when Cyrus ended the exile, is "us," the forgiven and restored nation.
Isaiah CAN'T be talking about Jesus. There are other passages that definitely don't refer to him.
For example
53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the Lord might prosper by his hand:
Again, HIM being the former generation of Israel who was taken into captivity. Jesus does not match this statement because he did not live a long life, and he did not have many children. The children of the Jews who were taken into exile who were freed by Cyrus DO meet this description, however.
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"When He comes back Israel will recognize the one whom they have pierced as the Messiah. "
Zechariah is not talking about crucifixion..
Zec 12 is talking about a war, not about Jesus. It is the Jews who will be great mourning those among them who their enemies have thrust their weapons through.
However, the opposite is true of Jesus. First of all, according to the New Testament, it is the Jews who had plotted to kill Jesus. If this is true, why would they have mourned over him?
Christians don't "mourn" over the death of Jesus, they see his death as being necessary sin offering to take away their sins. Thankful, grateful, appreciative, yes. Mourning, no, because Christians believe this was his role. In fact, I recall a NT passage (can't remember which, it isn't my forte...) where Jesus says not to mourn over him. I know the word "mourn" is used a lot in Christian theology about Jesus, but not in the way that this passage describes.
Just like "13:6 And one shall say unto him: 'What are these wounds between thy hands?' Then he shall answer: 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'"
This doesnt' describe wounds characteristic of a crucifixion, where it is the WRIST that is pierced... despite popular portrayals. The hand is not strong enough to bear the weight, so Romans crucified people through their wrist.
Even if you disagree with my above characterization - you can't deny that if you look carefully, you will see that the HIM that is being mourned is not the same as the ME who is being pierced.
Sorry for the double posting!
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