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There are many Jews today that believe that Jesus is the Christ and their promised deliverer. In fact, Jesus had multitudes of Jewish followers and the entire Bible is written by Jews. It is written in the Holy Scriptures that Salvation comes through the Jews. Jesus Christ is a Jew. In fact, it was the leadership of Israel in Jesus' day when He walked on earth that did not accept Him,(the Pharisees and Sadducees because they did not want to give up their power to Him), BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, THEY KNEW WHO HE WAS!!
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said unto them:
"But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, 'O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to
come?"
To fulfill the law? Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. The law was fulfilled with the shedding of the blood of the perfect sacrifice, the lamb without spot or blemish.
After the perfect sacrifice was offered, who is man to think that any further sacrifice (other than a broken heart and a contrite spirit) he can make is greater?
To attempt to do so would be to try to please God with a lesser sacrifice and would be a return to the law, as a dog to its vomit and would make the Crucifixion of no effect for you.
I think the Jews were the only ones who understood that concept back then, and that made it harder for them to lay down the sacrificial aspects of their worship, having had it ingrained for centuries. Salvation came much easier to those who were not under those laws, as they had less religious programming to overcome.
But it seems it was planned that way, as the hesitancy of the church to accept the fulfilling of prophecy was responsible for the invitation of the gentiles out on the highways and biways to attend the wedding.
But not to worry. The Jews will be the most joyous when their day comes. Well nigh upon us, in my opinion.
Thanx for posting this Spark. There are alot of things that exist in Hebrew Scriptures that Christians oftentimes and mistakenly think are revolutionary concepts that began with Jesus. Such as the "born-again" experience (Teshuva)andmercy/grace.
That's why God gave us the book of Hebrews. It explains the reasons to the Jews of the day.
I think it's very debatable whether Paul ever said any such thing.
What he did say was that the ceremonial aspects of the Law, as distinct from the natural law morality aspects, did not need to be imposed on the Gentiles, as some in his day argued. (IOW, Gentiles did not need to first become Jews in order to become Christians.) That's different from saying that they "could now be discarded".
Nobody has followed the whole Law since the Temple was destroyed anyway, though.
They don't believe Christ is their Messiah and they don't like being conncected to His death in any way shape or form.
For study.
Why Jews don't see Easter the way Christians do?
Peeps aren't kosher
Hmm .. would Jesus have something to do with it?
In related news: Bunnies have a different outlook on Easter than Chickens... film at 11.
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Invincibly Ignorant; malakhi; ET(end tyranny); nmh
The real question is why do so-called Christians fail to celebrate Passover
And instead celebrate the Pagan holiday created by the first Leader of the Roman church,
The Pagan Emperor Constantine.
Constantine as the world leader convened the Council at Nice, which made it anathema
to celebrate Passover and instead created the Pagan feast of Easter.
HaSatan must be pleased.
B’shem Y’shua
chuck
Thanks. This is a very enlightening article. I'll still evangalize, but it shows how close the Jews and Christians are in belief.