Posted on 09/28/2017 7:08:52 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Believers in Messiah know that Yeshua (Jesus) has provided our atonement: for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 3:23-24). God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood. Yeshua's (Jesus') death surpasses and replaces the atonement ritual of the Jewish Temple. The book of Hebrews explains the ceremonies of the Day of Atonement as a pattern of the atoning work of Messiah. Yeshua (Jesus) is our high priest, and His blood shed on Calvary is seen as symbolized in the blood of bulls and goats. As the high priest of the Old Testament entered the Holy of Holies with the blood of his sacrificial victim, so Jesus entered heaven itself to appear before the Father on behalf of His people (Heb. 9:11-12) (Killian n.d.).
The Old Testament tabernacle was designed, in part, to teach Israel that sin hindered access to the presence of God. Only the high priest, and he only once a year, could enter the Holy of Holies, and then not without taking blood offered to atone for sins (Heb. 9:7). Hebrews notes that the levitical offerings could effect only the purification of the flesh. They ceremonially cleansed the sinner, but they could not bring about inward cleansing, the prerequisite for fellowship with God. Just as the high priest had to be sinless to enter the Holy of Holies and live, so Yeshua had to be sinless to live after He entered the grave.
But Messiah being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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Yes, to you too! Are not tbe Scripture so clear on this! YESHUA IS MY lamb and Savior!
Yes, what He did for us as the Scriptures so clearly teach.
Thank you! Psalm 110:1
Yes, true Christianity (Messianic) is jewish to the core! Thanks for thst insight.
Whenever I hear someone use “Yeshua” instead of “Jesus”, my first thought is always “this person will be strange”.
You don’t get to have control today.
Tomorrow looks bad too
Amen! Its all right there for all to see and believe if one chooses to!
Zech. 12:10-14 is the fulfillment of Yom Kippur because of Isa 53! All Israel will be saved as the sons of Abraham prophets taught. Isa. 53, 54:1
Friend, be objective and listen to the prophets of Israel and not to me. I am no one but as tbe prophets spoke so do I share tbeir words. No blood, no atonement, no covering. Lev. 17, Isa 53. Those aren’t my words but Isaiah and Moses and Almivhty God the Creator of Heaven and earth. In all honesty you should be telling me these things, I a gentile dog.
Shalom In Messiah!
If we look up the people the High Priest can marry, it will be only a virgin from his own country. To be the Bride of Jesus, our High Priest, we must be "born again" into His family. God is NOT abandoning His family. Read Genesis 24 as a shadow of the Marriage of the Messiah. The servant is the Holy Spirit sent to Abraham's country to get a bride from a relative. Rebekah is the church and Isaac is Jesus.
The Mosaic covenant was with the Law. The Abrahamic covenant was with faith. We are now able to participate in the covenant with Abraham. God made the covenant with Himself, by Himself, for Himself.
When Jesus paid the price we owe, the veil was removed between us and Him, as prophesied in the OT for thousands of years. As prophesied in Zech, Joel, Ezekiel and others, There will be a final battle for Israel in the valley of Meggido where Jesus will come on a white horse to rescue His people from the attackers and they will be put in the "wine press" to cause blood as deep as a horses bridal for 184 miles. All of the Last Days will be for the rescue and conversion of the Jews in Israel. Zech 12:1-14.
Jesus didn't come to start a "new" religion, but to fulfill the one started with Abraham.
To be precise, "Christians" have become Jews and Jews will become "believers". The first church was called "The Way", which just means they understood the Scriptures in a new way. Paul was trained by the "Einstein" of the Pharisees. When Jesus appeared to Him on the road to Damascus, the Scriptures became clear to him about Jesus. The Holy Spirit gives us revelation to understand Scripture. Jesus "breathed" on the Apostles to open up Scripture to them. The Bible is written in such a way that it takes the Holy Spirit to open them up to a believer. First, second, and third readings, don't necessarily open what God is saying for the reader. There is a certain amount of study, not just reading, that is needed. Most Christians are taught by a guy that has a pamphlet from some governing body, that has no training at all. Denominations are the "traditions of men" spoken of in Scripture, so each one will put their slant on whatever they teach.
There are teachers, but you will most likely have to seek them out. Some good ones are Mark Biltz, loveisrael.com, chabad.org, torahclass.com, jewishjesus.com, and many more if you search for them. To try to separate Christianity from the Jews is a mistake of huge proportions. It comes from "replacement theology" which resulted in the Holocaust. Just as an example, theologians translated "synagogue" as a "Jewish gathering. They then translated "church" from ekklesia. The truth is synagogue is a called out assembly and ekklesia means called out assembly in Greek. The truth is the first pagan converts met in a Jewish synagogue with the Jews. By the time of the end of the first century, "Christians" were kicking Jews out of the churches the Apostles had built. 3 John 1:9-10. John was refused entry into a church run by a Greek. That's JOHN, the disciple Jesus loved!!
The good news is that the last 50-60 years relations between Jews and Christians have really gotten better. Maybe it is the realization that there is a lot more in common between the two faith groups.
But did not the seperation started when Paul was on one of his missionary travels,in Greece,there was disruption of the Christian community with the help of the local Jewish synagogue?
Christianity violates the Torah Law prohibition of creating a new religion. G-d does not have a body or any form. He is not a dead man on a cross.
Nice try my friend but Messianic teaching or “Christianity” fulfills the law by the perfect life lived by Messiah and His propitiation work (Leviticus, Isa. 53). No sheep, cow or goat can ever take away sin but only “Kippur” (cover) them. Be objective and let the Torah testify to you for it is simple enough to see even for a gentile dog like me.
The Torah, prophets and Psalms states to all , be absolutely perfect but who among the offspring of Adam can be (Gen. 5:3, Lev. 1-17. Deut. 5:27-28, 6:4-5, Job 15:14, Psalm 51:5, Isa. 53:6, Ezek. 18:22)?, thus all (Jew and Gentile) fall short of Almighty God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS ETERNAL Person and His original creation or the prior creation of man in the Garden of Eden Gen. 1:31, 3). Where is your remission of sins? Lev. 16-17)?
Almighty God (Elohim) the Son - an ETERNAL Spirit- who has always existed with God the Father and the Holy Spirit (Yeh-w-y Elohim), put on a body of flesh prepared for Him by the Holy Spirit (Isa. 7:14; 9:6-7; 11:1; 53, Micah 5:2), thus He could live a perfect life and be man’s perfect propitiation (Isa. 53. A goat, bull, sheep, ram can NEVER atone for a fallen son of Adam who was made in the image and likeness of man. Man for a man (Isa. 7:14; 9:6-7; 11:1; 53, Micah 5:2). The sacrifes and the Torah are to point us to the coming Messiah who would shed His RIGHTEOUS blood and then rise again as the Scriptures teach (Psalm 110:1, Isa. 53, Zech. 12:10-14).
You are so right, He is not a dead man on a cross, you have a totally unbiblical perception of who Yeshua Messiah is. HE is risen from the dead for our justification! and whosoever calls upon the Lord or Yeshua shall be rescued from their transgressions (Gen. 3:15, Job 19:25-26, Psalm 2:7, 110:1, Isa. 53:9-12). My friend, may you be objective and see what the Scripture’s clearly state about the Messiah who paid the price for the sins of the world and rose from the dead to the Right hand of Almighty God (Psalm 110:1 Isa. 53).
Shalom in the risen Messiah of Israel (Isaiah 53:5)!
Only Christianity ISN'T a new religion, it is the continuation and fulfillment of the ONLY true faith beginning with Adam and Eve and as promised to Abraham - to whom God promised that all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Almighty God (Jesus is the Immanuel - God with us) took on human form (Isaiah 7:14) to make atonement for the sins of the world - past, present and future - through His sinless shed blood perfect atonement was made and there was no further need for animal sacrifice (by his ONE sacrifice, He has perfected forever those who are sanctified by faith in Him). He did not remain dead on a cross, but rose again after three days - as He promised and He lives forever to make intercession with the Father for us. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. One day, EVERY knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to glory of God the Father.
When Jesus came out of the tomb alive it showed forth that the sacrificial offering of His blood had been accepted at the throne of Almighty God. If it had not been accepted then He would have remained dead.
I’m not familiar with this you speak of. My point is, if John came to my church and asked to speak, I can’t imagine not allowing him. Remember the first church was Jews. The separation should NOT be. As an adopted son, I will lean always towards Israel and the Jews. They are more my brother than some “Christian” organizations. The Bible is our anchor. Denominations separate us.
Very true! The Christian faith is built upon the truth and witness of the resurrected Christ. As St. Paul wrote:
You mentioned the Written Torah. The Written Torah means nothing without the explanations of the Oral Torah. The Oral Torah explains that any new religion which came after Sinai violates the Torah Law prohibition of creating a new religion. The new testament is clearly new compared to the Torah. You know that. Violating Torah Law does not fulfill it. And please do not flood me with sources. I cannot possibly respond to everything you write.
The new testament is clearly new compared to the Torah. That is why it is called “new”. The new testament book of Galatians has no theological importance in Torah Law. It is the same as the koran. The Oral Torah explains that G-d does not have a human form. Again, please do not flood me with sources.
The ancient Holy Scripture (Written Torah) means nothing without the explanations of the Oral Torah.
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