"You said -- "That's the problem with the Jewish interpretation, Jesus wasn't going to be an earthly ruler and that's what they were looking for."
Well, He will be that earthly ruler, this time, when He returns to earth. So, the Jews are going to get, this time around, what they were looking for the last time around."
This all very nice but it has what to do with the Messiah that the Jews were looking for when Jesus came to earth? They weren't looking for a servant Messiah but a kingly or a political one to "save" them from the heel of Rome. They also totally ignored the prophetic passages in the Old Testament that described the Messiah.
You said -- "This all very nice but it has what to do with the Messiah that the Jews were looking for when Jesus came to earth? They weren't looking for a servant Messiah but a kingly or a political one to "save" them from the heel of Rome. They also totally ignored the prophetic passages in the Old Testament that described the Messiah."
What it has to do with it -- is that it's ironic that what they were looking for the first time around -- is -- what they will get the second time around. Very ironic indeed.
And that, along with the fact that the Apostle Paul says that *all Israel will be saved* in Romans 11, plus giving the reason for the temporary rejection of the Jews, by God, for the blessing given to the Gentiles.
Yes, all Israel will accept their coming Messiah.
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- But, what a present day Jew has to be concerned about, even in light of what Paul says in Romans 11 -- is -- if they will make it to that time when the Messiah returns...
And that's something that we all have to be concerned about -- Jew or Gentile. Tonight may be our last night...