To: Romulus
While not an expert on either religion,I have always thought I grasped the general concepts.
Is not the entire point of the apocropal second coming of Christ not meant to "save" the souls of God's beloved Jews?
I thought that Jesus Christ, Himself, said that the Jews would not know the messiah had come,and that he would have to come again to save them.
I very much doubt that I am spiritually naieve.
It does appear that Christians await the second coming to prove to observant Jews that the phrophesis have been fullfilled.
159 posted on
03/10/2004 9:30:36 PM PST by
sarasmom
("I'm a redneck and Charles Bronson was a sissy".(Permission to use as tag granted by The Toll)
To: sarasmom
Is not the entire point of the apocropal second coming of Christ not meant to "save" the souls of God's beloved Jews? I think you may mean "apocalyptic", not "apocryphal". But no, the second coming is not all about the Jews. It's about the resurrection of the dead, and a final ordering of all creation into what will be saved and what lost. The Apocalypse tells us that Jesus will come as Bridegroom to his spouse, the Church, of whom Israel is only the prototype. I'm sure Jesus has great love for the Jews, but they do not enjoy any privileged guarantee of salvation in the Christian economy. Whether observant Jews will receive Jesus as Messiah at the Second Coming is an interesting question. No doubt some will. But as the image and likeness of God, man retains free will at all times, including the freedom to choose for Christ or against him. No one will be saved against his will.
165 posted on
03/10/2004 10:15:34 PM PST by
Romulus
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