Posted on 05/23/2016 6:38:24 PM PDT by marshmallow
If the Jews don’t need Christ, then who is preparing the annual sacrifice for the atonement of their sin by the most strict sacrificial system?
This might help a little.
Remember Matt 16:15-18
When Simon Barjona answers positively to Jesus Christ, as to who He was, our Lord responds by noting, “Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but by my Father which is in heaven.”
It wasn’t the soul or body which had revealed the identity of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, but rather God the Father. Notably, it is upon THIS rock that Christ builds His Church. The rock which is established by God the Father.
Enfeebled Christianity hasn’t done much either. At least in the old days, the Popes had the guts to call a Crusade or two.
I asked: “So Who was it Who called Saul on the road to Damascus again?”
You answered: “Good question. Let’s look at Acts to see what indications we have of the process. Do we think the Road to Damascus experience is the moment of Paul’s salvation? Probably not.”
The correct answer is: Jesus.
I did not ask about any “process”. I did not ask about whether or not Paul was saved on the road to Damascus. I asked, “So Who was it Who called Saul on the road to Damascus again?”
The correct answer is: Jesus.
I think you knew the answer was Jesus.
“This might help a little.”
None of that changes the fact that is was Jesus Who called Saul on the road to Damascus.
Yeah but some of them were just disastrous because they were not organized at all. They called them but didn’t do anything to make sure they were effective or even supplied. Just emboldened the other side.
“If the Jews don’t need Christ,...”
Short answer:
Judaism is a complete religion on its own - long, long before others came along; it is still complete. It has no need for another religion’s gods.
Judaism doesn’t claim another religion’s texts either, which precludes insurmountable and irreconcilable differences.
Hopefully this more fully answers your questions about korban.
http://www.jewfaq.org/qorbanot.htm
Obviously Jesus Christ spoke to Saul on the road to Damascus as I presented in three verses and amplified in two others.
Even though you didn’t ask about a process, it has nevertheless been made available to you.
Well, the First Crusade succeeded wildly beyond all expectations. And - rewriting history here - if Richard Lionheart had just sucked it up and taken Jerusalem (after beating Saladin twice in prior engagements), that might as well have been that. But... he was worried about the security of his throne back home in England... and so...
Our Lord Christ Jesus is also the Word.
Nobody denies our Lord spoke to Saul on the Road to Damascus.
He manifests Himself in three different persons, with different actions in their relationship, though they are one.
Jn 6:44, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.”
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