If Jewish FReepers are on a Christian thread, or a neutral thread where Christianity comes us, we are careful not to offend.
Coming onto a thread that is wholly Jewish and counting the heads of us heathens to convert is not respectful.
And Daniel, no one said such an offensive thing as you imply. But you did deliberately say things to offend us.
We love and respect the same Gd. We are all a part of Free Republic. We’ve gone these last two decades without comparing and contrasting theologies because it’s just not respectful. We are good with your theology. Our rabbis teach us that Christianity is perfect for Christians. We love you. Let’s let the rest go.
Didn’t Hashem tell Moishe to kill someone right on the spot for gathering wood on Shabbat?
Teaching conversion to Jesus is essential to being Christian. It is a matter of obedience to the Son of God. We have no choice. If you find it inherently disrespectful, that suggests you do not understand the dynamic of our faith. It can be a matter of great respect and love for our fellow travelers that we wish them to experience forgiveness in Jesus and the power to live resurrected lives. But even if we did not see the good and love of teaching the Gospel, we would still be obligated to do it, because we are under command to do so. If you believe our obedience to this command is disrespect, then do not attribute that disrespect to us. We are just the messengers.
Peace,
SR
PS, if you or anyone else wants to post in the Religion Forum with no outsider input to the post, you need to post it as a caucus thread. Otherwise, by forum rules, everything is open to challenge, within the bounds of civility, of course.
Sorry; but I didn't see any JEWISH CAUCUS label when I got here.
Ezekiel 9:1-4 New International Version (NIV)
1 Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand. 2 And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the Lord called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side 4 and said to him, Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.
An interesting word; mark.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
and set a mark upon the foreheads; not the Hebrew letter as some say, because in the form of a cross, and so signifying salvation by the cross of Christ; for this letter has no such form, neither in the characters used by the Jews, nor by the Samaritans, at least in the present character; though Origen and Jerom on the place say that the letter "tau" had the form of a cross in the letters the Samaritans used in their time; and this is defended by Walton (t), who observes, that Azariah in his Hebrew alphabet gives a double figure, one like that which is in present use, and another in the form of a cross, called St. Andrew's cross, and as it appears in some shekels; and in the Vatican alphabet, which Angelus E Roccha published, the last letter has the form of a cross; as have the Ethiopic and Coptic alphabets, which, it is certain, sprung from the ancient Hebrew; and so Montfaucon says (u), in some Samaritan coins, the letter "thau" has the form of a cross; which, if Scaliger had met with, he says he would never have opposed the testimonies of Origen and Jerom; though, after all, it seems to be no other than the form of the Greek "x"; and so the Talmudists say (w) the high priest, was anointed on his forehead in the same form: some think this letter was the mark, because it is the first letter of the word "the law"; as if it pointed out such who were obedient to it; or of the word "thou shall live". It is a Rabbinical fancy, mentioned by Kimchi (x), that Gabriel had orders to write the letter in ink upon the foreheads of the righteous, and in blood upon the foreheads of the wicked; in the one it signified "thou shall live", and in the other "thou shall die"; but, as Calvin observes, rather, if this letter could be thought to be meant, the reason of it was, because it is the last letter of the alphabet; and so may signify, that the Lord's people marked with it are the last among men, or the faith of the world; or that such who persevere to the end shall be saved: but the word signifies, not a letter, but a mark or sign; and so it is interpreted in the Septuagint version, and by the Targum, Jarchi, Kimchi, and others; and denotes the distinction the Lord had made by his grace between them and others; and now by his power and providence in the protection of them; for the, Lord knows them that are his, and will preserve them. The allusion is either to the marking of servants in their foreheads, by which they were known who they belonged to, Revelation 7:3; or to the sprinkling of the posts of the Israelites' houses with blood, when the firstborn of Egypt were destroyed, Exodus 12:22; of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof; the abominations were those abominable idolatries mentioned in the preceding chapter, and those dreadful immoralities hinted at in Ezekiel 9:9; all which were grieving and distressing to godly minds, because they were contrary to the nature and will of God; transgressions, of his righteous law; and on account of which his name was dishonoured, and his ways blasphemed and evil spoken of; for these they sighed and groaned in private, and mourned and lamented in public; bearing their testimony against them with bitter expressions of grief and sorrow, by groans, words, and tears; and such as these are taken notice of by the Lord; he comforts those that mourn in Zion, and preserves them.
Letter[7] | Name | Scripts | |||||||||||||||
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Cursive | Rashi | Braille[8] | Hieroglyphic base of Proto-Sinaitic (assumed) |
Proto-Sinaitic (reconstructed)[citation needed] |
Phoenician | Paleo-Hebrew | Aramaic | Greek | Latin | Cyrillic | Arabic |
I thought all the snowflakes had melted by now!