Thanks for feedback. I guess the messiah the Jews are expecting, has yet to come, obviously.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > <steve.sundur@> wrote: > <snip> > > > 2 Corinthians 3:13-16 > > > 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face > > > to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance > > > was fading away. > > > 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same > > > veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been > > > removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. > > > 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their > > > hearts. > > > 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken > > > away. > > > Romans 7:6 > > > > Yea, I like this. Given what we know about people in power > > doing anything to hold on to power, it's kinda hard to argue > > that Jesus was not the Jewish Messiah. > > Actually it's dead easy to argue. The messiah > prophesied in the Hebrew Scriptures--who is to > take down the people in power--is to be a human > being. The notion of a divine messiah was (and > is) the worst kind of blasphemy in Judaism. > > What Paul is claiming here is that Jews are > essentially too spiritually stupid to recognize > that their own scriptures are wrong. > > Yet Fundamentalist Christians refer to Jews who > have converted to Christianity as "completed Jews." > > Right. Toss out the Jewish Scriptures, and your > Jewishness will be complete. > > To my mind, that's hard to beat for offensiveness. > (And my heritage, BTW, is Christian.) >
