---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : Judy, The concept of Messiah is the same in the Jewish tradition and the Christian.
Oh, no, it most certainly is not the same, John. Good grief. You need to do more research on this point. The notion of Jesus being the "Son of God" was (and still is) blasphemy to Jews. The Jewish Messiah is to be 100 percent human, not human and divine both. There are other differences, including the one you cite, but this is the most important one. Even Jesus preached to the Jews that he was the promised one. But I do realize what the current Jews are arguing to say why he was not. The main difference is that that the Jews now and then expected a political messiah who would restore the Kingdom of David in the world back then and now. But they did not expect that the messiah would be the king in the realm of spirit or consciousness. No, the point was not meant to be anti-Semitic. In fact , there may be Christians today who don't realize that Jesus' kingdom is the unified field, which includes the multiverse or the other parallel words which physicists are theorizing to exist. IMO, the message of the Book of Revelation is the coming of a new age, the time when heaven will manifest here on earth as it is in the afterlife, and the creation of a new Jerusalem, implying material prosperity, the eradication of poverty and human suffering. Perhaps this event is the time when the Omega Man will be realized , as discussed by Teilhard Chardin in his writings, particularly "The Divine Milieu". ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : Yes, they were ostensibly. But more importantly, they rejected Jesus, the promised Messiah, as prophesied by the Jewish prophets. As such, it can be argued that they lost their place on earth as the "sons and daughters of Yahweh", although they have the genetic makeup of Abraham and Jacob. You do realize this is an anti-Semitic interpretation, right? Most of Jesus' followers, of course, were Jews. But the Christian concept of Messiah is very different from that of the Jewish prophets. This status of "being sons and daughters" is important to inherit the rewards of the "new heaven and new Jerusalem" as prophesied in the book of Revelations. Book of Revelation, not Revelations. This is similar to MMYs idea of "200 percent of living, both absolute and material, while living in enlightenment here on earth.. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Living in Judah? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : But where were the Jews when Jesus was here on earth? At the same, one can ask : what have the Christians done to make this world a heaven here on earth? When will the ideal humans emerge to deserve the Rapture here on earth? Rabbi Cahn: ‘We’re Seeing Things That Even Sodom and Gomorrah Didn’t See’ http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/rabbi-cahn-were-seeing-things-even-sodom-and-gomorrah-didnt-see http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/rabbi-cahn-were-seeing-things-even-sodom-and-gomorrah-didnt-see Rabbi Cahn: ‘We’re Seeing Things That Even Sodom a... http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/rabbi-cahn-were-seeing-things-even-sodom-and-gomorrah-didnt-see ... View on cnsnews.com http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/rabbi-cahn-were-seeing-things-even-sodom-and-gomorrah-didnt-see Preview by Yahoo
