Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then will you also appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3:2-4). The yearning for Messiah grew out […]
A portrait of the suffering Messiah | Isaiah 53
October 4, 2012 by
with acknowledgements to David Baron, Dr. Kac and William Manson for much of the material. Ancient Jewish Interpretation of Isaiah Fifty three. Dr. C.H. Wright, in “The Servant of Jehovah,” has this remark: “This great prophecy was an enigma which could not be fully understood in the days before Christ, but which has been solved […]
Do all Israel have a part in the world to come?
October 4, 2012 by
The days before Yom Kippur are the days of reflection, in which our eternal fate hangs in the balance. During these days of awe and self examination, all Israel stands before the Supreme Judge, wanting the assurance that our names have been inscribed in the Book of Life. If repentance is sincere we must be […]
Rabbinic views . . . on God appearing in human form
October 4, 2012 by
In the 12th century AD Rabbi Moses Maimonides formulated what has come to be known as the thirteen principles of the faith. The third principle is as follows: “I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is not a body, and that He is free from all the accidents of matter, […]
The real meaning of Kosher
October 4, 2012 by
Many Jews are deceived into believing that if they obey the Torah as best they can they will be assured of a place in the world to come. Rabbinical Judaism is not the religion of Moses and the prophets. It is a humanistic religion based upon man-made laws and traditions which teaches that salvation depends […]
Is the New Testament anti-Semitic?
October 4, 2012 by
By Victor Buksbazen – Permission to reprint from The Lewis and Harriet Lederer Foundation, 6204 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21215. The New Testament is a book which to millions of people reveals God’s love for all men. In recent years this book has been attacked by some Jewish leaders as responsible for Christian hostility to […]
‘The LORD will provide’ – the sacrifice of Isaac (the ‘akedah’) in Rabbinic writings
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“The Lord will make it known who shall be His. My son, the Master will look to His lamb And whosoever is holy, He will draw to Him.” R. Ephraim ben Jacov of Bonn 1 Many Jews are unaware that concepts usually associated with Christian theology are contained in the Aggada. Although these are numerous and widely dispersed […]
Rabbinic views . . . on the “Nazarene”
October 4, 2012 by
Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, a representative of an anti-missionary organisation, questioned the reliability of the New Testament, saying it contained hundreds of errors or discrepancies, and even accusing the writers of “deliberately mistranslating the Hebrew Scriptures.” He contends that the following verse in the New Testament has been “fabricated and does not exist in our Hebrew […]
