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1 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | srbaegon | 53312 | ||
Hello Simchat Torah You better go back and look again. Matthew 16:16 (ESV) Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Steve |
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2 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53314 | ||
Shalom Steve; I am afraid that I do not understand what you are pointing to here. Could you please clarify this for me. Thank you. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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3 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | srbaegon | 53315 | ||
Hello Simchat Torah Simply that Simon Peter called Jesus the Christ (i.e. Messiah, Anointed One). It was a plain identification of who the Lord was and is. To say He is not the Messiah prophecied in the OT is a gross misunderstanding of Jesus' person. Steve |
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4 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53317 | ||
Shalom Steve; I may not have made myself clear previously and for this I apologize. What I intended to say is that no where in the Old Testament is there a promise of a coming Messiah (with the possible exception of Dan 9:26, which I do not see as Yeshua), but there is a promise of a coming prophet. Yeshua is called a prophet several times in the New Testament. Many are not aware of the origins of the idea that Israel would receive a Messiah. During the “inter-testemal;” period, the Messianic passages were formulated and attributed to the coming Messiah, long before Yeshua was even born. By the time Yeshua came, the Pharisees/Rabbis had formulated a very comprehensive view of the future messiah. Yeshua came as that Messiah, but I believe more importantly he came as the promised Prophet of Duet 18:5. The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. Btw, when you study the ancient Rabbinic beliefs of the Messiah, I find a very interesting turn of events. The Jewish Rabbis formulated the Messianic passages, which Yeshua fulfilled. Christians reject the Rabbis but hold onto the messianic passages. Modern Jews hold onto the Rabbis but reject the messianic formulas they created. Shalom Simchat Torah This in no way nullifies the New Testaments claims that Yeshua is the |
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