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1 | Why do today's Jews reject Jesus? | OT general | Amber_G | 45864 | ||
In recent reseach regarding the reasons that today's Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah, I found a statement that really confused me. According to the Temple Foundation website, Jews believe that Messiah is still to come and that he will be 100 percent man not God/Man. They find the idea of God taking on human flesh repugnant. They also state that no where in the OT does it say that Messiah will be God. Is this true? I have read and re-read many messianic prophecies (Psalms, Isaiah, etc.) What am I missing? I know there is a verse or verses that support that Messiah will be God but I am not finding them. I know that Christ was the only one to totally fulfill all the Messianic prophecies- and the only one who could. What is our response (as Christians) to the idea that Messiah will be 100 percent man? Any help would be appreciated! | ||||||
2 | Why do today's Jews reject Jesus? | OT general | 2ndSamuel22 | 45865 | ||
Amber, I hope I can shed some light on this subject. 1. The most obvious refutation of the erroneous argument that Jesus is not God is Psalm 110:1-4 1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. This of course defines the holiness of Jesus. David himself states quite clearly that Jesus has been at the right hand of God, and that God would send Him to be His high priest. 2. As far as the humanness of Jesus, one could quote Isaiah ch.11. Matthew Henry wrote an excellent commentary on this chapter--http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/comm_read/1019870856.html--about how Jesus would spring from the root of Jesse(note- in Mr. Henry's commentary, when he refers to "meanness", it refers to modesty, not wickedness.), or from an earthly lineage. I hope I've helped to shed some light on this subject, and maybe someone else can illuminate even further. He will 2nd Samuel 22:26-28 |
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