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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Beseder Ordered by Date |
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1 | Where is the 'o'? | Bible general Archive 2 | Beseder | 153752 | ||
Hi Faron, I write G-d's name that way because He has blessed me with a calling of reaching out to the Jewish people with the good news about His Son, Yeshua. At my Messianic congregation, we have Jewish people who come from many countries and many different family customs about honoring G-d. Most of the people in my synagogue who are Jewish believers either came from formerly Conservative or Reform backgrounds (correlating in some ways to Baptist or Episcopal). They are used to spelling out the name of G-d, including the "o" and don't think anything about it. Others were agnostic or atheistic before they met Yeshua. To them, the spelling is not so important, either. However, we started to realize that we also have not-yet-believing-Jewish family members who are visitors-- and then we began (glory to G-d!) receiving new members who come from Orthodox backgrounds. Some of our members explained to others of us that to Jewish people from Orthodox backgrounds, our old way of writing out the whole name of G-d was, to them, a casual way of treating G-d's name which was shocking and dishonoring. For us to spell out G-d's whole name in the bulletin or on the powerpoint was distracting and felt disrespectful to the Jewish people we are reaching out to. We realized that in order to be more inclusive-- to prefer one another in love-- we wanted to invite in all Jewish people to get to know about Messiah, rather than needlessly offending some. The custom is very beautiful, once a person understands it. When you really love a person, you love their name and honor as well... and you want all people to treat their name with respect. It is part of how Jewish tradition keeps the commands to honor G-ds' name as holy. People became tender-hearted about G-d's name so much so that they were careful that when they wrote His name on something, they didn't want that piece of paper to be colored over or crumpled or casually thrown in the trash can. As a way to hold G-d's name in high honor, some Jewish people grew used to removing part of the word so that a person would never "throw away" or use inappropriately His name. Since I write on the internet to a wide audience and do not know whether Orthodox Jews might be reading what I write, I try to write in a way that shows sensitivity and respect toward this tradition of how to write G-d's name. There are many obstacles about considering Yeshua as the Messiah which are difficult enough for a Jewish person. For me, writing G-d's name in this way is gesture of love showing that a Jewish person can continue to honor G-d in traditional Jewish ways while trusting in the Jewish Messiah. Thanks for asking. :) Shalom to you, Beseder |
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2 | Is God against interacial marriage? | 2 Cor 6:14 | Beseder | 153521 | ||
Hi.. I agree with the others who clearly stated that G-d tells us who believe in Yeshua (Jesus) that we should not marry others who are not equally committed to Him. However, I don't see that in your question. There are two examples I think are powerful in scripture regarding your question and a side note. Example 1: Please read Numbers 12. Miriam and Aaron found fault with Moses because he had married Zipporah, an Ethiopian woman. Probably there was some skin tone variety there... and Miriam and Aaron were treating Moses with some arrogance about who he had chosen to marry. Read the chapter and see how angry G-d got about their pride.. what He did, and how He answered Moses' prayer for Miriam. The chapter is very sobering about how G-d felt about Miriam and Aaron's faultfinding about who Moses married and attempting to put him down (and elevate themselves) in their own eyes. Exampel 2: While there were certain people that the Jewish people were told not to intermarry with, I believe that commandment was specific to the Jewish people because G-d wanted the Jewish people to remain a distinct people and not be assimilated into the nations (which did not yet believe in Him.) The main point, I think, of the commandment is the same main point as in the verse in Corinthians: G-d wants harmony and equal trust and committment to Him in a marriage if both people are considering getting married. Whether people are of the same ethnicity or not is not the issue in most cases. For example, Rahab was a member of one of those prohibited peoples (as was Ruth and Orpah). Later, Rahab and Ruth because they chose to put their trust in the Living G-d-- married into the Jewish people and became a blessing. Side note: Some Jewish believers (because of knowledge that many in the Jewish community will not accept their children as Jewish unless the mother is Jewish) may choose only to marry only another Jewish believer.. and that choice is valid, for conscience's sake and to have children which will continue to demonstrate their unending love for and connection with the Jewish people. (See Romans 14). However, the traditional Jewish community does not normally accept Jewish believers as still being Jewish anyway.. so who a Jewish believer marries is between that person and the L-rd, as long as the person is a committed believer in Yeshua. |
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3 | what color was jesus christ to look upon | Bible general Archive 2 | Beseder | 153514 | ||
Africa is a huge continent, and people who live there come in many shades, just as G-d intended they should. People in northern Africa are lighter skinned than people further south. I think you are making an assumption about Yeshua's (Jesus')physical appearance that is not justified by the facts. Yeshua probably had/has a light olive complexion.. dark hair and eyes, and muscles. He has a beard. (People pulled out some of His beard it is recorded.) His mom's name was Mirium, and his adopted father's name was Yosef. He went to synagogue on Saturday as His normal custom. He was born to an ancient people that G-d picked to bless the rest of us.. not because they were strong or numerous.. but because they were the smallest in number, the Scripture says. Today's Jewish people are Jewish because they had a Jewish parent. According to the more conservative Jewish tradition, the parent was the mother, although in Reform and Messianic tradition, it is acceptable for either the mother or the father to be Jewish for the child to be considered Jewish as well. People who were not born to a Jewish mother or father, according to the Bible, are called Gentiles... and it has always been G-d's plan to lavish His love on the Gentiles as well. It is an honor to be chosen by G-d to know Him and His will and to believe in the Righteous One, Yeshua the Messiah. In G-d's economy, both Jews and Gentiles are part of His plan, to have everyone come to Him and receive His mercy, and to show the love that He creates in our hearts for each other. 1 Corinthians 7 says that being married or being unmarried or being Jewish or being Gentile is not the big deal. The big deal is to honor G-d in whatever choice He made about who we should be.. who we would be born to..whether He made us male or female. G-d knows what He is doing, and He created you in the exact way and through the exact family that would give Him the most glory. Don't despise your birthright, whether you are Jewish or non-Jewish. If you are from Puerto Rico or Denmark or China or born from Jewish parents, be glad! G-d has drawn you to Himself and given you new birth through His Son. There is no greater gift than to be adopted in love through Messiah. Don't try to imagine a Jewish genealogy for yourself as a way to draw closer to G-d. The Bible says, "Draw near to G-d and He will draw near to you." The Bible says that "G-d is rich toward all who call on Him." If you had Jewish parents or Jewish grandparents, then you have an amazing and wonderful birthright and responsibility before G-d. The Land of Israel is bequeathed to you through scripture, and it is your job to remain visibly part of the Jewish people while serving G-d. G-d intends for Jewish believers in the Messiah to remain part of Israel. It is His heart's desire that the Jewish people would see that it is possible to believe in Messiah and remain Jewish at the same time. If you are born Gentile, let G-d put in you a love for the Jewish people which He Himself shares. It is part of His heart that the Jewish people would be blessed and would prosper spiritually and grow in intimacy with Him through the knowledge of the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua. Throughout the Bible, G-d's heart to bless the Jewish people remains a central theme. G-d says to Israel in Jeremiah, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love, and I have drawn thee with My lovingkindness." Be glad in who you are. G-d doesn't make mistakes. He knows what He is doing. We receive atonement through the precious blood of the Lamb of G-d, Messiah Yeshua. There is no bloodline more important than that. |
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