Subject: Christians before Jesus came |
Bible Note: chesed I'm not sure I understand what you mean by those in the Israelite community and those outside. You were either the child of Israel or you weren't. I'm not going to argue over which Messianic prophecy the Jews held and which they didn’t. How would we ever prove it one way or the other. However we can see in many people were expecting the Messiah, obviously both Simeon and Anna in Luke 2 were. John the Baptist knew his mission was to prepare the way and thus preached the coming Messiah. Incidentally he knew Jesus instantly when he first saw him proclaiming behold the Lamb of God. The magi knew of the coming King of Israel the Messiah, as did Herod whom they told and also his scribes knew and were aware of where the Messiah was to be born. So when you say they didn’t know of the forth coming of the Messiah what then do you think Hebrews 11:13-16 is talking about? Also if they Jews could find salvation external to Jesus then when Jesus said He was the door no one would come to the Father but by him John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” We would have to say that wasn’t true and Jesus did commit sin. Perhaps you would care to offer some scripture to support your position now. EdB |