Re: Ex-Official: Russia Moved Saddam's WMD

stananger wrote:
are you blaspheming the bible? the book of revelations??

1) I am Jewish, so I don't have even a single iota of faith in the New
Testament. It's a work of fiction.
2) I have definite issues with Old Testament. I do not believe that was
completely divine either.

To address your concern about New Testament being divinely inspired; you
first have to show that Jesus was even Messiah. IMHO, He wasn't, and Old
Testament proves it specifically. And if he isn't, then NT is not divine.
Here are some major points of contention (and Christian response is
typically that "yeah - we know he didn't do that - he will do that some time
in the future"). My position is that If an individual fails to fulfill even
one of these below conditions, then he cannot be "The Messiah." A careful
analysis of these criteria shows us that to date, no one has fulfilled every
condition.


For your convenience, here is the list, of requirements with chapter and
verse. My source is www.jewsforjudaism.com

Here goes:

First of all, he must be Jewish - "...you may appoint a king over you,
whom the L-rd your G-d shall choose: one from among your brethren shall
you set as king over you." (Deuteronomy 17:15)

He must be a member of the tribe of Judah - "The staff shall not depart
from Judah, nor the sceptre from between his feet..." (Genesis 49:10)

He must be a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon, his
son - "And when your days (David) are fulfilled, and you shall sleep
with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall issue
from your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a
house for my name, and I will make firm the throne of his kingdom
forever..." (2 Samuel 7:12 - 13)

He must gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel
-"And he shall set up a banner for the nations, and shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the
four corners of the earth." (Isaiah 11:12)

He must rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem - "...and I will set my
sanctuary in their midst forever and my tabernacle shall be with them.."
(Ezekiel 37:26 - 27)

He will rule at a time of world-wide peace - "...they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war
anymore." (Micah 4:3)

He will rule at a time when the Jewish people will observe G-d's
commandments - "My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall
all have one shepherd. They shall follow My ordinances and be careful to
observe My statutes." (Ezekiel 37:24)

He will rule at a time when all people will come to acknowledge and
serve one G-d - "And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to
another and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship
before Me, says the L-rd" (Isaiah 66:23)

All of these criteria are best stated in the book of Ezekiel Chapter 37
verses 24-28:

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they shall all
have one shepherd. they shall also follow My judgments and observe My
statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have
given to Yaakov my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt and they
shall dwell there, they and their children, and their children's
children forever; and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them, which I will give them; and I will
multiply them and I will set my sanctuary in the midst of them
forevermore. And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their
G-d and they will be my people. Then the nations shall know that I am
the L-rd who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary will be in the midst
of them forevermore.

If an individual fails to fulfill even one of these conditions, then he
cannot be "The Messiah." A careful analysis of these criteria shows us
that to date, no one has fulfilled every condition.


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Bruschi's Barnstormers
Four out of Six in 2006



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