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Hi guys, Due to personal reasons, sadly, I have to say goodbye. I would like to wish you all a very happy and blessed walk with Messiah. May He, in His infinite Grace, bless you all in your spiritual lives! I have had a great time here but unfortunately nothing in this life lasts forever...

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents here... Myriam is to be: 1 -Respected (she gave birth to AND raised Messiah); 2 - Admired (she was one of G-d's most faithful servants); 3 - Used as an example (we can always learn from G-dly people); According to (most) Messianics, however, she...

Christy4Christ, I am sorry but I won't be able to continue the discussions on this thread (at least not for the next couple of weeks). Reason is I'm taking a pre-service training course at the school I was hired to teach at. It started today and I can see that I will have very little time to...

Wisdom doesn't say G-d is displeased with death, or will give eternal life it says G-d did not create death. Period. That couldn't be farther from the truth. There is a difference between a passage being SCARY and it being HERESY. First of all, you didn't answer how it is possible that...

Well I didn't bother quoting them since I did give the reference and assumed everyone who was interested could look it up. I was simply avoiding a lengthy post. But if you want quotes, I can give you quotes... most of them are pretty clear anyway... In Messiah, Ben Tsion

Not actually, YOU claimed that my interpretation was wrong or out of context. So the burden of proof is on you. ;)

Depends on what you call relevant. As far as religion is concerned, I think the only thing worth mentioning is that Yeshua wore tzit-tzit on the border of his clothes, which is commanded by the Torah (it was a symbol that the Israelites were taking upon themselves the Laws of G-d). In...

Stevo-o, That is exactly where the problem lies. Like I said before, their set of criteria has a lot of speculation in it and their application of such criteria is also subject to their own personal interpretation. In other words, it is anything but science (and yet they make it look like it's...

Having been brought up in a Catholic school, I am pretty familiar with the Apocrypha. I have read them many times (especially Maccabees), since as I said before I don't cry wolf and know that one can learn from them (though they do have historical inconsistencies). It is very easy to simply...

You're being too kind, Yafet... ;) We gotta hand it to people like the Jesus Seminar. They are masters in the art of lending scientific credibility to sheer speculation. It kind of reminds me of a comic strip I saw a while ago, which portrays the Jesus Seminar fellows on Judgement Day. In...

Have you read them? Aren't the following verses contradicting Torah? 1 - In the book of Tobit, the 'angel' of G-d not only lies, but also encourages witchcraft to expel demons; 2 - The book of Tobit inplies that almsgiving saves; 3 - The book of Tobit commands us to place bread on the...

Christy, I believe much of what is in the book of Wisdom is actually quoted from Proverbs. Anyway, there would be far tougher Messianic prophecies for Jews to deal with concerning Yeshua if they wanted to rule out every reference of him from the Tanach... In Messiah, Ben Tsion

I don't think so... first because that would pretty much have ruled out half the Tanach as we know it... and second because there aren't many (if any) Messianic references in the apocrypha... In Messiah, Ben Tsion

Actually, Yafet, the information I have is that the Jewish groups who established the canon after the destruction of the temple (mostly the P'rushim), had the following criteria to decide which books were to be in the canon and which were not: 1) written originally in Hebrew 2) written...

LOL! I certainly hope I don't get 'Left Behind'... ;) Many of the nicknames of us weirdo's of the 'Messianic Judaism' forum actually come from Hebrew words and/or expressions. In my case, 'Ben Tsion' means 'Son of Zion'. May HaShem bless you! Ben Tsion

Christy, Shalom! Unfortunately, people usually live in extremes. Some people refuse to understand that not believing X is right doesn't mean we have to go all the way to -X. There's one example that will help you understand what I mean. Protestants (and Messianic Jews as well) do not believe...

How dare you! McDonald's is the modern-day mannah! It is present even in the desert, and it is so delicious that it is probably a gift from G-d! Here in Brazil we have an exclusive McDonald's sandwich (invented by a Brazilian chef) that is great it often beats their Big Mac sales. It's...

Henaynei, But, taking only that recommendation into consideration, wouldn't it be ok for a Jew to marry a Gentile believer since believers have been grafted into Israel, the olive tree of G-d? Since that verse doesn't clearly speak about marriage, such conclusion is open to our...

Yafet, I agree with you (wow, I've been using this sentence so often that I'm starting to scare myself)... it is more up to whom the person is than to what beliefs they hold to. I mean, maybe the Torah-observant Jew you want to marry would be in constant conflict with your faith in...

Hmmm... two people picturing me exactly the way I look... Why do I suddenly have the scary feeling that someone is watching me? :help: