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And I suppose that "Jesus" is hebrew? The angel of God would give Christ a Greek/Latin name? Please explain.
What approach? My comment wasn't addressed to you.Excuse me?! In what way is this approach excessively literal?
I haven't said anything about whether Emmanuel is a name or something else - despite what precepts might have incorrectly inferred from what I have said.The fact is that the Messiah is called both Jesus (of Nazareth) and Emmanuel, both of which are names (since you don't call someone a title, you address them using their title) that reflect different aspects of the Person and Natures of the Messiah.
Of course not - it's supposed to be nonsense.?! (and you expect people to dignify this nonsense with a reply...talk about insulting peoples' intelligence)
Simonline.
I am sure you can agree with this, at the same time its imo dangerous to try and discredit our Savior because of such a minor detail as a name. I dont care if we call Him Bob or Joe or Bubba, the fact still remains that he healed many, raised the dead, died for our sins then came back to life! Maybe he wasnt specifically called Emmanuel but he was Emmanuel. I dont call my father "Father" I call him "Dad" that doesnt make him any less my father. Know what I mean?Exactly. There are times when it is necessary to be extremely precise in one's theological definitions and arguments but this particular argument is just nonsense since the proponent is simply trying to drive a wedge between the reality of the Messiah as Emmanuel and the reality of the Messiah as Jesus (of Nazareth) and that is just absurd?!
Simonline.
It wasn't intended to be rude - if fact I took a concious decision not to react rudely to: "and you expect people to dignify this nonsense with a reply...talk about insulting peoples' intelligence" - and I'm sorry if you read it that way - always a difficulty with a text only medium with no tone of voice.Since it is the same approach that I use I think that I am entitled to ask the question (and there is no need to be so rude either)?
If I had said any of that it would be. I don't know if you are badly misundertanding everything I've said, or mistaking me for someone else.But that's just it, everything you have said thus far (i.e. attempting to drive a wedge between the Messiah who is Jesus and the Messiah who is Emmanuel) has been complete nonsense?!
Simonline.
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