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This thread above seems to be a little complicate to understand but the point once focused upon, carries one's understanding into two phases of the same entity: Israel. In the phase of Isaiah 7:14, Judah is reborn as an indendent Tribe chosen to remain in Jerusalem, according to I Kings...

I would like to enhance the thread above, by bringing up the fact that the way Jesus felt about Mary Magdalene was an obvious evidence that they were married, as this thread illustrates the occasion. Ben

I hope that the above thread about "Children of Light vs Children of Darkness" will clarify a little the confusion about the light created on the first day of creation when, the sun was set in the sky only on the fourth day. Ben

IMHO, they were all former Hellenistic disciples of Paul, as I can't believe that any of the gospel writers was Jewish. If any of the apostles of Jesus wrote anything at all, it obviously was discarded when the books of the NT were organized into the Christian Canon in the 4th Century, as the...

I have never straddled the issue about Jesus' identity between Greek and Roman. Jesus was a Jewish man. What makes of him a Greek is the Christian idea of how he was born. That's all. Ben

I couldn't agree with you more. A fantastic idea this of yours. Ben

THE POWER THAT PRAYER DOES NOT HAVE This might prove to be a time bomb, considering that approximately 95% of theists won't agree with me. Prayers cannot make God change His mind, that's the point. I mean, requesting prayers. That's not simply my opinion but my understanding of Numbers 23:19...

LOVE OF RECENTLY MARRIED PEOPLE One day, Jesus was paying a visit to his most dearly-more-than-a-cousin, John the Immerser, over the other side of the Jordan. Perhaps, it had been a long time since they had seen each other last. (John 10:40) Soon enough, while he was enjoying the company of...

Absolutely not. He had to be a Greek man, to be a man and God at the same time. That's what is called the Hellenistic myth of the demigod, which is the son of a god with an earthly woman. There is no such a thing in Judaism which was the Faith of Jesus. Ben

ALMAH VERSUS BETULAH In the original in Hebrew, "Almah," which is used in Isaiah 7:14, means a young woman in child bearing age and mature for nuptials. "Betulah," which is used in Amos 5:2, means a physical virgin, pure and immature as a lamb for sacrifice. A lamb from the flock, to be...

Hey Thomas, the rape scenario is not mine. If you google "Jesus and Pantera" you will see what I mean. But back to the Virgin Birth, take a look at this: ALMAH VERSUS BETULAH In the original in Hebrew, "Almah," which is used in Isaiah 7:14, means a young woman in child bearing age and mature...

Dream, the main objective of our discussions is to learn. There is no learning in agreements just for the sake of interfaith understanding. All the learning is in controversy. No wonder Jews have a rich field of literature as a result of comments from the Scriptures: The controversial...

I don't think so, Dream. The world is not ready for me. Ben

But Jesus was a Jew. To insist that an individual Jew was the Messiah and not that the whole Jewish People is the Messiah is Replacement Theology. Jesus was only part of the Messiah for the span of the 33 years of his life. Ben

IMHO, there is no doubt at all that Christianity refers to virgin birth in the case of Mary as of a pregnanacy without the help of man. Esoterically, as in the Greek myth of the demigod, although, according to the Greek concept, there was physical contact. Demigod all the same, Jesus would be...

For the Jews, there is no difference between the return of the Messiah and the return of the Jewish People from exile. That's what the concept of "Return" is all about. Read this if you please: THE CONCEPT OF A COMING MESSIAH The concept of first or second coming, or third for that matter...

Dream, I beg of you not to take this as an offense, bat I would suggest that this subject is indeed very good for discussion, but in a thread of its own. If you want to open up one, I'll be more than happy to discuss it with you; but really, I don't see any correlation with the theme of this...

As a footnote to this thread, I would remind further about Paul that, in his little gospel of having made himself all things to all men in order to save at least some of them, he added that he would behave sometimes as do those under the Law, although, in reality, as he said, "I am not bound by...

CHILDREN OF LIGHT VS CHILDREN OF DARKNESS According to Essene Theology, the controversy between good and evil is represented by the struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness since the beginning of the world. Therefore, in the "beginning," God created the heavens and...

Well, I have just watched a TV program when an former homosexual man - now married and with children - was interviewed, saying that a man is not born homosexual but he has become one for several reasons, being one of them, childhood insecurities and misguided by perverted adults. At that moment...