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Continue reading →: The future of Israel, Messiah and the World (the Jewish version)
Imagine this alternate prophetic scenario, which I believe accords far better with the Jewish prophets than the New Testament’s version of the future, where the glorious multinational Church and Jesus are reunited. This is is not a version of future events where Jews belatedly accept and worship the messiah they…
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Continue reading →: Jesus dependency and being caught between Christian and Jewish worlds
For those worshipers of Jesus (either Jewish-born or Gentile) who wish to imagine themselves as part of Israel and Judaism, while embracing core teachings of Christianity, life is often full of cognitive dissonance and spiritual uncertainty. Theirs is an existence where the ever hopeful ambiguity reigns supreme. They wish to tout Jesus’ Jewishness and value of…
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Continue reading →: New Testament author with Jewish blood on his hands
I have already written about the historic evidence that we have in our possession that the author of one of the New Testament’s most read and beloved books, the Gospel of John, was not a fan of the Jewish people. In fact, he had an extremely negative view of both…
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Continue reading →: Why did G-d choose Israel and doesn’t Holocaust prove that He is no longer with Jews?
A Muslim reader emailed me asking, if G-d is really with the Jews today, why was there a Holocaust? G-d did choose Israel in the past, he noted, but this was only because they observed Torah. Since most Jews living today, he reminded me, are no longer so observant, how…
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Continue reading →: Part 2: Thoughts on Jews converting to Christianity
Click here for Part 1 What does it mean to be a “completed Jew”? Most Messianic Jews and Gentile Christians believe that without Jesus an “unbelieving” Jew’s relationship with his or her G-d is severely crippled. Many believe, following the statement supposedly made by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew…
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Continue reading →: Part 1: Thoughts on Jews converting to Christianity
Living in this “land of liberty”, I am thankful to G-d that today I, though a Jew, can speak my mind freely about all matters of religion. I am also thankful that information, from all sides, is freely available for everyone to examine. People can now judge for themselves the merits…
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Continue reading →: Part 4: Answering questions from Christians
In this fourth installment of the Answering questions from Christians series of posts, I am again answering actual questions that I received through email from Christians. For previous installments, see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Question 1: “Did only Jesus ascend to heaven, as per John 3:13? What…
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Continue reading →: The Jewish prayer that was banned by Church
Aleinu is a prayer that marks the closing of the morning, afternoon and evening service in a synagogue. Today it is found in many Jewish prayer books, but at many points of our long and painful history it would be censored by the Church, and Jews would risk and sometimes lose…
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Continue reading →: Part 3: Answering questions from Christians
Continuing with answers to questions emailed in by Christians. Also, see Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Question 1: “How can Christianity be false, when Paul and Peter and most other apostles gave their lives for the things they preached. They had real experiences.” Answer: The sole accounts we…
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Continue reading →: Part 2: Answering questions from Christians
I thought it would be of interest to my readers to share this on my blog. Below are some questions that were emailed to me by Christians and my replies to them. Question 1: “What do Jews believe in regards to heaven and hell? Are these real?” Answer: Jews believe…