The goal of the Pagans is to destroy Christianity. They will do wh**ever it takes to achieve that objective, including rewriting or reinterpreting the Bible.
Jesus was a Jew, He was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, and died a Jew.
There is no such thing as a "f**e Jew".
Who is Jesus? A Character Profile
Despite the common misperception, Jesus was deeply Jewish.
Jesus Was a Jewish Person
Although there have been various portrayals of Jesus throughout history, Jesus was born, raised and died as a Jewish person. Even those who donât believe in Jesus cannot effectively deny his Jewish background:
Most portrayers of the life of Jesus neglect to point out that Jesus is in every characteristic a genuinely Jewish character, that a man like him could have grown only in the soil of Judaism, only there and nowhere else. Jesus is a genuine Jewish personality, all his struggles and works, his bearing and feeling, his speech and silence, bear the stamp of a Jewish style, the mark of Jewish idealism, of the best that was and is in Judaism, but which then existed only in Judaism. He was a Jew among Jews; from no other people could a man like him have come forth, and in no other people could a man like him work; in no other people could he have found the apostles who believed in him.
Would you be surprised to hear a prominent Jewish leader make the above statement? Rabbi Leo Baeck was a leading philosopher-theologian and historian of religion. Though he adamantly rejected Christianity, he saw a need to declare the Jewishness of Jesus. He emphasized that Jesus (Yeshua) was a Jew, born among Jewish people, and recognized by other Jews of his time.
One doesnât have to be a theologian to see the Jewishness of Jesusâeven from the time of his birth. The account of his birth in Bethlehem of Judea tells of wise men who came from afar to Jerusalem, inquiring of King Herod, âWhere is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship himâ (Matthew 2:2).
Herod was, by all accounts an unjust ruler, and he was not the rightful king of Judea. It is no surprise that he was disturbed by the proclamation of the wise men. Herod asked the more-knowledgeable religious leaders where the Messiah was to be born and learned that the place had been prophesied by Micah, hundreds of years earlier:
âBut you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.â (Matthew 2:6)
Herod, in a diabolical plot much like Pharaohâs, massacred Jewish babies in an attempt to maintain his own kingship. He wanted to put an end to the life of the one who would become ruler over Israel. But he was unable to snuff out the baby born in Bethlehem to a young Jewish girlâMiriam (Mary).
Yeshua identified as a Jewish person and was identified with the Jewish people.
From his family pedigree (Matthew 1), to his birth and circumcision (Luke 2), to his pidyon ha ben ceremony, to his bar mitzvah, to his dâroshes in the synagogues, and even to his final epitaph, a sign over his head on the cross reading âThe King Of The Jewsâ (Matthew 27:37), Yeshua identified as a Jewish person and was identified with the Jewish people.
Did Jesus Claim to be the Jewish Messiah?
Some claim that Jesus was indeed a good Jewâan observant Jew, perhaps even a prophetâbut that he never claimed to be the Messiah. Some say the notion that he was a savior and a mediator between the people and God was advertised by his followers.
But what did Jesus say about himself?
One time when he was traveling with his disciples, he asked them, âWho do people say that the Son of Man is?â And they said, âSome say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.â He said to them, âBut who do you say that I am?â Simon Peter replied, âYou are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.â And Jesus answered him, âBlessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heavenâ (Matthew 16:13bâ17).
Jesus said to her, âI who speak to you am he.â
Another time when he was traveling alone, Jesus encountered a Samaritan woman at Sychar. In that profound and unusual encounter with Jesus she said to him, âI know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.â Jesus said to her, âI who speak to you am he.â(John 4:25â26). She ran to tell those in the village about her encounter, and after they spent time with him, they declared their own belief in his Messiahship.
One commentator, John Stott, said that âthe most striking feature of the teaching of Jesus is that he was so frequently talking about himself.â And no matter who you think Jesus was or is, we cannot ignore what he claimed about himself.
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