Posted by David John on April 27, 2004, at 3:49:20
In reply to Re: One Way to Rephrase, posted by David John on April 20, 2004, at 9:27:59
Dont be upset I wasnt there 2000 years ago nor can I understand the Rabi's intentions in saying that.
I did rephrase that thought for Dr Bob:
"Might I remind you gently that many of the 6,000 Pharesees knew that Jesus was the Messiah 2,000 years ago,I dont think they misunderstood what Jesus was teaching... "today many Rabi's secretly believe what Jesus was indeed the Messiah "...(you cant always prove these type of statments)my source for that was from a prominent Rabi who said to me " to come out today and say that would be paramount to flying a red flag at a bull he said people are not ready to receive yet".
The fact is he said that to me is admissable in any court of law ( as evidence) and therefor that Rabi could be summoned into court to be cross examined..having said that he could refuse to divulge his sources or deny he said that and prefer to pay the penality of comtempt of court
In any case the christain & the Jews still expect the Messiah to come according to the teachings...
My particular way of understanding the teachings the next coming would be the Messiahs final visit.
One last point the intellect of mankind is often at odds with absolute truths and always will be and just as many rejected the messiah in the flesh 2000 years ago (when there were no christains around) dosent surprise me at all, what's so different today, we have hundreds of belief systems and continue to argue over such minor things.
By the way Im not Jewish but love the Jewish nation and long to revisit soon.
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