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The Epiphany of the Messiah

Originally published on January 6th, 2016

(a)  Jews are thought of as being smarter and more accomplished than Christians.

(b)  Jews have been the object of innumerable persecutions from almost the very beginning of their history.

(c)  Jews insist on denying the Messianic role of Jesus.

(d)  Christians have demonized all Jews in the New Testament conveniently forgetting the fact that Jesus is a Jew.

From birth Jews are taught (programmed) that they are the Chosen People of God; that they are truly special.

Elemental psychology has conclusively proven that positive reinforcement leads to success. When the reinforcement is that of "one that has been chosen by God", the proverbial sky is the limit for what that individual can and will achieve.

End of the Jews are smarter and more talented myth.

The persecutors did so (and still do) out of jealousy and envy for their accomplishments and steadfastness based on the "Chosen People" belief (see above). God allowed such persecutions in an effort to catch their attention and bring them back to the fold (1) of the true God as Jesus tried to do.

End of excuses for the Why me, Lord? (2) tirades.

This is a manifestation of the basic and fundamental Denial Syndrome.

Jesus, a practicing Jew, admonished the Jewish Establishment of the time that they had drifted far from the course set by God and that they must come back or the consequences would be even worse than before.

It did not matter that Jesus fulfilled all Prophecies (3) regarding the expected Messiah. The problem was that He just did not tell the Administrators of Judaism what they wanted to hear.

We have looked into and inquired about as to why Jews will not accept Jesus as the Messiah and what we have been told by a Jewish Scholar is the following:

Concerning the prophecies that would support the belief of Jesus as the Messiah, I have no problem with. I closely associate my Jewish beliefs with the Evyonim (Ebionites)....

However, the zeal of the early church fathers to propel Jesus into G-d is another story. The simplest explanation would be the mistranslation of Isaiah 7:14 in which most Christian editions state "...and a virgin shall conceive..."

Most Christian editions have accepted the Greek translation of the Hebrew word "almah" as meaning a virgin. The original Hebrew word that Isaiah used was almah meaning a young woman (possibly a virgin but also possibly not).

If Isaiah had meant to say a virgin, he would have said in Hebrew "betulah" which literally meant virgin. Therefore, the concept of a virgin birth is not scriptural according to this specific chapter of Isaiah.

Just because early Christians chose to assume that a "young woman" meant a "virgin" and that Jesus was called "the son of God", do not seem enough reasons to interfere with the Messianic role of Jesus.

We see God, in the Old Testament, speaking as follows: I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son [2 Sam 7:14]. So where is the problem with God being "a father" to Jesus and Jesus being "a son" to God if they do not want to believe the truth that Jesus IS the Son of God?

But there is more. The mainstream Jews (4) (as opposed to Ebionites) claim that:

Jews do not accept Jesus as the Messiah because:


But there is even more!

In the same source (4) we read the definition of "Messiah" as:


Interestingly enough, their reason to deny Jesus' Messianic role confirms the Divinity of Jesus. How could He be initiated into the service of God (anointed) when He Is God Himself! Yes, He was baptized to set a living example of the requirements for a human being who would accept Him as the Messiah announced by the Baptizer himself.

However, if we need an "anointing equivalent" we have the magi who....


Let us review the meaning and significance of the gold, frankincense and myrrh (5) that the magi presented to Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew.


Furthermore, it is claimed that Jesus did not fulfill Messianic prophecies because:


In other words, they have the same expectations of those Catholics who are looking forward to the already mentioned "Great King" and "Holy Pontiff" - "a future age of perfection characterized by universal peace and recognition of God"

Such claims, position and expectations would be laughable if they would not have brought, and will still bring more, misery to so many misled Jews and Catholics.

How can anyone expect children being brought up in the Christian Faith not to develop an ingrained hatred for Jews?

There is no way, as the New Testament is written, that Jews can come across in any other way than as "the really bad guys"; the assassins of a gentle and loving Jesus.

Elemental psychology has also conclusively proven that rejection, in the best of cases, and hatred, in the worse of cases, would be the logical result of such brainwashing.

Expecting anything else would be contrary to logic and the way the brain works.

... he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller' s herb: And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice. And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years. [Malachi 3: 1-4]

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