light vs darkness

[DesireTruth]

@Keith,

Judas served the true living God, then turned and sold Gods son–

When is it recorded Judas was serving G-d? What is recorded is he was a follower of the Jesus. There are a couple issues with the Judas narrative; first we get two separate accounts, did he hang himself or he fall headlong and his belly burst open. Why two different accounts? I already know the christian response, but does it make sense; to fall headlong means to fall head first, did he do a somersault in mid-air when the rope or branch broke. What are Jewish customs concerning death, would Judas been left to rot until his body fell? So many questions without answer.

Second, wasn’t Judas following the will of G-d by betraying the Jesus. Wasn’t the dead of the Jesus “known from the foundations of the earth” so from the very beginning Judas’ purpose was to betray the Jesus and was doing the “will” of G-d.

I never mentioned–blessed is he so i don’t understand your question.

Go back a few responses (947498) you brought up Matt 23:39; in this passage the Jesus says, “For I tell you, you will never see me from now on until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” This is where my question comes from, “What do the religious leaders saying “blessed is he” to the Jesus have to do with being “restored”? You made the claim saying “The Jewish religion is apostatized to this day–Jesus told them off at Matt 23 and until they do verse 39 they are cut off( verse 38) of being Gods chosen.” Did you site a passage without knowing what it said?!?

For the most part its the mortals fault, yet this system is ruled by satan influences helping them make bad choices. All make bad choices.

What your saying is it’s not one’s fault when they sin, it’s Satan who causes you to stumble and sin; explain Gen 4:7. Who said “I make peace and I create evil”; hint Isa 45:7 (it’s not Satan) look it up! You said it perfectly, “all make bad choices”; the choice belongs to the individual and NOT anyone or anything else; take responsibility for your actions.

[DesireTruth]

@Proclaimer,

Concerning the Ezekiel 28 passage, you recognize a different title can be used to address the same person, just not in this case; why, because it doesn’t align with your belief system or I have to be wrong? You haven’t proved me wrong, just that you believe something different; who’s arguing?

I gave you a scriptural examples of both prince and king being used to address David; you gave me personal opinion. If I’m using scripture to support what I say, so how can I be using “predefined beliefs” and “forced(ing them) into the text? I’m reading the words written! If you want beliefs being forced into scripture, you may want to examine what you actually believe and why; as we find the Jesus being injected everywhere into Jewish prophecies.

[DesireTruth]

Light vs Darkness; Truth vs Lies

Here we are in the season of “celebrating” the “miraculous conception” and birth of the Jesus as told by the writer of Matthew who makes the claim it was the fulfillment of the prophet Isaiah in chapter 7:14.

However, when reading chapter 7 of Isaiah there is nothing of a coming messiah who will be of a “virgin” birth. Beginning in verse one, one will discover the king of Syria and the Northern Kingdom (Israel) had aligned themselves to conquer the Southern Kingdom (Judah) lead by king Ahaz. G-d said HE wasn’t going to allow it and the two nations where going to fall. Then G-d tells Ahaz to ask for a sign to show that G-d would not allow these kingdoms to come against Judah, but Ahaz refuses; so Isaiah tells him this young pregnant woman, who was standing there, would give birth to a child and before the child could reject evil and choose good the kingdoms plotting against Judah would be destroyed. This prophecy isn’t about a messiah, let alone pointing to the Jesus’ birth; it’s a sign for king Ahaz and the assurance that G-d will protect the southern kingdom from attack. Verse 14 has to be put in context with the surrounding verses; otherwise we can come up with some outlandish ideas like the one in the book of Matthew claiming G-d impregnated Mary. To anyone who would claim this is a “dual” prophecy, please provide your scriptural evidence supporting where G-d said certain prophesies have a dual meaning, one for the time it was given and for a future date.

Continuing on in this chapter, the prophecy isn’t the birth of the child, the prophecy is when the child is able to reject evil and choose good that these kingdoms will be destroyed. So the writer of Matthew either didn’t have a good comprehension level or used deception to twist the passage to mean what it was never intended to mean. Can a lie repeated long enough become truth or does it remain a lie?

Digging further into the Isa 7:14 passage, the Hebrew text has the word “almah” which means “young woman” or “maiden.” Bethulah is Hebrew for a woman who has never been with a man, the same as the modern definition. Ask yourself why Isaiah used the word almah and not bethulah if he wanted his readers to understand the woman who was standing before them was a “virgin”? Also consider, why would a king, who was about to be invaded, be looking for a sign of a messiah 700 years into the future. Makes no sense!

This Christmas as you sit in your churches and we hear this story of a child being immaculately conceived as the savior of the world, remember what G-d said in Isa 43:11 “I, even I, am Lord; and beside Me there is no savior.” Salvation comes from G-d, not thru or because of anyone else.

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