The first time I ever talked to a muslim was in the year 2000. We were in the basement of a hostel in the King’s Cross area of London. He was a young man from Lebanon. He had a tiny qu’ran in his shirt pocket. I was interested in the difference in the information about Jesus between the bible and the qu’ran. So I asked him how many times Jesus was quoted in the qu’ran. He said just once. He knew right where it was and quickly turned to the page and he read it out loud. He was reading from the 19th sura in the qu’ran. The aithor of the qu’ran portrayed Jesus speaking from the crib immediately after he was born. There it says Jesus said, “I am the servant of God. He has given me the scripture, and made me a prophet. And made me blessed wherever I may be; and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live. And kind to my mother, He did not make me a disobedient rebel. So peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I get resurrected alive.” As soon as the young Lebanese man read this, he said, “I don’t believe in this”. He thought it was a fable since it quoted Jesus speaking from the crib. I didn’t say anything. I don’t remember what I said that day, but I do remember the young man from Lebanon told me I could lead a large group of people. I t was a big compliment. And another guy who was there said he could tell I knew what I was doing. He liked the way I was speaking about bible strategy. The young Lebanese man told me I should read the qu’ran. At that time, I was not quite ready to care about what was written in there.
About three years later, I decided to print out the qu’ran in english off the University of Michigan website. I already knew God was using the Jewish prophets in the bible to prompt Him to intervene against murder. I wanted to see if God wanted the writer of the qu’ran to have a role in this as well. I thought there was a chance God put about 75% of the words used to prompt Him to intervene against murder in the Jewish book and 25% of those great words in the Arab book. I needed to find out if this was the leadership decision made by God long ago. I knew if God did that I would easily be able to coordinate the similar words from the two books and help get rid of this murderous situation.
When I read the qu’ran, I found it contained very few prophecies. So I saw God did not put in any effort into sharing an intervention strategy against murder between the two books. One of the unfulfilled prophecies said God would do an act of rage far from the Arab world. Another said an inviter would come who was an honest person. One said those who rejected Muhammad would get killed by angels.
One of the best statements made by the author of the qu’ran is found in 29.27. There he said God caused the prophethood to remain in the seed of Jacob. This is a true statement, as far as the bible goes. The author of the qu’ran did not mention Jacob is used in the bible to start a prophetic chain about God’s intervention on murder. Instead, he proclaimed Jacob was a muslim even tough he was Jewish.
The bible is the book that shows God did this decisive feat against murder with Jacob. The author of the qu’ran did not provide any evidence that his statement about Jacob is true. The bible is the book that contains the prophecies which ensured the word of Jacob would be fulfilled. This puts the bible in a commanding position over the qu’ran.
This is a problem for somebody that claims the qu’ran is the greatest book because the author of the the qu’ran said the prophethood remained in the seed of Jacob, yet all the evidence that this is true is made in the bible.
Since this is the case, it does not make sense for someone to boast that their God is greater.
What happened in the bible when the prophethood remained in the seed of Jacob?
Jesus said this generation would be held accountable for all its murders. God gave the prophets a strategy in the bible which verifies this great word of Jesus against murderers is fulfilled.
The origin of this strategy against murder is found in Genesis 49. There Jacob describes two prophetic vines. The second one he calls a choice vine. Then the prophets came after Jacob left and built the two vines.
The second vine, the choice vine, deserves that name Jacob gave it because it is terrible for the killers of the world. The choice vine was built so God and Jesus could fulfill it themselves by dominating a nazarite. The dominating action was full of a show of great intimacy with killers. It it the worst possible thing they could do against murderers who are running around and have not been caught by the police.
This perfect biblical strategy against murder ensures Jesus is telling the truth when He says this generation will be held accountable for all its murderers. The fact Jesus is so intimate with this biblical strategy against murder means He is the One Jews are looking for. Jesus already has fulfilled the first vine of Jacob. Then when He leads the nazarite He prophesied about to fulfill the second vine He has fulfilled all the messianic requirements of Jacob. This strategic overthrow of murder is what makes Him deserve to be called Shiloh, or Peaceful One, by Jacob. Jesus has showed just how perfect a fit He is for the word of Jacob.
Since this great strategy against murder is only found in the bible, it shows the bible should be the most respected source of information in the world.
It is important Christians learn how to use this choice vine of Jacob so they can better defend their belief that Jesus is the messiah. When they do so, it will give them dominance over those in the middle east who reject the idea Jesus is the coming King.
It gives them command over the qu’ran since the bible is fulfilling the proclamations of the qu’ran.
Isaiah 52:7 says it is necessary for the nazarite to say to Zion that your God reigns. This event happens just before the return of Jesus. Isaiah also wrote about those who murder Jews in Israel. He said in 28:20 the thing they put their confidence in will fail them. What evidence is there in the qu’ran that this word by Isaiah is spoken against those who are fighting Israelis today?
I will show why it is not realistic to think the same God constructed both the bible and the qu’ran. Then I will show the best thing for Jesus to associate with us the biblical prophetic strategy against murder.
The writer of the qu’ran said numerous good things. He liked saying it is wrong for women to kill their children over fear of poverty. He agreed Israel was delivered from pharoah, and pharoah drowned. He said Jesus did miracles. He said God shaped people in the womb. He said Mary was a virgin. He denounced those who call her a slut. He said to be compassionate to your parents. He believed God will bring forth the living from the graves.
The biblical prophet Isaiah lived about 1300 years before the qu’ran was written. Jesus liked to quote him so he is established as a reliable source for Jesus. When Isaiah forces me into affiliating with the judgments in 28:20 and 52:7 it means the bible needs the qu’ran to have some insurmountable problems. It means Isaiah needs God to turn His back somewhat to the author of the qu’ran. If God turns His back to the author of the qu’ran he will say some bizarre bluster which is impossible to associate with. Then the word of Isaiah will come true. Isaiah 54:7-8 describes this relationship between God and the Arabs very well. Isaiah prophesied about God’s future relationship with the Arabs in Isaiah 54. Verses 7 and 8 say, For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion and mercy I will gather you to me again. In a little burst of wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with age-enduring love and kindness I will have compassion and mercy on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.
I found numerous statements in the qu’ran that cause me to agree with the analysis of Isaiah.
There were numerous attempts at parables by the author of the qu’ran. Let it suffice to say he is not anywhere near as good as Jesus at speaking in parables. It is plain he is not as good a teacher as Jesus.
The author of the qu’ran said things that would cause women or Jews to look elsewhere for truth.
Sura 2.96 calls Jews the greediest men for life, greedier than polytheists. It is undoubtedly true there are some Jews who are greedy. There are greedy people all over the world. The problem with this statement is that he is alienating Jews with the way he speaks about them.
He further alienates Jews in sura 5.13. There he says you will always find treachery among the Jews, except for a few of them. Again, undoubtedly some Jews are treacherous. But this comment is an exaggeration. His comments give Jews good reason to look elsewhere for truth.
5.64 says Jews are full of enmity and hatred.
Sura 5.151 Says don’t be friends with Christians and Jews, they are friends with each other.
He did it again when he said Jews are more opposed to the qu’ran than anybody else.
He also said things that alienate women. Sura 2.228 says men have more rights than women if they want a woman back. Sura 4.34 says to beat women when you fear desertion.
Sura 4.56 gives a lurid description of hell. It says there God will create new skins for burning after the first skin was burnt.
He introduced the concept of sacred months and sacred mosques. This makes for a big contrast here with Jesus.
Before He left, Jesus predicted the temple in Jerusalem would be destroyed, and He turned out to be right. It has not been around for nearly 2000 years. Isaiah also questioned the importance of a building when He quoted God in chapter 66 :1 and said, What kind of house would you build for Me? This view makes sense because at the end of the age the strategy against murder is what is sacred in the bible, not a building or a month.
Says in sura 3.84 there is no distinction between biblical figures. Sura 4.171 says Jesus is only an apostle. He shows no reverence for the messiah. Bible refers to the messiah in reverent terms.
Sura 2.191 says to kill unbelievers wherever you find them. Not a fair judgment for a variety of reasons listed here.
The qu’ran contains inconsistent views surrounding the death of Jesus. Sura 4.157 says, The Jews claim they have killed the messiah, Isa, and they did not kill Him nor did they crucify Him, but it appeared to them so, and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt, have no knowlege, follow a conjecture, they have killed Him not for sure.
The qu’ran contains a different quote from a talking baby Jesus. The quote from the talking baby Jesus said He would die and be resurrected. The talking baby Jesus in the qu’ran gave a similar account to what is written in the bible when He said He would die and be resurrected.
What the two quotes have in common is this: they both do not bother to go into great detail over what happened. The great attention to detail on this matter that is found in the bible is gone. This lack of detail shows the author of the qu’ran does not take his audience as seriously as the writers of the new testament do.
This lower level of communication by lack of attention to detail is not just happening with Jesus in the qu’ran. It happens with all the other biblical figures as well.
For example, Moses gave out death sentences to Jews who did perverse worship around stars. They were allowed to study the sky with a sense of wonder. But they were not allowed to believe in star gods. Those who have a perverse relationship with the sky have attacked Jews for a long time.
This biblical judgment by Moses was struck from the record. In its placed Moses was involved with a fable in sura 18. In this account, a being made himself out to be greater than Moses. Than this being killed a boy for lacking belief in islam.
Moses never consented to be associated with any fables about himself, from the Arab world or anywhere else. He associated his future on a future person with the blessings of Joseph on him in Deuteronomy 33:13-17.
The narrator of the qu’ran threw out the teaching of Jesus on divorce and substituted his own teaching in its place.
Sura 6.137 says to leave polytheists alone to kill their children and that Allah wills it. This is far removed from the killing of little ones in the bible. In the bible the killing of little ones creates a curse not just on those who do it but on all those who walk on by as well. (Psalm 91)
It is important to study the quotes of Jesus. The words of Jesus shows what He wanted to associate Himself with. The author of the qu’ran throws out these quotes. This is a plain act of disrespect for Jesus. When we examine the quotes of Jesus they reveal He is interested in achievements which are much greater than the bluster and lack of information in the qu’ran.
Jesus said this generation would be held accountable for all of its murders. He said He would remember John the Baptist right after John was murdered. It says God will remember John the Baptist at the end of Psalm 42. He also said he would hire a nazarite to get things restored and ready.
These quotes show Jesus is better in touch with the biblical strategy just before His return than anybody else is.
These words show Jesus is intent on great things.
And it gives them control over Jews who reject Jesus is the Messiah since He did not end the murder of Jews. Jesus did a perfect job of participating in the two part strategy of Jacob.
When I was staying in Israel in the early days of this century, I discovered an interesting feature about Jews. Jews like listening to people who show an interest in getting rid of the murder of Jews. Jews keep meticulous records of the murders against them that has taken place throughout history. Christians should be focused on the two part biblical strategy that is designed to end the murder of Jews. It is not a good idea
This two part strategy of Jacob against murder will expose those Jews who reject Jesus is the Messiah. They have always brushed over these words by Jacob since they did not ever comprehend what he is doing. Their longtime ignorance has left them in a weak position. Now that Jesus has used a nazarite to fulfill the choice vine against murder, He has moved into position to fulfill the word of Jacob in its entirety. He is in a commanding position over His detractors. They have no choice but to admit He knows how to fulfill the messianic scripture better than they do.
Show Isaiah’s statements about Zion’s God reigning, and his statement about the faith of those who murder of Jews.
Note the obvious differences in the qu’ran. Biblical strategy against murder is better than the proclamations. The fact the strategy against murder is better than the proclamations verifies the word of Isaiah is true.
Jesus did a good job of warning people of the awesome power of God. He referred to the end of the age as a dragnet, where everybody is caught by God in a net like fish.
The choice vine Jacob referred to is much like a large net made by God. God used many prophets to build the net. It took God over a thousand years to build. The person used to put it together at the end of the age has a lot of experience with God. God gives him experience with His intimacy with death, murder and who people are personally. This precise action fulfills the word of Jesus. He speaks like God knows each one here personally. So the right calls will be made. It also fulfills a statement of Jesus where He said this generation will be held accountable for all its murder.
Jesus showed just how perfect a fit He is for the word of Jacob.
I do not want to make an article that only talks about issues in just one group.
Look at this and show the lies, how they throw out so much info, throw out Jacob
In the following section I will show you a very shallow effort by an “award winning rabbi”. He rejects the idea that Jesus is the Messiah. I will show his comments, and then reveal some messianic statements he conceals. This exercise will prove he shows very little interest and knowledge in their words. When I show you words the different words he throws out, you will be able to see for yourself he is guilty of concealing evidence. As a result, he is convicted instead of delivered when the prophetic strategy against murder is revealed.
This is what the rabbi says:
(1) Jesus Did Not Fulfill the Messianic Prophecies
What is the Messiah supposed to accomplish? One of the central themes of biblical prophecy is the promise of a future age of perfection characterized by universal peace and recognition of God. (Isaiah 2:1-4, 32:15-18, 60:15-18; Zephaniah 3:9; Hosea 2:20-22; Amos 9:13-15; Micah 4:1-4; Zechariah 8:23, 14:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34)
Specifically, the Bible says he will:
Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).
Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4)
Spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: “God will be King over all the world – on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One” (Zechariah 14:9).
If an individual fails to fulfill even one of these conditions, then he cannot be the Messiah.
Because no one has ever fulfilled the Bible’s description of this future King, Jews still await the coming of the Messiah. All past Messianic claimants, including Jesus of Nazareth, Bar Cochba and Shabbtai Tzvi have been rejected.
Christians counter that Jesus will fulfill these in the Second Coming. Jewish sources show that the Messiah will fulfill the prophecies outright; in the Bible no concept of a second coming exists.
This person brought up the names of numerous prophets in his above statement. I will show you the words he concealed from you so you can have a true picture of what is going on in the bible.
Unfortunately, at this time this rabbi has no concept of the temple Jesus or the biblical prophets seek to build. Jesus and the biblical prophets seek the same thing. An intervention by God against murder. This is more important to them then any building.
The above statement by this rabbi is truly amazing. It says over and over and over in the word of the biblical prophets that a powerful judgment by God is coming into the world. This is a very serious matter. A lot of people are not eligible to see a redemption and are going to die. There are a lot of people here who are not eligible to look at a Messiah. This guy throws out these extremely important quotes and skips to the peaceful time that arises only when the wicked have been killed in an act of God. This is a very dishonest thing to do to these Jewish prophets. The fact this person disregards these plain warnings show how truly unprofessional he really is. He acts as though a messiah just shows up and suddenly all is well. No one in the bible has ever agreed to this false deal he is trying to sell you.
Here is another comment he made about Jesus:
(2) Jesus Did Not Embody the Personal Qualifications of Messiah
A. Messiah as Prophet
The Messiah will become the greatest prophet in history, second only to Moses. (Targum – Isaiah 11:2; Maimonides – Teshuva 9:2)
Isaiah describes the Messiah this way in chapter 9. For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
No one else in the bible is ever given this much praise. This sounds like the One Who deserved to be called Lord by David in Psalm 110.
Here are more comments made by the award winning rabbi:
Prophecy can only exist in Israel when the land is inhabited by a majority of world Jewry, a situation which has not existed since 300 BCE. During the time of Ezra, when the majority of Jews remained in Babylon, prophecy ended upon the death of the last prophets – Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
Jesus appeared on the scene approximately 350 years after prophecy had ended, and thus could not be a prophet.
Notice how he uses his own ego and puts a bizarre time limit on the word of Malachi. Does he actually care to reveal what Malachi says? No. Now I will show you what happens when somebody actually cares about the word of Malachi. The last two verses of Malachi say the following, Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And he shall turn and reconcile the hearts of the estranged fathers to the ungodly children, and the hearts of the rebellious children to the piety of their fathers, a reconciliation produced by repentance of the ungodly, lest I come and smite the land with a curse and a ban of utter destruction.
The word of Malachi in 4:5-6 obviously needs somebody to show up and play the role of Elijah. Who is this person? A different nazarite than Elijah. Both Jacob in Genesis 49 and Moses in Deuteronomy 33 have a need for a nazarite other than Elijah to emerge. What is also for certain is the word of Malachi gives authority to this future biblical figure, not to any rabbi. This rabbi is using his ego to usurp this fact. When this rabbi throws out this comment by Malachi which assigns authority to a nazarite, he is not a true watchmen for Israel. He is glorifying himself over both Malachi and the coming nazarite he promised in 4:5 would come.
Jesus did a much more honest job in front of all of you than this rabbi did when He dealt with the word of Malachi. Jesus said John the Baptist is the nazarite who fulfills the word of Malachi. So He engaged with Malachi and assigned a nazarite to this role. This is a peculiar statement by Jesus since John the Baptist was murdered and the great and terrible day of the Lord is yet to come. How do we deal with this so what Jesus said was perfect? Look at Psalm 42. At the end of this passage about the murder of John, it says God will do something that causes John to praise God again. Jesus is showing interest in what God does at the end of Psalm 42 when he speaks, something this rabbi cares nothing about. The murder of John was used by this nazarite in a petition to God. (Psalm 20). When I did that, God began to perform around many deaths (Joel 2:30). God showed in this performance He is much more intimate when somebody is being killed than anybody here. This is a terrible act for the murderers of the world, as it is intended to be. God only agreed to do it when the murder of John was used to petition him. So John does indeed play a role in ending the murder of Jews, as his father said he does. When Jesus said John is the Elijah to come He said this because Jesus wants John the Baptist to play a role in ending murder in the world, instead of being a victim who is forgotten by God. This reversal with John fulfills the need for God to do something for John which makes God worthy of praise.
Great things like this happen in the scripture when nazarites get together. It is something egotistical rabbis have never been able to comprehend.
Prophecy did not end 350 years before the days of Jesus. Many of their words were yet to be fulfilled. No one ever fulfilled the word of Isaiah 40 until John the Baptist did. And no one ever fit the death described in Psalm 42 as well as John the Baptist does.
Here is some more from this rabbi who rejects Jesus:
B. Descendant of David
Many prophetic passages speak of a descendant of King David who will rule Israel during the age of perfection. (Isaiah 11:1-9; Jeremiah 23:5-6, 30:7-10, 33:14-16; Ezekiel 34:11-31, 37:21-28; Hosea 3:4-5)
The Messiah must be descended on his father’s side from King David (see Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:17; Ezekiel 34:23-24). According to the Christian claim that Jesus was the product of a virgin birth, he had no father – and thus could not have possibly fulfilled the messianic requirement of being descended on his father’s side from King David. (1)
According to Jewish sources, the Messiah will be born of human parents and possess normal physical attributes like other people. He will not be a demi-god, (2) nor will he possess supernatural qualities.
Notice this rabbi uses Jacob in Genesis 49 to try to defend himself. Does he bother to quote Genesis 49 and go word for word with you. No. So I will.
The quote about the Messiah by Jacob in Genesis 49:10 never mentioned David, as you say. It said the scepter will never leave Judah.
Then it says in the next verse, Binding His foal to the vine and His donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washes His garments in wine and His clothes in the blood of grapes.
This messianic parable must be explained. This rabbi made no effort to deal with this important word by Jacob.
These special words by Jacob could not be fulfilled by a messiah who has never been here before. This great word by Jacob applies perfectly to Jesus. It can not be applied to anybody else.
How could Jesus fulfill this parable? How could He bind His foal to the vine and his donkey’ colt to the choice vine? This is easy. The vines represent two different sections of prophetic strategy. The first vine produced evidence on the identity of the messiah, people can receive forgiveness for their sins, evidence a judgment is coming into the world, and evidence people can be raised from the dead. The choice vine is words in the same prophets which cause God to intervene against murder. Jacob calls it a choice vine because it is an intervention strategy against murder. The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday fulfilled some words which were a part of the first vine. Without this effort by Jesus, no one would be able to fulfill this statement by Jacob.
How could Jesus wash His garments in wine and His clothes in the blood of grapes? This word speaks to a messiah who has been attacked and comes clean in the end. Notice the word wine and grapes is used and they play a role in the redemption of this messiah. How can this apply to Jesus? It does because Jesus ties His fate to John the Baptist. John was a nazarite who was murdered. Nazarites are not allowed to eat grapes or drink wine. It is forbidden by the word of Moses in Numbers 6. Those who reject Jesus is the messiah are rejecting more than Jesus. They are rejecting that John was the man murdered in Psalm 42. Psalm 42 says God will do something for John so he will yet have reason to praise God. This word at the end of this psalm shows people who throw out John will not get away with it.
God has never allowed anyone to fulfill the words of the choice vine until recently. When I used the murder of John to petition God and fulfill David’s word in Psalm 20, God trained me to coordinate the words of the choice vine. So the murder of John plays a decisive role in ending the murder of Jews. This action around the murder of John establishes Jesus as the messiah in Genesis 49. It also gives Jacob a tole in ending the murder of Jews.
This rabbi dismisses the importance of the murder of John in Psalm 42. Anybody who does so pays a heavy price. They turn into a liar and a deceiver. They can not understand the word of Jacob at all. It is necessary for Jews to acknowledge John in order to understand the word of Jacob on the messiah. When a Jew acknowledges him, they can be happy about the biblical strategy against murder, which runs right through Jacob, Jesus and John the Baptist.
A person should not hide this parable. It must be explained, in order to talk others seriously. And in order to find truth. A teacher should explain what Jacob means with this parable. It shows Jacob’s description of the Messiah. This action can’t be fulfilled by somebody who has never been here before.
How could this word of Jacob be fulfilled by Jesus? By a two part strategy. Where in the first part He participates in evidence there is a Messiah, people can be raised from the dead, and receive forgiveness for their sins. The second prophetic act produces an attack on killers by God. This two part action against murder validates Jesus. And convicts His attackers.
Psalms 110, shows the word of David. There he calls the Messiah Lord. You obviously don’t care what David says. If David calls Him Lord, how then is He is Son?
One minute you falsely claim David is ever mentioned by Jacob. He never mentioned his name. Then you turn around and throw out David’s quote about the Messiah and glorify the word of obscure Jewish sources over his.
Biblical figures never give you rabbis any authority whatsoever. That concept is eradicated altogether. They only share authority with each other.
What Jacob said about the Messiah speaks to there being a judgment day, an important first ride on a donkey, and a choice vine. Which is described well on this website.
C. Torah Observance
The Messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah observance. The Torah states that all mitzvot remain binding forever, and anyone coming to change the Torah is immediately identified as a false prophet. (Deut. 13:1-4)
Throughout the Christian “New Testament,” Jesus contradicts the Torah and states that its commandments are no longer applicable. For example, John 9:14 records that Jesus made a paste in violation of Shabbat, which caused the Pharisees to say (verse 16), “He does not observe Shabbat!”
Here this rabbi shows again just how rabid he truly is. Does he care anything about the blind man who was healed? No, not at all. He doesn’t give a damn about his well-being. He only cares about attacking Jesus, doesn’t he? It is absurd to not let caretakers heal on the sabbath.
John 9:14 records Jesus healed a blind man on the sabbath. You attack Him for healing on the sabbath, but when hospitals do it, you are fine with it?
(3) Mistranslated Verses “Referring” to Jesus
Biblical verses can only be understood by studying the original Hebrew text – which reveals many discrepancies in the Christian translation.
A. Virgin Birth
The Christian idea of a virgin birth is derived from the verse in Isaiah 7:14 describing an “alma” as giving birth. The word “alma” has always meant a young woman, but Christian theologians came centuries later and translated it as “virgin.” This accords Jesus’ birth with the first century pagan idea of mortals being impregnated by gods.
You are the one who has an obvious history of throwing out the quotes of Isaiah. God is greater than you and can cause a woman to be pregnant with out touching her.
B. Suffering Servant
Christianity claims that Isaiah chapter 53 refers to Jesus, as the “suffering servant.”
In actuality, Isaiah 53 directly follows the theme of chapter 52, describing the exile and redemption of the Jewish people. The prophecies are written in the singular form because the Jews (“Israel”) are regarded as one unit. Throughout Jewish scripture, Israel is repeatedly called, in the singular, the “Servant of God” (see Isaiah 43:8). In fact, Isaiah states no less than 11 times in the chapters prior to 53 that the Servant of God is Israel.
When read correctly, Isaiah 53 clearly [and ironically] refers to the Jewish people being “bruised, crushed and as sheep brought to slaughter” at the hands of the nations of the world. These descriptions are used throughout Jewish scripture to graphically describe the suffering of the Jewish people (see Psalm 44).
Isaiah 53 concludes that when the Jewish people are redeemed, the nations will recognize and accept responsibility for the inordinate suffering and death of the Jews.
PERSIAN LIGHTS
You do not bother to actually quote Isaiah. Isaiah 53 concludes this way. At the end he says he was assigned a grave with a robbers and with a rich man. This is the fate for One and not many. Where did this quote go? Conveniently dismissed in your drive by hit job. Thrown out. Just like you do to his quotes about a judgment and John the Baptist.
4) Jewish Belief is Based Solely on National Revelation
Throughout history, thousands of religions have been started by individuals, attempting to convince people that he or she is God’s true prophet. But personal revelation is an extremely weak basis for a religion because one can never know if it is indeed true. Since others did not hear God speak to this person, they have to take his word for it. Even if the individual claiming personal revelation performs miracles, they do not prove he is a genuine prophet. All the miracles show – assuming they are genuine – is that he has certain powers. It has nothing to do with his claim of prophecy.
Judaism, among all of the world’s major religions, does not rely on “claims of miracles” as the basis for its religion. In fact, the Bible says that God sometimes grants the power of “miracles” to charlatans, in order to test Jewish loyalty to the Torah (Deut. 13:4).
Of the thousands of religions in human history, only Judaism bases its belief on national revelation – i.e. God speaking to the entire nation. If God is going to start a religion, it makes sense He’ll tell everyone, not just one person.
Maimonides states (Foundations of Torah, ch. 8):
The Jews did not believe in Moses, our teacher, because of the miracles he performed. Whenever anyone’s belief is based on seeing miracles, he has lingering doubts, because it is possible the miracles were performed through magic or sorcery. All of the miracles performed by Moses in the desert were because they were necessary, and not as proof of his prophecy.
What then was the basis of [Jewish] belief? The Revelation at Mount Sinai, which we saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears, not dependent on the testimony of others… as it says, “Face to face, God spoke with you…” The Torah also states: “God did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us – who are all here alive today.” (Deut. 5:3)
Judaism is not miracles. It is the personal eyewitness experience of every man, woman and child, standing at Mount Sinai 3,300 years ago.
Further reading: “Did God Speak at Mount Sinai?”
Waiting for the Messiah
The world is in desperate need of Messianic redemption. To the extent that we are aware of the problems of society, is the extent we will yearn for redemption. As the Talmud says, one of the first questions asked of a Jew on Judgment Day is: “Did you yearn for the arrival of the Messiah?”
How can we hasten the coming of the Messiah? The best way is to love all humanity generously, to keep the mitzvot of the Torah (as best we can), and to encourage others to do so as well.
Despite the gloom, the world does seem headed toward redemption. One apparent sign is that the Jewish people have returned to the Land of Israel and made it bloom again. Additionally, a major movement is afoot of young Jews returning to Torah tradition.
The Messiah can come any day, and it all depends on our actions. God is ready when we are. For as King David says: “Redemption will come today – if you hearken to His voice.”
How would somebody successfully defend Jesus against these charges?
His arguments against Jesus have some terrible flaws. His attention to detail for one. He does not take the prophets or anyone who cares what he has to say seriously.
Another major point to make is something you would have to comprehend when you are reading the words of biblical prophets. Biblical prophets anoint other biblical figures with authority. They don’t anoint rabbis or other Jewish sources with any authority at all. His claims therefore rob biblical prophets of the life they wanted for themselves.
It is also important to note the content of the words of the prophets that he has chosen to disregard. They point to Jesus as the Messiah. And they also point to a miraculous and powerful day of judgment by God against evildoers. These people are not allowed to see the return of Jesus.
This rabbi not only attacks Jesus. He eliminates any concept that this day will take place. This is a very dishonest thing to do.
So what would be the perfect strategy to overthrow the award winning rabbi? It would involve revealing words in the prophets he disregarded in his report. This would convict him of the concealment of evidence. Show the words give authority to another biblical figure, not people outside the bible. And show these same words support the idea Jesus is the messiah. These words which support Jesus do involve an intervention against murder as well. This shows the bible is written so Jesus is directly involved with an overthrow of murder.
I will show you the places in the bible prophets were all these conditions exist.
It is important for the followers of Jesus to know how to use the bible well to overthrow those who agree with the decision against Jesus that the sanhedrin made long ago.
One such place is Isaiah 52:7-8. There it says, How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns! Hark, your watchmen lift up their voices; together they sing for joy; for they shall see eye to eye the return of the Lord to Zion.
These words are completely in favor of Jesus as the messiah, and terrible for the rabbi. It says at the end of verse 8, for they shall see eye to eye the return of the Lord to Zion.
This means He has been here before since it says He is returning. It also calls the Messiah Lord, as David does in Psalm 110. The rabbi rejected the idea the messiah is called Lord, so he is at odds with both David and Isaiah here.
This verse also requires the biblical figure mentioned in this word by Isaiah to publish peace. How does one publish peace? This is an important issue that this rabbi never bothered to deal with. The man Isaiah mentions here in 52:7 knows how to use the bible to publish peace since he is a biblical figure, the rabbi does not know how to use the bible to publish peace.
This biblical figure mentioned here publishes peace because God used him to show His indignation against killing in and out of the womb. This action fulfilled the choice vine of Jacob. This word by Isaiah directly links the return of Jesus with God’s intervention against murder.
I will show you how this great feat is repeated in the words of other prophets as well.
Ezekiel did the same thing as Isaiah in chapter 9
Jeremiah did it in chapter 31.
Daniel does it too.
Moses anointed a biblical figure in Deuteronomy 33. These words show he wanted a biblical figure, a nazarite, to represent him.
Jacob does it by linking the messiah with the murder of a nazarite.
Read the following quote. It shows Jesus wants murderers to be held accountable. It is not the word of a guy involved with sorcery. Jesus referred to sorcery on His way to the cross. He said do not cry for me, cry for those who die when the tree is not green.
Our words in Ezekiel 9 and Psalm 91 and Amos 3:12 show it is you, rabbi, who lives in the house of sorcery.
Jesus made an interesting quote which is found in Matthew 23: 34-36. He said, Because of this, take notice: I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill, even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue and persecute from town to town. So that upon your heads may come all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly I declare to you, all this will come upon this generation.
Many righteous people have been murdered since Jesus said this. What evidence is there in the ending of the bible that God will hold those responsible for shedding innocent blood?
There is some serious evidence that the word of Jesus is true in the content of the scripture that is fulfilled at the end of the age.
God achieved this by using a nazarite to fulfill the scripture. God showed me numerous times how intimate with people and murder He truly is. And God wrote a script which could only be fulfilled by a nazarite who is experienced with God’s superior knowledge of murder. This is a terrible move for the killers of the world.
So the scripture supports the important statement by Jesus against those who shed innocent blood.
Note that this guy does not take Jacob or those who listen to him seriously at all. He likes brief broad statements. A serious person would discuss the two part messianic strategy of Jacob. And discuss the reason Jacob likes the second part better as he referred to it as the choice vine. This is an apt description as the choice vine contains words which inspire God to intervene against murder. When Jesus fulfilled the first part, He set the stage for the second part to be fulfilled. He deserves to be the Messiah since He participated in the prophetic strategy against murder.
The author of the qu’ran made an interesting statement on Jacob. He said prophetic action fulfills his earlier comments. This word on Jacob is a great statement by the author of the qu’ran. It is completely in tune with the bible. But the author of the qu’ran offers no evidence it is true. That evidence is only found in the bible. With this being the truth, it doesn’t add up all when jihadists claim Allahu Akbar (Our God is Greater) when they murder non-muslims.
The factual comment on Jacob by the author of the quran helps provide insight into reality for a confused individual. When the bible is fulfilling their statements for them, it shows where the true dominion is located.
It must be said Jesus never said He wanted anything to do with the author of the qu’ran. He said He wanted a nazarite who interacts with John the Baptist and gets things restored and ready.
This position taken by Jesus must be respected in order for people to see the full truth.
What would a messiah need to do if they had to fulfill all the words of the prophets? They say He is the son of David. But David calls both God and the messiah by the same name of Lord in psalm 110. This word by David supports the idea that Mary got pregnant without having sex since he calls the messiah Lord. In this verse David says God will make the crush the enemies of the messiah. The other words of David should be used to decide who David considers an enemy of the messiah. David said God knits life in the womb in psalm 139. So the overthrow of abortion would create an alliance with David. David hated the killing of Jews. Jesus participates with John the Baptist and all the biblical prophets in the prophetic choice vine of Jacob. This choice vine is built for inducing God to come out and end the murder of Jews. David also described the crucifixion well is psalm 22. Jesus fulfilled that. It is easier to see these things than observe a sexual lineage. David also said in psalm 20 an anointed will come and petition God to end the murder of Jews. Jesus associated with this word of David as well when He said a nazarite will come and use the scripture to get things restored and ready. Jesus fulfills all the needs of associating with David. the action in the choice vine of Jacob created a perfect relationship between David and Jesus.
Why did Jesus say a murdered man fulfills the word of Malachi just before the day of the Lord? This word of Jesus is true since God did not train me to coordinate all the words of the choice vine of Jacob until I used the murder of John the Baptist in a petition to God. When Jesus puts John in this spot in Malachi, he is aligning Himself well with many other biblical figures all at once. With Malachi, since he is associating him with the end of the murder of Jews. With John, since he is being used to end murder this time. With David, since he said a petition to God in psalm 20 is decisive. With the writer of psalm 42, who said God will give John a reasonto praise him after John is murdered. With the father of John, who promised his son will play a role in ending the murder of Jews. With Amos, since he said the dreams of the prophets will end the murder of Jews in Samaria. With Jacob and Joseph, since the strategy in Genesis 49 ends the murder of Jews in the place they are from. With Moses, since he promised in Deuteronomy 33 a nazarite will come and prepare the world for a judgment. With Elijah, since he is using his name in association with the end of murder of Jews. And will all the prophets who participate in the choice vine of Jacob. This is what happens when we network around the word of Malachi.
In order to understand the bible well, do not ever forget biblical figures share our authority with each other.
Here are the words of Jacob on the messiah. They are located in Genesis 49:9-12. Judah, a lion’s cub! With the prey, my son, you have gone high up the mountain. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, and like a lioness- who dares provoke and rouse him? The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judeah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh, the Messiah the Peaceful One, comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. Binding His foal to the vine and His donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washes His garments in wine and His clothes in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker and more sparkling than wine, and His teeth whiter than milk.
It is easy to show Jesus is the only candidate to fulfill this interesting parable by Jacob.
Notice how this rabbi doesn’t care at all about what Jacob says about the messiah. Nor does he care that Jesus said God will hold this generation accountable for all itsmurders. These are not the words of a charlatan. This rabbi does not take the words of Jacob or Jesus seriously. If he did, he would discuss them openly. is completely dismissive.
What would it look like if a person took David seriously and treated him with respect. You would collect a lot of the quotes of David. And then show how good Jesus is at aligning with David. For instance, David assigned his authority to another biblical figure in Psalm 20. This biblical figure successfully petitions God to intervene against murder. Notice David relate his future to a biblical figure, not a rabbi who throws out his quotes. You can see why David wants to associate with the future biblical figure, since he is petitioning God to intervene against murder.
Many people like to see both David and Jesus in Psalm 22. This psalm is more about Jesus than David since the words show the man has been caught, and David got away. Verse 18 says, ‘They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment’.
David also fought against the enemies of Israel. Psalm 139 shows David writing that God knits life together in the womb.
The major associations David made in his life were he fought for Israel, said God knits life in the womb, prophesied about the death of Jesus on the cross, glorified the killing of Babylonians, and assigned his authority to a man he says is anointed in Psalm 20. David anoints him who petitions God to intervene against murder. Because of the associations David made with Israelis, the killing of Jesus on the cross, and life in the womb, the enemies of David who are alive today would be those who like killing Israelis, Christians, and those in the womb. David also agreed to call both God and the messiah Lord in Psalm 110.
Jesus showed great interest in this statement when He said if David calls the Messiah Lord how could He be his Son. Jesus is implying this statement by David where he called both God and the messiah Lord is in favor of the idea Jesus is more the Son of God than a Son of David.
This group of people would be the group God would have to overthrow in order to fulfill Psalm 110 and prepare the way for Jesus to return.
I was not around to spy on Mary around the clock to see what she did. No one here was. What I do know is that when God fulfilled the action in the choice vine of the prophets, He attacked the killing of Jews in Samaria, killing in the womb, and murder in the street.
The action in the choice vine of Jacob was against killing in the womb, the killing of Israelis in Samaria, and murder in the street. God did not agree to perform around these deaths until God was petitioned with the murder of John the Baptist. God’s indignation against these exact things creates a perfect match with Jesus and David as they have the same enemies.
Does this make Jesus the Son of David. No. Nobody is truly the son of David except Solomon, the little guy who died, and all the rest.
When the words of the prophets say the Messiah is a Son of David, they really mean the action in the bible at the end of the age is terrible for the enemies of David. And the murders of Jesus and John were used to ignite God into making the enemies of Jesus and David to be a footstool for His feet.
Christians often use the word of Ezekiel to show he prophesied about the four gospels.
Defense of Mary in Isaiah 7:14. Notice how this rabbi never bothers to say who is playing the role of the woman Isaiah prophecies about. Somebody has to play this role. He does not care about this at all. He only cares for his egotistical bluster. The new testament accounts for this fact with the story of the miraculous conception.
Jesus is involved with the perfect strategy to overthrow His opposition among the Jews. He stated before He left that a nazarite would get things restored and ready. This commitment by Jesus requires somebody to come and play this role. In order for the role to be played, biblical prophets had to build this specific role. They did just that. As a matter of fact, it was already built when He made this statement so He is certain to be proven right. His detractors among the Jews pay no heed to these facts. As a result, they have no credibility.
Great strategy is certain to overpower their bluster.