This program shows how Christian missionaries approach the Jewish Bible with a preconceived agenda and ultimately see what's not there and don't see what is there. This convoluted approach leads them to quote passages out-of- context so they can inject their beliefs into the Jewish Bible. The result... a dramatic misreading and distortion of the Holy Scriptures.
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Continued from Chapter 37b The incorrect spelling is most likely due to a defective manuscript, a similar error is found in the Septuagint reading. As stated above, most Christian Bibles render verse 17b as: “They pierced my hands and my feet.” This supposedly follows the Septuagint, the Greek biblical text used by the early Christians. The Septuagint’s rendering is assumed by Christians not only to be dependent on understanding the Hebrew as derived from the verb “to dig [soil]” but, in addit
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Continued from Part 10 Not by blood loss Presuming Jesus was nailed to the cross, did blood oozing from the nail wounds cause his death? The Roman method of execution by crucifixion was designed as a punishment to be prolonged in order to serve as a lesson to both the victim and all onlookers. Since no vital organ would be pierced crucifixion usually caused a slow death. If the victim expired within a short time he would deprive his executioners of satisfactorily meting out the sentence in
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Continued from Part 12 ISAIAH 53:6 53:6: “the Lord has visited upon him the iniquity of us all” The pre-Gospel church and its developing Christology The pre-Gospel church developed its christology by utilizing biblical passages. The phrase “the Lord has visited upon him the iniquity of us all” found in Isaiah 53:6 was a significant source for the christological belief that Jesus died for the sins of the world. This unverifiable contention is belied by Jesus’ non-fulfillment of the sum tot
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In this interesting post by Gerald Sigal, find out whether there is any prophecy of the Nazarene that may be missing from the Bible. Or is there a missing prophecy of the Nazarene? Matthew 2:23 states: And he [Joseph, along with Mary and Jesus] came and resided in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: "He will be called a Nazarene." I don't find any such prophecy in my Bible. Am I missing parts of the Bible? Answer: At no point in the Jewish Scri
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Christian Bibles render Isaiah 7:14 as, "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel." Isn't a virgin being with child an outstanding "sign"? On the contrary! It is no "sign" at all. Mary's alleged virginity was not something that could be openly displayed as a proof that something out of the ordinary happened. People would only scoff at such a claim no matter how virtuous the girl was thought to be. A "
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Can you give me an example of where the Christian Scriptures contradict what is written in the Jewish Scriptures? Answer: Stephen, while he was supposedly "full of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 7:55), makes Abraham the purchaser of a piece of ground at Shechem, in effect, transferring the burial place of the patriarchs from Hebron in Judea to Shechem in Samaria. The Masoretic text (and the Septuagint Version) identifies Hebron as the location of the burial cave (Machpelah) Abraham purchased from Eph
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The word 'echad, "one," is used in the Jewish Scriptures in either a compound or absolute sense. In what sense is 'echad used in the Shema, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One" (Deuteronomy 6:4)? Answer: In such verses as Genesis 1:5: "And there was evening and there was morning, one day," and Genesis 2:24: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh," the term 'echad, "one," refers to a compound united one. Ho
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