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Did Israel suffer primarily because of its own sins?

The Jewish interpretation of Isaiah 53 maintains that the suffering servant of Israel suffered because of the persecutions by the Gentile nations. I understand that the nations overdid it when persecuting Israel but didn't Israel suffer primarily because of its own sins? Please explain. Answer: It is true that the Jewish Scriptures show that there are times when the nation of Israel undergoes suffering as divine retribution for sin. But, it also shows that suffering is not always an indication

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

Are humans so sinful that they need a sinless agent to redeem them?

Question: Isn't it true that humans are so innately sinful that they need an outside sinless agent to redeem them from sin? Answer: God says of sin, "you may rule over it" (Genesis 4:7). Yet, "there is no man that does not sin" (1 Kings 8:45). Indeed, "Who can say, 'I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin'?" (Proverbs 20:9). That is why God provided Israel with the means of cleansing itself from sin through the sacrificial system, which includes blood offering and repentance. By God'

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

Is a "believer" still Jewish?

Is a born-Jewish individual who believes Jesus to be his/her "Lord and Savior" still a part of the Jewish people? A Jew who believes in Jesus as his/her "Lord and Savior" has become a Christian. Even if not a formal member of a church group that person is a Christian theologically. The halacha (B.T. Sanhedrin 44a) recognizes the biologic link to the Jewish people as inviolate, but also recognizes that as long as one remains an apostate one is not considered to be part of the Jewish community.

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 1 min read

This SIngle Verse Is A Conditional Statement You Have Missed

Continued from Part 20 ISAIAH 53:10 53:10: “If he would offer himself as a guilt-offering” The suffering servant as a guilt-offering Following the initial declaration that it was God’s will for the servant to suffer, the verse is written as a conditional statement. If condition A is satisfied, then the outcome B will occur. That is, the rewards of verse 10 are contingent on the servant’s willingness to offer himself as anasham, “guilt-offering.” In a literal sense the verse says, “If his

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Analysis of Jesus Claiming To Be Pure And Sinless

Continued from Part 21 Making the unsuitable suitable New Testament style It is alleged that Jesus was spiritually pure and sinless and that his supposed sacrificial death was prefigured in the Jewish Scriptures by images and types (e.g. Isaiah 53, Psalm 22). But who says he was spiritually pure and sinless? Who says his death was prefigured in the Jewish Scriptures? Only the tendentiously self-serving authors of the New Testament and their adherents! But, why do the New Testament authors

atonement jewish scriptures

Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

Where Christian Beliefs of The Trinity Are Incorrect

PART 1: INTRODUCING THE PROBLEM The notion of a triune deity In trinitarian Christian belief there are three conscious personalities existing in one divine being or substance: the union in one God of Father, Son and Holy Spirit as three infinite, coequal and coeternal persons; one God in three persons. Many Christian scholars acknowledge that the concept of the Trinity cannot be substantiated from the Jewish Scriptures. Nevertheless, there are misunderstandings of the Jewish Scriptures by

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

ONENESS OF GOD - The Meaning of Elohim

Continued from Introduction Part 1 THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY Chapter 1 THE MEANING OF ’ELOHIM (Genesis 1:1) Genesis 1:1, states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Here the word for God is ’Elohim, having a plural form as though it meant “gods.” Trinitarians maintain that this is proof that God is a plurality. A careful investigation of the actual use of this word in the Jewish Scriptures unequivocally shows that ’Elohim,

elohim god

Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 5 min read

ONENESS OF GOD - US AND OUR

Continued from Chapter 1 (Genesis 1:26, 11:7) God said: “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness” (Genesis 1:26) and “Come, let us go down, and there confound their language” (Genesis 11:7). Trinitarians maintain that these verses are prooftexts of an alleged triune deity, but this claim is erroneous. 1.The inference that “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness” refers to a plurality in God’s essence is refuted by the subsequent verse, which relates the creation of man to a singu

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 4 min read