To-Friends Our Iħobb ħafna Lhudija

Shalom! Jisimni Yacov, Jacob. Nixtieq lilek titkellem dwar ir-relazzjoni bejn il-Kristjaneżmu u l-Ġudaiżmu. I diretta organizzazzjoni Christian internazzjonali li jappoġġja l-Iżrael u jopponi l-antisemitiżmu u tfittex li teduka lill-insara dwar l-oriġini Lhudija tal-messaġġ ta 'Ġesù u dejjiema fuq l-imħabba ta' Alla għal nies tal-qedem Tiegħu Iżrael.

Naf poplu Lhudi huma revolted minn Lhud li jemmnu fi Kristu sabiex inti tista 'mistrieħ assigurat ommi hija Gentile, Kattolika Rumana. Hija ma temminx dak li nemmen imma I am not chalakikly Lhud. Marti u t-tfal, madankollu, huma. Now I kiber fil-qasam ta 'New York u I ntbagħtet kemm skola Kattoliku Ruman u Ċentru tal-Komunità Lhudija. I kien circumcised fil-bidu u I kien "imbexxex" bħala tarbija, li jiena ma jibqgħux validi jikkunsidraw magħmudija (Magħmudija oriġinarjament huwa ritwal Lhudi toħroġ mid-dritt tevilah imsejħa Mikveh Brit mill-ewwel dawk li jemmnu fi Kristu, li kienu kollha Lhudija).

Saż-żmien sirt teenager I kien agnostic - I ma kinitx taf liema I Maħsub, I biss kien jaf dak I ma. Imma kelli b'moħħ miftuħ. Issa, jien dejjem kellhom sens ta 'identità ma' Iżrael u l - poplu Lhudi imma ma kontx Lhudi chalakikly I u ċaħdet Roman Catholicism bħala xi ħaġa idolatrous u korrotti. So I am speaking lilek bħala persuna Lhudija u nixtieq li inti tifhem għaliex I bħala Kristjan am philo-Semitika u għaliex I appoġġ Iżrael u l-poplu Lhudi.

Dan inevitabbilment iwassal għall-mistoqsija, "Why did I irabbu t-tfal Lhud tiegħi biex jemmnu li Ġesù huwa Lhudi li kellhom messaġġ Lhudija u mgħallma b'mod Lhudija għall-poplu Lhudi?" Jekk inti tixtieq li wieħed iħares lejn dak li hu revolting dwar Christendom ikrah u l-istorja tagħha ta 'idolatry u l-anti-Semitiżmu, jiena miegħek, ħabib tiegħi Lhudija, mija fil-mija. Huma ħa fidi Lhudija u dawn irriżultaw li fi Hellenistic, a Grieg, anke bona pagan. Huma ħa Lhudija Messija u mdawwar Him fi Goy. Huma ħa Rabbi Lhudi u magħmula lilu ta 'ikona ta' sentiment anti-semitiċi. Liema huma ma kinitx razzjonali u kien kompletament minn f'armonija ma 'li Hu kien u dak Għallem. Irridu biex tfassal distinzjoni bejn il-Lhudija Ġesù u l-Punent ta 'Ġesù Christendom. Il-Lhudija Ġesù kien jissejjaħ Rabbi bar Yeshua Josef Ha Notzri. ismu ma kienx Ġesù Kristu, kien Rabbi bar Yeshua Josef ta' Nazareth.

Dan rabbi qal Huwa daħal għall-nagħaġ mitlufa tad-dar ta 'Iżrael. Inti jista' jkun sorpriż li tkun taf li kull kittieb tat-Testment il-Ġdid kien Lhudi. L-unika eċċezzjoni kien tabib li kien Gentile jikkonvertu għall-Ġudaiżmu, il-bqija kienu Lhudija inkluż Rabbi Shaul ta tarsu li kien mill-Iskola Rabbinic ta Hillel, dixxiplu ta 'Rabbi Gamaliel, a classmate ta Onkleos, a classmate ta Yochanan Ben Zakkai. Fil-Ġudaiżmu, jekk inti familjari magħha u li ġew yeshiva, inti forsi kun af.

U għalhekk, jiena ffaċċjati ma 'din id-dilemma, I kien aġġornati ma' dak li kien qal kien I-Kristjaneżmu, iżda l-qari tad-Testment il-Ġdid sibt ma kienx Kristjaneżmu u mbagħad kien hemm Ġudaiżmu I kien qal li kien l-istess bħal Ġudaiżmu Moses u l-profeti. Allura kif Naqra l-"Brit Hadasha", il-Testment il-Ġdid u skoprejt li [l-Kristjaneżmu tal-Punent Christendom?] ma kienx dak li Ġesù mgħallma, I meħtieġa biex jagħmlu l-istess ħaġa ma 'l-Tenach, l-Iskrittura Ebrajka . Hija tgħid fil-Proverbji tliet darbiet li bilanċ ugwali huwa abomination li Ha Shem. Allura l-istess bħal Skoprejt illi li Kristjaneżmu fis-mutazzjoni kienet xi ħaġa differenti ħafna minn dak li kien oriġinarjament, l-istess kien ġara bl Ġudaiżmu.

I kien ixxukkjat li jiskopru li fil-Tanach ma kien hemm l-ebda ħaġa bħal rabbi. Huwa talab Moshe Rabeinu, iżda ma kien hemm l-ebda rabbi. Kien hemm Levites u saċerdoti. Fit-Testment il-Ġdid ma kienx hemm saċerdoti - kien xi ħaġa li kienet ġew ivvintati. Kien hemm presbyters u anzjani, iżda ma kienx hemm saċerdoti. Kristu huwa l-Kappillan, kull Nisrani suppost tkun qassis, m'hemm l-ebda qassis separata. Allura ma kienx hemm qassisin fil-Testment il-Ġdid u l-ebda rabbis fl-Qadim. I bdew jifhmu għaliex raġel Lhudi, Karl Marx, qal reliġjon kienet con. Iżda Fittixt aktar u I ħarāet bil-mistoqsijiet, il-mistoqsijiet li staqsejt lili nnifsi u mistoqsijiet Nixtieq nitolbok.

Hemm żewġ raġunijiet għaliex ħafna nies Lhud naf, ġirien, ħbieb u familja, jirrifjutaw kull idea ta 'Ġesù huwa l-Messija Lhudi. Dawk ir-raġunijiet huma dejjem

• Anti-Semitiżmu
• Jekk Ġesù kien il-Messija għaliex ma Hu ma ġġib il-paċi fid-dinja kollha?

Għalhekk Huwa ma jistax ikun il-Messija.

Let's jibda ma 'dak l-aktar sensittivi ta' kwistjonijiet, l-antisemitiżmu. Kelli ziju li kien priġunier tal-gwerra fil-kamp Ġermaniż. Il-Nazis kienu ser joqtol lilu iżda kien salvata mill-Russi fl-aħħar mument, missier Marti's kien ukoll salvata mill-Russi fl-aħħar minuta meta kien bil-wieqfa kontra ħajt ta 'stennija li jiġu sparati meta l-Ġermaniżi kienu qegħdin jippruvaw joqtlu kif Lhud kemm jistgħu qabel ma evakwata u trattati mill-ġdid fid-dawl ta' l-invażjoni ġejjin minn quddiem. Marti huwa it-tifla tas-superstiti Olokawst iżda l-maġġoranza tal-familja tagħha ġew maqtula. U ovvjament, dawn ġew maqtula fl-Isem ta 'Ġesù Kristu. Il-Knisja Ortodossa Rumen, il-Knisja Kattolika Rumana u ħafna tal-Knisja Luterana fil-Ġermanja ikkollabora mal-Nazis. Hitler Luther kkwotata fit-tul - ma kienx biss Kattoliċi, kien Protestants.

Kif nista 'nemmen li l-persuna li f'isimha kien hemm waħda inquisition wara l-oħra, wieħed pogrom wara l-oħra u finalment l-Olokawst jista' possibbilment tkun kandidat għall-Messija Lhudija - meta fil-xejn Ismu iżda ġenoċidju u sterminazzjoni u persekuzzjoni waslet biex Iżrael u l-Lhud? Dik hija l-mistoqsija I staqsa lili nnifsi, imma dan huwa l-kwistjoni Nixtieq nitolbok.

Jekk ġejt biex taqra l-Tenach Ġeremija l-profeta meta kien arrestat u jintefa 'ġo cistern huwa enfasizzat in-nies il-Liġi, il-Torah. Huwa wissa minnhom ta' doom imminenti u s-sentenza u qaltilhom li Alla kien rrabjata magħhom għall idolatry tagħhom u l-immoralità . Bħal biċċa l-kbira tal-profeti oħra kien persegwitat imma hu ma kienx ppersegwitati fl-isem ta Baal. Huwa ma kienx ppersegwitati fl-isem ta Molech. biċċa l-kbira ta 'l-Ebrajk profeti li kienu ippersegwitati jew maqtula minn nies tagħhom stess ġew maqtula fl-Isem ta 'Jaħweh u Mosè. Huma kienu akkużati li jitkellmu kontra l-Torah u Mosè meta qal li s-sentenza ta' Alla kien se jiġu dwar Ġerusalemm.

I recall diversi snin ilu meta Jew Ortodossa liebes kippah ġibdet Pistola fil-tramuntana Tel Aviv u balal sparati direttament fil-dahar tal-Rabin Prim Ministru Iżraeljan Yitzak. Hu ma 'dan fl-isem tal-Ġudaiżmu. Hu ma' dan fl-isem ta ' l-Torah. Hu għamel dan fil-Isem ta 'Jaħweh. Hu ma' dan fl-isem ta Moishe Rabeinu. An Jew Ortodossa assassinated Yitzak Rabin, Prim tiegħu stess Ministru, huwa gunned lilu fl-isem ta 'Mosè. Nista' tirrifjuta Mose u Ġudaiżmu minħabba xi ħadd assassinated Yitzak Rabin f'ismu? Nista 'tirrifjuta Mose u Ġudaiżmu minħabba li l-profeti kienu ppersegwitati u maqtula fl-isem tagħhom?

Simon Bar Kochba daħal u kien milqugħ tajjeb bħala eroj. Huwa kienet ipproklamata bħala l-Messija mill Rabbi Akiva fl-isem ta 'Mose' u l-profeti. Il-ġenerali Iżraeljani u arkeologu, l-ewwel kap tal-persunal tal-militar Iżraeljan, Yigal Allon, qal xi ħaġa differenti. Avukati Kochba Huwa deskritt bħala xi ħaġa ta 'darba li brute kicked' 90-il sena qodma rabbi fir-ras u qatel lilu; a dastardly warlord. Xi ħadd li kellha setgħa ġiet-ġuħ. Xi wħud ħassew lilu b'dan il-mod iżda Rabbi Akiva qal li kien il-Messija. U fl-isem ta 'Mose u Ġudaiżmu Rabbi Akiva wiegħed lill-poplu Lhudi kien l-Messija u li jġibu' l-għoti tagħhom. Imbagħad fil-Battalja Betar ta 'l-olokawstu agħar f'termini proporzjonati li qatt ġara lill-Iżrael seħħu. F'termini proporzjonati kien bħala ħżiena bħala l-Olokawst ta' l-1930s u 1940s biss ma ġara fl-art tagħhom stess. Minħabba Rabbi Akiva ipproklamata Avukati Kochba jkun il-Messija fl-isem ta 'Mose u Ġudaiżmu nista' tirrifjuta Mose u Ġudaiżmu? Le, Rabbi Akiva ma ġġib il-paċi Iżrael jew jistabbilixxu l-paċi fid-dinja kollha permezz tal-Messija tiegħu, Bar Kochba, anki jekk fl-isem ta 'Mose u Ġudaiżmu hu qal li se .

Jekk ikollok studjati Ġudaiżmu taf dwar Shabbati Tzvi. Rabbis biċċa l-kbira fl-oqsma ewlenin ta 'l-Ewropa u l-Afrika (u ħafna oħrajn) qal li kien il-Messija, imma hu ma kienx il-Messija. Fl-aħħar huwa wassal lill-poplu fis-liema l-aħjar jiġi deskritt bħala xi ħaġa inkwadrati debauchery u gravement diżappuntanti. Iżda kien fl-isem ta 'Mose' u l-profeti li l-rabbis ipproklamata Shabbati Tsvi li jkun il-Messija. Nista 'tirrifjuta Mose u Ġudaiżmu rabbis żgwidat minħabba li l-poplu Lhudi dwar Shabbati Tsvi fl - l-ismijiet ta 'Mose u Ġudaiżmu?

Żewġ ġenerazzjonijiet aktar tard il-Rabbis ma kien mill-ġdid. Huma qal Jacob Frank kien il-Messija fuq skala wiesgħa. Iżda Jacob Frank ma kienx il-Messija għadhom fl-ismijiet ta 'Mose' u l-Ġudaiżmu rabbis qal li kien u xi affarijiet ħżiena ħafna li ġara lill-poplu Lhudi. Kien hemm ħafna nies min huma l-rabbis qalu huwa d-dritt Messija sa l-età preżenti u huma dejjem jipproklama li dawn ikunu ta Messija fl-isem ta 'Mose' u l-Ġudaiżmu. Qtil u l-atroċitajiet ġew impenjati fl-isem ta 'Mose' u l-Ġudaiżmu. Persekuzzjoni tal-Lhud rriżultaw bħala konsegwenza diretta ta 'azzjonijiet Rabbi Akiva's mwettqa fl-isem ta' Mose u Ġudaiżmu.

Fuq liema bażi tista 'tirrifjuta I Mose u Ġudaiżmu minħabba dak li kien sar fl-isem ta' Mosè? I ma tistax tirrifjuta Mose u Ġudaiżmu minħabba dak li kien sar fl-isem ta 'Mosè. Għandi għandhiex taċċetta jew tirrifjuta Mosè fuq il-bażi ta 'dak li qal u ma Moses, mhux fuq il-bażi ta' dak li qal u ma 'oħrajn fl-isem tiegħu. Il-kwistjoni ma jkunx dak li sar fl-isem ta 'Mosè, il-kwistjoni hija Mose. Allura mbagħad mistoqsija tiegħi lilek hija,

Fuq liema bażi tista 'tirrifjuta I Yeshua, Rabbi Yeshua ta' Nazaret, min l-Gentiles sejħa Ġesù ta 'Nazaret? "Fuq liema bażi tista' tiċħad I miegħu u jiċħad lilu fuq il-bażi ta 'dak li sar fl-Ismu lill-poplu Lhudi u lil ħaddieħor? Il-kwistjoni ma jkunx dak li sar u qal Ismu minn oħrajn - il-kwistjoni huwa dak li għamlet Huwa jgħidu u jagħmlu? Il-kwistjoni ma jkunx dak li Ġesù hu qal li qalu, il-kwistjoni ma jkunx dak li oħrajn ma ġenerazzjonijiet u l-sekli wara ministeru pubbliku tiegħu fl-Iżrael. Il-kwistjoni mhix li. Il-kwistjoni hija Hu nnifsu. I kkunsidrati Mose apparti minn dak li kien sar fl-isem tiegħu.

Issa inti ma taħseb dwarha, iżda l-goys (Gentiles) se ngħid ħafna l-istess ħaġa dwarek li taħseb dwarhom. Huma dawn il-miti u t-teoriji dwar konfoffa bankiera Lhudija u n-negozjanti Lhudija u poplu Lhudi jippruvaw li jieħu l-professjoni medika u l-istituzzjonijiet akkademiċi, jagħmlu l-Lhud scapegoats għal ħafna ta 'difetti-bniedem u l-problemi meta fil-fatt nafu lkoll hemm Lhud tajba u Lhud ħażina, l-istess Gentiles kif hemm Gentiles tajba u ħżiena. Huwa faċli tgħid "Oh, il-Lhud" u huwa daqstant faċli tgħid "Oh, il-Kristjani". Nru Jew reali timpenja lill-qtil fl-isem tal-Ġudaiżmu. Nru Jew reali se jippersegwitaw profeti tagħhom stess fl-isem tal-Ġudaiżmu. Nru Christian reali timpenja lill-qtil fl-isem tal-Kristjaneżmu. Nru Christian proprjetà immobbli kien qtil ta 'Alla nies stess magħżul, il-Lhud, fl-isem ta' fidi Lhudija. Kristjaneżmu huwa fidi Lhudija.

Kif tista 'tiċħad Ġesù fuq il-bażi ta' dak li sar Ismu sakemm inti tiċħad Mose 'fuq l-istess? I ma tirrifjuta Mose għal dawn ir-raġunijiet - ma jkunx ġust li Mose u ma jkunx ġust biex jien innifsi. Il-kwistjoni hija - kien Mose dritt? Nispera li int mhux se tirrifjuta Ġesù fuq dawn il-motivi - ma jkunx ġust li lilu u ma jkunx ġust li int. Il-kwistjoni hija - ġustament Yeshua? Mhux l-Ġesù Gentile, mhux l-knisja Kattolika jew il-Protestanti Ġesù. Il-Lhudija Ġesù - kien Hu dritt?

Mill-Seklu Tieni l-istoriku Lhudi, Max Dimont tgħidilna li sa 25% tal-Lhud f'Ġerusalemm jemmnu Huwa kien il-Messija. Ir-raġuni biss Gentiles jemmnu fil Him huwa għaliex Lhud emmnu lilu l-ewwel. Ir-raġuni biss hemm Testment il-Ġdid huwa minħabba Lhud kiteb li. Kemm dawk li ssejjaħ Lhud infushom u dawk li ssejjaħ infushom Insara huma l-prodotti ta revisionism, distorsjoni ta 'l-istorja miktuba mill-ġdid. M'hemm xejn Gentile dwar Ġesù jew messaġġ tiegħu ħlief li Hu Gentiles tant iħobb u jixtieq biex isalva lilhom u trid biex jaħsbu fil-Lhudija Alla u l-mod Lhudi tas-salvazzjoni. Dan huwa kollu - Jew l 'Goyim - ta' dawl għall-Gentiles. Din hija l-ewwel domanda tiegħi, għażiż ħabib tiegħi Lhud. Kif tista 'tiġi miċħuda minħabba Ġesù ta' dak li sar Ismu meta l-istess affarijiet saru fl-isem ta 'Mose u Ġudaiżmu?

Iżda hemm mistoqsija oħra Nixtieq nitolbok. Din il-kwistjoni hija,

Jekk Ġesù kien il-Messija, għaliex Hu ma jġib fil-paċi madwar id-dinja? Għaliex kien hemm Olokawst, għaliex kienu hemm inquisitions u pogroms? Għaliex hemm ġuħ fl-Afrika? Għaliex l-ambjent jiġu meqruda? Għaliex id-dinja issir sistematikament għal kulħadd fl-agħar tagħha u hekk komunament il-Lhud jkollna l-agħar ta 'l-agħar? Kif Hu jista 'jkun il-Messija? Fejn hi l-fidi Messianic? Huwa redikoli li jemmnu Huwa l-Messija, id-dinja ma jkunx il-mod li huwa ma jkollna affarijiet agħar għalina. Kif tista 'inti temmen fil Him? Dik hija l-mistoqsija.

Dawran Ejja, ma kwalunkwe sors Kristjani, li ma kwalunkwe sors Gentile, mhux għal kwalunkwe sors tal-bniedem - l-Kelma ta 'Alla, il-profeta Ebrajk, Daniel 9:26-27 - Daniel Ha Navi. Il-Messija kien li ġejjin u jkunu maqtugħa, jinqatlu qabel il-qerda tal-Tempju Tieni. That's mhux interpretazzjoni Christian - no, dak hu li t-test jgħid u pprova qari Sanhedrin 96-98b. Għaliex il-rabbis jgħidu li hemm curse fuq qari Daniel 9? Minħabba li l-ħin tal-Messija's ġejjin hija foretold fiha. U kif naqraw il-Sanhedrin wept "Oy vs Oy ', il-Messija wasal - l-ebda l-tempju hija meqruda u Hu ma jkunx għadu beda, woe unto lilna." Alla ma jistgħux jiksru kelma Tiegħu. Sages Il-qedem mifhum din kienet dwar il-Messija. Hu kien li ġejjin u jmutu. gwerer u desolations huma determinati sa l-aħħar.

Fil rabbis Ġudaiżmu jmorru għat-tulijiet akbar u li jippruvaw jirrikonċiljaw żewġ ritratti irrikonċiljabbli tal-Messija. Ha Moschiach Ben Yosef u Ha Moschiach Ben David - Messija l-Iben ta 'Joseph u l-Messija l-Iben ta' David. Ir-Re conquering u s-sofferenza Qaddej huma jitolbu Ben Ephraim. Uħud rabbis qal wieħed ikun resurrect l-oħra. Hemm żewġ Messiahs. Huwa żewġ Messiahs jew wieħed Messija b'żewġ li jeżistu bħalissa? Daniel ġustament - hija kienet waħda Messija b'żewġ li jeżistu bħalissa, kien jidher il-ġejjieni. Dan huwa dak ta 'Mosè Tkellem. Dan huwa kif se jiġri. Huwa se jidħlu. Huwa se jinqatgħu. Huwa se jinqatlu. Gwerer u desolations huma determinati sa l-aħħar. Imbagħad Huwa se jidħlu mill-ġdid.

Fl-ewwel ġejjin Tiegħu Hu tiġi bħala Qaddej tbatija fil-karattru ta 'Yosef. Think ta 'Joseph fil-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi, aħwa Lhudija tiegħu stess miċħud lilu imma l-goys aċċettat minnu. Huwa kompla minn post ta 'kundanna għal post ta exaltation fil-jum wieħed kif għamlet Rabbi Yeshua. Osef kien betrayed minn ħuh, Yehuda, (Ġuda), għal 20 biċċiet tal-fidda kif Ġesù kien betrayed mill Yehuda (Ġuda) għal 30 biċċiet tal-fidda. aħwa Yosef's ma kinitx tirrikonoxxi lilu fil-post tiegħu l-ewwel li ġejjin, ħasbu huwa kien Goy, Eġizzjan. U hekk aħwa ta 'Ġesù ma jirrikonoxxux Him fl Tiegħu ewwel ġejjin, jaħsbu He's a Goy, He's għall-Insara. Hollywood taw lilu xagħar blond u l-għajnejn blu iżda Huwa ma kellux xagħar blond u l-għajnejn blu. Il-mistoqsija tiegħi hija din:

Jekk il-profeta Ebrajk li kien mogħti l-istampa ċara ta 'dak li fil-ġejjieni jkun simili, jekk kien mogħti l-dettall aktar preċiż ta' kif il-fidi Messianic kien jidħol għall-Iżrael u lid-dinja, jekk huwa qal il-Messija jkun ġejjin u jkunu maqtugħa tluq u l-gwerer u desolations tkun determinata l-aħħar, kif tista 'inti tgħidli Ġesù ma kienx il-Messija, għaliex hemm gwerer u desolations? Huma suppost li tkun ġara.

Think ta 'Mosè. L-ewwel darba huwa ppruvat li jsalva l-poplu tiegħu huma miċħuda lilu. Kien it-tieni darba li huma aċċettati lilu. Bħal Yosef, l-ewwel darba miċħuda lilu, kien it-tieni darba li huma aċċettati lilu. Għaliex jekk il-Messija jkun differenti? L-Iskrittura Ebrajka ma jgħidux li Hu ser iġġib fil-paċi madwar id-dinja. Hija tgħid Huwa se jidħlu u ġġib fi atonement. Hija tgħid Huwa se jidħlu u għandhom jinqatgħu. Hija tgħid gwerer u desolations se jkunu determinati sa l-aħħar. Huwa mbagħad se jidħlu u jġib fil-paċi madwar id-dinja. Tiegħu fl-ewwel ġejjin Huwa daħal tħallas il-prezz għall-dnub li tipprevjeni l-paċi milli ġejjin. Fl-ritorn tiegħu Huwa se jġibu l-paċi [Shalom Iżrael]. Ma nifhimx l-argument:

Kif tista 'inti tgħidli Huwa mhux il-Messija għax Hu ma jġib fil-paċi madwar id-dinja, iżda meta nqatel li huwa eżattament dak Daniel qal il-Messija suppost kellha tagħmel? Għaliex ma' l-rabbis jgħidlek dan? Jiddispjaċini ngħid li inti ser ikollok biex jitlobhom - I'm not a rabbi imma naf x'inhi l-rabbis qedem qal - "Ma jaqraw Daniel 9, hemm curse jekk inti tagħmel." Liema huma jibżgħu? Tista verament nemmnu li Alla kien ser iqiegħdu xi ħaġa fil-kelma tiegħu li Hu ma riedx tifhem? Għaliex kieku Huwa magħmula hemmhekk?

Kien hemm rabbi li hated Insara għax Hu kien jaf xejn imma persekuzzjoni fl-Ewropa tal-Lvant. Il-familja tiegħu kienet ġiet terriblement ppersegwitati. Ismu kien Rabbi Leopold Cohen. Darba biss fil-ħajja tiegħu ma huwa qatt ara l-Testment il-Ġdid u hu qabad it up u threw kontra l-ħajt fl-rabja vjolenti tiegħu minħabba l-pogroms li n-nies tiegħu kellu esperjenza fil-shtetls ta 'l-Għid Ewropa. Fil desperation jaħarbu l-anti-Semitiżmu wasal fi New York City u hemmhekk huwa beda l-istudju u l-istudju u l-istudju. Hu studja l-Torah u huwa studja l-Talmud u studja Mishnah. Huwa aqra l-Midrashim iżda huwa ddeċieda li minflok jistudjaw rabbinic kummentarji dwar il-profeti hu se tistudja l-profeti u meta daħal għall Daniel 9 kellu mistoqsijiet hu ma setax risposta. Għalhekk huwa mar l-letteratura Talmudic, huwa mar l-tractates simili Sanhedrin, u skopra dak li skoprejt - il-Messija kien li ġejjin u jmutu qabel it-Tempju Tieni tkun jinqerdu qabel 70AD. That's mistoqsija tiegħi,

Jekk Rabbi Yeshua (Ġesù) biss ma dak li l-Messija kien prophesied kif ser ikollhom jagħmlu kif inti tista 'tiċħad Him fuq il-bażi ta' li jissodisfaw il-profezija? Tista 'tirrifjuta xi ħadd fuq il-bażi ta tagħhom ma jkun issodisfa l-profezija, imma kif inti tista 'loġikament, razzjonali, bħala Lhudi, quddiem Alla, jiċħad lilu fuq il-bażi ta' tissodisfa dak li kien suppost tagħmel?

Il-profeta Isaija fil-Kapitolu 11 qal "Il-pajjiżi se jirrikorru għall-" Għerq tal Jesse "il-shoresh" Yshi ". Il-rabbis dejjem qal li l-yshi shoresh huwa l-Messija. Lhud u Nsara, akkademiċi tagħhom dejjem qablu, in-nazzjonijiet, ir-Gentiles, il-popli se ssir l-Għerq ta 'Jesse. I ħares lejn anti-Semitika dinja, I ħares lejn dinja fejn issir Kristjan xi ħadd fl-Għarabja Sawdija hija beheaded jew mdendla, f'dinja fejn fis-Sudan kważi 2.5 miljun Insara kienu diġà nqatlu u aktar qed tiffaċċja l-prospett ta 'mewt. Madankollu Gentile hekk imsejħa Christian nazzjonijiet jibqgħu kważi siekta, l-ebda waħda titlob għal bojkott fuq l-Arabja Sawdita żejt jew jibbojkottjaw akkademika dwar il-nazzjonijiet ħafna li Nsara jippersegwitaw fil-pajjiżi islamiċi iżda meta l-nazzjon wieħed fil-Lvant Nofsani li tipproteġi d-drittijiet ta 'l-Għarab Insara, l-Iżrael, tiddefendi ruħhom mill-Iżlam militanti istess li Nsara qtil, kulħadd jixtieq li jikkundannaw Iżrael.

Huwa illoġiku, mhuwiex razzjonali. Iżrael huwa l-aktar trattament Insara, apparti minn dawk li jemmnu fil-Lhudija Ġesù, aħjar minn Insara trattati minnhom ħlief fl-Istati Uniti u, sa ċertu punt, fil-Gran Brittanja. Ħafna pajjiżi qatt ma jingħata Lhud-tip tal-libertà li l-Iżrael tagħti lill-Insara. Mhuwiex razzjonali, iżda dawn mibegħda Iżrael. Mhuwiex razzjonali għall-mibegħda għal persuni li jirċievu tliet kwarti tal-Premji Nobel għall-avvanz tax-xjenza, il-kimika, fiżika u x-xjenzi speċjalment bijomedika li jkunu salvati ħajjiet għadd - għaliex kieku inti mibegħda dawn in-nies? Kollha madwar id-dinja hemm anti-Semitiżmu, anki minn nies jgħidu li huma Kristjani. Għalkemm kollha Gospels erba jagħmilha ċara li kien Ġesù msallab taħt Ponzju Pilatu, il-Gvernatur Ruman kellhom ir-responsabbiltà legali għall-mewt tiegħu u għalkemm Ġesù qal, "I jistabbilixxu Ħajti stabbiliti u l-ebda wieħed jieħu milli Me" u għalkemm il-Kristjani jemmnu li Alla qal Huwa kien se tqiegħed il-Messija għall-mewt bħala atonement għad-dnub, u minkejja li Ġesù qatt ħtija xi ħadd għall-mewt tiegħu u minkejja li l-appostli qal li kien il-Gvernatur Ruman flimkien ma 'l-Sanhedrin iżda ma kienx il-poplu Lhudi, għalkemm twaħħal-Lhud għall-mewt ta 'Ġesù hija direttament kuntrarja għall-istorja u t-tagħlim tat-Testment il-Ġdid, xorta huma qalu li l-Lhud maqtula Ġesù. Kif irrazzjonali! Le, dan l-antisemitiżmu mhux razzjonali.

Imma hemm xi ħaġa aktar irrazzjonali. "Aħna mibegħda tiegħek, Lhudi, int" kike "jew Yit" maħmuġa ", toħroġ hawn! Inti l-ebda tajba, aħna ma rridux li int fl-art tagħna, mur l-art tiegħek, iżda inti ħadthom ebda dritt li tkun hemm jew, inti ħadthom ebda dritt li jeżistu! Imma aħna qed tmur għall-qima tiegħek Alla ". "Aħna mibgħeda inti imma aħna imħabba Messija tiegħek. We're sejra ssegwi Messija tiegħek. "Għaliex se qima Lhudija Eskimos ta 'Alla? Għaliex se pygmies qima ta 'Alla Lhudija? Għaliex se Skandinavi qima ta 'Alla Lhudija? Ma jagħmilx sens jekk inti mibgħeda dawn in-nies. Why do you qima Alla tagħhom? Minħabba li l-nazzjonijiet se jirrikorru għall-Għerq ta 'Jesse. Għeżież Lhudi ħabib tiegħi, int u jien kemm ddejjaqni l-antisemitiżmu. Inti u I huma b'telf jispjegaha intellettwalment - nistgħu tressaq xi spjegazzjonijiet, iżda l-istorja kollha jżomm ġejjin lura lill-istess affarijiet - mhuwiex loġiku.

Jekk inti mibegħda xi ħadd, għaliex kieku inti ssegwi Wieħed minnhom? Għaliex kieku inti temmen kotba tagħhom u l-qima tagħhom Alla? Hemm biss wieħed, u wieħed wieħed waħdu li tista 'tagħmel in-nies qima l-Alla ta' nazzjon u razza li huma mod ieħor mibegħda. Issa, I am not qal li Nsara veri, imwieled fl-Insara mill-ġdid, evangelicals reali, mibegħda-poplu Lhudi. Jekk inti tħares lejn il-pajjiżi b'popolazzjoni evangelical għoli, inti ser issib anke fil-Olokawst li pajjiżi bħall-Olanda u d-Danimarka protetti l-Lhud. Dan kien prinċipalment il-Kattoliċi u Protestants nominali li ppersegwitati minnhom. Il-Kungress Amerikan, il-Kulleġġ Amerikan tal Rabbis jaf tajjeb ħafna li s-sinsla ta 'appoġġ Lhudija għall-Iżrael fl-Amerika ma jkunx il-komunità Lhudija - hemm biss 6 miljuni fl-Amerika ta' Fuq fil-biċċa l-kbira. Huwa l-insara evangelical li huma pro-Zionist. Ħafna minnhom. Mhux l-Insara huma miżuri anti-semitiċi. You see, l-istess kif hemm nies li se mibegħda tiegħek għax inti Lhudi, li jiddikjaraw li huma Kristjani, hemm Kristjani oħra li se imħabba tiegħek għax inti Lhudi. Huma se ngħid, "Kif nistgħu qima ta 'Alla u l-Lhud jemmnu fi Messija Lhudija u aqra ktieb Lhudija u nofs id-destin etern tagħna u l-bona fuqha u l-mibgħeda dawn in-nies li taw lill magħna?" Dawn mhux kollha huma irrazzjonali.

Imma inti m'għandekx irrazzjonali jew. Ħafna nies li ssejjaħ infushom Insara ikunu qed iġibu rwieħhom irrationally, huma worshipping ta 'Alla u l-Lhud jemmnu fi Messija Lhudija filwaqt hating Lhud - li's irrazzjonali. Imma ma inti tkun Jew irrazzjonali. It's a mistoqsija razzjonali li jistħoqqilha risposta razzjonali.

Jekk Huwa mhux il-Messija li se jagħmlu l-qima Gentiles Alla tiegħek, li huwa? Għaliex inkella ma huma qima Alla tiegħek jekk Huwa mhux l-Alla Wieħed imsemmija jagħmilhom jagħmlu dan?

Well, għandi mistoqsija oħra, ukoll il-Ebrajk mill-profeta Isaija, il-kapitolu 52 u 53. Huwa qal, "All aħna bħal nagħaġ marru astray, kull daret mal-mod tiegħu stess."

Fil-Medju Evu a rabbi minn Franza tissejjaħ Rashi qal li dan kien ta 'madwar il-poplu Lhudi tbatija għall-nazzjonijiet Gentile. A vicarious atonement. Ma kienx dwar il-Messija, din kienet madwar il-Lhud infushom. "Min ikun maħsub rapport tagħna u lil min għandu l-driegħ tal-Mulej ġie żvelat? Huwa kiber qabel Him bħal rimja offerta, bħal għerq minn art niexfa. Huwa kellu l-ebda forma stately lanqas MAESTÀ li għandna nħarsu meta lilu u lanqas id-dehra li aħna għandhom jiġu mħajra jiġu lilu. Huwa kien despised u forsaken fost l-irġiel, ta 'Man of Sorrows u familjari ma grief, bħal waħda li mingħandhom l-irġiel jaħbu wiċċ tagħhom, Hu kien despised u aħna ma esteem lilu. Żgur grief tagħna Hu nnifsu u taqqab tagħna Sorrows He mwettqa. Aħna nfusna stmata lilu milquta, smitten minn Alla u jimirdu. Huwa kien mtaqqba permezz ta '(bħal fil msallab) għall-każi ta' ksur tagħna, Hu kien imfarrak għall-inġustizzji tagħna. Il-chastening tal-benessri tagħna waqgħet fuq lilu u mill scourging Tiegħu aħna fieqet. Kollha aħna bħal nagħaġ marru astray, kull daret mal-mod tiegħu iżda l-Mulej ikun ikkawża l-ħażen tagħna lkoll li jaqa 'fuq lilu. "

Il-rabbis ngħid dan huwa dwar il-poplu Lhudi li jbatu mill-Rashi. Għaliex huwa li l-Jonathan Targum u l-rabbis qedem qabel Rashi qal li din kienet madwar il-Messija? Għaliex ma Rabbi Avraham Farazel ngħid dan Dehra Ġesù? Qabel Roshi dawn ma jgħidu li hija biss jew primarjament dwar it-tbatija tal-poplu Lhudi. Fil-fatt, fl-ebda sens primarji kif jista 'meta dan il-qaddej tbatija kienet sinless iżda Isaija lamentede l-dnub tan-nazzjon Ebrajk? Din kienet inkluża mill Eliezer Ha Kalr fil-liturġija sinagoga għall Yom Kippur. Dan Alla Wieħed minnhom se smite tkun tista 'ssir atonement għad-dnub - a corban - a sagrifiċċju tal-bniedem. Iżda għal dan l-oġġett rabbis. Ġudaiżmu jgħid li l-akevah (l-irbit ta Issac għall-sagrifiċċju minn Abraham) huwa polemiċi kontra sagrifiċċju tal-bniedem. Huwa abomination. Kif Alla jkollha xi ħadd sagrifikati bħala bniedem meta Hu qal li kien hazen?

Fil-Alla akevah told Abraham "ma sagrifiċċju iben tiegħek" u l-Kristjani ovvjament jgħidu li dan kien minħabba li Hu kien se sagrifiċċju Iben Tiegħu. Il-rabbis jgħid is-sagrifiċċju tal-bniedem huwa anti-Lhudija. Naqbel li s-sagrifiċċju tal-bniedem għall-oħra gods huwa demonic. Madankollu, l-istess Rashi li qal li dan huwa dwar il-poplu Lhudi qal huwa sagrifiċċju tal-bniedem. Huwa qal li huwa l-Lhud tbatija vicariously għall-nazzjonijiet Gentile. Ma jistax ikollna it-tnejn modi. Jew Ġudaiżmu tippermetti bniedem li jsofru vicariously għall-dnubiet ta 'ħaddieħor jew ma. Rashi u dawk li jemmnu li Ġesù jkun il-Messija jaqblu. Hija ma. Kif tista 'inti tgħidli Alla ma tippermettix sagrifiċċju għad-dnub tal-bniedem għan-nom ta' xi ħadd ieħor meta l-interpretazzjoni Lhudija nfisha tgħid Hu ma.

Il-kwistjoni hija li kienet tbatija? Was hija l-Iżrael, jew ma kien il-Messija? Well, Isaiah ripetutament castigated Iżrael għad-dnub tagħha. Dan Qaddej tal-Mulej kien innoċenti. Huwa kien għamel l-ebda żbaljata, Isaiah jgħid - l-ebda żbaljata fil-livelli kollha. "Huwa kien maqtugħa mill-art ta 'l-għajxien, għall-trasgressjoni ta' nies tiegħi li lilha l-stroke kien dovut". Il-Gentiles ma kienux persuni ta 'Alla f'dak iż-żmien. Hu kien cut off għal raġunijiet ta 'sin-Iżrael. Hija waslet għall-Gentiles wara. Kif jista 'jitfassal l-Iżrael, għall-Iżrael kienu sinned? F'sens wiesa tixbah l-Iżrael, iżda din kienet Servant sinless. Il-kwistjoni mhix li kien id-dritt, il-Kristjani jew Rashi? Il-kwistjoni hija li kienet id-dritt, Rashi jew l-ewwel rabbis li qal il-Messija? Huwa l-Messija.

Hija kwistjoni ta 'li rabbi temmen. Din hija mistoqsija tiegħi.

Kif jista 'jkun il-poplu Lhudi jekk primarjament kienu sinned? Kif jista' jkun il-poplu Lhudi tbatija għall-dnubiet tad-Gentiles meta kellhom sinned. Din kienet Servant sinless.

U kif tista 'tgħid li Alla ma let Wieħed die għall-dnub ta' l-ieħor meta Ġudaiżmu nfisha tgħid il-kuntrarju dirett?

Imma ikolli mistoqsija finali. I am ser jinqara mill-kapitolu Ebrajk Zechariah profeta 12.

"Aħna aqra tal-piż tal-kelma tal-Mulej dwar Iżrael. B'hekk tiddikjara l-Mulej Min meded fl-franki, tqiegħed is-sisien tad-dinja u l-forom l-ispirtu tal-bniedem fi ħdan lilu, "jiena ser jagħmlu Ġerusalemm tazza li tikkawża tkebbib għall-popli kollha madwar u meta l-assedju ta 'Ġerusalemm huwa kontra din se jkunu kontra Judah u dan iseħħ fil-jum li jien se tagħmel l-Ġerusalemm tal-ġebel tqil u li l-lift ikun grievously korruta u n-nazzjonijiet kollha tad-dinja se tinġabar kontriha. "

Il-kwistjoni hija ta 'Ġerusalemm, l-istatus finali ta' Ġerusalemm. Mhux l-Xatt tal-Punent, ma 'l-istrixxa ta' Gaża, mhux il-Golan Heights, Ġerusalemm huwa l-kwistjoni. N-nazzjonijiet kollha se jidħlu kontriha. Meta l-istudenti Ċiniżi masacraron bejn 7,000 u 8,000 kien xhud ta 'aktar minn 1 biljun persuna fuq it-televiżjoni fl-Tienamen Pjazza. Kif ħafna riżoluzzjonijiet tan-NU kienu għaddew jikkundannaw Ċina? Xejn. Meta l-Musulmani masacraron 2.3 miljuni Nsara iswed fis-Sudan mill-milizji Iżlamiċi, kemm-riżoluzzjonijiet tan-NU, kemm-Sigurtà riżoluzzjonijiet tal-Kunsill, jistieden kemm lill bojkott Sudan? L-ebda. Kemm ir-riżoluzzjonijiet tan-NU għaddiet ħafna kontra l-Iżrael - kif bosta riżoluzzjonijiet tal-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà? 50% tar-riżoluzzjonijiet kollha f'dan l-Assemblea Ġenerali u aktar minn 50% tar-riżoluzzjonijiet fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà. Jimxi 'l quddiem - joqtol koppja ta' miljun suwed - quién? Huma qed foqra, dawn qed iswed u m'għandhom l-ebda taż-żejt. Iżda jmorru fil-Medda ta 'Gaża li twaqqaf lin-nies mill shooting rokits Ketusha u iwaqqfuhom qtil tat-tfal tiegħek u d-dinja trid jikkundannaw għalik. Ma jagħmilx sens, imma kif ser ikun il-għan?

Zechariah tgħidilna f'dan il-kapitolu poeżiji 9. "Din se tidħol fis dwar dak il-jum li jien se waslet biex jeqirdu n-nazzjonijiet kollha li jiġu kontra Ġerusalemm. I se pour fuq l-dar ta 'David u l-abitanti ta' Ġerusalemm l-Ispirtu tal-grazzja u supplication. Huma se tħares fuq Me lilu jkunu għamlu mtaqqba (msallab) u mourn l Alla bħala waħda mourns għal Iben biss. "

Min qal hekk? Jacob Prasch? No Ipprova Rabbi Moshe Alshek. Aqra dak li l-sages dwar dan u Min kien.

"Huma se tħares fuq Him lilhom ikunu minfuda u mourn bħala waħda mourns għal Iben biss".

The One aħna rifjutat, il-One Name tiegħu aħna bżiq fuq, il-One aħna curse huwa wieħed li kien qed jiffrankaw us. Iva, Huwa ġejjin biex tiffranka! Din hija mistoqsija tiegħi:

Jekk Huwa l-waħda li ssodisfat il-profeziji, jekk Hu kien li ġejjin u jmutu diġà, jekk Kien il-atonement għad-dnub tiegħek, jekk Huwa l-One li ġejjin biex jiffranka l-Iżrael u Huwa l-waħda li diġa biex jiffrankaw inti, tridu jiġi ffrankat? Kif jista 'xi ħadd sejħa li tiċħad dan il-Ġudaiżmu? Din hija mistoqsija tiegħi. Kif nistgħu tirrifjuta Messija Lhudija li mgħallma tema Lhudija b'mod Lhudija li poplu Lhudi u magħmula mhux Lhud jemmnu li Alla fil-Lhudija, aqra ktieb Lhudija u jemmnu. Kif jista 'xi ħadd sejħa li mhux Lhudija, anti-Lhudija jew li jitilqu minn Ġudaiżmu? Jista' jkun hemm tluq mir dak in-nies li ma Ġudaiżmu. It may be a departure from the Judaism responsible for the assassination of Rabin. It may be a departure from a Judaism that proclaimed Bar Kochba to be the Messiah. But it's not a departure from the Judaism of your fathers, of the patriarchs, of Moses and the Prophets.

My dear Jewish friend, turn from your sin, make teshuvah, (repentance)and ask the God of your fathers to forgive your sin that Yeshua paid for in His death. In His resurrection He rose to give you eternal life. Yes, He did rise. Who said so – Jacob Prasch? No. Try reading The Resurrection of Jesus by Rabbi Pinchas Lapide , Orthodox Professor, Hebrew University. Try reading Rabbi David Fulsser who was an Orthodox Professor at Hebrew University. From a Jewish perspective the resurrection of Jesus is irrefutable. The idea that a Messiah would come and die and rise again – that's what the chabadniks said about  Menahem Schneerson only Schneerson didn't rise from the dead. Jesus would come and die at Pesach and after dying at Pesach He rose from the dead. The rabbis didn't like Him but said that He did miracles as no other rabbi and his disciples did miracles in His Name, including raising others from the dead. Coming to die at Pesach, rising from the dead, doing miracles, His disciples doing miracles and then ascending to heaven from the Mount of Olives. Where do I quote from? The Gospels? No, I quote from the Avodah Zarahba that was not written by Jews who believed in Jesus. That was written by rabbis who were against Jews believing in Jesus. When your followers admit these things, that's one thing. When your opponents say it's true, it's something else.

Is He the Messiah? Yes, He is. It's your decision.

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James Jacob Prasch

I was born of Jewish parents in the Bronx, New York. There were only a few Jewish families living in the project buildings where I grew up. As a young boy I was sent to Hebrew School and believed in God. When I was 12 years old my mother died, a year before my Bar mitzvah. After that I stopped believing in God. Being part of a hated minority, I was often taunted and beaten up for no other reason than, I was a Jew.

My response as a 14 year old was to buy and carry a gun for self defence. It was not a hard thing to do in the neighborhood I came from. Doing so, helped me not to live continually in fear. When I was 17, I joined the US Army and shortly after my 18th birthday, I was sent to Vietnam in 1966. I was a Combat Engineer and my role involved clearing minefields and booby traps and helping to build base camps.

In Vietnam, like so many other soldiers I found it hard to cope with the reality of war. Drugs were readily available and before long it became an easy way to escape from the horror and hopelessness of it all. I completed my tour of duty and was honourably discharged after 2 years of service. I found it very difficult to adjust back into civilian life again.

The year was 1968 and the hippie era was in full bloom. I soon joined the hippie lifestyle with it's drug culture and non-conformist ways.

I wasted the next 10 years of my life, being stoned out of my mind on all kinds of drugs. I was looking for inner peace but couldn't find any. I was walking down many dead-end roads in search of answers in order to give life some meaning. I was looking in all the wrong places, Eastern Religions, the Occult, and early New Age teaching. Many of my friends who took the same journey either overdosed on drugs, committed suicide, and some even wound up in insane asylums. Those were pretty severe consequences for choosing the wrong lifestyle, don't you think?

During this time I decided to travel around the world. I thought that I might be able to find peace somewhere. Maybe there was a Utopia or Paradise in some little known place and all I had to do, was to find it. I thought that I would start my search in Australia and work my way around the world.

I landed in Sydney, Australia nearly broke, shared a room in a broken down boarding house in a run down area, with another drug addict, and eventually got my first job working in a brewery. It wasn't quite the paradise that I was hoping for. Eventually I met and married an Australian girl. She was also into drugs and I found out later that she was also an alcoholic. Over the years we had two children together. Eventually after 7 years of ups and downs things turned bad and we separated. When that happened it tore me apart and I tried to take my own life. We were living in a remote town in Queensland at the time.

Then a breakthrough came from an unexpected source. Even though I had no interest in Judaism or any religion at that time, my wife came from a Christian background and she wanted our children to attend a Sunday School. I didn't object but could not understand at the time why she wanted to do that, as it was totally opposite to the lifestyle we were living.

When the children stopped attending the Sunday School without any notice, the local minister in charge visited the house to find out if everything was OK. Once I told him the story, he was genuinely saddened and concerned for my welfare, and he befriended me. Up to that point in time, my “so called” friends deserted me. I had learned that when you are really 'down and out', most people really don't want to know you. I guess this happens because they feel at a loss of what to say or do when such devastation occurs and your life falls apart. I realize now that you have to have real answers and real hope yourself, in order to be of any use to someone else in such a crisis.

I am so thankful that this man was a genuine 'man of God', who was there at the right time for me. The last thing that I needed was some self righteous, religious type of Clergy, turning up with  condemnation and pity, instead of compassion.

This man listened and shared my sorrow. He never tried to “Bible bash” me, but instead would ask if he could pray for my situation. One time when he was leaving he asked if I would like to read a little booklet that explained some very basic things about life, from the Bible. I accepted it and read it after he had gone.

The booklet explained about our relationship to God and His relationship with mankind. It talked about man's beginning and how things went wrong, and what God did in order to restore us back to Himself. In the back of the booklet it had a simple prayer you could pray, if you wanted to get right with God.

I had a good laugh and screwed the booklet up, threw it onto the floor in the corner of my room.

It was the first time that I had laughed for weeks since I tried to end my life.

The thought that someone who was born and died two thousand years ago, could do anything for me today was more than my depressed mind could take. The thought that people would live their lives based on the instructions written in a book, was so foreign and absurd to my drug affected mind. I dismissed the whole thing outright and gave it no further thought.

A few days later, I was considering my life, and actually revisited many of the things in my life that caused me pain and anguish. It was as if my whole life was replayed and it flashed before my eyes. Somewhere deep inside of me, I cried out to God, saying “why did all this happen to me?” I also cried out to God, that if You are real then please reveal Yourself to me? At that time some of the things written in the little booklet that I threw off in the corner a few days before, started to come back into my memory. I found the little booklet, unscrewed it and read it again. I then cried and realized then and there, that these words were not just ordinary words, they were words from God and they were speaking directly to my heart. They went through me like nothing ever did before, I was hit right between the eyes with pure TRUTH.

They were personal words that had a life or death significance.

I felt convicted about the wrong things that I had said and done in my life. I felt ashamed that coming from such a rich Jewish heritage, I would lock God out of my life, I lived like He no longer existed. I cried out to Him to forgive me for my sins. I asked Him to help me to never do such things again. I did not understand the next thing that I did, but I asked Jesus Christ to come into my life and change me. I later found out that He is the Jewish Messiah, the Chosen Redeemer, the King of Israel, the One of whom the Hebrew Scriptures talked about.

I did not understand what transpired once I said that prayer, all I can say is that God gently touched me in a way that I never experienced before. He gave me peace that I never knew existed, real peace deep down on the inside.

For some time I thought that I was the only Jew in the whole world who believed in Jesus.

Later on I found out that there were tens of thousands of Jews throughout the world, who had taken this step of faith, in the Son of God. In fact all throughout history since Yeshua came, there were Jews like myself who believed in His claim to be the Messiah.

Some even being Rabbi's, devout and learned men, even Chief Rabbi's, it's true.

After I made my peace with God, I started to change. God removed the desire I had for drugs, cigarettes and other destructive things that I previously craved for and I never touched them again, which is nearly 30 years ago.

As God opened my eyes, I started to hate things that I used to think were good, and things that I previously thought were a waste of time, I started to see real value in them. Just as God said in His Word, all things became new.

Eventually my wife returned with my kids and things started to get back on track. After she saw the big change in my life, she also prayed and asked Jesus into her life as well. Things at least on the surface seemed to improve. However, after a number of years, she seemed to grow cold, in the things of the Lord. She slowly began to slip back into her old ways and in the end she was worse than ever. She was actively involved again with drugs, heavy drinking, the occult, and began mixing with some very bad people. I believe that she was just going 'through the motions' when she prayed to receive Jesus into her life, there was no real commitment made or genuine repentance on her part, when she professed faith in God.

Things eventually came to a head after our 25th wedding anniversary. Her behaviour became 'out of control' and it was not only hurting me, but it also damaged our young adult children. It also affected her own elderly Christian parents, who were retired and living with us at the time. We finally, mutually decided to separate, as she became unbearable to live with.

After that happened, I repented and asked God to forgive me for compromising my own life, by allowing certain things to go on and not taking a stronger stand earlier, out of fear of it costing me my marriage. I guess all it really did in the end was to prolong the inevitable.

Soon afterward, my wife started a relationship with another man which led to our divorce, which in itself was a very painful thing to go through. Afterward I realised that God had to always be first in my life, above any one or anything. I thought that if God wanted me to remain single for the rest of my life, then that was OK by me. My fulfilment in life was not going to be found in another person, but in the One who gave me life and who redeemed me.

For the next 7 years, I remained single and tried to follow the Lord, with all my heart. I became involved in a congregation where I met a Godly woman, who I eventually married. We both try to put the Lord first in our lives and in our marriage. Life at times is challenging and we feel so blessed knowing that God is with us in every situation and circumstance. There is nothing that we can face, that we can't get through, because He is Faithful.

I have learned that as human beings we were created to have a relationship with God.

Without that relationship we remain unfulfilled. You can try as hard as you can to get  satisfaction out of life, as I have tried, without success. The answer is not in human love, being powerful, being popular, being wealthy, or being healthy. There are people alive today who have all these things and are still searching for something more. They don't know themselves what it is, but they know that they are missing an essential component to make them whole, to make them content.

God knew that when He gave us a free will, we could choose to love Him or reject Him.

The Holy Scriptures challenges us all when it declares ” Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;

Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!”

Trust or faith is only as good as the one who, you place that faith in.

Another Scripture tells us “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is (exists) and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

If you search for Him with all your heart, you will find Him.

One day we will all stand before God to give an account of our lives. That will happen whether you believe He exists or not. Everything that you ever thought, said, and have done will be exposed and laid bare. Nothing will remain hidden from Him.

God has said that all have sinned and fall short of His glory. We have all missed the mark.

All of our righteousness is as filthy rags before God, who is Holy and Just.

How will you fare on that day? What plea bargain do you think you can make?

Do you really think that all the good that you have done in your life will give you enough credit to tip the scales in the right direction? Do you really want to face that day, standing in your own self righteousness? Knowing that God says ” The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. They have all turned aside, They together have become corrupt; There is none who does good, No not one.”

You too dear reader, have the opportunity to choose life or remain dead, in your trespasses and sins. The Word of God tells us “Behold, I lay in Zion,  A chief cornerstone, elect,  precious,

And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” “The stone (Yeshua) which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone.” “A stone of stumbling, And a rock of offense.”

You can continue to fumble around in the dark as I did for a large part of my life, or you can make a decision to forego your own thing and accept God's way.

Yeshua said “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

'If you have one Jewish parent and are not a believer in Jesus we would be pleased to send you a free tape 'One Messiah, Two Comings' if you will send your name and address to Moriel in your country of residence. Our branch addresses are on our international directory page “branches” on this web site. Simply identify yourself as Jewish and request the tape.

Dennis Hirschfield

The story is often told of a man walking along a beach, following two sets of footprints. Eventually he notices that the two sets of footprints converge into a single set. Intrigued as to how this may be, he follows the set of prints to their owner. The owner of the footprints reveal to the curious onlooker that indeed two individuals had been walking side by side, however when one of the walkers became too weary to continue, his companion bore him on his shoulders and carried on the journey. This story very much reminds me of my own experience. My companion throughout my journey, though unseen by myself, was always present with me, beside me. Gradually I came to realise this, but little did I know (at least for many years) that he has a name: Yeshua, Jesus.

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I was born in the US into a family of Jewish Holocaust survivors. My family origins was in eastern Poland, where most of my family stayed during the war except for a very few, some of whom escaped to the US and a few who escaped to the land of Israel.

My family were traditionally devout, religious Jews, however due to their extreme grief following the holocaust, they abandoned outwardly practicing Jewish religious practices, replacing this with a strong pride in their Jewish origins and strong identification with the State of Israel as an example of Jews who are prepared to fight rather than accept persecution. I grew up in this spirit of anger as a response to the holocaust and pride in my Jewish heritage. Along side this was strong identification with the State of Israel, which was from earliest age was nearly as much “home” to me as the US due to my close connections to my family there.

However, from a very early age, I was very uncomfortable. While I shared the strong sentiments of my up-bringing of pride in my heritage, and very strong linkage with my Jewish identity and the State of Israel, I still felt somehow empty and unfulfilled with my inner-self. It was not sufficient for me to simply “know” that I was Jewish, I wanted… needed to know in a deeper way what it meant spiritually. I became aware of a spiritual hunger; I desired to know not only the people and land of Israel, but indeed the Living God of Israel.

As a very young man, not having any form of spiritual teaching, I turned to the only place I knew for answers: the Scripture. I read through the Tanach (Old Testament), but “curiosity” led me to continue into the section forbidden to all “good” Jews: The New Testament.

What I found there surprised and confounded me. Instead of encountering a basically anti-Semitic diatribe (as I had expected to find), I encountered the Living God of Israel, bring peace and joy through a relationship with himself. This left me very disturbed, as I was in no way prepared to “betray my Jewish heritage” (as I saw it) and accept the Way described within the New Testament, however having had a very real encounter with the living God and tasting of his spirit, I greatly desired him in my life.

I would love to say that I gave in to the call of God in my life, but being part of the people whom scripture describes as a “stiff necked people”, I resisted his call upon my life, preferring instead to attempt to make my own route to God in what I considered to be an “acceptable Jewish manner”.

I left the US to settle permanently in Israel at the age of 18. Living with my Israeli relatives, I discovered that they were just as alienated from Judaism, and any understanding of the God of Israel as were my US family.

Shortly following my aliyah (settling in Israel) war broke out and I was recruited into the Israeli army. My experiences in the army led me to find an entire people (the Israeli people as a whole) who were a demoralised and wounded people, desperately in need of the peace and fulfilment with God which I so longed for in a personal way. Upon completion of my army service, I was very broken and wounded in my “inner man”, and had now become desperate for answers and inner peace. At the same time I had resolved to return to the US, disillusioned at the lack of answers and inner pain which I had experienced in Israel.

However, God had other plans. I had always been drawn to believers in Yeshua, even whilst in the army. This was due to the obvious peace and joy which was so evident in them, which I so desired for myself. I didn't realise it but the Lord brought me in contact with these servants of his who were in prayer for me. Amongst these believers which the Lord drew into my life at that time was Jacob Prasch and his family!

I had a very close army friend who upon completion of his army service (prior to my own) had gone to Jerusalem to study in a Yeshiva (Rabbinical academy). He had invited me, upon completion of my Army service to visit him in the Yeshiva, were he said I would be welcome, be able to study about Judaism, and perhaps even find some of the answers which I sought.

I decided to take my friend up on his offer, as I had never before had this opportunity, and I very much desired to find what I now knew to be a relationship with God, but in an “acceptable”, “Jewish” fashion.

The Yeshiva received me as a challenge. They were very aware of my intention to return to the US, but wanted to keep me in the Yeshiva and ensure that I become a religious, Orthodox Jew. To this end, I was asked if I would be willing to spend time at a much more “intensive” and “advanced” Yeshiva in Bnei Brak (a very strictly orthodox area near Tel Aviv). Having always wanted to study Judaism “in depth”, I agreed.

In the Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, I was taken on as a challenge (to dissuade me from returning to the US, and to “convert” me to be an orthodox Jew). Intending at first to stay 2 weeks, I lengthened this to 4 weeks, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, until eventually I decided to stay, and not return to the US.

Although from the outset of my rabbinical studies, I felt deeply unfulfilled, had many unanswered questions (particularly with regard to rabbinical interpretations of Scripture), I decided to “give it a chance”, feeling that “for now, it is for me to work upon studying Torah (the Law), and one day when I am a rabbi, I will realise the peace and joy of a relationship with God which I so desire”. I proceeded in this manner, and found myself both very successful and enjoying the intellectual stimulus and challenge of study of rabbinical law.

While this brought me no closer to my goal, the feeling of community acceptance, and “ego boost” that came from my scholastic success enabled me to put aside my deep misgivings and continue along this path for approximately 3 and a half years. At the end of that period, while I was not formally “ordained” (a ceremony which does not necessarily have the same significance as a qualification for spiritual leadership as in Christianity), the Yeshiva deemed me as having completed its course of study, and in the interest of my teaching others, as well as representing the Yeshiva, conferred upon me the title of “ Rav ” (rabbi).

Far from bringing me joy at the “honour” conferred upon me, I realised that I would never find the peace or fulfilment that I sought within the framework of rabbinical Judaism. It struck home to me that I had known the truth all along in that there is only one way to the Father, to his Kingdom, to a living (life giving) relationship with himself. That way is through the Messiah, Yeshua, Jesus.

It was time, I realised, to stop fighting, to stop resisting God's guiding hand over my life and accept him on his terms, on his conditions. There in the Yeshiva I surrendered myself to Him, and asked him into my life to be my Lord and Saviour. The change in me was immediate and dramatic. Where there was darkness (literally) there was now light, where sadness, joy, where there was hopelessness there was now optimism.

I also began to view Israel, in a new light – not through my own disappointed, judgemental eyes, but through the heart of a God that always deeply loves and cares for his people, who is ever a loving and faithful father to his children. Although I was unable to announce my new-found life in the Yeshiva, the Lord guided me through this by allowing me to be “discovered” (by means of being spotted entering a Messianic congregation).

Given a choice of renouncing my faith in Yeshua (with much financial incentives) and leaving the Yeshiva penniless and “disgraced”, my path was clear: to follow the Lord to the new life that I knew he would lead me to. He has been faithful to me. I was privileged in working to build his small but dynamically growing Body in Israel over the years in a variety of ministerial activities.

As the Lord has been guiding me in his service, he has also been at work in sanctifying and building me into his own image, an often difficult but always rewarding task.

Some years back, I had the opportunity of studying in a bible college in this country (the UK), which I have completed. I am currently completing post graduate work on uncovering the largely hidden and forgotten history of the early Jewish – Christian church, its relationships between the developing gentile church and emerging rabbinic Judaism. I have also had to privilege of sharing with the churches God's healing and dynamic purposes for Israel and the believing church in using the church as a vehicle of blessing Israel through the gospel of the risen Moshiach of Israel and the world that brings blessing and life to both.

Moriel & Jacob Prasch are honoured to welcome Michael to Moriel to help direct our Jewish ministry in outreach and messianic bible teaching.

While at Moriel we do not call clergy either “father” or “rabbi” as a religious title because Yeshua/ Jesus told us not to in Matthew 23, Michael Gubberman, like Saul of Tarsus did indeed reach the learning status of an orthodox rabbi in a recognized ultra orthodox Yeshiva. Within Moriel we often informally call Michael 'Rabbi Guberman' only because he actually was one; it is a job and background description only, not a religious title. The pope is not our 'holy father' – only God is, and our only Rabbi (exalted teacher) is “Rabbi Yeshua Bar Yosef M' Natzeret” (Jesus). It is a blessing to be aware however,

in an age of charlatan messianic rabbis who are not real rabbis and never were, The God of Israel still has actual rabbis like St. Paul and Nicodemus who have come to faith in Yeshua the Jewish Messiah.

Please e mail Moriel to arrange a speaking engagement for our brother in Yeshua 'Rabbi' Michael Guberman.