tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post4681765476365292621..comments2024-02-04T20:44:05.770-08:00Comments on Jewish Facts From Portland: Discussing Biblical Quotes from "Killing Jesus" From the Eyes of a Jewish BubbaNadene Goldfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-58477131648267260602014-09-21T08:21:39.500-07:002014-09-21T08:21:39.500-07:00To explain our differences; Bill writes on page 21...To explain our differences; Bill writes on page 211; "If Jesus is God, that will soon be known." The concept of Messiah in Judaism is not that. "The word comes from the Hebrew word, "mashiach" which means "anointed with oil." The Messiah in Jewish thought was never conceived of as a Divine Being. As God's anointed representative, the Messiah would be a person who would bring about the political and spiritual redemption of the people Israel through the ingathering of the Jews to their ancestral home of Eretz Yisrael and the restoration of Jerusalem to its spiritual glory. He would bring about an era marked by the moral perfection of all mankind and the harmonious coexistence of all peoples free of war, fear, hatred, and intolerance." (To Be a Jew by Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin). The concept of a man being a god was common in the religion of the Greeks and Romans who believed in many gods. Judaism is strictly a religion believing in the concept of one G-d; one unseen G-d. We think of a Messiah as a special General. In the Bible it is used to refer to kings who have been anointed, etc. (The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia). Nadene Goldfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.com