If God were indeed to make an appearance in human flesh, and become uniquely incarnate as a human being...wouldn't it only be fair for Him to give His people clear, repeated and unmistakable "heads up" that He would do this?
But in reality, no such thing seems to have occured in the "Old" Testament/Hebrew Bible.
In fact, Jews were taught and conditioned century after century the notion that "God is one" and is not a man.
It is really only after the fact of Jesus life on earth that Church theologians and interpreters declared him to be "God".
And they cherry picked a few isolated verses that seemed to predict that "Jesus is God", and called those "prophetic" verses.
In the light of all this, is it any wonder that those who best know the Hebrew Bible(Jews) reject he very notion that "Jesus is God"?
Can Jews be blamed for not being "Christians"?
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My theological positions:
-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.
I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.
-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.
I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.
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If Jesus is actually "God in the flesh" why didn't YHVH prepare His people for His appearance on planet earth?
Isn't the fact that YHVH did not prepare His people that He would incarnate Himself, more evidence that Jesus is in fact, NOT God?
And that the notion that "Jesus is God" is merely a human invention, a theological afterthought?
Isn't the fact that YHVH did not prepare His people that He would incarnate Himself, more evidence that Jesus is in fact, NOT God?
And that the notion that "Jesus is God" is merely a human invention, a theological afterthought?
My theological positions:
-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.
I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.
-God created us in His image, not the other way around.
-The Bible is redeemed by it's good parts.
-Pure monotheism, simple repentance.
-YHVH is LORD
-The real Jesus is not God, the real YHVH is not a monster.
-Eternal life is a gift from the Living God.
-Keep the Commandments, keep your salvation.
-I have accepted YHVH as my Heavenly Father, LORD and Savior.
I am inspired by Jesus to worship none but YHVH, and to serve only Him.
