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Jewish groups protest Pope's decision to revive old Latin mass
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61. Christians need to become Jews in their hearts...
(07.10.07)
but instead they think Jews should become Christians. Jews have an everlasting covenant with Abraham that has not passed away. Gentiles have a covenant with Yeshua that grafts them onto the Jewish faith that has Jewish roots. Hashem blinded the Jews, so they do not have to know the name of Hashem to be saved. Gentiles must know the name of Hashem to be saved. If Hashem makes a person blind, the person is not held responsible for not seeing. If Hashem makes a person crippled, the person is not expected to walk. If Hashem makes a person deaf, the person is not expected by Hashem to hear. The Roman Catholics worship three gods they call father, son, and holy spirit. They claim to worship Jesus but do not pray in the name of Jesus. They pray in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit. They do not worship G-d on the day they are told to, preferring instead to worship on Sunday, the first day. They put up Christmas trees and decorate them with ornaments when Jeremiah says it is a heathen custom to cut trees and decorate them with silver and gold. Is it any wonder that Yeshua said there are FEW that find it (eternal life), How many Popes will be in heaven? Maybe Peter I and John Paul II; but the least among you will be first and the first shall be last, Yeshua said. Many will be utterly surprised at their exclusion: more self deceived Christians than Jews in that crowd.
62. Let them pray
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.10.07)
what they want , have you seen some results of this ? They have a Pope , infaillible , can't make errors , let them believe it . let them believe that this little Jewish rabbi , they call jesus was born from a virgin . That's not our problem as long as they only pray , and not begin with their inquisition or crusades to "liberate" OUR Yeroushalaim .
63. #56...How many times I say...NO MAGIC?
John ,   USA   (07.10.07)
ITS NEVER BEEN ABOUT MAGIC BLOOD OR WATER BATHS OR PRAYERS THAT TAKES AWAY SIN. Sin is already done and over with. Its your GUILT that remains (legal and emotional). READ Ex. 34:7 I do realize that some in Judaism is not exempt from this concept. No matter how much I say this, Christians will can't break free from their MAGIC BLOOD FLESH BIAS. Its disgusting. Sacrifice was given for man to substitute his own guilt, and kill this part of his blood flesh soul (animal soul), not appease a pagan type god. Suffering servant DOES NOT MEAN (either Israel view or Messiah view) MAGIC BLOOD godman saves the world from the god of hades and firey underworld, by appeasing him. An unrighteous doctrine does not a righteous people / person make. If the truth be in you, believing in a godman should send shivers up your spine.
64. #62
AY_Lamb ,   USA   (07.10.07)
great point! We should all work for some common understanding and peace to avert anymore possible disasters.
65. Christian, orthodox and secular lunacy
Josh   (07.10.07)
It is not an empty thing. People who pray to a false god who are of Jewish origins, will most definately suffer. The saying only the good die young is directly translated to the curses. So many express casual "oks" for people to continue a road to destruction. Sins are in no way all paid up. The account and the accountant are still running each an account. I saw it as a firefighter - people pay daily. You are not forgiven unless you see your sin and cease from it to return to G-d. You will pay and need only open your eyes and look around to see the footfalls of the curses as society slips closer and closer to the bottom of the abyss. Anyone who claims Jesus is the messiah and meets prophecy is deluded. Read in context to see the truth - if anyone cares. He does not meet a single one - not one. If no one cares about the truth neither does G-d care that the curses fall as planned. Prophecy says there will be people who walk around saying peace, peace, peace, yet there will be no peace. The military business of war is thriving and is now a large chunk of what feeds the children of the next generation. Get a grip people do your home work and open your eyes. One G-d one love.
66. #62 charles: Many secular Jews have converted to xtianity
hizki ,   germany   (07.10.07)
Though this by no means implies that chistian prayers are being answered, it does show that jews leaving traditional Judaism favors xtianity. and in an odd sense it strenghtens islam. Since other than Judaism, islam is the only other major religion that recognises the Oneness of G-d ("a-ll-a-h-a" in aramaic) - see the RamBam (A"H). There of course other minor tribal middle-eastern and asian religions that also recognise this. Also, the RamBam (A"H) was of the opinion that the goal of xtianity and other "displacement theologies" like it, is not so much to make Jews xtian, but to take Jews away from the traditional path of Tora. In fact, he further suggested that such religions don't mind self-destructing, so long as they can take down traditional Judaism with it. Kind of like spiritual homicide bombers. B'cos such religions by creating controversies cause doubt in biblical religion as a whole. And you tend to see that happening. Europeans are less xtian than their ancestors and so is what is left of european jewry. Intermarriage is high and so on. the difference is that while assimilation and loss faith in jewish tradition eventually causes a loss in jewish identity among some Jewish descendants, the non-jewish christians world doesn't suffer if christians become less believeing or intermarry. Furthermore, xtians are highly supportive of the jewish state. Sponsoring new olim, helping sponsor jewish communities in the territories. So xtians do have every reason to be confident at present and to think their prayers are working. The only thing that might cause them some doubt is the (apparent) acendancy of islam. Islam is also increasingly confident as well for the same reasons. The reasoning being - how can people abandon on mass truth? On a positive note, the RamBam was of the opinion that all those who do choose to formally convert and severe themselves from the cildren of yi'sro'el, were most likley not descended from the biblical patriarch and thus missed the impact of the Sinaitic event. So one can view this process as a "filtering" process, where everyone is returning to their ancestral roots: the children of yisro'el to torah and the rest to other places.
67. Pope doesn't speak for me
John ,   Jerusalem   (07.10.07)
The paragraph subtitle "Christians fear division" is wrong. This is a matter totally internal to the Catholic Church. Please all those reading don't confuse the fact or think for a moment that what the Vatican says goes for all Christians.
68. Non Jews , paqid and yahn
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.10.07)
This "employee" paqid , is a "converted" [ ? ] to Judaism , who cklaims 21 rabbanim recognize this conversion . But he can't give any name , probably they exist only in his imagination . Thisguy is a FAKE jew , a disguised missionary for the jews [ ? ] for jesus . Yahn at least is correct , he is a messianic guy , he admitted it , not allowed to make alyah [ both parents are Jewish he told ] but now rejected by this sect . Rejected everywhere , a poor guy . Let them talk together , those two non Jews .
69. hizki
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.10.07)
You wrote that many seculars have converted to christianity . This was sometimes even obligatory . Heine , when he converted , said : here is my passport to enter the cultural world . Karl Landsteiner [ discoverer of blood groups and Nobel prize ] had to do it in order to continue to study and work at the univ . Many did it to be abble to continue their work , and advance in their position . Not always out of conviction . Cardinal [or bishop] Lustiger did it after the war , probably having seen the "nice" side of catholicism [ was saved by catholics i think ] Edith Stein , professor of philosophy also converted to catholicism , out of conviction , became a nun , but this did not help her , she was also a Shoa victim .
70. Hiski , Germany
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.10.07)
One question , how are those seculars who convert to christianity , related to this article . We are talking about Catholic prayers , not converts .
71. Catholics
K. Tyson ,   Mobile, AL USA   (07.10.07)
Until Catholics turn into suicide bombers I really dont see the concern here.
72. re:paqid#54&40sorry thought you'd be interested
yahn goodey   (07.10.07)
in the difference between the aaronic levitical calendar and the rabbinic-guess i was wrong.give me time-to check on your books-i'm a slowpoke.
73. #3 and #7...Read the Arabic in the mosque in Jerusalem...
(07.10.07)
that describes what martyrs of Islam are given: it is 72 GOLDEN RAISINS. That was a delicacy in ancient times. The books mistranslated the Arabic to say 72 virgins. #7 mentioned "nuns with shotguns" as a more likely reward. What are nuns really like? A grilfriend in San Diego who was a nurse got released from her vows by a Pope after working every day for ten years: no days off for ten years. Her two sisters stayed on as nuns. It was too much for Ann Weibel to continue as a nun. Another former nun named Elizabeth Hagee after she married said she was the only virgin nun she knew of. A lot of women who are raped or seduced and abandoned early in life become nuns rather than to face a life of abuse from males unworthy of the name man in marriages. Nuns have a higher than average incidence of cervical cancer which probably reflects that many of them were raped or seduced before becoming nuns. It is funny to joke about nuns until you see the sorrow of life that led many of them to reject marriage except to the church.
74. Josh
Follower of Jesus   (07.10.07)
Before wrongly commenting posts, make an unbiased effort to understand them !!! Read post 56 and then learn Talmud better than you do.
75. # 65 (last) Not one but over 300 prophecies !
Follower of Jesus   (07.10.07)
The weeks of Daniel "The Talmud states that the Temple's destruction in 70 A.D. was predicted by Daniel 9:24-27. When you get into arguing with rabbis about the weeks of Daniel and what they mean – I have not the space to explain it now – the easiest thing to say is that Daniel 9 says that the Messiah had to come and die before the second Temple was destroyed. "No, it doesn't", they will tell you, but Yalkut Volume II p. 79d says it does, and so does Nazir 32b. The Talmud states that the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. was predicted by Daniel 9:24-27, when the coming of the Messiah to be cut off was predicted to precede this destruction. So the Messiah was predicted to arrive and to be killed before 70 A.D., according to the Talmud – and the Rabbis knew this. The Talmud confirms that the stone cut without hands in Daniel 2:44, 45 is again the Messiah. "A stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, and a snare and a trap for Jerusalem". In Isaiah 8:14 God also predicted that the leaders of Israel would reject the Messiah: "Thou hast become my Yeshua; the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone." - Psalm 118:21, 22, which is the Hillel Rabbah that they sang to Jesus on Palm Sunday. ------------- Rabbis' Lamentation Moses Maimonides, Rambam, the greatest rabbi, confirmed that Yeshua the Messiah's appearance in A.D. 30 was Israel's greatest stumbling block. In Kings and Wars chapter 11, the uncensored edition, (the rabbis have for obvious reasons put out a censored edition) it says "There has never been a greater stumbling block than this problem of Yeshua (Jesus) in 30 A.D. For three and one-half years, the Shekinah – God's dwelling, His presence – dwelt on the Mount of Olives, waiting to see whether Israel would repent, and calling on them to "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found – call on Him while He is near", but all was in vain. After three and a half years, the Shekinah returned from the Mount of Olives. – Rabbis' Lamentation." (Jesus in the Talmud by Jacob Prasch) And so on ... Good luck !
76. For some here
Follower of Jesus   (07.10.07)
A Christian fabrication ? From Genesis 3:1-15: "And it shall be that when the sons of the woman study the Torah diligently and obey its injunctions, they will direct themselves to smite you on the head and slay you" – right from the beginning, they believed that the Messiah had to be slain. Comments on Genesis 23:5 from the Midrash Rabbah show that Rabbi Tanhumah said, "In the name of Rabbi Shmuel Kozit, she hinted that the seed would arise from another source – the Messiah". The Midrash deals with Eve's naming of Seth, which is connected with the idea of the Messiah being bruised upon the heel and then bruising the head of the serpent. You will only ever do one thing with all of this information: that is, undermine their arguments that these things are Gentile fabrications resulting from Gentile Christians twisting the Jewish Scriptures. One can show very clearly that these things were understood by ancient rabbis in the same way in which they are understood by Christians. But there is something called 'ecclentics' or convictions. "No one comes unless the Father draws him" – if you bring a Jehovah's Witness to my door, I can win every argument, but it does not mean they will get saved. The same can be said of a Mormon or again of a Rabbi. These things are very important – Paul said that we should be "instant in season and out of season, to refute every argument". I certainly do not deny the importance of this kind of teaching; but without prayer and without holy lives that will provoke the Jews to jealousy, it is useless. We have a long way to go, but God is doing something. We will see God work among the Jewish people in the Last Days in the same way in which He worked in the time of the early Church – with not only thousands being saved, but even tens of thousands. We will see whole synagogues split over the issue of Yeshua being the Messiah – but do you know what? We will also see whole churches split over the same kind of issue. " (In Jesus in the Talmud by Jacob Prasch) Shalom
77. Follower of jesus
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.10.07)
In name of your jesus and his holy [ ? ] church , how many jews have there been burned ? murdered ? So do'nt come with all this bs here .
78. K Tyson , i agree look at my # 62
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.10.07)
but let them stay at their churches too , and preach there . We do'nt need their missionaries , sometimes disguised "jews" , here
79. #75 youre outta your mind..HE AINT COMING BACK.
VIAGRA CANT HELP ,   ..............DACON9   (07.11.07)
80. #75 TRY TALMUD BY WORLD RECOGNIZED TORAH SCHOLARS
YNET DID NOT POST MY ,   ANSWERS TOYOU WACKOS   (07.11.07)
81. # 77 BS ?! (sic)
Follower of Jesus   (07.11.07)
82. 77, Charles, when the people who murdered...
(07.11.07)
in the name of Jesus stand or stood before Hashem, the one who did not repent before they died are going to be utterly surprised at their exclusion from heaven. Perhaps they will see the people they murdered waving to them as they are thrown into the lake of fire. The ELS Bible codes at www.biblecodedigest.com show the disgust of Hashem for the movie "The Passion". It was the FAMILY of Jesus the Catholics worship who executed him because that was Jewish law. Jesus was killed by a hammer blow on the head by Joseph of Arimathea, his adopted father and uncle. Look at the shroud of Turin and see the square hammer blow. The two thieves were not Jewish and they died of crucifixion. Jesus was nailed to a tree or cross, but he died of a hammer blow to the forehead because that is how lambs were killed by the priest in the Temple of the Jews. Jesus was the Lamb of God for the Gentiles. The Jews had and have an everlasting covenant with Abraham and do not need to know the name of Hashem to be saved. Gentiles MUST know the name of Hashem to be saved because Hashem did not blind them as He blinded the Jews.
83. Anonymous # 82
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.11.07)
Anonner [ French ]is talking as a donkey , it ressembles very much to anonymous . In your case it is so . There are material proofs , and contemporary writings who confirms it , that the crusaders murdered , the same for the inquisition .Have you material proofs , or serious independent testimonies of your claims ? not of course , so hold your bs for your followers , do'nt try to convince a non believer with this "heavenly fire" or so .
84. Chaya , Bat Yam
charles ,   petach tikva   (07.11.07)
Some religious Jews explain the Shoa by the sins of a part of the Jews . It contradicts your tb no ? I can't of course accept this explanation they [ not you ] give
85. Follower of B.JESUS
Josh   (07.11.07)
The additional books added by the Rabbis are just that. Rabbis have no athority from Torah and the added books are a direct violation of Torah. So don't instruct me to read something that is only misleading. There is one book of Torah and the pashoot (simple) reading is all that matters. Rambam and alike are fools in my eyes. Jesus is a punisher not a fullfillment of the messiah prophecies. He doesn't match a single one accept for Devareem (DEUT) 13. You flooding of pointless ramblings of madmen who disobey Torah only remind me of the simple story of Gan Eden. Although the tree was good for knowlege and wisdom - it is forbidden to eat from it. Jesus is the antichrist, the false prophet and the punisher horse (Hasus). One G-d one love
86. Follower of Greco Roman Jesus (sort of)
John ,   USA   (07.11.07)
You need to open your eyes, and start thinking. LIFE is much more than coming on a talk back pasting a bunch of book stuff, that you have never really critically thought about. You have no right to impose you "esccape plan from your own guilt" (which is the pagan version) on others. As far as I can tell, menay of you are still dead in your sins, and still waiting to physcially die to know G-d.
87. #45 WRONG. The scepter shall not depart from Judah...
(07.11.07)
until Shiloh comes, is what the Bible says. The throne of Judah (scepter) was taken in the person of Princess Tia Tephe to Northern Ireland by the Prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch. The annals of Northern Ireland contain the name of Baruch and Princess Tia Tephe, the first queen of Judah in Ireland. The Bible also says there will be four overturns of the Throne of Judah. The first overturn occurred when Jeremiah took Princess Tia Tephe to Ireland. The second overturn was to Scotland. The third to London where the Stone of Scone (Jacob's pilar stone) is under the throne. The fourth overturn will be to Jerusalem when Shiloh (messiah) comes. See the book "Judah's Scepter and Joseph's Birthright" for more details.
88. Col hakavod #86
Josh   (07.11.07)
Such a wise observation. It appears not everyone in the world is missing the points of Moses. Choose life and choose death. Hayeem is plural - Do you see dead people?
89. jacobs pillar stone-i could be wrong but
yahn goodey   (07.11.07)
a couple of years ago the queen ordered that it be sent back to scotland-whether that order has been carried out or not i never heard
90. # 85 # 86 # 87, Barrage fire !
Follower of Jesus   (07.12.07)
# 85 "Rambam and alike are fools in my eyes. " You realized what you wrote ? The great Rabbi Maimonides commends respect. You, a Jewish guy, you dare to belittle him. You think you are a world recognized authority (Dacon 9 used this wording) and wiser than this Sage ? Pay a visit to your Rabbi ! # John, USA I hate to tell it but you and (Josh) were unable to disprove anything, only wanted to express hateful diatribe ... # 87 Look up "scepter", you have been misunderstanding something somewhere. As a follower of Jesus, I repeat that the scepter (seen as a sovereignty) has been taken from Judah. " Once again, in Genesis 49:10 Jacob predicted that the scepter would not depart from Judah nor the ruler's staff from between his feet UNTIL Shiloh comes; the Babylonian Talmud states that when this occurred, the SAGES said 'Woe to us, for the scepter has been taken from Judah, and the Messiah has not appeared!' Rabbi Ruchman adds that the members of the Sanhedrin covered their heads with ashes, their bodies with sackcloth, and wept when they heard these words. The Jerusalem Talmud dates this occasion at a little more than forty years before the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D.; so they are saying that from around 30 A.D. the Messiah was pierced. – The Jerusalem Talmud, Sanhedrin Volume 24, and the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin chapter 4 Volume 37. "The sins of those who are hidden with thee will cause thee to be put under an iron yoke, and they will do with thee as with the calf. I take it upon me that no Israeli should perish; am I not flesh and blood?" – the Midrash on Jeremiah 31:8, the same as Isaiah 53. "All limits of time as regards the arrival of the Messiah are past." – Sanhedrin 96-99. The Talmud states clearly that the Messiah had to have come already. In the Talmud it is noted that God has made various numbers significant in His plan: they noted that there were ten names for idols and prophets, ten trials of Abraham, ten generations from Adam to Noah, and ten generations from Noah to Abraham – the Avotah chapter 36. They developed from this a dating system. This Mosaic dating system of Israel is given in Leviticus 26:13-16, and they Messianically applied it in the Talmud. Moses dated the Messiah's exit in A.D. 33 – Midrash Bresheit , Rabbah on Genesis, p. 24b of the Warsaw Edition. Their own dating system says that the Messiah had to exit in 33 A.D." The Talmud should not be neglected. As a Catholic, I personally regret that In the Middle Ages thousands of Talmud manuscripts were destroyed by the Christians. Yet, Yeshua is living and lamenting that so many Jews still reject him so violently. As it is written : "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." (Romans 9, 33)
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