On Why The Israelites Reject Jesus

Part 2

 

 

Preamble

It is not for the servant to dictate for the master,

  what should be done.

Rather, as is fitting, it is the master that dictates for the servant,

  what should be done.

 

Again, the servant does not question his master

   with the intention to blame.

Instead, the servant does whatever is the wish of His master.

 

And I add, I warning notice, to all:

Enter the banquet hall,

  before the gate is closed.

 

Time is running out.

Once the gate is closed,

   it is no longer possible to enter in.

 

John 6:60-69

 

1.    Many Disciples Turned Away from Jesus. Refer to the record of John, how multitudes left Jesus when He offered His body to them. It shows that Israelites even rejected Jesus while He was with them.

First, let us read what transpired between Jesus and the Israelites.

 

26 Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.  27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him."

John 6:26-27

 

32 Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.  33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." 

34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, give us this bread always."

35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst…

John 6:32-35

 

52 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?"

53 Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.  54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.  55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.  56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.  57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.  58 This is the bread which came down from heaven — not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." 

John 6:52-58

 

The above narrative shows that Israelites were not spiritually awake, enlightened and experienced. The three wise men from the east (India, Persia And China), were so spiritually awake, enlightened and experienced that they were able to recognize the fact that God was visiting the world. And they made preparations, and traveled long distance to go to Israel to welcome Him and offer their gift.

 

As the man who saw God face to face, I say that people not only seek to see and hear God, but should strive to eat His body and drink His blood in order to live forever. I have not only seen and heard the Lord. I have also eaten His body and drank His blood. Now, and thenceforth, and even from everlasting to everlasting, I not only have life but also give abundant life to whoever that is ready and willing to receive if free. All your logics, reasons, arguments and unbelief remain what they are – irrelevancies.

 

2.    On the issue of the central belief of Judaism, which is the absolute unity and singularity of God, - "Hear Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one."

The Israelites are not right in their belief. Certainly, God is one. However, the same God manifests Himself in various forms. I have seen and met God in over thrity (30) different forms – the same God in different phases. Therefore, unity, trinity and multipliicity of God are correct, just as one person can appear in so many different dresses. The dresses do not change the person. The person appears in diferent forms, and is still one person. In the Bible, God spoke about His various forms saying,

 

But I did not show them myself as Jehovax:y,z

 

For the Israelites or Torah to rule out a trinitarian God is not correct, because I have seen God as Holy Trinity – the same God as Almighty Father, Almighty Love (Jesus Christ) and Almighty Presence (Holy Spirit). This is the Truth, and Truth rmains what it is whether you believe it or not.

 

3.    They do not believe Jesus because a Messiah who is killed before completing the task failed.

To everyday human understading, Jesus may appear to have failed because He died on the cross. Yet, spiritually, it was His death that brought the everlasting victory for the people of God. Knowing the truth about God and life is not obtained by human reasoning or logic, but by the teachings from the Holy Spirit.

 

4.    Jews expected the Messiah to fulfill the messianic prophecies of the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel. According to prophet Isaiah, the Messiah should be a paternal descendant of King David via King Solomon.

Jesus is a descendant of Abraham and David. That is why He is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

 

5.    Rather than being redeemed, the Jews were subsequently exiled from Israel. They believe Jesus caused (nations) to destroy Israel by sword, to scatter their remnants and to humiliate them.

The Israelites were exiled and persecuted because they failed to recognize God when He visited them. And that was why Jesus wept, because the exile and persecution could have been prevented. But the jews made it unavoidable.

 

34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!  35 See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!'" 

Luke 13:34-35

 

And I warn them that a greater destruction, even everlasting doom, awaits those who would not accept God as saviour.

 

6.    According to the Torah, the condition for a person to be considered a prophet of God in Judaism is that he must not advocate changes to God's word.

Actually, changes were made to the worship, laws and commandments of God. But those changes were not made by Jesus. He even said that He did not come to abolish them.

 

17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.  18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.  19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:17-19

 

The changes which have been made in the worship of God were made by the anti-Christ, without the priests knowing that anti-Christ was at work. And there are so many such unauthorized changes. The priests wer not spiritually awake, enlightened and experienced. And I add that nobody is qualified to teach about God and life if he has not studied spiritual science. As is compulsory, the churches and schools should introduce spiritual science.

 

7.     Judaism does not share the Christian concept of salvation, as the israelites do not believe that people are born in a "state of sin".

          The Israelites say this because they are not spiritually developed and advanced. Indeed, people are dead without knowing it. The everyday life you experience here on earth is not the original life intended by God for His people. It is an illusion and a fae one. And I confrim what Jesus said, “Leave the dea to bury their own dead (leave the spiritually lazy ones to continue in their foolishness).” People are not only dead. They are also lame, dumb, deaf and paralysed, even without knowing it. Truly, I say to you that I have not only seen God face to face. Also, I saw God face to face and became God, even one with the Almighty. Can you now understand how far behind humanity are on the ladder of spiritual development. Humanity have fallen from glory to grass, and it takes sacrifce to restore them to the original glory, just as somebody must sacrifice to pay for a helpless debtor.

 

8.     The human mind has no power to reach the thoughts of the Creator, for his thoughts and ways are unlike ours.

People do not know the power of God. It is easy for the saints to know the thoughts of God, by telepathy, which is called the inspirtion of the Holy Spirit. In fact, in heaven, people communiate by thoughts only. You see and hear thoughts of oithers as loud as you hear the spoken word. You are able to read the mind of others, and they as well read your own thoughts.

 

9.     Jesus Did Not Fulfill the Messianic Prophecies, which are:

Specifically, the Bible says the messaih will:

·       Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).

·       Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).

·       Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4)

·       Spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "God will be King over all the world ― on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9).

 

One, it is not  must that the fulfilment take place in the order in which they are listed above.

Two, peole should understand that God does things by due process. That is why evolution is the long process of creation. God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, but it took many years and diverse experiences before that was accomplished.

Three, among all the men of God that lived, irrespective of their religions and tribes or languages, it is only Jesus that is spreading the universal knowledge of God to the ends of the world, by taking several people to heaven. The people come back to write, publish and distribute the experiences and teachings thye have had.

 

10.Because no one has fulfilled the Bible's description of messaih, Jews still await the coming of the Messiah.

The truth is this. There is no other Messiah. And it is God Almighty that came down on earth to die and save a lost world. What is even surprising is that the israelites and religious leaders talk about God  and life without studying spiritual science. How can a person teach what he does not know? Or, give what he does not have?

 

11.Messiah should be a Prophet.

Prophecy is the distinguishing characteristics of God. God is God of Prophecy, and He is a Prophet. What other proof do they want?

 

12. Prophecy ended upon the death of the last prophets ― Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. TheIsraelites say that Jesus appeared on the scene approximately 350 years after prophecy had ended, and therefore could not be a prophet.

 

13.As evident in history, thousands of religions have been started by individuals, who attempted to convince people that he was God's true prophet. The israelites believe that personal revelation is an extremely weak basis for a religion.

This is the height of stupidity. Even, Judaism started with only Moses before God met with Israelites on Mount Sinai. So, if one man alone cannot start a religion, then the religion of Judaism is fabrication by the people of Israel. They are bearing witness against themselves. And it is dangerous.

 

14.Even if the individual claiming personal revelation performs miracles, the miracles do not prove he is a genuine prophet.

Judaism stared with signs and wonders on monut Sinai, where Moses saw the burning bush. All these are human reasoning, which the Angels call what they are – irrelevancies. Is God is no longer a God of signs and wonders? He gave Moses miracles so that the israelites would believe and follow him, and they believed and followed Moses out of Egypt.

 

15.Judaism, as unique among all of the world's major religions, does not rely on "claims of miracles" as the basis for its religion.

They do not rely on miracles. And that was why they failed in the time of Jesus. They did not believe the good works God did in their midst through Jesus. A true people of God should be able to understand when God is moving and follow suit. Not to seat back and be critising the good works of God, to their own deceit and detriment. A servant who cannot recognize his master is a trustworhy servant.

 

16.Of the thousands of religions in human history, only Judaism bases its belief on national revelation ― i.e. God speaking to the entire nation. If God is going to start a religion, it makes sense He will tell everyone, not just one person.

This is another show of studpidity, because Judaism started with one person, Moses, on mountain Sinai.  God does not need a majority to start His good work.

·       Abarham alone was called out of his father’s land, and not with all the Israleites.

·       Joseph alone went to Egpt and became  ruler, not with all Israelites.

·       Gideon started his great exploits with only an Angel, not with all the people of Israelites.

·       Saul became king when he met Prophet Samuel, who anointed him king, not before the entire people.

·       David was anointed king in his  father’s house, not in the public.

·       King solomon became their king without God appearing to all the people of Israelites.

·       Isaiah became a prophet of God, not by the presence of multitudes.

·       Ezekiel became a prophet, alone, and not with populations.

·       Jeremiah became a prophet of all nations, in privacy, not in the public gathering.

 

If the Israelites believed all these men of God and their works, they should have believed Jesus. And I add, they are still proving stubborn to their own deceit and detriment. Those who reject Jesus end up in the hell fire. Every kingdom has one common identiy for its citizens. Jesus is the only one idenetity for the kingdom of God.

The Israelites should answer this question: A man has so many children who have gone out to his farm and he wants to call them back home. Does the man send out all his servants or just one servant to call all the chidren back home?

Surely, he sends only one servant. This suffices, and a word is enough for the wise.

 

17.The Israelites based their beliefs on the Revelation at Mount Sinai, which they saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears, and not dependent on the testimony of others.  

The problem with the world is that it is not God, who does not want people to see and hear Him. Instead, it is people that refuse to see and hear God by their everyday actions.

If the nations of the worlld are ready to live  in righteousness, God would appear in their midst from time to time.

 

“The Messiah has come,” says the man who saw God face to face.

and is still doing His glorious works of salvation and restoration,

by evolution, which is the long process of creation.

There is no other Messiah.”