What my Christian pundits do not understand (so it seems) is that even as Yeshua/Jesus was rejected (in 30-33 A.D.) for being a false prophet/messiah, the historical Jews did not reject their God (Yahweh). We are now in 2023 and the End Times for mankind are arriving. The current conflict between the Palestinian's and the Zionist's is merely part of these End Times. Events will continue and eventually God (YHWH) will win as people repent and turn to the God of Israel.
A wider war is now in the making. Russia and Iran will side with the Palestinians (my view) and this means that Israel and America have their enemy during these End Times. My sense is that China will also side with Russia and the Palestinians. A WEST vs EAST challenge will bring us the final events under the banner called World War III. We now have the ingredients that will provide this end-time scenario for our planet.
My Christian pundits and friends mostly think that a 2nd Coming Event will happen so they are bailed out from this scenario of war hitting our planet. The Glorified Jesus (they think) will arrive in the clouds above and bail-out all those who view themselves as born again Christians. It's called the Rapture of the Church. In my view, this is pure fantasy as this would mean that Jesus is God and that this prior Jew can save a flock of like minded believers (and ignore everyone else). I don't think this is reality. It's pure fantasy and I would not desire to be part of this fantasy.
The reality is that we are now at the end of man's rule over this planet. That is my viewpoint. The Kingdom Age is emerging and the God of this Kingdom Age is NOT Jesus but it is the God of Israel (Yahweh/Father). Jesus is NOT our Creator as many Christian pundits espouse. He was a fully human person who was 'anointed' by Yahweh/Father to announce the concept called the Kingdom of God. This Kingdom was 'announced' during his ministry but it was rejected by the historical Jews who ruled in Jerusalem at that time.
This rejection of Yeshua and his message of the Kingdom did not mean, however, that the historical Jews REJECTED their God (their God was the God of Israel who had a personal name of Yahweh). The Jews are now back in their land of Israel (1948) and they are gradually turning back to their God. They refer to their God as HaShem but this name is really a name which means Yahweh (the God of Israel). Jews do not desire to use the tetragrammaton as this is meant to be HOLY (beyond their spiritual right to use as a common name).
Yes, the historical Jews of 30-33 A.D. did reject their Messiah who wanted to bring them the Kingdom of their God. But this did not mean that these Jews desired to REJECT their God. The God of Israel (YHWH) was not rejected by these Jews. They misunderstood the message of Yeshua and his ministry but they still believed totally in their God. The idea of a human being acting as God was not part of their theology (the Torah). They thought (I think mistakenly) that Yeshua wanted to be KING OF ALL THE JEWS and act as their God. This was a huge misunderstanding IMO.
The rejection of Yeshua back in 30-33 A.D. has been viewed within Christianity as a rejection of God Almighty (their Creator). Jews, however, did not reject their Creator. Christians have developed a new theology (since Golgotha) which centered on this messenger of Yahweh. After Yeshua's death they gradually exalted this Jew to the level of GOD (equal with the historical God of Israel). This was finalized during the reign of Constantine via the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. This mistake in theology has lasted for nearly 2,000 years.
Today, our Bible Scholars and others are discerning this prior mistake in Christian theology. In reality, Yeshua was fully human and a Jew who did not view himself as our CREATOR GOD. He viewed himself as a teacher, rabbi, prophet, and messiah. His God was the historical God of Israel who appeared to Moses at Mount Sinai. This God was Yahweh (in Hebrew). The Jewish Torah was the scripture which Yeshua viewed as TRUTH. This Hebrew scripture did not prophecy that a fully human man would become God. In fact this is totally anathema to this Jewish Scripture. Yeshua was an Aramaic Jew (fully human) from Nazareth!
So, let's recognize this history and reject this idea that Jesus is God. There can be only ONE God and it is totally illogical to assume that the Christian Trinity (three god persons) are valid for believers. Our Catholic theologians created this pagan idea and it has been promulgated as TRUTH for mankind. Protestants copied their Catholic promulgations. I say this is a fallacy of history and it misrepresents the idea that God is ONE. Hear O'Israel, the Lord our God is ONE! The Shema is clear evidence that we have ONE God, ONE Creator, ONE King. His name is Yahweh/Father!
It is clear to me that Yeshua/Jesus was NOT God (Yahweh/Father). His behavior while on this planet reveals his character. His character was to SERVE not to rule. The Father was Greater than he.
I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher, donaldswenson.blogspot.com.
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