If the Messiah is just a mere "man".... Then how do you (or anyone) explain these verses from Daniel in Tanach (Jewish Bible) written centuries before Yeshua (Jesus). Daniel chapter 7:13-14 13... I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14... And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
This is a prophecy about the Messiah. Even the ancient Rabbis viewed it as this way. (Rashi certainly did - but did not believe it was Yeshua.) He comes with the clouds.
(what about gravity?) He is in heaven BEFORE he arrives with the clouds. (He is in a heavenly meeting according to verse 13) The entire world (Kol Am) will "serve" him. (Same word "serve" that is used of Daniels friends who "serve" God (see Daniel 3:17) He is has a kingdom (sholtan) or dominion, but God alone is supposed to have this (see Daniel 7:27) It is an everlasting Kingdom or dominion... but if Messiah is a mere man, then won't he just die in 70 or 80 years?
How then can his kingdom be an everlasting one? Some verses show that the Messiah would also be God visiting us… Other verses show that He cannot simply be a man. 1.
Isaiah 9:6 ‘For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us; and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;’ This child which is born is called El-Gibbor, which is 'Mighty God' and is never used of a man. Avi-Ad is literally ‘Father of Eternity’ and could never describe a mere man. Some quotes for you….
Not like Moses -- like David. The Messiah of the Jewish prophesies is the promise by God to David that his family will be the once and future rightful rulers of Israel. > But - again - how could He then, paid the Life lost by Adam - who in Principle - was NOT supposed to die?
This is not a Jewish belief. You are connecting an unrelated Christian belief. The Messiah is simply the king of Israel at the time of the ultimate perfection of world society -- the time of world peace and the like.
No one has to pay for the sins of Adam -- except Adam himself. The history since the time of Adam is not "life in his sin" -- its simply the natural consequence of the changes brought about by his sin. Consider this parable -- A man commits a theft and goes to jail for it.
His wife and his children will suffer for this man's sin because their family life is negatively impacted by his acts -- but they are not suffering in punishment for a sin that they are blamed for -- the only one blamed and the only one punished is the man who committed the theft. > Update: A debt MUST be repaid, specially when it says: "A tooth with a tooth, an eye for an eye, a life for a life; thus is how you will repay.." You are quoting things thoroughly out of context. You quote the punishment for Assault and Battery -- which is payed for by the person who committed the assault and battery -- NOT by anyone in his family!
> The blood of Adam, does it not "cry to me from the ground"? This usage too is altogether backwards -- "the blood of Adam cries out ..." would be used if Adam was murdered and we were making an accusation against his murderer. (ie: it is actually used when God accuses Cane of killing Abel).
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