This a rather interesting news piece from an Israeli television program (called HOT TV, I believe) in which the Jews for Jesus campaign in Israel is pretty much branded as a cult (so much of objectivity and fairness). The director of the Israeli chapter and another gentleman are interviewed after the presentation.
I thank GOD for the Christian men and women who put themselves on the frontlines to spread the Good News — Salvation in Christ Jesus alone.
From Challenging Judaism.
The color-coding does serve a purpose. I pray it helps convey the meaning and does not hamper you.
The drunkard priest and prophet’s reaction to Isaiah’s reproof about the Day of the LORD -
Isaiah 28:9Isaiah 28:9
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. doctrine: Heb. the hearing?
WP-Bible plugin“To whom would he give instruction? / To whom expound a message? / To those newly weaned from milk, / Just taken away from the breast? /10.That same mutter upon mutter,/ Murmur upon murmur, / Now here, now there!”
11.Truly, as one who speaks to that people in a stammering jargon and an alien tongue 12)is he who declares to them, “This is the resting place, let the weary rest, this is the place of repose.” They refuse to listen. 13To them the word of the LORD is:
“Mutter upon mutter, / Murmur upon murmur, / Now here, now there.” / And so they will march, / But they shall fall backward, / And be injured and snared and captured.
New King James Version:
Jesus praises the Father -
Luke 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in Your sight.
Tanakh the Holy Scriptures (JPS translation):
David writes of the LORD -
Psalm 78:1Psalm 78:1
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV
78
Maschil of Asaph. Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
WP-Bible plugin Give ear, my people, to my teaching, / turn your ear to what I say. / 2)I will expound a theme, / hold forth on the lessons of the past, / things we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
New King James Version:
Jesus teaches the people -
Matthew 5: 21“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. …
27″You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. … 31″It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
33″Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.’ 34But I tell you, Do not swear at all… … 38″You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. … 43″You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.
Matthew 13: 10The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” 11He replied, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
13This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: ” ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 15For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.‘ 16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Jesus Cries Over Jerusalem -
Luke 19:37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, 38 saying: “‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
… 41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
As ONE who speaks to that people in a stammering jargon and alien tongue is HE who declares to them… the things that make for your peace.
Yes, this is a joke but, uh, it’s hardly funny. I find it more disturbing than anything. A reporter decided to do Obama’s rise to fame like a Biblical telling, in the vein of Moses and Jesus’ lives. Shockingly, this video and/or story was posted on July 25, 2008. I don’t know how I missed it then.
Here’s the video, and an article excerpt afterward.
He ventured forth to bring light to the world
The anointed one’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action – and a blessing to all his faithful followers
And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.
The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.
When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?”
Yes, it may be a joke. But it’s a rather dangerous “joke” considering some apparently do believe Obama is some sort of savior. I wish I was joking, but try some of these Related Posts below to see what I mean…
Oh the irony! The irony! And the nerve. Christmas is, no doubt, a holiday celebrated all over the world… apparently even in repressive, oppressive backward Iran (directed at the government, not the people). Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (the beadie-eyed man who talks like Hitler) even went so far as to issue a Christmas message, in which he espoused on what Jesus would do. For some reason a British TV network decided they were going to air it as an “alternative” message to Queen Elizabeth’s. Would they have given Adolf Hitler air time to express his “alternative” message? You figure it out.
The irony, the fact that Iran just killed 10 people in slow, painful hangings on Christmas Eve (they do strangulation, too and it’s all public), is addressed near the end.
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Photo: Obama’s Triumphal Entry – More Messianic Views Of The President
The text reads – Performance information: The simulation took place on January 19, 2009, one day before the inauguration of President Obama, in Des Moines, Iowa, where His meteoric rise began. While onlookers waived palm branches, a motorcade consisting of 4 black SUVs, the sculpture affixed to a donkey, and secret service agents made the mile long triumphal entry which ended at the steps of the State of Iowa Capitol building. The sculpture will now be affixed to a taxidermied donkey (not pictured). [from artist Matthew J. Clark]
Matthew 21:6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “ Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!” 10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?” 11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
It’s all just harmless fun, right? No one has ever linked Obama to Christ Jesus before. I mean no one thinks President Barack Obama is a messiah or the Messiah. No one really worships this man and looks to him as the source of our hope and Salvation.
Harmless. Really.
You can read a story on it here…