Throne of God and Water of Life – what are they?

June 1, 2007

Did Jesus declare his deity when he claimed he could quench thirst on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles? We read the following:

Jn. 7:37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. 38 He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, `Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Read the rest of this entry »


Hebrews 10 – what is abolished?

May 2, 2006

The passage in question is often used as a prooftext that the law was abolished in order to establish the new covenant. If it was so, what we call "new covenant" is not the new covenant of Jeremiah, which is the law in the heart, not the absence of the law. Read the rest of this entry »


Abolishing the Middle Wall of Division – is that the law?

April 4, 2006

I want to look into two passages that appear to deal with abolishing he law. The passages are Eph. 2:11-15 and Col. 2:13-16. Do they contradict Jeremiah's prophecy about the new covenant that is about the law in the heart? I will only deal with the second one as both have the same interpretation. Read the rest of this entry »


Isa 53 – my solution

April 3, 2006

Reading Rabbi Schulman's commetary we realise that the servant of God spoken of by Isaiah is the righteous remnant of Israel in the messianic times.

How can that be still applied to Jesus? How did he fulfill these prophecies? Are the gospel writers at fault when they claim he did fulfil these prophecies? Read the rest of this entry »


Isa 53 – what it is

April 3, 2006

This is the second part of the post. Here Rabbi Moshe Schulman gives his own commentary on the passage in question. Hope you are mature enough to read it,for there is much gold in it. The Jews know their Scriptures very well. In the third post I will show you how Jesus could still fulfill it. Read the rest of this entry »