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 more…
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 more…
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 more…
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 more…
What is the meaning of the living water that Jesus can give to those who ask? I'd like to share a few thoughts on Jn. 4. Read more…