07-25-2020, 03:02 PM
(07-21-2020, 08:40 AM)Jason Wrote: When you say "corrupted missionaries," maybe you mean "deceitful missionaries." Normally, "corrupted" speaks to "corruption" and the taking of bribes and illegal moneys. I don't think that missionaries are out there taking ill-gotten gain, but they certainly deceive people when dealing with the texts of the Tanakh. With them, it seems to be "the ends justify the means." As long as they can convince someone to believe in Jesus, who cares if they are dealing honestly with the text?
Shabbat Shalom Jason, thank you for the comments, and let me try to explain why I used the word "corrupted missionaries." We have an example of how "corruption" occurs THROUGH or BY "blandishments/flatteries."
(JPS)(Dan 11:32) And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall be corrupt by blandishments; but the people that know their G-d shall show strength, and prevail.
To me, these "corrupt missionaries" corrupt THROUGH flatteries, as they do wickedly against the covenant. In the same way, the daughters of the people of Israel did "corrupt" by falsely prophesying out of their OWN hearts, and they did so for "handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread," and in the same way the "corrupt missionaries" do what they do for their OWN gain.
(JPS)(Eze 13:17 - 13:19)
(17) Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
(18) And say, Thus saith the Lord G-d; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you?
(19) And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?
I don't know, maybe I should change what I call them, but in any case, what they teach and preach is a corruption of what G-d desires. Blessings in The Name, ImAHebrew.