07-01-2019, 01:53 PM
(06-23-2019, 11:53 PM)James the Servant Wrote: I can see how people may be tempted to worship the messiah as G-d because of the very strange verse of Jeremiah 23:6... but the true messiah--who is humble before G-d--will remind everyone that he is not HASHEM and will therefore never accept glory that is reserved for HASHEM.
That verse is an example of where a Christian shows you a bible translated with an apiori messianic agenda. They change a few key words and say "look, your bible says we're right. That verse in the KJV says:
Quote: In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness
Which is a Christian bias, since Hebrew doesn't really have a word for "is". So given everything, it means "The Lord IS Our Righteousness" which is how any good translation renders it. There are many such places where that sort of logic would call inanimate objects divine.
Look at page 8 of this document if you're interested.
https://jewsforjudaism.ca/wp-content/upl...ies_-3.pdf
It's pretty funny how us Jews are supposed to be manipulative sleazy sophists, but I have never seen more manipulative wordplay than these sorts of polemics.