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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    The Pharisees The Pharisees rose to prominence in what scholars call the second temple period. The Babylonians destroyed the temple in Jerusalem in 587 BC. The time after the Jew’s return from exile is known as the second temple period. It was a time when the gentiles were constantly encroaching...
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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    - For those who may be interested! Who Were the Religious Leaders of Jesus's Day? — The Thorncrown Journal Who Were the Religious Leaders of Jesus's Day? Written By Doug Reed Jesus's greatest opponent was not the greatest sinners of His day but the religious establishment. In first...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    Yes like Abraham who offered his son on the altar and was called God's friend!
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    My Thread about John 10 is quite clear!
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    Who do the Jews worship? Yahweh God in Judaism has been conceived in a variety of ways. Traditionally, Judaism holds that Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the national god of the Israelites, delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, and gave them the Law of Moses at Mount...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    Do Messianic Jews believe in Trinity? Many Messianic Jews affirm the doctrine of the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit as three representations of the same divinity.
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    What do Jews think of the Holy Spirit? In Judaism, the Holy Spirit (Hebrew: רוח הקודש, ruach ha-kodesh) refers to the divine force, quality, and influence of God over the universe or over God's creatures, in given contexts.
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    Is there a Holy Trinity in Judaism? In Judaism, the idea of God as a duality or trinity is heretical — it is even considered by some polytheistic. According to Judaic beliefs, the Torah rules out a trinitarian God in Deuteronomy (6:4): "Hear Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one."
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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    2) Jesus vs the religious leaders John 3: Nicodemus, a Pharisee, a ruler of the Jews, comes to Jesus at night and he tells him they know he comes from God because of the signs he performs! - Is that religious leaders know what they want to know and don’t what they don’t want to? - They know...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    2) Jesus vs the religious leaders Luke 4: Jesus then goes to Nazareth and he enters the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he reads about the prophet Isaiah and he speaks about the Messiah and he tells the audience that the words of the prophet are fulfilling that day! - Jesus tells the...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    2) Jesus vs the religious leaders Mark 2: Jesus forgives the sins of a paralytic. Some scribes think he is blaspheming because God is the only one who can forgive. Knowing what they think, Jesus asks them why they think so and he asks what is easier to cure the paralytic or to forgive his sins...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Matthew

    2) Jesus vs the religious leaders Matthew 8: A scribe wants to follow Jesus wherever he goes but Jesus warns him the Son of man has nowhere to lay down his head. - Apparently this one wants to follow Jesus but he is used to a certain standard of living and it doesn’t work with Jesus. - Jesus...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    - Look at the context : - John 10:15 : Jesus calls God his father ! - John 10:17 : he says it again ! - John 10:18 : my Father ! - John 10:25 : in my Father’s name ! - John 10 :29 : my Father ! - John 10 : 30 : I and the father are one ! - John 10:33 : Thus it can only be a god (or like a...
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    Looking for Paul

    4) Looking for Paul Acts 13 - Here we are told about Barnabas, Symeon, Lucius, Manaen and Saul! - Paul comes last in the list of disciples! - The holy spirit says to set aside Barnabas and Saul for the work to which he has called them! - They go to Cyprus and in Salamis they teach the word...
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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    - In a way but not completely according to Revelation 20:1-3! - it will be necessary to wait a bit longer for that!
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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    - 2 kings 19:35!
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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    - To be more precise, many will die but no need to spill human blood! - Remember the angel who killed 185 000 soldiers in one night! - Only dead bodies were found!
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    The son of God to be more precise! John 10:36 Greek [ then what about the One ] whom ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article...
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    Looking for Job

    14) Looking for Job Job 6:14 Hebrew A despairing man לַמָּ֣ס (lam·mās) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4523: Fainting, disconsolate [should have] the kindness חָ֑סֶד (ḥā·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty of his...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    Yes definitely!