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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
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I went to that site and saw the following:
In a video advertisement for his book “In Defense of Israel”, Pastor John Hagee, director of Christians United For Israel claims:
"The Jewish people, as a whole did not reject Jesus as Messiah."
"Jesus did not come to Earth to be the Messiah."
"Jesus refused by word and deed to be the Messiah."
"The Jews cannot be blamed for not accepting what was never offered."
Somewhere I had read that John Hagee teaches that the Jews do not need Jesus for salvation, that they are OK some other way, but I did not know how accurate that statement was. I wonder what Pastor Hagee is really saying?
It has been my opinion that Jesus came to be the Messiah. In
Matthew 2 the wise men came seeking the One who was born as King of the Jews (Mt 2:2). Herod checked with the scribes and priests as to where "Christ") (the Anointed One or Messiah) was to be born (Mt 2:4). The angels announced to the shepherds that a Savior was born and He was "Christ the Lord" (
Luke 2:11). After Andrew was introduced to Jesus by John the Baptist he went to his brother Peter and said, "We have found the Messiah" and the author of the Gospel adds the explanation "(which is translated, the Christ)." (
John 1:35-41). Later, when Jesus was speaking to the woman at the well in Samaria, she said, "I know that Messiah is coming. When He comes He will tell us all things." (
John 4:25). Again John adds the explanation "(who is called Christ)" to explain her words. Jesus then responds to her, "I who speak to you an He" in verse 26. Then in Acts chapter 17 it tells about the Apostle Paul's ministry in Thessalonica. As he usually did, he first went to the local synagogue and there for 3 sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures. Luke describes the method Paul used. First, he was "explaining and demonstrating that the Christ/Messiah had to suffeer and rise again from the dead." Then after explaining that their prophecies told about a suffering and dying Messiah, his next step was to go on and state, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."
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