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Originally posted by Sectumsempra
reply to post by IAMIAM
I will have to check that link out then! If you're ever in Sacramento, California we should hang out. I have a great idea of getting people of various beliefs to learn to coexist.
Originally posted by Michael Cecil
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
May the Messiah not return or not need to return, for to return, it would be the final act for mankind.
Originally posted by Michael Cecil
Does anyone else find it strange that all of the Jewish Prophecies of the arrival of the messiah, and all of the Christian Prophecies of the return of Jesus ‘on a white horse out of the sky’, are Prophecies of a messiah who is, for all practical purposes, absolutely silent; a messiah who, for all practical purposes, has never had an original idea in his entire life?
Originally posted by IAMIAM
My friend, a messiah will return and must return. The purpose of a messiah in this next age is to unite all mankind, to open our eyes to our familial relationships, to show us that the world we have is the world we created, and we can do much better.
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
Your purpose or our Creator's purpose?
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
But there's still time, and times a' changing. Our Creator's love and compassion for us is still there within our hearts. With more awakened, we mankind may still be able to avert the inevitable and evolve into 2.0. collectively as one race, if we do what is necessary - hurt and harm no more, share what we have, seek for the truth always, so that none gets left behind.....
Originally posted by trekwebmaster
A Prophesy...
The following statement I make, I do not make lightly or with any type of jest; it is as serious as any imagined "beast."
The "beast" in Revelations, I think, is the "Concurrently Converging Technologies,"
Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
(17) I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
(18) I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
(19) Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
(20) All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
(21) Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
(22) So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
Imagine, if Jesus were to step-foot back-on Earth these days, would innovative technology and communication or social-media replace "Hell-Fire and Brimstone?" One could wonder, or not.
Originally posted by IAMIAM
There is one thing I disagree with my friend. I do not see a flaw in Man. I marvel at his perfection Man, the being is perfect! Each man and woman is absolutely built perfect to represent God's will and love for infinite variety. We judge and that is a behavior we have adopted. We are afraid to love, and that is why we do the things we do. Each and every one of us carries a cross, a burden of pain from our lives. The greater the pain, the greater the burden and the greater the lashing out at one another. We do not heal one another, we condemn one another for the burdens we carry. We do not love, we judge.
I do not judge. I love you all. This is how we heal the world. Find out what pains each and everyone of us, and work to heal it.
Originally posted by IAMIAM
There are more than one people with their version of a "messiah". You are limiting your scope to one people, one nation, one tribe. The messiah will redeem all Mankind, he will heal the divisions between us, and he will restore the law of the prophets (all of them).
He will not be Jesus, for that is but a name, but it will be Christ's doctrines for it is Christ's simple truths that are the root of the various faiths among the tribes of Man. Of course, many will not even recognise these truths for they have been buried in the various cultural trappings found in the various tribes of Man around the world, but with a little honesty and the truth will shine forth.
Time is short. We will both see soon enough.
Originally posted by Sectumsempra
This is an interesting thread. It's normal to see Christians presenting Jesus as a character who was promised in the Christian OT. Being Jewish the Messiah concept is much different and I have to admit I don't know where Christians get their information on the concepts in the text.
Messiah (Chabad Study)
Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Originally posted by Sectumsempra
Of course! But the Messiah will be someone in the future. Because the Messiah has not been born as of yet. We also have to wait for Elijah. I'm not looking for a savior I'm looking for a leader the promised one.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Originally posted by Sectumsempra
Well I'm still sticking to my views on the Messiah concept the same with you. I just cannot wait for the promised one. I can even taste it!
Originally posted by miracleretiree
You say if he came back,it wouldnt affect civilization,when infact it does state, He will come back riding a white horse and killing people with sword.
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
(1 Timothy 1:15)
Originally posted by Michael Cecil
If the Jewish messiah were to arrive tomorrow—or, even if Jesus were to return, literally, on a white horse out of the sky tomorrow—it would make absolutely NO difference whatsoever to this civilization.
Why not?
Because, eventually, after getting off his white horse or whatever, he would actually have to SAY something.
Originally posted by miracleretiree
You say if he came back,it wouldnt affect civilization,when infact it does state, He will come back riding a white horse and killing people with sword.