What about Abram, Abraham, Adam, Moses, Sarah, Hagar etc.? Isn't it obvious that the Living God of the Old Testament was Jesus Christ?
2007-05-22 02:38:36 · 7 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Obvious???? Are you kidding???
2007-05-22 02:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What is obvious is that
1) Abram and Abraham are the same person
2) Abraham lived 2000 years BEFORE Jesus, as did Sarah and Hagar, Moses lived 1500 years BEFORE Jesus. None of them EVER MET Jesus!
3) The elders of Israel (Anshei Knesset Hagadol) numbered 72, not 74
4) Mashiach will be a LIVING MAN, NOT God!
5) Jesus failed to perfrom ANY of the tasks required of mashiach.
6) God appeared to Anshei Knesset Hagadol through his voice (bat kol) and through certain physical manifestations (examples are given in the Talmud) but they NEVER saw his face! Even Moses never saw the face of God- it states explicitly that to see the face of God is to die- and a story is related to this effect in the Talmud, masechta Chagigah, daf 13a-13b.
7) It is obvious that God has NEVER abrogate dhis laws or manifested hinslef in the limited physical manifestation of a human body!
2007-05-25 06:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Face to face--NO. They would be dead.
Exodus 33: 20 and John 1: 18 both point out no man has seen God and lived.
He did talk to these people but it was not Jesus. It was his Father. As Jesus said in John 4: 24, "He that sent me is real." Hebrews 9: 24, "Christ entered....into heaven itself, now to appear before THE PERSON OF GOD for us." These clearly show Jesus and his Father are seperate individuals.
2007-05-22 10:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by grnlow 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If you want to share your faith with Jews, might I suggest you learn more about them. This is so not obvious to Jews. And there's a HUGE cultural barrier to Jews becoming believers, as you can be a Buddhist and a Jew, but if you're a believer that Jesus is the Messiah, you're a persona non grata. If you're really interested email me and I'll see what I can find for your enlightenment.
2007-05-22 09:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by rcpeabody1 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The bible does not teach that ANY of the humans mentioned in this question ever literally "saw" Jehovah or God (or Jesus for that matter).
(Exodus 33:20) You are not able to see my [God's] face, because no man may see me and yet live
(John 1:17,18) The truth came to be through Jesus Christ. No man has seen God at any time
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
2007-05-22 11:06:25 · answer #5 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not only Jews might deny this.
I surely do!
Please look at this info:
Subject: Did Moses see God?
http://bythebible.page.tl/God-seen-by-Moses-f-.htm
2007-05-22 10:24:30 · answer #6 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's pretty obvious he wasn't.
On another note: I have no idea how your two points connect, here. They make absolutely no sense.
2007-05-22 11:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋