tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335270607657867160.post671577775710912044..comments2023-03-01T11:37:09.936-08:00Comments on Answering Judaism: Comments on Deuteronomy 30:1-14Answering Judaismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08118361261862962380noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335270607657867160.post-69049012283343104292014-04-28T11:19:59.299-07:002014-04-28T11:19:59.299-07:00Just a few points which I think are salient. Wrt t...Just a few points which I think are salient. Wrt the Shema. The trinitarian interpretation of the parsha is "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is compound unity". The Jewish interpretation is simple. Echad=one- the same as the first number we use when counting and a simple adjective meaning "the only one". There are numerous verses in the Torah and the Tanach which convey the nature of Hashem as being incorporeal and indivisible ie One. The trinitarian interpretation if forced and without any internal evidence.<br /><br />Second, wrt to the new covenant. You have offered exactly zero proof that this and the circumcision of the heart took place in first century Judea. I suggest you read the entire chapter of Jeremiah. He is addressing the Jewish people, their rebuilding and redemption. and the references indicate that the events described did not take place after the return from Babylon or at the time of Jesus- these events have not yet taken place- they will in the true messianic age. There are 2 verses that refer to separate houses of Israel and Judah. The house of Israel was not present at the time of the destruction of the first or second temple having been dispersed by the Assyrians. By stating that the covenant will be performed in a united Israel "after those days" we know the reference is to a great event which has not yet transpired. Indeed if the events described by the prophets had taken place at the time of Jesus, why do missionary institutions spend millions of dollars telling non-Christians to know their lord (Jesus) when Hashem says:"And no longer shall one teach his neighbor or [shall] one [teach] his brother, saying, "Know the Lord," for they shall all know Me from their smallest to their greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will no longer remember.<br />Clearly, this has not yet transpired.<br /><br />The only difference between the Mosaic covenant and the covenant referred to by the prophet is the place where the Torah will reside. Originally it was to be in the mouths of the Jewish people (Exod 13:9) ie they were to study and practice doing the mitzvot. When Mashiach comes it will be placed within them, ie it will be a natural way of living. Note; the Torah. The Book of the Covenant will not change - it is everlasting for the Jewish people. <br />The last 3 verses of the chapter clearly place this prophetic statement in the Messianic era-<br /><br /> And the whole valley of the dead bodies and the ash and all the fields until the Kidron Valley, until the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, shall be holy to the Lord; it shall never again be uprooted or torn down forever.<br />Jerusalem and the Temple was torn down after Jesus. With the Messian era will come the final ingathering, the restoration of the Third Temple which Jeremiah vows will never be uprooted again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383015622745198194noreply@blogger.com