The problem is, even when you show the anti-missionaries the pertinent scriptures, they will always insist, “No, that’s NOT what that says….” The things Jason asserts about “Jesus” are downright blasphemous! We can promise Jason that “Jesus” knew Scripture a million times better than he (Jason) ever will! Anti-missionaries can espouse all the venom they wish, but that will NEVER change the fact that Y’shua IS our long-awaited Messiah!
Luke 24:44. And he said to
them, These are the words that I spoke with you while I
was with you, that it was necessary that all things that were written in the
Torah of Moshe and in the prophets and in the Psalms[1] concerning me be
fulfilled. 45. Then he opened their
mind to understand the Scriptures. 46.
And he said to them that, Thus it is written and thus
it was right that the Mashiyach suffer and rise from the dead on the third
day.
47. And that he preached repentance[2] for the forgiveness of sins[3] in his name in all nations. And that the beginning would be from Urishlim. 48. And you are a witness of these things. 49. And I will send upon you the promise of my Father. But you stay in Urishlim the city until you will be clothed with power from on high.
50. And he took them out up to Beth-Anya and raised his hands and blessed them. 51. And it happened that while he blessed them, he was separated from them and ascended into Heaven. 52. And they worshipped him and returned to Urishlim with great joy. 53. And at all times, they were in the temple[1] while praising and blessing Elohim. Amen. (AENT)
47. And that he preached repentance[2] for the forgiveness of sins[3] in his name in all nations. And that the beginning would be from Urishlim. 48. And you are a witness of these things. 49. And I will send upon you the promise of my Father. But you stay in Urishlim the city until you will be clothed with power from on high.
50. And he took them out up to Beth-Anya and raised his hands and blessed them. 51. And it happened that while he blessed them, he was separated from them and ascended into Heaven. 52. And they worshipped him and returned to Urishlim with great joy. 53. And at all times, they were in the temple[1] while praising and blessing Elohim. Amen. (AENT)
[1] Notice
that Y’shua is referencing the Hebrew order of the Tanakh: Torah, Prophets, and
Psalms/Writings. Alexandrian or
Hellenistic Jews had a different division of the books. He opens their minds to these “Scriptures”
that reveal and uphold Mashiyach.
[2] Y’shua teaches Teshuva (repentance)
which means to return to YHWH and observe His Torah. Repentance means
much more than to “change your mind,” although this may be a good first step;
however, it means to stop breaking Torah.
If you continue to break Torah, you haven’t “repented.”
[3] Forgiveness means there is a pardoning of
punishment for sin when confessed, and a person must refrain from further
transgression to maintain their forgiveness and atonement. The blood of Mashiyach does not provide
atonement for repeated willful sin against Torah. There are many examples in
Tanakh and the Ketuvim Netzarim where consequences always followed the
sin. There is no class of people, race
or religion that can offer exemption from punishment of willful sin. All of Creation will ultimately be held
accountable to YHWH by what we do with the life YHWH has given us.
Y’shua
was known to visit the Temple daily. In
the early mornings he taught those who came to learn of the Kingdom of Elohim;
see Luke 21:36-38. He NEVER, EVER veered
from His Father’s commands. As a matter
of fact, he even said he came NOT to abolish Torah or the Prophets but to
FULFILL! (See Matthew 5:17-20.) And here’s more:
Luke 4: 43 "But he (Yeshua/Jesus) said, "I must preach
the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is
why I was sent."
Luke 8: 1. And it happened after these things that Y'shua was going
around in the cities and in the villages and was preaching and declaring the
Kingdom of Elohim.
Acts 28: 23 "From morning till evening the Apostle Paul
explained and declared the Kingdom of God and tried to convince people about
Yeshua from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets."
Acts 24: 14. But this indeed I (Paul) acknowledge, that in that same
doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the Elohim of my fathers, believing
all the things written in Torah and in the prophets.
YHWH said HE would send
a prophet who was to do everything He ordered him to do:
Deuteronomy 18: 15 "ADONAI will raise up for you a prophet
like me from among yourselves, from your own kinsmen. You are to pay attention
to him, 16 just as when you were assembled at Horev and requested ADONAI your
God, 'Don't let me hear the voice of ADONAI my God any more, or let me see this
great fire ever again; if I do, I will die!' 17 On that occasion ADONAI said to
me, 'They are right in what they are saying. 18 I will raise up for them a
prophet like you from among their kinsmen. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them
everything I order him.
Yeshua Himself said He
came to do HIS FATHER's will; not His own!
John 6: 35. Y'shua said to them, I am the Bread of Life.
Whoever comes to me will not hunger. And whoever believes in me will not ever
thirst. 36. But I have said to you that you have seen me, and you do not
believe. 37. All who my Father has given to me will come, and whoever comes not
to me I will cast outside! 38. For
I came down from heaven,[1] not to do my will, but to do the will of Him
who sent me. 39. And this is His
will, that of Him who sent me, that all that He has given to me I do not lose
even one. 40. For this is the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and
believe in Him, will have life that is eternal. And I will raise him up on the
last day. (Aramaic English New Testament)
[1] As in the context of Miltha (the Word) or the
"Manifestation" or the "Will of" YHWH coming down from
heaven to do the Will of YHWH upon earth; his Spirit is of YHWH but his nephesh
(soul) and body are human and temporal. This shows that Yeshua was NOT in
charge; HIS FATHER WAS!
But just try explaining
that to an anti-missionary!
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