tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post2077067725311980455..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Jesus died in order to ... make the churchMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-83968556732639750412014-07-29T19:05:50.893-05:002014-07-29T19:05:50.893-05:00The title "Jesus died in order to ... make ch...The title "Jesus died in order to ... make church" did strike my nerve.<br /><br />It seems to come out of believers of religion (church), not believers of Yeshua and the One who sent, YHWH Elohim, and not who have read the Gospels. Yeshua came for the Kingdom reign of Elohim, not for the church, whatever you may define 'church'. Surely, Church IS now a problem in this age in the world. I see endless jokes from the church such as papal jokes of giving a rosary to Obama, who gave it to diehard abortionist Pellosi (supposedly Catholic) and invited a Mormon and a prosperity gospel peddler megachurch Osteen, etc. No, Yeshua did not come and did not die to ... make the church. May it be your church, if you wish. May God have mercy on us, not the forsaken ones (doomed to go to hell), but the ones acting like 'Christians'. Shame on all of us. We are the enemies.ounbblhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06185384036982867509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-30580309808382991662008-02-17T04:45:00.000-06:002008-02-17T04:45:00.000-06:00It is interesting that Gal.3.2 speaks about receiv...It is interesting that Gal.3.2 speaks about receiving the Spirit, as though that was the most important thing one could do. And 3.3 implies that the recipients began their new belief with the Spirit. 3.5 has a non- descript "what you heard", a phrase that could be thought of as "his Spirit you heard". Such phraseology would be entirely at home in a purely Jewish prophetic context.<BR/><BR/>And the discussion surrounding Abraham (3:6-29) could be regarded as later interpolation.geoffhudson.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724916983698195467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-88880911773473693282008-02-16T22:03:00.000-06:002008-02-16T22:03:00.000-06:00I like the interpretation of John 11:49-53. Most ...I like the interpretation of John 11:49-53. Most other interpretations of that text do not do justice to the centrality of the passage's motifs Jewish eschatological expectations. However, I am curious about your statement concerning the reconstitution of Israel as the new people of God comprised of Jews and Gentiles. I would be inclined to think that the nations will worship alongside Israel in the eschatological future (cf. Isaiah 56), but they will not be subsumed into Israel. I would tend to see the people of God as including both Israel and the nations, with Israel as the central focus but not the superior entity.Joshua Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07873746249488451439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-67363204782305066762008-02-16T17:10:00.000-06:002008-02-16T17:10:00.000-06:00Yes and AmenYes and AmenChris Tillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153087287030167791noreply@blogger.com