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Matthew vs Luke Infancy Story
It is impossible to harmonize Luke’s story with Matthew’s. While there are some common elements that point to some shared tradition, the stories as developed by the two authors are contradictory or inconsistent on many points. Gospel Story of Jesus’ … Continue reading
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Lost Years of Jesus
These would be the prime years of his life when most young people get their education — especially a king!
Now, since he was considered from before his birth that he would be the long promised Messiah, and king of Israel, one would assume that those closest to him who believed this, such as his parents, relatives and leaders of the Jewish sect of his parents, would prepare him for the important life of a king that was to come. Continue reading
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Nazarene
There is no prophecy about Jesus being called a Nazarene in the Old Testament or any other source — so it couldn’t have been “fulfilled”. There is no prophet in any part of the Bible that has uttered the words: “He shall be called a Nazarene”, unless there were some books or passages left out by those who assembled or “corrected” the Bible in the first place. Continue reading
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Bethlehem
The writer of Matthew quoted this segment of the book of Micah as if it were fulfillment of prophecy that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem of Judaea. But was the prophet speaking about a Messiah king centuries into the future? And Micah doesn’t say Bethlehem of Judaea he says Bethlehem Ephratah — is it even the same city? Is it even a city? This could be a person.
Jesus was definitely NOT a political leader.
If “Governor” specifically referred to the Messiah, king of the Jews, who the Jews were expecting to come, how could this “Governor” or “Ruler” or “Prince” be Jesus? But is Micah here actually prophesying about the Messiah? A governor or ruler is a political leader — which Jesus was definitely not, at least not according to New Testament writings.
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Slaughter of the Innocents
This whole passage of scripture is not only taken out of context and purposely interpreted incorrectly, but also quoted AS IF it were prophecy about a future event in Bethlehem — which it is NOT.
Taken out of context, misinterpreted and NOT even a prophecy: A LIE!
This whole passage of scripture is not only taken out of context and purposely interpreted incorrectly, but also quoted AS IF it were prophecy about a future event in Bethlehem — which it is NOT.
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Mary of Levite Family
Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth was a Levite (Lk 1:5), married to a Zechariah, a priest — also a Levite*. According to Church history Mary’s mother a Levite was married to a priest — also a Levite*. John the Baptist, son of Elizabeth, who was Mary’s cousin’s son, being a prophet and/or priest was a Levite. Jesus’s brother, James, according to the Bible was a high priest — also a Levite. Another priest was Matthan, the grandfather of Mary — yet another Levite. Continue reading
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Joseph: Father of Jesus
The Church would like us all to believe that the genealogy in Luke is actually of Mary. The reason for this is that for Jesus to qualify as the Messiah, he needs to be a biological descendant of king David and the genealogy in Luke can be followed up to David (However, so can the genealogy in Matthew — but this would make it necessary for Joseph to be his biological father). Therefore, they teach that Jesus’ true genealogy is the one in Luke, which is only conjecture. Continue reading
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The Name Jesus Christ
In Jesus’s case it’s not clear since in one gospel he was born in Bethlehem and in another it seems he was born in Nazareth, or at least that’s where people assumed he was born since he is known, even until today as “Jesus of Nazareth”. So what should he be called?
At any rate, the Greek word that Christ comes from: Christos, does not mean messiah, contrary to popular belief and teaching. But it means the “anointed one” — or something close to that.
The word in Hebrew for messiah is “mashiach”. For the Jews, from whom came the Messianic prophesies, the idea of “mashiach” is not a savior, but a great human leader like King David. Now when I say human, that means the Messiah will be a human being, not a god come in the flesh, born of a virgin.
The word in Hebrew for messiah is “mashiach”:
“The Jewish idea of mashiach is a great human leader like King David, not a savior” (httpss://www.jewfaq.org/mashiach)
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Flight Into Egypt
This is a forgery that is pretty easy to unravel. In Matthew 2, as the story is told, the terrible, murderous king Herod hears rumors about Jesus who is born, and according to messianic prophecy would messiah king of the Jews.
So, according to the story, God warns Joseph, baby Jesus’s father, in a dream to “flee into Egypt” so that Herod won’t be able to find the baby and kill him. And this is supposedly why there is this so-called prophecy: “Out of Egypt have I called my son.”
Israel, “God’s son”, did in fact worship idols — Jesus was not an idolater, according to what we read in the Gospels. Therefore, this passage of scripture couldn’t possibly refer to Jesus. In fact, this passage was NOT even a prophecy! Continue reading
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The Virgin Birth
In the gospel according to Matthew, there is a story about a virgin called Mary who becomes pregnant and conceives a child by the Holy Spirit. To prove this the writer quotes scripture from the Old Testament as if it were a fulfillment of bible prophecy.
Now, “God is with us” is significant in the context of the situation since the whole idea is God trying to encourage King Ahaz that he is on their side and that they will win if he only trusts in God.
(Opinion: I say “purposely” mistranslated because if it were just a simple error, it would have very little effect on the religious theology aspect. But this mistranslation has resulted in the creation of a very different kind of religion than the early Jewish believers ever even dreamed of.)
(The reason I believe this is that the followers of Jesus didn’t believe Mary was a virgin; Joseph, to them was the flesh and blood father of Jesus; they were very against the idea that Jesus was God; and that Jesus became the Son of God at his baptism and not from eternity. See: What the Early Christians Really Believed
(Moreover, this the mistranslation has been known about and has persisted for hundreds of years, and was never corrected, but in fact, has turned into an enormous world-wide religion — based on a mistranslation.)
(Continuing with the story:) He goes on to tell Ahaz that before the boy is old enough to know the difference between good and evil, both kings of the enemy nations that are at war with Judah will be forsaken. It goes on to describe how the Lord will defeat all of king Ahaz’s enemies. (Isa 7:15-25)
As it turns out, it seems that (in the very next chapter) the young woman who gives birth to the boy is conceived by the prophet himself, and the young woman is a prophetess. If this is not the same woman and the boy, it is certainly a continuation of the same sign God was giving to the king since it sounds very similar and is an obvious continuation of the sign in the previous chapter. (Isa 8:1- 10)
And exactly as in chapter 7 the prophecy has the phrase, “God is with us”. Which gives credence to the idea that the prophetess and the young woman (virgin) from chapter 7 are one and the same woman. What’s more is it’s the prophet himself who impregnates the young woman and not the Holy Spirit.
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