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OBJECTION: “If Jesus is the Messiah, why is there no world peace?”
Response by Dan Bergman | According to the rabbi who taught me Hebrew, this was the ultimate show-stopping objection that he just couldn’t get past. Many others share that sentiment. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes, “Do we live in a world where peace reigns, war is a...
OBJECTION: “Christians Believe in Three Gods!”
Response by Dan Bergman | Nothing could be farther from the truth! 1. We believe in ONE God. We worship the one true and living God! This God is the one and only Messiah! He is the Creator! His Spirit came upon His people to lead them and empower them to do His will....
OBJECTION: “Isaiah 7:14 is not a Virgin Birth!”
Response by Ken Symes | Today, the Jewish rabbis, along with many Christian leaders, do not believe that Isaiah 7:14 teaches that the Messiah was to be “virgin” born. “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin [almah] shall conceive, and bear...
OBJECTION: “The Servant of Isaiah 53 is not the Messiah!”
Response by Mark Robinson | In searching the web about articles on Isiah 53, I came across this comment in the comments section of an article: Can you show any verse where Isaiah says Jesus/Yeshua is the Servant. Isaiah specifically says; “You are My servant, O...
The Anti-Missionary Movement
by Mark Robinson | BACKGROUND For centuries, there have been arguments against the belief that Jesus is the Messiah. Certain individuals in the Jewish community have not only entered into debates over this issue but pamphlets and books have been written trying to...
The Vision of Daniel 7
By Dan Bergman | The handwriting was not yet on the wall. Daniel had not yet seen the inside of that lion’s den. It was 553 B.C. – the first year of Belshazzar’s reign in Babylon. Although recorded later in our Bibles, the events of Daniel 7 actually take place...
The Vision of Daniel 2
By Ken Symes | Daniel is a book of prophecy that in the Jewish order of the Bible, the Tenach, is grouped with the history books and not the prophetic books. If we are to understand it, as well as its significance today, two questions must be asked and answered. The...
The New Covenant and the Church
by Dan Bergman | “It’s a Jewish thing.” This was printed on Frank’s shirt below a Star of David with a cross in the center. Frank garnered lots of attention (both good and bad) from his Jewish neighbors, which was his intent. He was trying to communicate a radical...
The New Covenant and Israel
by Ken Symes | The primary passage promising the New Covenant is Jeremiah 31:31-34. 31. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32. Not according to the covenant that I made with...
The Inerrancy of the Bible
By Ken Overby | Since God is the highest authority, then the Word of God is its own authority. "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself." 1 David penned, "thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." 2 Some...
Old Testament & New Testament: What Should We Understand about the Bible?
By Mark Robinson | As the preacher approached the pulpit, he placed his Bible on the platform, looked at the congregants in front of him, and said, “Open your Bibles to the Old Testament.” The next Sunday might be the same procedure with the difference being, “Open...
Glorification
By Dan Bergman It had been a long time since God Himself breathed into his nostrils - 935 years to be exact. He had gotten old, weak, and sickly. The depravity of his own nature had taken a great toll, and was about to deal its final blow. He had seen the effects of...