During the time of Paul, Jews were so preoccupied with upholding the Law that their lives where devoted to a strict regimented life. Paul would assert that freedom from sin (or rather the punishment of sin) comes only through Jesus Christ since he was sent from God as fulfillment of the Law1. Jews in the first century saw this as an attempt to throw away that Law, to make it void. It is easy see how the Jews would assume that this radical new idea, being free from sin purely by faith rather than austere adherence to the Law, but that is not entirely what Paul’s message is. In Galatians 3:15-18, Paul argues that a new covenant does not void previously made promises of God.
|Anti-Semitism would always exist in Germany no matter what. | |Intermarriage was at an all-time high -1927, 54% of all |The rates of suicide and divorce were twice as high for Jewish| |marriages of Jews were mixed. |Germans than for the population as a whole. | |Many Jews were converting to Christianity, such as the famous |There was also fear and uncertainty about how to respond to | |musician Otto Klemperer. In 1927, more than 1,000 Jews lapsed |anti-Semitism.
It can also be done as a part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment. It is estimated that there are more than 43 million adults who currently smoke in the United States, Including our president, Barack Obama, of that 43 million 53% are men and 47% are women. That is really quite astounding even with all of the knowledge know as to the harm that cigarettes can cause. These statistics just go to show how powerful of a hold it has over people. Diseases caused by smoking kill 1 in 10 adults in the world.
The election of Israel as God’s chosen people and first receiver of his grace underlies even Paul’s most emphatic appeal to the righteous nature of the Gentile; his position is clearly that while the Gentile may indeed be offered a place in the scheme of divine favour (a theme deeply rooted in the Masoretic Scriptures) the privilege of Israel remains undiminished. In this context it should be understood that while Paul asserts that “οὐ γάρ ἐστιν προσωπολημψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ”, he clearly understands the respective grace and wrath of God to be applied to Jews and Gentiles in a fashion relative to their position in the divine scheme, i.e. first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. On this point one recalls the discussion made by scholars such as Grindheim regarding the tension inherent in Paul’s theology and the sense of conflict which lends the text of Romans much of its direction: the gospel is to the Jew first, yet God is not only God of the Jews, “Paul insists that the advantage of the Jew is great (3:1-2) and yet there is no distinction (3:22)”. This theological tension over the notion of elevation is one which reaches back to the days of the
millions of Jews lost their lives and that is not including all those other millions of people who didn’t fit into what Hitler believed were pure breed. According to the article The Holocaust “It lasted 12 years. In 1933, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party gained power in Germany, some 9 million Jewish people lived in Europe. By 1945, when Hitler's regime was defeated, two of every three of those people had been murdered. From old people to tiny infants, all were killed for no reason other than they were Jews”.
A STUDY ON ISAIAH 9:1-7 BY DIANIA SPORISKY A STUDY ON ISAIAH 9:1-7 The Bible comforts and reminds those of us who have come to trust in Jesus Christ not to despair as if there was no hope. We have the revelation of our Lord that not only announces His sovereign reign but also charts the course of world events. One of the most significant revelations is found in Isaiah 9. Against the background of the prophecy of war and destruction, darkness and gloom (chapter 8) Isaiah gave this prophecy about the Messiah—the glorious coming king. “Messiah” is a Hebrew term that means “anointed one,” that is, the anointed king.
Jeremiah had a premonition about the New Covenant. He knew that God would make a covenant with mankind by extending his grace to the Gentiles. This can be defined as an “Unconditional Covenant”. This Covenant is better than the Old Covenant because it rests on the efficacy of the Lord Christ’s atonement for the sins of mankind. (Hebrews 8:10-12) The New Covenant forgiving covenant which
Note that in chapter 8 Jesus' disciples have just understood his full identity as the their Messiah or King, this is called the turning point in Mark's gospel. As from Ch 8:31, Jesus began to tell his disciples about his kingdom and how it would be established. It would be through suffering and death, this was very shocking to his disciples, not what they expected, they probably wanted a head-on collision with the Roman empire and unfaithful Jews. A look at 10: 31, Jesus had established the nature of his Kingdom in that “But many that are first shall be the last and the last shall be the first.” The Immediate context of 10:42-45, Jesus' disciples still had not gotten the point, they were asking to sit in the position of glory with him [10:37]. But following Jesus in his kingdom is following the way of suffering and selflessness, it is about servitude,, not to be served.
Pelagianism (5th Century) Pelagius denied that we inherit original sin from Adam’s sin in the Garden and claimed that we become sinful only through the bad example of the sinful community into which we are born. Conversely, he denied that we inherit righteousness as a result of Christ’s death on the cross and said that we become personally righteous by instruction and imitation in the Christian community, following the example of Christ. Pelagius stated that man is born morally neutral and can achieve heaven under his own powers. According to him, God’s grace is not truly necessary, but merely makes easier an otherwise difficult task. Semi-Pelagianism (5th
God made us and loves us He does not want us (His children) to fear death. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice in which we do not have to fear anything. Jesus claimed to be God In the Bible, in John 10:30, it says, “I and the Father are one.” Jesus was talking to the Jews that had gathered around him to stone him and they mocked him so Jesus replied that he and God are one. Jesus also said to them that even if they did not believe he was the Son of God to believe his works so that they may understand that God is in him. (John 10:37-38) Jesus never tried to hide the fact that he is the Son of God nor did he ever do anything in secret, everything was there in plain sight for everyone to see and to believe.