Subj : Today's Thought
To   : Newborn
From : George Pope
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 23:10:00

N>  > He condemned those he disagreed with, yes, but he promoted others (eg. et
N>  > life, saying a blessing before breaking bread(directly from the Oral trad
N>  > & nowhere else!)
N>  >
N>      I still don't know where your coming from but it appears to be a blend
N>      Jewish mysticiam and the Talmud.  It certainly isn't anything found in
N>      OT or NT.  The breaking of bed was institued by Jesus at the Last Suppe
N>      where the Lord instituted the rememberance of His sacrifice with bread
N>      wine until He comes again.

Mo, he did nothing new at the Last Supper (a normal Passover Seder meal) except
offer a new interpretation for the Bread & for the Cup of Redemption.

Outside the oral traditions, there was no blessing before meals (the Torah
specifies to give thanks(grace) after eating and that's all -- Jesus obviously
received the oral teaching of saying a blessing before breaking bread.

When, after the resurrection, he appeared to the fishermen and ate with them
the Greek says that Jesus took the bread, broke it and "blessed"(no object,
although the English translators were loathe to accept that alien grammar
construct so they provided one "..it")

The modern terminology in English would be, "Jesus made a blessing("berakha")
(the understanding always is of blessing God, not the food)

N>    (1)  Jesus was and still is God and  perfect Man.  His whole life was pro
N>         of His divinity and human perfection.

On what basis, consistent with the OT, do you claim this?

N>    (2)  Forgotten a birth?  I doubt if you accept His divinity  from any
N>         standpoint.

Of course not.

Scripture quote: "God is not a man"
Scripture quote: "each man shall die for his own sin"

N>  > Because I care,
N>
N>    About what?  Certainly not about God.

Of course I do, why else would I be rebutting your blasphemous statements?

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


.... nfx v3.1 I'll have a steak sandwich...a porterhouse btwn 2 ribeyes!      

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