Subj : Today's Thought
To   : Newborn
From : George Pope
Date : Fri Oct 14 2005 08:56:00

N>  > N>    (1)  Jesus was and still is God and  perfect Man.  His whole life w
N>  > N>         of His divinity and human perfection.
N>  >
N>  > On what basis, consistent with the OT, do you claim this?
N>  >
N>               Read the book of Isaiah!

I have, of course.

N>  > Scripture quote: "God is not a man"
N>
N>          Isaiah 7:14   "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign:
N>                         behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a SON,
N>                         and shall call His name Emmanual (God with us).

Right -- "call his name..." ie. it was consistent with Jewish naming, in that
the name was meant to convey an allegorical meaning (that being that "God is
with us"(a reaffirmation that God is with His people, Israel, as stated in the
Bible)

And not even in your own Scriptures is Jesus even ONCE called "Immanual"!
So where is it fulfilled even if you are going to call it literal?

N>  > Scripture quote: "each man shall die for his own sin"
N>  >
N>          Isaiah 53:8   "for he was cut off out of the land of the living
N>                         for the transgression (sins) of my people was he
N>                         stricken."

This could be referring to the nation as a whole, or even to the scapegoat
designated for Azazel by the high priest on Yom Kippur.

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


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