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   From: stephen.bayzik@sympatico.ca   
      
   "E Goldstein"  wrote in message   
   news:gj4v309asl0fl6e31tkdmj2am5bm7d72d5@4ax.com...   
      
   > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:57:13 -0500, "Stephen Bayzik"   
   >  wrote:   
      
   > >"Eliyahu"  wrote in message   
   > >news:7332f93b.0402250825.2cc733bc@posting.google.com...   
      
   > >> Bs'd   
      
   > >> ..Who and what is the messiah? Let us check according to the Holy   
   > >> Hebrew scriptures what the messiah is supposed to do. .....   
      
   > >> Micha 5:2-9; "But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among   
   > >> the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me   
   > >> later. On the contrary; when the messiah comes redemption comes. And   
   > >> also for this messianic prophecy you don't have to be a brain surgeon   
   > >> or a rocket scientist in order to see that it is not fulfilled.   
      
   > >> Nothing of this all was done by Jesus. Conclusion: He was not the   
   > >> messiah.   
      
   > >> Eliyahu   
      
   > >You're correct Eliyahu, but you've got as much chance of convincing the   
   Bible   
   > >Babbler as a chicken has of laying an egg in a strong tail wind.   
      
   > According to the Christian interpretation in the "NT", Jesus will   
   > return and fulfill all the "kingly" Messianic prophecies. I guess the   
   > reason why he didn't when he was here the first time is like when the   
   > Israelites leaving Egypt didn't have faith God would save them and so   
   > He refused them entry into the promised land.   
      
   It's two centuries now and he yet to shown up.   
      
   Take care,   
      
   --   
   Stephen Bayzik   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)