Is Jesus for the Jewish

Is Jesus for the Jewish?

By William Dean Hamilton

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2014 William Dean Hamilton

Table of contents

Introduction

Prophecy

Introduction to prophecy

Man of Sorrows

Who is the Redeemer?

Zechariah

The Harmony of the Branch

The LORD is Our Righteousness

Palm of the Hand

A Few Chapters from Isaiah

Psalms 22-24

Crush the Head of the Serpent

Promises to David

The House of David like God

God Loves David

The End of Psalm 18

The Good Shepherd

The Chosen Man

One Shepherd

Smite the Shepherd

Daniels prophecy

Jeremiah 31

Gall to Drink

Thirty Pieces of Silver

The Lowly King

The Son of Man

Salt of the offering

Darkness

Elisha Greater than Elijah?

Hold the Skirt of a Jew

Greater Works

If the Time wasn’t Shortened

The Increase in Wars

The Gospel is Preached to all Nations and Languages

1/3 of the World and Counting

Psalm 110

Psalm 2

The Spirit of the LORD

Fine Fruits

The Stony Heart

Redeemed

The Ransom

Who is the Servant?

Another Rock?

Psalm 16

Fishing for Men

The Third Day

Judas

The Seven Churches of Asia

Prophecies in the Psalms

Other Arguments

What are the Possibilities?

If God Became a Man, then what would he be like?

Pact Made Directly with God

The Blind and Forgiven

The only High Priest with the Qualifications to do the Job

Empty Tomb

Size of the scroll in Zechariah

Molten Calf

Historical Evidence of the Rock

Eusebius

Reliability of New Testament Texts

The Beginning and the End

Symbolic Verses and double meanings

Introduction

Adam

Joseph

Noah

Samson

The Story of Isaac and Abraham

Daniel and the Lion’s Den

Solomon

The Feasts

David’s Brothers

Two Widows

Strike the Rock

Fasting

Hannah and Mary

Jesus and Elisha

Jesus and Moses

Samson and John

Parables

Ezekiel’s Vision

Common Objections

Sacrifice

God is One Name

The Invisible God

Is Jesus God according to the New Testament?

Did Jesus Abolish the Torah?

The Jewish Didn’t Recognize the Messiah

Anti-Semitism

Closing

Bibliography

Introduction

I have written this book so that if anyone who is Jewish wants to see if Jesus is the Messiah, they can read and see the amazing amount of evidence that Jesus is not only the Messiah, but God. I haven’t read very many other books on the subject, but one difference that think would separate the book is that I believe that Jewish people can be saved. I have wondered about this since I was a child. Obviously Jewish people were saved before Jesus came. At what point did they have to convert to retain salvation (since I was a child I have realized that one cannot lose salvation)?

But looking at the scriptures I see Luke 12:8-9:

8. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

9. But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

It seems straightforward until you get to the next verse.

10. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

So you have to confess Jesus before men, but if you blasphemy against him, it’ll be forgiven? It was years later when I understood. John 1:1, 14:

1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

In the Trinity, Jesus is not represented as the son. John 5:7:

7. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

If we see Jesus as being God’s word, then anyone who is saved is saved by faith in the Word of God, but anyone who blasphemies against the historical man Jesus will be forgiven. Thus, Jewish people can be saved.

Abraham was saved because he had faith in the word of God. Moses led the people of Israel from Egypt because he had faith in the word of God. Judaism was such a radical change from all of the other religions not only because of the singularity of God, but because of the lack of icons and idols. When you take away all of the physical representations of God, then all that is left of him is his Word (and thus meaning). This is essential to God’s plan, and has created a religion that has surpassed all others in longevity and popularity.

Open your hearts and hear the truth. May God above bless you in reading this book. I hope that you get something from this book, even if you do not agree with me. I hope none of you is offended because I say the forms of God’s name, but do we honor God more by hiding his name or shouting it from the rooftops? I also have to say his name sometimes because it is crucial to some arguments.

Prophecy

Introduction to prophecy

I am going to let you first know about the many prophecies that Jesus fulfilled and a few that were made by Jesus or other New Testament writers that have come true. Moses gives us a test for the prophet in Deuteronomy 13:1-3:

1"If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’

3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 18:18-22:

18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.

20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’

21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’—

22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

1.The prophet does not say to worship other gods.

2. The prophet can foretell the future.

Jesus wouldn’t be disqualified on the first account because he isn’t saying that he is another god, he says he is God.

Let’s look at a prophecy from the Old Testament and a prophecy from Jesus that seem to contradict. Ezekiel 36:10:

10. And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

Historically, this refers to the restoration of the Jewish people to Israel in the past century.

Jesus said in Matthew 11:20-23:

20. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

21. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

22. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

23. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Jesus cursed these three cities. If both of the passages were God’s Word, Jesus’ statements about the three cities would be clarifications of the previous promise of restoration of the cities of Israel. If Jesus isn’t a prophet, why hasn’t God restored these cities to Israel? Not only do you have the direct fulfilling of a prophecy of Jesus, it is at odds with the prophecy of God. Have you read how God dealt with Baal and the other gods? If Jesus wasn’t a prophet, would the God of Heaven allow it to seem that he has fulfilled a prophecy in direct opposition with his own prophet and the Law of Moses?

Man of Sorrows

Isaiah 53:1-12:

1. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

2. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

The line, He was wounded for our transgression and bruised for our iniquities speaks of the substitutionary principal that is present in only the New Testament. This is affirmed by the line, He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressor. The line about Jesus making his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death was fulfilled very literally with Jesus, a rich man gave him his grave and he was crucified with two thieves. In addition, it is said that he died a relatively young man, and had no seed. There something implied in he shall prolong his days rather than a long life. His life being prolonged referred to his resurrection for it also says he is to die, and his seed are those who he has saved. The Messiah is also identified with a lamb.

Who is the Redeemer?

Psalms 35:1-3:

1. Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

2. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

3. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Psalms 28:8-9:

8. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Here we have David saying to God that God is his salvation and strength. This indicates that God is responsible for David’s salvation, not David.

Genesis 48:16:

16. The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of thee.

Who is the Angel who redeems?

Isaiah 47:4:

4. As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Are we sure?

Isaiah 49:7-9:

7. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

8. Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

9. That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

So, it is God who is the redeemer, and it is the Holy One of Israel that is given for the new covenant with God. This perfectly fits Jesus and his role in establishing a new covenant. He is also a servant to rulers, although rulers have worshiped him. This states that the nation abhors him; the nation generally referred to in the Bible is Israel, which also fits Jesus.

Isaiah 61: 9-10:

9. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

This says the same thing in a different way. We see here that salvation is equated with clothing covering, as God covers sins. It is God that saves us from God’s wrath.

Amos 2:6:

6. Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Jesus was betrayed for thirty pieces of silver, and he was literally poor and was sold as a covering for sin for the poor (which symbolizes the spiritually poor).

Proverbs 20:9:

9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Deuteronomy 8:17:

17. And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Deuteronomy 9:4:

4. Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.

In the verses from Deuteronomy, God is speaking about the land of Israel, but this is a symbol of salvation. It isn’t our responsibility for our deserving of God’s good grace, but it is only because of the greatness of God and his plan that we are accorded salvation. And if not, what about these verses, which tell of how God will blot out our sins?

Isaiah 43:25:

25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

How can God be just if he forgives sin without punishment. It is the blood of Jesus that reminds us of the gravity of our mistakes. Here is an example of grace from the Law in the Old Testament. It is not by our own hand that we are clean.

Psalms 40:1-3:

1. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

(you said Dave) Notice that David was in Hell (metaphorically), but it was God who took him out, not himself. It was God who put the song in David’s mouth.

Isaiah 45:22-25:

22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

23. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24. Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come;