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Beth http:///t/392782/evolution-vs-intelligent-design/560#post_3493339
There are a multitude of reference to Son of God and Son of Man. To Christians, Son of Man refers to Jesus' humanity, since his mother was human. It does not, however, negate his Father, God. The connection between God and humanity is through the blood and flesh of the His Son's body which is clearly laid out in the Last Supper and finally in the Crucifixion. God would not have blood and flesh, except through his Son, Jesus. To Christians, this is the holy covenant between God and man.
Now, that is the interpretation for Christians, and, in the New Testament, it is convincing---unless you toss the New Testament and just consider the Old as the Word of God--in which case, Christianity is an invalid belief system. I have the feeling, you believe, as most Jews believe, that Jesus was not the Son of God and think that Christians have misinterpreted much?
Now I will address the rest of your post. I was not born Jewish, I converted from Christianity to fashion my life according to Judaism. That way of life, the customs and traditions best match scripture. I have followed the teaching of Moses and the faith of Israel for 15 years now. I am still a Christian but I am not a modern Christian. The early Christians were Jews who believed that Messiah had come.
MY belief : The man Jesus, was a very good Jew and Rabbi. He was given the keys and was made perfect by the things he suffered, not by his birth from Mary. God raised him from the dead and took him away to the heavens until he returns as the victor...and the Holy one of God, The Messiah.
The Messiah: Ephraim must be united with Judah. Ephraim (the lost sheep of the house of Isreal) was lost when the tribes were split in the days of Solomons son. The people got so messed up with pagan religion that God allowed Nebuchadnezzar to overtake them and in doing so they became so like the nations around them that they disappeared. The Messiah is to bring these people back to God and the covenant. God knows those that are his. The world was seeded with the bloodline of Isaac...and now so many centuries later.....
Jesus said if he was lifted up like the serpent in the wilderness, he would draw all men to him. The Rabbis teach us that the serpent was designed to teach the people to look UP for our help comes from God. Jesus has also taught the nations to look again to the teachings of the book (Torah). His beginning....as a humble man who was raised from the dead....he set in motion the ingathering of Ephraim.
Just like the serpent in the wilderness, the people began to worship it as God. The twisted (MODERN) Christianity, that teaches Jesus was a half god/half man and was God himself in the flesh, came into being when Emperor Constantine mixed Christianity with the pagan beliefs. The real Jesus taught the people to return to the traditions and the covenant. Now instead of Passover, folks celebrate the Easter bunny and feast on the forbidden food of pork. Instead of the Holy Sabbath, folks adopted the day of Sunday (it honors the sun god) as the holy day of rest. Instead of the Holy city of Jerusalem, Catholics (the head and beginning of modern Christianity) created the Holy city of Rome.
I wait for Jesus (not his true name) to return as the Messiah, just like my fellow Jews await the Messiah. Where are the lost sheep of the house of Israel? No tribe is lost, all twelve are accounted for, Jews know this. So who is Ephraim? He is the people in the nations all mixed in, but they have a hunger for seeking God...that bloodline of Isaac is in them however small the amount. God knows them that are his and he is calling us back to him.
Just like in the story of 2 Samual chapter 15....King David had a son, and he stood at the gate, when anyone came to speak with the king for a matter, Absalom would take care of their need and so he stole the heart of the people away from David his father.
So I also think that Modern Christianity, stands at the gate, they teach a Jesus that is a god, and a religion that tosses away the covenant. It isn't the right Jesus, the Jesus of the book, just does not match the Jesus of modern Christianity.
