What do you think about this miracle of tongues and the jewish guy?
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awesome testimony. It's so refreshing to find other believers out there who are actively ministering to people.\nI had a similar experience with the Holy Ghost, and I haven't quite been the same since then.
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The book itself is definitely fiction.  Some of the theories posed are palusible.  The Catholic church claims that Jesus wouldn't have been divine if he was married, yet Christ was a rabbi (or considered such by the masses).  To my understanding of Jewish beliefs at that time, rabbis or any teachers of faith would have needed to be married to have any credibility.  Simply put, the Jews probably wouldn't have listened if he was single.\n\nWhen it comes down to it though, there's no scriptual reference to a wife of Christ, so it's not important to salvation and it's not important to us in the larger scheme of things.
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Ddi you know that anyone can wrte a book, especially if you pay to have it published.  That is whay Mr. Koestler did.  His last name is Germanix, so he hates the Jews for destroying Germany.\n\nEvery academice who has read this book calls is a lot of made up crap!  There is nothing of value in it.  It is all lies.\n\nJews have always accepted converts, but conversion to Judasim was outlawed by the CHurch.  THe Church was worried because people were more attracted to Judasim than Christianity!\n\nThe Khazars were a tribe that converted to Judaism en masse by order of their king.  Hebres, Israelites, Israelis, nd Jews are all temrs used to identify the members of the Jewish tribes descended from Avram!\n\nGenetic test have show that Jews can trace backk their ancestors to 4,000 years ago.\n\nDo you know there is not a singl piece of evidence that Jesus ever existed.  Why don't you read about that.\n\nJeffrey
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Forget about "Baptists" how about what the Bible has to say?\nThe gift of tongues was to be a sign to the JEWS. The Bible also says that tongues shall CEASE (1Cor. 13:8) \nWant to be Spirit filled AND scriptural? Go to Galatians chapter 5 and read up on the fruit of the Spirit....NOWHERE does it mention speaking in tongues is a sign of being Spirit filled! \nThe more you yield yourself to God, the more evident He will be in your life. \nAlso, the Spirit will ALWAYS Glorify the SON, and in churches that speak in so-called tongues, ALL the attention and glory is given to the Spirit. That's NOT scriptural!
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I found the language of the show to be quite interesting. Fore instance, during the first half of the show, they kept asking the question: "Is it real?" This isn't really what they meant, what they meant was "Is it old?" To me, they were implying that "real" = "true".\n\nThey also did not mention several Gnostic beliefs that would have discredited the movement in many people's eyes. You remember the scene at the last supper when they talked about Jesus laughing because the disciples were worshipping the wrong God, that the God who created the universe was actually an inferior God that was not worthy to be worshipped. What they didn't say was that Gnostics believed that this was the God of the Old Testament, so they ignored the Old Testament.\n\nAnother thing that stuck out to me was the phrase "When Jesus appeared on the Earth." Because they believed that the material world was evil, they had what is known as a Docetic view of Jesus. That is, that Jesus only appeared to be human, because God would have never become human and contaminated himself with the material world.\n\nI strongly agree with the speaker at the end who said that the Gospel of Judas provides valuable historical information about the history of Christianity and the movements within it. It shows us that there was never one single Christianity being practiced.  People have beein arguing about who Jesus was since a few minutes after he died.  With that being said, I do not personally believe it provides a historically accurate picture of the characters of Jesus and Judas.\n\nFinally, they seemed to think the fact that there were many Christianities unique. I have to disagree with that. There are many different versions of the Christian faith today, with different holy texts, etc. The book of Mormon is a prime example.\n\nIf you read the other Gnostic texts, you will find they have a lot in common with the Gospel of Judas.  For instance, both the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Thomas elevate one of the Disciples above the others.  The Gospel of Mary Magdalene does the same thing for Mary.  None of the four canonical gospels does this for their author.\n\nAnother thing that absolutely amazes me is that we have 4 gospels that tell very similar stories.  There are some minor differences in the order of events or the events included, but they are consistant for the most part.  One new gospel is found that offers a different story and many people jump on that and say, "Wow!  This is the real story."  It just doesn't make any sense.
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no miracles happened concerning Mohammad... nothing unusual, that had anything to do with him.. He was just a man. Nothing more. Then at age 40, after meeting many Jews and Christians during his travels with the caravans (yes i do read history) he made up his own religion.
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He is Jewish.  Talked about it in several of his books.
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I think it is an interesting theory surround man. As all theories are. It touches on truth.\n\nThe tree of life and sacred geometrey are fascinating points of debate
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A few months ago a friend and I were talking about Benny Hinn, questioning his ministry.  I had never actually seen Benny Hinn before; I had only heard about what goes on at his crusade meetings.  We had nothing positive to say.  \n\nNow, at the time, I had a throat infection that was getting stronger and stronger by the day.  A few days after I had been talking with my friend, I turned on Christian TV and saw Benny Hinn.  I thought I had better actually watch, since I'd been saying some pretty bad things about him, with no evidence to back up my scepticism.\n\nI was critical during the whole show.  At the end, Benny was sitting on a couch, talking to the camera, praying for sick people watching.  He was calling out various physical problems that God was healing.  Just when I thought, "This is ridiculous" and was about to turn off the TV, Benny said something like, "Someone has just been healed of a throat infection."  I heard it, and, started to wonder if it could actually be possible.  I swallowed and the pain was totally gone.  I could breath normally for the first time in about a week.  I was radically healed.  The next day I woke up, almost expecting the infection to be back, but it was gone, for good.\n\nWhat I learned from this:  DO NOT JUDGE!!!  As far as I know there is absolutely nothing unbiblical that goes on at Benny Hinn's meetings.  The Bible is clear that Jesus "stripes" (or wounds) were for our healing (as His death was for our eternal life).  Whether miraculously or over time, I believe it is always God's will for us to be healed, as sickness and death are a part of the curse He came to remove.  We just need to hear it preached from the Bible in context (faith comes by hearing), and believe, as we believed when we were born again.
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I suggest you guys try and ignore this mouthbreather.  He asks the same questions on Judaism over and over again, with slightly different (though consistently biased and misleading) wording. If you don't believe me, all I can say is that you can verify this for yourselves.  I sincerely doubt that he is here to learn anything, at least in this area (though I feel obliged to at least commend him on his appropriate choice of screenname).\n\nThis guy's online hobby is something called Jew-baiting.  So don't take the bait, as it were, by responding on his terms and lending legitimacy to his line of questioning (which is shallow and insensitive at best, or, more likely from what I've seen, deliberate bigotry).  He has a real problem with Jews.  I don't know if it stems from a negative personal experience with Jews, or if he was raised by klansmen, or what.  But he keeps asking these same questions, and when confronted with information that contradicts his assumptions, he becomes belligerent and disregards the new information anyway.\n\nI once explained to him that he was mistaken in his assertion that a Jew had to have "Jewish blood" because conversion has a history going back through biblical history, all the way to the first Hebrew himself.  This did not sway him in his irrational belief.  And if someone here were to point out that calling Judaism a "cult of ancestor worship" is inaccurate because\n\na) it's not considered a cult\n\nand\n\nb) worshipping anything other than G-d, one's ancestors included, is the most severe form of blasphemy according to Judaism\n\nI highly doubt this gentleman would be swayed on either point.  My advice is not to waste your time.  There are plenty of people on here asking questions about Judaism because they actually want to learn.  If you are qualified to answer, answer those people.  They'll actually benefit from it.
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Tongues, as related in the Bible, were actual languages spoken in the day, in different parts of the world.  For the apostles to relate the story of Christ to the speakers of these languages, the apostles had to have the ability to speak to those people.  \nIn churches where 'tongues' are spoken, if you could record these utterances and take them to language experts, you would find (I believe) no actual language patterns.\nThe modern translations of the Holy Bible are a gift to those of us who can't read or speak Hebrew or Greek, and are done by teams of language experts who interpret the original text as nearly as possible to English.  In the Quest Study Bible, New Internation Version translation, notes are made where there is a question or multiple meaning to the original word. \nI strongly recommend this book to everyone.  If you are new to bible study, it outlines study for you. If you are a long-time studier, it will help immensely with time lines, background info about the culture and practices of the times.  To start verse I, chaper I of Genesis, is the most discourageing way to start reading the Bible.  All the begats put me to sleep.\nIn closing, beware of people who say they can speak in tongues (ask them what language they use), and yes, the English translation is a gift.  We can read for ourselves, and don't have to rely on anyone else to tell us His word.
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I raise my eyebrow at the whole idea. Now if I was suddenly filled with the Holly Spirit and was so overjoyed that I couldn't form words in English and spoke something like Latin or Italian.. then yeah.. but jabbering on in a "language so ancient" that no one understands it.. then no.. they are not speaking in tongues.. they just can't express themselves in words.. so they make sounds.
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I think it's rubbish. I think it's a hoax, a clever elaborate hoax. I must applaud the person who created the Titor story for his (or her) ingenuity.\n\nIt seems to me that most people will believe anything, no matter how absurd.\n\nThe John Titor story actually sounds pretty believable when you compare it stories that appear in major religious texts like the Bible, the Koran, or the Gita. People believe those.
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Yes Me. speaking in tongues is a gift to pray to God when you don't know how to pray for things, it is the evident you are filled. Christ in me the hope of glory. There is also a gift in the Church for Unbeliever so God can talk to them about their hearts question.and give them comfort. God knows many languages.
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Why do you guys think he's so bad?  On one of his pilgrimages to Isreal, he had rabi's crown Jesus as king and messiah.  He's saying that God wants His children to stop fighting and is working hard for world peace, currently working to make peace in the Middle East.\nHaving rabi's crown Jesus as king and Messiah sounds like a pretty good thing to me.\n\nPlus, what some of you guys are saying is practically hypocritical.  When Jesus was on earth and saying that he was the Messiah, everyone thought he was a crazy too.  But now we know he really is the messiah.  \nYou might actually try reading some of Rev. Moons teachings; they sound an awful lot like what Jesus was teaching.
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It is quite obvious that most of the people that replied to this really don't know what Messianic Judiasm is.  A person who practices Judiasm is someone who does not believe that Christ is the Messiah.  Jewish people recognize that Christ existed but like I said don't believe that he is the Messiah/Savior.  They are in fact still waiting for their Messiah.  On the other hand, A Messianc Jew is someone who practices all the same rituals of the Jewish faith BUT they ALSO believe that Christ IS the Messiah.  Bottom line, is that they are Christians who still practice the rituals(laws) of the old testament  but they believe that Christ is in fact their messiah.  Now, having said that, ANYONE can be a Messianic Jew as long as you have both of these elements.  You do NOT have to have been born a Jew.  The openly embrace anyone who has come to this realization.  It requires a great deal of study of the old testament (which they do so lovingly) and they embrace the traditions of Hanukkah.  Christmas is rejected not because they don't believe that Jesus (Jeshua - Hebrew name for Jesus) was the messiah, (because they DO), but because Christmas is really a pagan holiday.  It's a made - up holiday, who's origins really have nothing to do with Christ at all, and because they believe it's totally against God to do anything outside of the bible.  Christmas as we know it is not even mentioned in the bible.  Christmas trees, ornaments and all the fluff and stuff of Christmas they feel is a slap in Christ's face.  They believe that most people who "practice" Christmas don't even THINK about Christ and do it only for the exchange of gifts. And most of us reading this, know that to be exactly the case.  In fact, it's highly doubtful that Christ was even born in December.  Many scholars believe that His birthdate was actually around early September.  In any case, the Messianic faith is a BEAUTIFUL blending of old Jewish traditions/laws from the old testament AND that Jesus (Jeshua) is LORD/SAVIOUR and Messiah.  I know because my brother and his family have practiced this faith for many years.   I am a born again Christian myself and my brother has greatly taught me a lot about the old testatment and the festivals.  It was on his heart to do so as well.   He came to this realization while as a Christian he began studying the old testament at great length and in particular the mosaic laws.  Christian faiths alone don't practice all the festivals because they have interpreted the bible to read that once Christ was given it negated the need to live by the Mosaic law from the old testament.  Messianic jews interpret the bible differently in that the Messiah's coming did NOT mean that you didn't need to still continue the laws and practices from the old testament.  If it's in your heart to follow these laws/practices, then do so.  G-d in fact may be tugging at your heart to do so.  My brother found great joy in this, lived it every day of his converted life and praised the saving grace of Jesus (Jeshua) to anyone that would listen.  Continue to study on your own and the Lord will lead you to exactly where He wants you to go.
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LOL @ Jew out of Jesus\n\nI probably should not find this funny. But for some reason it cracked me up. It is after midnight here, maybe I need sleep lol.