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The Bible tells us what they expected Messiah to "be", but where does the Bible (or even Jewish tradition) tell us what they expected Him to "look" like :unsure:

So, if Jesus was born, let's say, ruggedly handsome (instead of plain), how would that fact have interfered with His purpose (to show them who God really is) :unsure: Thanks again! ~Deuteronomy

Hello Patrick, while I agree with your second sentence above, where does the Bible tell us that they expected the Messiah to "look" like a king (or anything else, for that matter) :unsure: Thanks! ~Deuteronomy

Hello again Patrick, although a spiritualized conclusion can be drawn from the several similarities that (in a sense anyway) the Tree of Life shares with the Lord Jesus, He never told us that "He ~is~ the Tree of Life", did He :unsure: (if He did, please give us Chapter & Verse .. thanks :))...

I've got to call it a night Patrick. However, I hope to return here tomorrow evening :) Again, welcome to CChat! ~Deuteronomy

Oh, and one more thing, at the bottom of your Intro post you wrote this, The articles that I posited for you to consider over there (from GotQuestions.org) are indeed the words of men (talking about what the words of God in the Bible mean). If such words (from men) about the Bible are death...

Hello again Patrick (@Patrick0269), I'm not sure what you are referring to in the OP, so could you elaborate a bit for us :unsure: (BTW, why do you believe that Isaiah 53 is a parable instead of a prophesy?) Thanks :) ~Deuteronomy p.s. - for the sake of the discussion, here's the entire...

Hello again @Patrick0269, I'll leave you another short article to consider, but that's all (I won't make additional comments here because, as I said above, this is not the place for the kind of discussion that you want to have). The article that I'm referring to can be found here...

Hello again @Patrick0269, the mods will move this thread to the Bible Discussion Forum if you pursue a study here, just FYI, as this place isn't meant for such discussions, at least not at length anyway. Please let me/us know if you establish a new thread to discuss this topic over there...

Hello @Patrick0269, welcome to CChat 👋:) I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us! It sounds the Bible Discussion Forum may be just the place for you here(y) God bless you!! (Numbers 6:24-26; Psalm 1:1-3) ~Deuteronomy p.s. - the idea of having "two or three witnesses"...

Hello Angela (@Angela63), welcome to CChat 👋:) I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us! Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself with us too :giggle: God bless you!! (Numbers 6:24-26) ~Deuteronomy 1 Thessalonians 5 23 May the God of peace Himself...

Hello @tamira, welcome to CChat 👋:giggle: I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us! God bless you!! ~Deuteronomy 1 Thessalonians 5 23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete...

One last thing, reaping/harvesting is something that most of us will probably end up putting on the "backburner" (so to speak), but I think that we should continue to, at least, 'keep it on the stove' (instead of removing it) by always being prepared to tell people how they can become...

Hello again Sister, the Bible oft times uses agricultural terminology when it speaks of witnessing and evangelism (and apologetics), as I'm sure you know. Terms like planting & watering, sowing & reaping or harvesting, are used (e.g. John 4:35-38, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9), and I believe that this...

Hello Liv (@livcowell), welcome to CChat 👋😊 I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us! God bless you!! ~Deuteronomy 1 Thessalonians 5 23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete...

Hello again ciicii, yes, of course it is, because He knows that the key to everything else in the Christian life is found in our faithful & ongoing/growing personal relationship with Him, apart from which we can do nothing as Christians (that is truly pleasing or glorifying to Him), because...

Hello ciicii, that sounds like a pretty good foundation (e.g. Matthew 6:33) :) First off, it's hard for me to imagine that a Christian could "keep the faith" throughout the balance of their life here and then die w/o anyone ever knowing about it (even if we did so poorly and/or inconsistently)...

Hello @SoulFaith, welcome to CChat 👋:) I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us! God bless you!! ~Deuteronomy 1 Thessalonians 5 23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without...

Hello again Aussie52, I think that you can make a pretty good argument that the Scriptures teach that "salvation" is conditional and/or probationary, but I don't believe that you can do the same with, "eternal life", because ETERNAL life, by definition, is just that, ETERNAL, not temporary, nor...

Hello Elizabeth (@Lepore), and welcome to CChat 👋:) I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us, and thank you for telling us a little bit about yourself, and your walk too (it was encouraging to hear 😊). God bless you!! ~Deuteronomy 1 Thessalonians 5 23...