"The Messiah whom the Jews anticipate ... bears little resemblance to
the Jesus Christ who voluntarily died to save sinners. They look for a
world leader to rule all the nations from his capital of Jerusalem, to
initiate a political regime of "peace" and "prosperity," and to vindicate
Israel for her centuries of suffering at Gentile hands.
" "They do not want Christ as He is," cries contemporary writer
Alexander Kalomiros. "They do not want the Christ Who refused to
submit to the devil's temptations in the desert ... They want a Christ
Who desires the kingdoms of the earth, a Christ Who will turn the
stones into bread so that men may be satiated, a Christ who will
overwhelm the world with miracles that inspire awe and constrain men
to submit ... a Christ Who will talk about this life and not the other,
a Christ Who will offer the pleasures of this life and not of the next
... They do not want Him as ruler of the future age, but of the present
one." (1)
"In a word, after two centuries of incredible suffering for their
blindness, the Jews as a whole have not changed. Myopically, they
still want what they wanted two thousand years ago. And this time,
they will get it!" [pages 55-56: ULTIMATE THINGS: An Orthodox
Christian Perspective on the End Times. by Dennis Eugene
Engleman. Ben Lomond, CA: Conciliar Press, 1995.].
Notes.
1. Against False Union, pp. 8,9.
God save us all from spiritual deception, by the grace of Christ Jesus.
Amen and Amen. In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington December 2, 2011
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the Jesus Christ who voluntarily died to save sinners. They look for a
world leader to rule all the nations from his capital of Jerusalem, to
initiate a political regime of "peace" and "prosperity," and to vindicate
Israel for her centuries of suffering at Gentile hands.
" "They do not want Christ as He is," cries contemporary writer
Alexander Kalomiros. "They do not want the Christ Who refused to
submit to the devil's temptations in the desert ... They want a Christ
Who desires the kingdoms of the earth, a Christ Who will turn the
stones into bread so that men may be satiated, a Christ who will
overwhelm the world with miracles that inspire awe and constrain men
to submit ... a Christ Who will talk about this life and not the other,
a Christ Who will offer the pleasures of this life and not of the next
... They do not want Him as ruler of the future age, but of the present
one." (1)
"In a word, after two centuries of incredible suffering for their
blindness, the Jews as a whole have not changed. Myopically, they
still want what they wanted two thousand years ago. And this time,
they will get it!" [pages 55-56: ULTIMATE THINGS: An Orthodox
Christian Perspective on the End Times. by Dennis Eugene
Engleman. Ben Lomond, CA: Conciliar Press, 1995.].
Notes.
1. Against False Union, pp. 8,9.
God save us all from spiritual deception, by the grace of Christ Jesus.
Amen and Amen. In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington December 2, 2011
AD