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Originally Posted by Igzy
The OT also prophesies Christ as the suffering sacrifice who was "bruised for our iniquities." Missing this was not the fault of the OT, but of the Jews' selective reading of it.
This is similar to people today who only choose to see the verses describing the loving Jesus, and ignore the ones describing the righteous, judging Jesus.
The lesson is clear. If you superimpose your vision of Christ over the Bible's, you miss the real Christ. This should be a strong heads-up to Harold, who apparently thinks he can get to know God sufficiently without the Bible.
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Right it does. But, that passage was not usually associated with the messianic hope of most first century Jews. It was genius of the Spirit to make that association in the New Testament.
Yes we must see love and justice united in Jesus to get the full picture. i agree.
I don't agree with your last statements. The paradox of Jesus as God-man, the Word made flesh is the central theme of the New Testament. It is a huge problem for the human mind. As a result Christian tend to emphasize one aspect over the other. When one goes too far it can lead to heresy. Most heretics are never prosecuted as such by the church. "They are among us" as they say in the horror movies. Heaven forfend that you would think me one of them. But you would probably find me more on the human side than yourself I reckon.