John 15:10 doesn't say anything about Jesus being G-d's servant (how can Jesus be part of a trinity-god and at the same time G-d's servant?). John 15:10 says "If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love." What happened to “You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor shall you subtract from it, to observe the commandments of HaShem, your G-d, that I command you.” D’varim / Deuteronomy 4:2? What gives Jesus any authority to make commandments? Nothing. But back to the subject at hand: G-d's servant. The Christian bible never refers to Jesus as G-d's servant. Not once. Check for yourself. Look at Matthew 17:5 or Philippians 2:5-8 or John 15:10 -- none of them call Jesus G-d's servant. No one in the Christian bible ever calls Jesus "my servant." The words "my servant" only appear once in the Christian bible and that is Matthew 12:17 - 18. Jesus is being followed by a crowd -- he warns his followers not to tell anyone about him and Matthew 12 then says "this was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet (Isaiah) "Here is my servant whom I have chosen. . ." The author of Matthew is referencing (quoting from) Y'shayahu / Isaiah 42:1-4 which says: "Behold My servant, I will support him, My chosen one, whom My soul desires; I have placed My spirit upon him, he shall promulgate justice to the nations. He shall neither cry nor shall he raise [his voice]; and he shall not make his voice heard outside.A breaking reed he shall not break; and a flickering flaxen wick he shall not quench; with truth shall he execute justice. Neither shall he weaken nor shall he be broken, until he establishes justice in the land, and for his instruction, islands shall long." The only problem with Matthew 12 saying that Jesus "fulfilled" the words of this passage is that Isaiah goes on to say that he is speaking of the Jewish people -- not one individual, and certainly not Jesus (who lived 700 years after Isaiah was dead). How do we know this is about the Jews? Read the chapter! "So said the L-rd, "In a time of favor I answered you, and on a day of salvation I helped you; and I will watch you, and I will make you for a people of a covenant, to establish a land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 42:8. In the T'nach (bible) the messiah is never called "the messiah" or even "messiah." Isaiah does call quite a few people G-d's servant including Himself (Isaiah). Y'shayahu / Isaiah 20:3; Eliakim Y'shayahu / Isaiah 22:20; King David Y'shayahu / Isaiah 37:37; Not specified Israel / the Jewish nation / Jacob / Jeshrun. Israel is called, by Isaiah, "My servant" time and time and time again. Not Jesus. So what of Michah / Micah? Micah 5:2 in Christian bibles is actually Michah . Micah 5:1 in the T'nach. "And you, בֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם / Beit Lĕḥĕm Ephrathah-you should have been the lowest of the clans of Judah-from you [he] shall emerge for Me, to be a ruler over Israel; and his origin is from of old, from days of yore." Do you see the term "servant" in the passage? Neither do I. Micah speaks of this person, born from Davidic "stock" (David was from ) who will be a ruler over Israel (the Jewish people). Jesus was never a ruler over us Jews -- but we can clearly see that Micah is not speaking about Jesus by reading Michah / Micah 5. The prophet Michah / Micah states that in this time there will be permanent peace. "And this shall be peace. Should Assyria come into our land, and should they tread upon our palaces, we will appoint over them seven shepherds and eight princes of men. And they shall break the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its gates; and he shall save [us] from Assyria, who comes into our land, and who treads in our border." Michah . Micah 5:4 - 5. Missionaries, shown passages which clearly Jesus did not fulfill prophecies, will respond "he'll do that in the second coming!" This is an excuse and clearly shows that JESUS DID NOT DO IT. Jesus did not bring peace. Jesus did not save us from Assyria. Jesus did not return the Jews to the land of Israel. . . He did not one of them! Micah states that the real messiah will usher in an eternal era of peace. The Jewish enemies will be destroyed and Israel won't even need of weapons to keep the peace (obviously this has not happened either). . . . The peace the messiah brings will be so great that cities will not have (or need) walls. Idolatry and magic will end -- and G-d will spend His anger on those who refused to listen to Him. We still await these things - just as we await the real messiah.
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