Y'shayahu / Isaiah 65:9 is speaking of the Jewish people inheriting -- it has nothing to do with Jesus or Christianity. "And I will extract seed from Jacob and from Judah, the heir of My mountains, and My elect shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 65:9. The elect who inherit? בְחִירַ֔י -- the chosen, the "elect." Jacob = the Jewish people. Judah = the Jewish people. G-d's servants? Also the Jewish people. "And He said to me, "You are My servant, Israel, about whom I will boast."" Y'shayahu / Isaiah 49:3. 700 years before Jesus G-d made Isaiah His messenger. The message was to warn the Jewish people to return to G-d in repentance. Israel is G-d's servant. Some missionaries will exclaim "not all Jews have been loyal to G-d!" True. The T'nach (bible) tells us that only a small number of Jews will remain loyal to G-d -- this is called the "righteous remnant." In D'varim / Deuteronomy 30 Moses speaks of a time in his future when the Jewish people will exiled from the land, and only a remnant (a small number) will remain faithful to G-d. The prophet Y'shayahu / Isaiah (chapter 10:20) echoes this:, saying "the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob." The Jewish people are the servant of G-d. . . the loyal Jews who have always remained loyal to G-d and His Torah. . . the righteous remnant of Jews who, throughout history, have remained faithful to G-d and His covenant with us. Time and again the T'nach (bible) tells us that the Jews will be exiled as a punishment and that over time only a few, a "righteous remnant" will remain. It is this righteous few who are the called time and again G-d's servant in the bible: Vayikra / Leviticus 25:55 "For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants, whom I took out of the land of Egypt. I am the L-rd, your G-d." Time and again the prophet Y'shayahu / Isaiah declares that Israel (the Jewish people) are G-d's servant. Y'shayahu / Isaiah 41:8 - 9. "But you, Israel My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, who loved Me, Whom I grasped from the ends of the earth, and from its nobles I called you, and I said to you, "You are My servant"; I chose you and I did not despise you." and Y'shayahu / Isaiah 44:1. "And now, hearken, Jacob (Jacob's name was changed to Israel and Jews are often called "Jacob" and "Israel") My servant, and Israel whom I have chosen. 2. So said HaShem your Maker, and He Who formed you from the womb shall aid you. Fear not, My servant Jacob, and Jeshurun (the Jews) whom I have chosen." and Y'shayahu / Isaiah 44:21 "Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I have made you, you are my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you." and Y'shayahu / Isaiah 45:4. "For the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen one, and I called to you by your name; I surnamed you, yet you have not known Me." and Y'shayahu / Isaiah 49:3 - 7. "And He said to me (Isaiah), "You are My servant, Israel, about whom I will boast. . . This is what HaShem says- the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel- to him who was despised and abhorred by the nations, to the servant of rulers: "Kings will see you and rise up, princes will see and bow down, because of HaShem , who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you." In Y'shayahu / Isaiah 65 the prophets tells us that G-d will not rest until He has punished the Jews who denied G-d and worshiped idols. He exiled the Jews for those sins -- but He will never completely reject his servants, the Jews. In this chapter G-d says He will return the righteous Jews to Jerusalem. . . "And I will extract seed from Jacob and from Judah, the heir of My mountains, and My elect shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 65:9. -- to inherit the city and the Temple, to live there. . . " And the Sharon shall become a sheepfold and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie, for My people who sought Me.." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 65:10. Along with The Sharon (a region in Israel) will become a place for sheep and the Valley of Achor will be a place for cattle – this will be a blessing for those who actually sought G-d. So yet again the creator of the list of 365 supposed prophecies about Jesus has distorted a passage that has nothing to do with Jesus -- it is about the Jews who reject G-d and those who remain loyal to G-d -- and the fact that although the nation will be exiled there will come a time when the righteous shall return to the land thanks to G-d. Romans 11 5-7 tries to say that Christians are the "remnant" -- but the remnant is defined in the T'nach as the righteous Jews. Romans 11 goes on to say that Christians have replaced Jews -- "grafted in." Paul claims that the Jews been broken off. -- the gentiles have not been grafted in "with" the Jews, but rather in place of the Jews. False claim. "Yet again shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria, indeed planters shall plant [them] and redeem [them]." Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 31:4. Jeremiah's use of "yet again" destroys Paul's claim that non-Jews (Christians) are grafted in (or in place of) the Jews. Again the Jews will plant vineyards. . . not some Roman who converted to Christianity. . . Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 31: is clear that it is the Jews, the descendants of the Pharisees, who are the "elect," the "chosen" servants of G-d. The so-called "spiritual Israel" and "grafted in of Romans 11 never did planted vineyards in the mountains of Samaria -- and, therefore, the "yet again" excludes them from Jeremiah's and Isaiah's prophecies. Hebrews 7:14 and Revelation 5:5 have nothing to do with the Christians either. Hebrews 7:14 says "For it is clear that our L-rd descended from Judah." Revelation 5:5 says that Jesus was "the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David." Both are false claims. The Christian bible claims Jesus was a "virgin birth" which would mean he could not claim lineage to any tribe, including Judah. Tribal status passes from the Jewish father having a given tribe -- and if Joseph (who was of the tribe of Judah) did not physically father Jesus then Jesus was not of that tribe. . . You can read more on this topic by reviewing the blog post: Back to the beginning - Jesus was not eligible to be messiah. Neither Hebrews 7:14 and Revelation 5:5 have anything to do with Y'shayahu / Isaiah 65:9 which is speaking of the Jewish people. Yet another claim that simply disappears when examined.
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