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Someone wrote "don’t know where to even begin. Is it worth replying? Isaiah 22:23 And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place In a strong part of the wall or timber, where it shall not fail, or be removed, or cut down, and so let drop what is hung upon it: it denotes the stability and continuance of his government, and of the strength and support he should be of unto others; and well agrees with Christ his antitype; see ( Zechariah 10:4 ) and is expressive of the strength of Christ, as the mighty God; and as the man of God's right hand, made strong for himself; and as the able Savior, and mighty Redeemer....(snip)...
...and he will bring all his Father's family to sit with him on the same throne, ( 1 Samuel 2:8 ) ( Revelation 3:21 ) .]" The use of combining both our holy scriptures with Christian dogma to me replacement theology gone mad and cultural misappropriation. It really upsets me. Should I be? It is upsetting -- but it is also typical missionary proof texting. Christianity bases its claims for existence on misinterpreting the Hebrew Bible. It is literally spinning straw out of the air. There's no basis. Christianity bases its credibility on the Hebrew Bible -- ripping verses out of context, mistranslating it (virgin births), and making things up -- totally distorting the Hebrew Bible which refutes it's very core tenets. These claims fall apart when the Hebrew Bible is read IN CONTEXT and preferably in Hebrew (with a smattering of Aramaic) -- or at the least use a decent Jewish translation. The entire point of what you pasted is called proof texting. Missionaries take a word or sentence lifted out of context to make it seem to say something that it does not say. The proof falls apart when one actually reads the text in context. Y'shayahu / Isaiah 22 gives us Isaiah's prophecy of the “valley of vision” -- many nations coming against the city of Jerusalem. This never happened with Jesus so it doesn't apply in any way, shape or form -- so the missionary looks at one word or part of a sentence -- completely out of context -- and "sees" Jesus there. You could make it fit anyone or anything. Rabbi Moshe Shulman wrote a wonderful essay where he showed a rooster fits as many of this ripped out passages as does Jesus! It is interesting that the claim in your post says that verse 23 is about Jesus when Isaiah IDENTIFIES the person as Eliakim son of Hilkiah in verse 20! "And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will call My servant, אֶלְיָקִים / Eliakim son of Hilkiah." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 22:20. The next verses are about Eliakim, not about Jesus. Eliakim was the master of the house of חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ / Hizkiyyahu / (Hezekiah) -- king of Judah, son of King Ahaz (of Y'shayahu / Isaiah 7:14). Eliakim is mentioned in Y'shayahu / Isaiah 36:3 "And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was appointed over the Temple and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him" and M'lachim Beit / 2 Kings 18:18 "And they summoned the king, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah who was appointed over the palace, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them." As well as M'lachim Beit / 2 Kings 18:26 and 37. As for the parting reference of Shmuel Alef / 1 Samuel 2, ask yourself: what is the plain meaning in Shmuel Alef / 1 Samuel 2? “The bows of the mighty are broken; And those who stumbled, are girded with strength.” (line 4). In the time of Jesus the mighty defeated the Jews (the Romans killed Jesus and they later exiled the Jews). Those who stumbled were defeated, not given strength (Jesus himself was killed by the Romans). Read the chapter for yourself and it is easy to see that Jesus did not fulfill the words of Hannah. The missionary also mentioned Z'charyah / Zechariah 10:4 -- a missionary favorite. Again, read the entire chapter. Z'charyah / Zechariah 10 speaks of the victory that G-d will grant the Jewish people (the children of Judah and Ephraim) in battle: "And they shall be like mighty men, treading the mire of the streets in battle. And they shall wage war, for the L-rd is with them. And they shall shame the riders of horse." Z'charyah / Zechariah 10:5. Did Jesus wage war? Did Jesus wage war successfully? The answer to both questions is "no." In this chapter we are told that in messianic times the Jews won't be saved by other nations. . . None of that happened in the time of Jesus -- and the "second coming" is nothing more than an excuse made up to fill in the fact that Jesus failed to fulfill even ONE true messianic prophecy. So try not to be upset -- it is part and parcel of Christianity (it is even found in their bible -- often with distortion and mistranslation -- see Matthew "prophecy" that Jesus will "come out of Egypt" as a perfect example of this)... Just educate yourself so you can combat this ignorance when used to try to convert secular or uneducated Jews.
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