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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
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There's plenty in the OT about believing in the Messiah. Why does the rabbi insist that that requirement be found in Jeremiah?
Also, the rabbi has not answered any of my tough questions! Here they are again:
1. Why did God decree that Jerusalem and the temple be destroyed by the Roman armies in 70 A.D., [b]thereby utterly abolishing the Mosaic Covenant[/b ? What horrendous thing did the nation do to deserve such a severe punishment?
2. How can any Jew today be saved since there are no blood sacrifices due to the events of 70 A.D. --
sacrifices that are COMMANDED in the Law of Moses for the atonement of sins?
3. How could the Levitical priesthood also come to such an ignominious end in 70 A.D. when God promised through his prophet Jeremiah that that would never happen!? How could God's Word have failed?
4. Would rabbi Singer characterize ancient Israel and Judah as a faithful, covenant-keeping kingdoms or as as unfaithful, covenant-breaking kingdoms?
5. Since Israel during the period of the Judges rejected their covenant-making God's lordship, why would the rabbi believe that Israel wouldn't also reject God's Son whom He sent to the nation many centuries later?
He needs to address THESE issues. He needs to address these because these cut to the chase of whether or not the Old Covenant has been abrogated. And if the Mosaic Covenant has been annuled then the rabbi and all other unbelieving Jews are truly up the proverbial creek without a paddle because divine revelation in the Law of Moses provides no other remedy for forgiveness and atonement of sins, other than the God-ordained temple rituals of blood sacrifices performed by Levitical priests. Rabbi Singer's own words will condemn him because he refuses to believe the
new remedy God has provided for the forgiveness and atonement of sins; therefore the rabbi leaves himself with
no redemptive remedy!
