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Ancient Rabbinic Quotes
Concerning--Messiah
& the Tri-unity
of HaShem
!!!
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Also included are some quotes from the Sibylline Oracles, Encly.
Judaica/Jewish Encly., and Tanach. NOTE: Most of these are ancient Rabbinic quotes, some are modern
quotes. The verse numbers may vary very slightly depending
on which version you are using of the Bible.
I have not looked up all these in context in the origional
writings, but, should be accurate.
Some verses/passages/quotes, contain CAPS that are not in
the origionals for emphasis purposes. {& using L-rd=YHVH}
I hope you will find this a valuable witnessing tool, and
may the L-rd grant an increase to the Elect of Israel as
in The Great Commission of Yeshua [Jesus] HaMashiach we
go to the Jew first, and also to the nations.
B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach, Amen.
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Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? Who gathered
the wind in His fists? Who bound the waters in a garment? Who set up all
the ends of the earth? What is His Name, and what is His Son's Name, if thou
knowest it?
[Proverbs 30:4/Lesser's translation].
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MIDRASH MISHLE[10:21];Rab Huna counted amongst the seven Names of Messiah
also: L-rd Zidkenu, [Referring to Jer.23:6].
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R.JOSEPH ALBO OF TOLEDO [SEPHER IKKARIM 28:54] The Scripture calleth the
Names of Messiah also: L-rd Zidkenu, because He is the Mediator through
Whom we shall get the righteousness of the L-rd.
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R.ELIJAH DE VIDAS: The meaning of He was wounded for our transgressions,
[bruised for our iniquities is, that since Messiah bears our inquities,
which produce the effect of His being bruised, it follows that whoso will
not admit that the Messiah thus suffers for our iniquities must endure
and suffer for them himself. [on Is. 53]
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SANHEDRIN [93B]: Messiah...What is His Name? The disciples of the school
of the Rabbi [Yehudah Hanassi, the author of the Mishnah] said: Cholaja
[The sickly] for it says [Is.53:4]:Surely He hath born our sicknesses and
carried our pains; and we did regard Him stricken, smitten of G-d and
afflicted. [See also note aa Pesiqta].
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ZOHAR [TO DEUT. 6:4]: Hear O Israel: YHVH our G-d, YHVH is One. Why is
there a need of mentioning the Name of G-d three times in this verse? The
First L-rd is the Father above. The Second is the Stem of Jesse, the
Messiah Who is to come from the family of Jesse through David. And the
Third One is the Way which is below [meaning the Holy Spirit Who shows us
the way] and These Three are One.
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Rabbi Moshe el Sheikh, Chief Rabbi of Safed:
.
"I will do yet a third thing, and that is, that 'they shall look unto me,'
for they shall lift up their eyes unto me in perfect repentance, when they
see Him Whom they pierced, that is Messiah, the Son of Joseph; for our
Rabbi's, of blessed memory, have said that He will take upon Himself all the
guilt of Israel, and shall then be slain in the war to make an atonement in
such manner that it shall be accounted asif Israel had pierced Him, for on
account of their sin He has died; and therefore, in order that it may be
reckoned to them as perfect atonement, they will repent and look to the
Blessed One, saying, that there is none beside Him to forgive those that
mourn on account of Him who died for their sin; this is the meaning of 'They
shall look upon Me...'"
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Rabbis Samuel bar Nahman in the name of Rabbi Jonathan
said, that at the time when Moses wrote the Torah,
writing a portion of it daily, when he came to this
verse which says, `And Elohim said, let us make man in
our image after our likeness,' Moses said, Master of
the Universe why do you give herewith an excuse to the
sectarians (who believe in the triunity of God), God
answered Moses, You write and whoever wants to err let
him err.
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Come near unto me, hear this: I have not spoken in
secret from the beginning; from the time that it was,
there am I; and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath
sent me. (Isaiah 48:16)
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G-d will set His own crown upon the
head of King Messiah, and clothe Him with honor and majesty...Midrash
Tehillim on Ps.21:3...Rabbi Hann in the name of Rabbi Aha; continues the
thought...G-d will bestow a portion of His supernatural glory on
Messiah....The Midrash then continues with two designations of Messiah; L-rd,
a man of war and L-rd, is our righteousness.
.
[On Is.9:6; R.Aben Ezra:]...There are some interpreters who say that
'Wonderful, Everlasting Father' are names of G-d and only 'Prince of Peace'
is the Name of the child. But according to my view the interpretation is
right (which says): all are the Names of the child.
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[Midrash Echa (1:51):]...What is the Name of King Messiah? To this
answered Rabbi Abba bar Kahana: L-rd is His Name, for it is written: 'This is
the Name whereby He shall be called: L-rd Zidkenu'.
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[See also, MidrashRabbah 999:8), (Ps. 45:6), (Prov.30:4), (Ps.2:7),
(Sukkah [52a]), (Zohar [part III, fol.307, Amsterdam edition]) (Ps.2:12
Lesser's trans.)...{ect...not also, verses in Tanach may be one or two verses
differance depending upon your translation}.
.
[Ps.2:12 Heb. 'Bar' = 202]...Thou art the Son, the faithful shepherd; of Thee
it is said, 'Kiss the Son'. {note: this has been removed in English in many
new Jewish Tanach translation, but it is there in the Hebrew!} Thou art the
Governor of the Universe, the Head of Israel, the Lord of ministering angels,
the Son of the Highest, the Son of the Holy and Blessed One, yea the very
Shechinah. {note: The Shechinah is the VERY HOLY SPIRIT OF
HA-SHEM!}.
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[Zohar vol.III]...The Ancient and Holy One is revealed and described as being Three;
it is because the Other Lights are Two complete Ones, yet is the Ancient and
Holy One described and complete as One, and He is One, positively One; thus
are the Other Lights united and glorified in One, because They are
One...[Rabbi Simeon further states]...Thus are the Three Lights united in
One. The Spirit which is downward, Who is called the Holy Spiritl the Spirit
which is the Middle Pillar, who is called the Spirit of Wisdom and
Understanding, also called the Spirit below. The Upper Spirit is hidden in
secret; in Him are existing all the Holy Spirits [the Holy Spirit and the
Spirit that is the middle pillar], and all that is
light.".
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[Rabbi T. Nassi on Rosh HaShannah]...the three-fold sound of the
ram's horn which is sounded on Rosh Hashanah, is an emblem of the Three-fold
nature of
G-d.
.
{see also, (Bereshis Rabba 2), (R.Simeon on Song of Songs 2:6, Zohar
Tanchuma), (R. Tzvi Nassi's book, The Great Mystery), (Burt Yellin's book,
Messiah, A Rabbinic & Scriptural Viewpoint, {available locally only}) (Sukkah
52a; Rabbi Dosa), (Rabbi B'rekhyah: From the Suffering Servant of Isaiah, S.
Driver & A. Neubauer, Hermon Press, New York,
1877.)....ect...ect...ect....
.
Alfred Adersheim was a Torah Scholar of renown,
Rabbi Max Wertheimer, Talmud Scholar,
Shabbetai Benjamin Rohold Ben of respected Rabbi's in Erets Israel, Jospeh
Rabinowitz Ben of a Chassidic-rabbanic family and considered a Jewish leader
of his time, Rabbi Iechiel Lichtenstein district Rabbi in Tapio Szele
Hungary, Scholar Joachim Heinrich Raphael Biesenthal, Scholar David Baron,
Rabbi Ephraim ben Joseph Eliakim Haham of Tiberias & dayanim of the
community, Hebrew Scholar Hayim Yedidiah Pollak; all of these people became
Messianic Believers in Yeshua the Messiah, and the list goes on and on....
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The Talmud states that Yeshua was of royal decent....
.
Rabbi Ulla's comments; Sanhedrin 43a...Would you believe that any defence
would have been so zealously sought for him? He was a deceiver, and the
All-mercciful says: You shall not spare him, neither shall you conceal him,
[Deut.13:9]. It was different with Jesus, for He was near to the kingship.
refferance to the Tiberias Rabbi is found in Would I Would You, a book giving
accounts of famous Hebrew Believers, from the Lewis & Harriet Lederer
Foundation 6204 Park Heights Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21215, Another book is
Famous Hebrew Christians by Jacob Gartenhaus...
.
Back to the Tiberias Rabbi...The account of Rabbi/Haham Ephraim ben
Jospeh Eliakim, became a dayanim, overseeer of justice, in the community,
married the chief Rabbi's daughter, was the son of a Rabbi and leading man in
the community, was also a teacher of Bible and Talmud. Part of the start of
him becoming a Believer was knowing the older Jewish interpetations of Is.
53, had his mikvah shel Yeshua in Nazareth. He witnessed in Jerusalem, used
to discuss Yeshua with the Yeshivah students in Jerusalem, many of whom were
his former students, and died at the age of 74 on Aug.31, 1930.
.
From the Karaite
Anthology, by Leon Nemoy, Yale press, pgs.
50-51, 9.Next there appeared Yesua, who Rabbanites say was the son of
Pandera; he is known as Jesus, the son of Mary. He lived in the days of
Joshua, the son of Perahiah, who is said to have been the maternal uncle of
Jesus. This took place in the reign of Augustus Ceasar, the emperor of Rome,
i.e., at the time of the second Temple. The Rabbanites plotted against Jesus
until they put him to death by crucifixion. FROM:Jacov Al-Kirkisani, 900's
C.E..
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RABBI HILLEL GOLDBERG: Denver, Colo. I.M.J.N. in View From Denver..."Now, a
few authoritive Jewish philosophers did not see Christianity as idolatry for
non-Jews, and still fewer went further, seeing in Christianity a positive,
civilizing, and even religiously elevating influence for non-Jews."
.
ISRAEL SCHOLAR, DR.PINCHAS LAPIDE, in this respect you must believe me, for
I do know my Talmud more or less...This Jesus was as faithful to the law as I
would hope to be. But I suspect that Jesus was more faithful to the law than
I am - and I am an orthodox Jew.
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DAVID FLUSSER, PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN
JERUSALEM: I do not think that many Jews would object if the Messiah - when
He came - was the Jew Jesus.
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The King
Messiah shall be exalted above Abraham, be high ABOVE MOSES. [Neve Shalom]
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I have examined and searched all the Holy Scriptures, and have not found the
time for coming of Messiah, clearly fixed, except in the words of Gabriel to
the prophet Daniel, which are written in the ninth chapter of the prophecy of
Daniel." R.Moses Abraham Levi.
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While the shofar is being blown in the Synagogue on Rosh HaShannah the
following remarkably significant prayer is offered:
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Merciful and gracious G-d, I have sinned against Thee, and done that which
is evil in Thy sight. Have mercy on me and forgive all my transgressions,
trespasses and sins, through >Yehoshua< the Prince of His Presence.1
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In most prayer books of the present day this prayer is omitted, and the
following offered instead:
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May it please Thee, O L-rd G-d, and the G-d of our fathers, that Thou mayest
accept it as the meditation through Elijah and Joshua, the Prince of the
Presence, the Prince Metatron and that Thou mayest be filled with mercy
towards us. Blessed art Thou, O L-rd Who art merciful.
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The angel Metatron, according to Jewish theology, was he who discoursed with
Moses[2] and the angel in whom G-d placed His Name. The following from the
Zohar is of interest in this case:
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There is a man, if a Man He is, Who is an Angel. This Angel is Metatron,
the Keeper of Israel; He is a man in the image of the Holy One, blessed be
He, Who is an Emanation from Him [from G-d]; yea, He [the Metatron] is
Jehovah. Of Him cannot be said, He is created, formed or made; but He is the
Emanation from G-d.3
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1.Salvation, don't have the referrance handy to look it up for myself as to
the exact form of the word used...seems to be Joshua. from the Prayer Book
For The New Year (1913). Rev.Dr.A.Th.Phillips, page 100.
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2.Exodus 3:2-15
3.Zohar, chapter 67, page 130.
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"In fact the MESSIAH IS SUCH A PROPHET as it is stated in the Midrash on the
verse, "Behold my servant shall prosper....Moses by the miracles which he
wrought drew but a single nation to the worship of G-d, but the MESSIAH will
draw ALL NATIONS to the worship of G-d." R.Levi ben Gershom.
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"Rabbi Phinehas, Rabbi Levi, and Rabbi Yochanan said in the name of Rabbi
Menachem; 'In the Time to Come, all sacrifices will be annulled, but that of
thanksgiving will not be annulled.' This is indicated by what is written in
[Jeremiah 33:11].
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The thought of Torah changing in the "Age to Come" is again made perfectly
clear in the rendering of Deuteronomy 17:18, in Sifra.
Here it is stated that the L-rd wrote a copy of Mishna-Torah for Himself,
and that He would not be content with the Mishna-Torah of the father. The
question is asked..."Why does He say Mishna-Torah? Because it is destined to
be changed."
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"The Torah which a man learns in this world is but vanity compared with the
Torah of Messiah" Midrash Qohelet on Eccl.11:8.
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Intermountain Jewish News Pages
31-32 Sec.A August 12, 1988..."WE WONDER WHETHER AMERICAN ORTHODOX JEWISH
LEADERSHIP, ONE OF WHO'S SPOKESMEN RABBI GREENBERG CLAIMS TO BE..."
"LEADING ORTHODOX RABBI IN
THE UNITED STATES" says...[quoting from the article]... "A
Jewish leader today, Rabbi Irving Greenberg, has written (in The Relationship
of Judaism and Christianity: Towards a New Organic Model, " a 19 page essay
published in Quarterly Review, then distributed by CLAL)):" "...I believe
the early Christians were faithful Jews when they recognized Jesus. Like
good, faithful Jews, they were looking for th e Messiah, particulary in a
different century. Lo and behold! They recognized his arrival. That is a
very faithful response of a Jew - to recognize that the Messiah has arrived,
and to respond" (p.5; pagination of CLAL reprint)"
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"should enable one to affirm the fullness of the faith-claims of the other,
not just offer tolerance...We need a model that would allow both sides to
respect the full nature of ht eother in all its faith-claims" (pg.2)
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"The one thing the rabbis would give Christianity, then, is that Jesus was a
Messiah- a false Messiah... The Rabbis concluded that Christianity was an
alien growth, developed by those who followed a false Messiah. The
Rabbis perhaps erred here...."
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"...In short, the classic Christian interpretation that Christianity has
superceded Judaism is an understandable hermeneutic, rooted in Jewish models
of interpetation and capable of being derived out of faithfullness to past
Jewish modes of thinking"(pg.7)."
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"The Rabbis and the Jews...sensed the profound continuity from Judaism into
Christianity."(pg.8)"
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"Nor does my analysis foreclose the possibility that sacramental
Christianity is in fact a higher form of Biblical religion, i.e., one in
which God is even MORE manifest and present"[emphasis in origional] (pg.14)"
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"...this model offers the affirmation of the fullest possibilities of
Christ: from God Incarnate to prophet or messiah or teacher - freed at least
of the incubus of hatred and monopolistic claims of owning God"(pg.15)"
And I will put enmity between thee and the WOMAN, and
between thy seed and her SEED; He shall bruise thy
head and thou shalt bruise His heel.
-Gen.3:15 Lesser's.
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It is not written that we may perserve a son from our
father, but SEED from our father. This is the SEED
that is coming from another place. And Who is this?
This is the King Messiah.
-Ber.Rabbah (51,ed. Warsh. p.95 a, on Genesis 19:32).
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This is that SEED that is coming from another place, and
Who is this? This is the King Messiah.
-Ber.Rabbah 51, ed. Wars. P.95,a, on Gen.19:23
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The serpent of Gen.3 is identified with satan.
-Jewish Ency. (p.70,col.b)
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Isaac carried the wood like a man who takes up his cross.
-Pesikta Rab. (54, a).
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Our Rabbis have a tradition that in the week in which
Messiah will be born there will be a bright star in the
east, which is the 'star of the Messiah.'
-Pesikta Sortarta. (fol.58 c.1)
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Kings shall not cease, nor rulers from the house of
Judah, nor sapherim teaching the Law from his seed,
till the time that the King The Messiah shall come,
Who will arise from Yehudah. How beauteous is the
King, The Messiah Who will arise from Yehudah.
-Targum Palestine, Gen.49:10.
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From what has been said you will perceive that Shiloh,
The Messiah, was to appear whilst Judah was a distinct
tribe, having its genealogies, and its magistrates,
scribes, lawyers and expounders of G-d's Laws. But it
is an undeniable fact that Tribe of Judah, as well as
all the other tribes, has lost its genealogies for more
than seventeen hundred years and therefore the Messiah
must have appeared, or the prediction is false. To
assert the latter would be blasphemy; to deny the former
is unreasonable.
-R. Frey
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For many days shall the children of Israel abide without
a King, and without a Prince, and without a Sacrifice,
and without a standing image, and without an ephod, and
without a teraphim. After that will the children of
Israel return and seek for the L-rd their G-d, and David
their King,....
-Hosea 3:4-5, Lesser's.
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David their King is this Messiah, like, 'My servant David
shall be their King forever."
-Aben Ezra
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The Messiah had one spirit which was equal to all the
others put together according to Isaiah 11:1-10.
-Yalkut (vol.1 p.247,d)(Edersheim)
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Therefore will the Lord Himself give you a sign; behold
this almah/young woman, [in LXX trans. done by 70 Rabbi's
it is the Greek word for virgin], shall conceive, and
bare a Son and she shall call His Name Immanuel, (G-d
with us).
-Isaiah 7:14 Lesser's.
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'Behold a virgin shall conceive', There are some who say
that this was made a sign, because a virgin 'fuit non
apta generationi.
-Jarchi.
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R. Huni in the name of R. Ide and R. Joshua said, that
this man is the King Messiah of Whom it is said, Psalms
2:7, 'This day have I begotten Thee.'
-Talmud Bab.
.
Jarchi refutes the above by observing that Hezekiah was
nine years old when his father Ahaz began to reign, and
he must be at this time, at least thirteen years of age.
In like manner Kimchi, and Eben Ezra object to it; and
besides his mother could not be called a virgin.
-Gill.
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Out of thee Bethlehem shall Messiah go forth before me,
to exercise dominion over Israel. Whose Name has been
spoken from of old from the day of eternity.
-Micah 5:2 Targum Jonathan
.
Out of thee (Bethlehem) shall come forth unto me Messiah,
the Son of David.
-R.Jarchi
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Behold, I will send my messenger, and He shall clear out
the way before me: and suddenly will come to His Temple
the L-rd Whom ye seek; and the Messenger of the Covenant
Whom ye desire, for behold He is coming saith the L-rd
of hosts.
-Malachi 3:1 Lesser's
.
The L-rd is the King Messiah; He is also the Angel of the
Covenant.
-Kimchi
.
The L-rd is both the Divine Majesty, and the Angel of the
Covenant, for the sentence is doubled.
-Aben Ezra
.
The L-rd may be explained of the King Messiah.
-Mashmiah Jeshua, fol.76
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The Most Holy is the Messiah, for He is more holy than the
sons of David.
-R. Nachman
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Our Rabbis expound this in a Midrash of the King Messiah
saying, He shall be higher than Abraham, exalted above
Moses, and loftier than the ministering angels.
-R.Sa'adyah Ibn Danan {Midrash Tanchuma}
.
For to us a Son is born, to us a Son is given: and He
shall receive the Law upon Him to keep it; and His Name
is called from of old, Wonderful, Counselor, ELOHA, The
Mighty, Abiding to Eternity, The Messiah, because peace
shall be multiplied on us in His days.
-Isaiah 9:6 Targum Jonathan
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Rabbi Samuel, the son of Nachman, said, 'When Esau met
Jacob he said unto him, "My brother Jacob, let us walk
together in this world. Jacob replied: Let my L-rd, I
pray thee, pass over before his servant" (Genesis 33:14)
What is the meaning of, "I pray thee, pass over? Jacob
said to him: I have yet to supply the Messiah, of Whom
it is said: "Unto us a Child is born".
-Midrash (Deuteronomy 2:4)
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For those who cannot look upon the Son Himself, behold
Him in His reflected light, even thus do they regard the
image of G-d, Who is His Angel, the Word [Logos], as G-d
Himself.
-(De Plant Noe) Philo Judaeus
.
There are it seemeth two Temples of G-d. The one in this
world, in which also there is a High Priest, His First
Begotten Divine Word (Logos).
-Philo Judaeus
.
We may all feel thankful that the Jewish race was so
prolific in great men, that even so late in history, it
produced one {Jesus} who deserves to be compared with
Moses, Isaiah and Hillel.
-Rabbi Adolph Moses in Courier-Journal 1885
.
As it is said of the former redeemer, and Moses took
his wife, and his sons, and set them on an ass (Exodus
4:20), so it is said of the latter Redeemer {Messiah}
"poor and riding on an ass"
-Midrash Kohelet (fol.63:2)
.
Deutero-Zechariah's Messiah has much in common with
Isaiah's. He is described (Zechariah 9:9) as a
righteous Prince of Peace who will rise from the ranks
of the pious and oppressed, who will ride into Jerusalem
not in military splender, but on an ass. (Compaire
Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on an ass),....
-Jewish Encyl. {vol.8, p.507, c.a.}
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My Son art Thou; I have indeed this day begotten Thee. *Do homage to the
Son, lest He be angry, and ye be lost on the way; for His wrath is so
speedily kindled. Happy are all they that put their trust in Him.
-Psalms 2:7-12 Lesser's
.
*[Ps.2:12 Heb. 'Bar' = 202]...Thou art the Son, the faithful shepherd; of Thee
it is said, 'Kiss the Son'. {note: this has been removed in English in many
new Jewish Tanach translation, but it is there in the Hebrew!} Thou art the
Governor of the Universe, the Head of Israel, the Lord of ministering angels,
the Son of the Highest, the Son of the Holy and Blessed One, yea the very
Shechinah. {note: The Shechinah is the VERY HOLY SPIRIT OF HA-SHEM!}.
.
Our Doctors expound the Psalm of the Messiah.
-(Jarchi (Maas) [ref.Ps.2]
.
Whosoever is not willing to praise This Son, his sins shall
be brought before the Holy King.
-Zohar (Dent.fol.109) [ref.Ps.2]
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But if it be interpreted of the Messiah, the matter is clear.
-Aben Ezra [ref.Ps.2]
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It is a tradition of the Rabbis that Messiah, The Son of
David, Who is to be revealed speedily.....the Holy One
said unto Him, Ask of Me anything and I will give it thee,
for it is said; 'I will declare the decree, etc. "Today
have I begotten thee."
-Talmud Bab. (Succah, fol.52) [ref.Ps.2]
.
*This is the faithful Shepherd; Of Thee it is said, "Kiss
the Son," Thou art the Prince of the Israelites, the L-rd
of the earth.....The Son of the Most High, the Son of The
Holy G-d.....and the gracious Shekinah.
-Zohar (Gen.fol.88, c.348) [ref.Ps.2]
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Know Him as your G-d, Who is the Son of G-d.
-Sibylline Oracles (Lactantins P.10 s.)
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Then He [My Servant Messiah] will become despised, and will
cut off the glory of all the Kingdoms; they will be prostrate
and mourning, like a man of pains, and like One destined for
sickness; and as though the Presence of the Shekinah had been
withdrawn from us, they will be despised, and esteemed not.
-Targum Jonathan Isaiah 53:3
.
Our Rabbis with one voice accept and affirm the opinion that
the prophet is here speaking of the Messiah.
-R.Mosheh El-Sheikh [ref.Is.53:3]
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There is a secret one [interpretation] sealed up in it's
midst, which sees throughout allusions to the King Messiah
......And in the same sense it is expounded by our Rabbis.
-R.Sa'adyah Ibn Danan [ref.Is.53:3]
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Awake, O sword against My Shepherd, and against the Man I
have associated with Me, saith the L-rd of hosts: smite
the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; but I will
turn my hand towards the feeble one.
-Zechariah 13:7 Lesser's
.
This prophecy refers to the great wars which shall be in
all the earth in the times of Messiah ben Joseph: but
they regard the times of Messiah, the Son of David, Who is
already come.
-Aden Ezra [ref.Zech.13:7]
.
But the wise man, R. Abraham Ben Ezra, has interpreted this
prophecy of the great wars which shall be in all the world
in the days of the Messiah the Son of Joseph....The Messiah
therefore is the Person to be smitten before the scattering
of the sheep.
-R. Kimchi [ref.Zech.13:7]
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...At that time G-d will tell Messiah all that will happen
to Him. The sins of the souls of the ones who are with Thee
under My throne will in the generation of Messiah bend Thee
down under a yoke of iron and Thou make Thee like a calf
whose eyes are dimmed because of pain and Thy Spirit will be
pressed as with a yoke; Because of the sins of these souls;
Thy tongue shall cleave to the roof of Thy mouth. Art Thou
willing to suffer these things? Messiah will ask [G-d], will
these sufferings last many years? G-d answers Him: I swear...
that they will last for one week only. If Thou dost regret it
I will banish their sinful souls right away! Messiah
answered, With joy in My soul and gladness in My heart, I take
upon Me these sufferings that no one in Israel might perish,
both the living and those that are buried in the dust of the
earth, and all the souls from the First Adam even until now...
During the week [of years] when the Son of David, the Messiah
comes, they will bring iron bars and put them on His neck until
His height is bent low and He cries, and weeps so that His
voice ascends even to the sky. And He [Messiah] will say:
Master of the Universe, is then My power and My Spirit
unlimited, even My limbs and My soul? Am I not flesh and
blood?
It is because of this future ordeal that David [prophetically]
wept, saying My strength is dried up like a potsherd [Psalms
22:7]. At this hour, G-d will say to Him, Ephraim, My
Righteous Messiah, didst Thou not agree before the creation to
this? Now let Your sorrows be as My own sorrows....
At that Messiah answers, Now is My Spirit calmed for 'It is
enough for a servant to be like master.'
Pesikta Rabbati {Piska 36:142}/Yalkut on Isaiah 60:1-2}
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It is well known that in the coming of the Messiah is
(included) the coming of the Blessed G-d into the world.
-R. Alschech
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And being beaten He shall be silent lest any one should know
what The Word is, or whence it came, that it may speak with
mortals; and He shall wear the CROWN OF THORNS.
-Sibylline Oracles (B.C. 117, 184)
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And they shall inflict on G-d blows with impure hands, and
with polluted mouths they shall send forth polluted spittle
and He shall then absolutely give His Holy back to stripes.
-Sibylline Oracles (B.C. 117, 184)
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While He bore the sins of many and for the transgressors He
let (evil) befall Him.
-Isaiah 53:12.b Lesser's
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And when Israel is sinful, the Messiah seeks for mercy upon
them, as it is written, "By His stripes we were healed, and
He carried the sins of many; and made intercession for the
transgressors."
-B'reshith Rabbah (pp.430, 671)
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.....And they will look up toward Me (for every one) Whom
they have thrust through, and they will lament for Him as
one lamenteth for an Only Son, and weepeth bitterly for
the Firstborn.
-Zechariah 12:10 Lesser's
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And the heathen will look unto Me to see what I will do to
those who have pierced Messiah, the Son of Joseph.
-Aben Ezra
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It must be granted him that says, for Messiah the Son of
Joseph that shall be slain as it is written, And they shall
look upon Me Whom they have pierced.
-Talmud Bab. (Succah 52, 1)
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He will revive us after two days; on the third day He will
raise us up, and we shall live in His Presence.
-Hosea 6:2 Lesser's
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This passage is applied to the resurrection and to the
Messiah by R. Moses Hadarshan in Genesis 22:4.
-Ber Rabbah (Frey)
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And after sleeping three days, He shall put an end to the
fate of death; and then releasing Himself from the dead,
He shall come to light, first showing to the 'called ones'
the beginning of the Resurrection.
-Sibylline Oracles (See Jewish Encyclopedia)
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R. Alexander said R.Joshua ben Levi objects to what is
written, "And behold one like the Son of man came with the
clouds of heaven; and it is written, "Poor and riding upon
and ass"; if they {Israel} are worthy He {Messiah} comes
with the clouds of heaven; but if they are not worthy, He
comes poor and riding on an ass.
-Talmud Babl. (Sanh., fol.98, 1)
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The following from tractate Sanhedrin 98a.....
Rabbi Yoshua met Elijah standing at the entrance to the cave
of Rabbi Simeon b. Yochai and said to him:
"When will the Messiah come?"
Elijah responds:
"Go and ask Him yourself."
R. Yoshua:
"And where does He reside?"
Elijah:
"He abides among the poor, the sick and the stricken."
R. Yoshua went and met Messiah and said:
"Peace be unto You, my Rabbi and my L-rd."
Messiah replies:
"Peace be unto you, son of Levi."
R. Yoshua asks the Messiah:
"When will You come my L-rd?"
Messiah:
"Today!"
Upon returning to the cave, Elijah asks Him:
"What did He say to you?"
R. Yoshua:
"He said, 'Peace be unto you son of Levi.'"
{Elijah explains to him that the Messiah has assured both
him and his father of the World to Come.}
R. Yoshua perplexed says:
"But He deceived me, in that He said He would come today,
and He has not come."
Elijah replies:
"By the word 'Today,' He meant, 'IF YOU BUT HEAR MY VOICE!'"
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