Is Judaism and Christianity Incompatible ? Part II

Lets begin:

 ii) Messiah has to come from the line of David.

 I'll agree with him and presume that the Christians have got it all wrong.  It also says in the Tanakh. Messiah will come from Bethlehem Ephrathah per Rabbi David Kimhi .

 א  וְאַתָּה בֵּית-לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה, צָעִיר לִהְיוֹת בְּאַלְפֵי יְהוּדָה--מִמְּךָ לִי יֵצֵא, לִהְיוֹת מוֹשֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל; וּמוֹצָאֹתָיו מִקֶּדֶם, מִימֵי עוֹלָם.

 1 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days. [Micah 5]

 Beth-lehem will soon be a Palestinian only town, as percentages of Arab Christians are down to single digits. If Yeshua is not Messiah, will Jew's accept a Palestinian Messiah. I think not.

iii) Messiah cannot be God if he is a man.

 יט  לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב, וּבֶן-אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם; הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה, וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה. 

 19 God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good? [Numbers 23]

Again, it is True that God cannot be a man per the Tanakh.

There is also no mention of the Trinity in the explicit sense in the Tanakh.  If I may, what does the Tanakh say about Messiah. Is he a mere man?
 
The Book of Isaiah specifically in the 53 chapter identifies the characteristics of the Messiah

 א  מִי הֶאֱמִין, לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ; וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה, עַל-מִי נִגְלָתָה. 

 1 'Who would have believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed?
[Isaiah 53]

  his suffering

י  וַיהוָה חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֹ, הֶחֱלִי--אִם-תָּשִׂים אָשָׁם נַפְשׁוֹ, יִרְאֶה זֶרַע יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים; וְחֵפֶץ יְהוָה, בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלָח. 

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the LORD might prosper by his hand: [Isaiah 53]

He is the literal 'arm of the LORD' that was 'crush'(ed).

iv) The sacrifice for the Atonement of Sin is a requirement not an option to the Lord

Here is where i disagree with the Rabbi Asher. He quotes verses that imply that sacrifices are not required. So why then, are sacrifices strewn throughout the biblical narrative, if it is not required ?

Why does Yahweh test Abraham by making him sacrifice Isaac, after which, provides a ram
for sacrifice ?  

These are Enigmatic Passages of the Tanakh. What Rabbi Asher quotes is opposite to the biblical narrative at hand.  

The Tanakh has many Enigmatic Passages. I refer to as, only Yahweh knows.  Eg. In the Tanakh, Abraham is favoured by Yahweh.

 ח  וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי, יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ; זֶרַע, אַבְרָהָם אֹהֲבִי.

8 But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham
   My friend; [Isaiah 41]

Yahweh even calls him a Prophet even-though he lied twice to Pharaoh and Abimelech.

ז  וְעַתָּה, הָשֵׁב אֵשֶׁת-הָאִישׁ כִּי-נָבִיא הוּא, וְיִתְפַּלֵּל בַּעַדְךָ, וֶחְיֵה; וְאִם-אֵינְךָ מֵשִׁיב--דַּע כִּי-מוֹת תָּמוּת, אַתָּה וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר-לָךְ. 

7 Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.' 
 [Genesis 20]


am i then, suppose to infer that Jews practice 'Al - Takiya' (Islamic Doctrine of Lying). 

Is Judaism and Christianity Incompatible? Part I

Rabbi Asher Meza of Kochav Hashachar in Israel lays the foundation on why Christianity is false.


Rabbi Asher uses logical reasoning to persuade the audience of the efficacy of his statements. My premise, if you follow-me is to analyze his logic and conclusions. Assuming all his conclusions are correct, actually causes a greater Dilemma than it solves, and i will prove that.

The Null Hypothesis is Yeshua is the Lord. Logically, in-order to prove that the Null Hypothesis is incorrect the Rabbi gives evidence to the contrary. Six Sigma is popularly used to improve the quality of a process. I favour the Define portion of DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) to analyze Rabbi Asher's conclusions. 


What are the CTQ's (Critical to Quality) that point to Yeshua as being Yahweh.

i) There is a transcendent being that created and controls the universe.
   (OK, i think we agree on this point, I hope.)
ii) Messiah has to come from the line of David.
iii) Messiah cannot be Yahweh if he is a man.
iv) The sacrifice for the Atonement of Sin is a
   requirement not an option to Yahweh.
v) Yahweh is three persons in one.
  

One that is self-evident before we begin. Four critical ones that i can glean from his and my observations. I will analyze in Part II.

The Conundrum of Truth

My perception or modes-operandi as to the clarity of Truth
can very much be attributed to my observations. The problem
with Truth in the Modern World. It is very much liken to the
serpent in the Garden of Eden.

The serpent has been spinning Lies since the beginning of
humanity. When it approached Eve in the Garden of Eden it
said i paraphrase. Are you sure that you will die, if you eat fruit
from tree of the knowledge of good and evil ? Perhaps, God does
not want you to be as smart as he is, and be like God yourself.

The serpent insinuated in relative terms to impress upon Eve than
Adam whether Truth is absolute.


Atheist's practice Moral Relativism. As a pun, I would like to
say that Truth does not have any relative's.

It is the questions that stray away from Truth that are needlessly
debated to ad-nausea. Of which, two fall into the category
of red-herrings. They pull faith seekers away from the Truth.

One is designed in a polemical manner as to corner a person

Eg. Where in the Bible does it explicitly say that Jesus say,
'I am God,Worship me?'

and there are questions that only the Lord knows the answer.

Eg. If God is Holy, why does he allow Evil to get away with Evil?

I am always suspicious with someone who has all the answers. Simply
because, it implies that they transcend above their maker. Beware
of Apologists that seem to have all the answers.

The Arbrahamic faiths teach absolute truth or at least their Books say
so.

Truth either causes a person's mental paradigm trauma i.e. a crisis
of conscience before acceptance of the Truth or the Lord allows the
Heart of the person to completely harden against him.

John Lennox is a Mathematician and Philosopher, shares his Truth
in the clips bellow

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
~  Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four