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Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the
1500’s
Today is June 23, 2018 - in the 21 Century
June -- Juno's month
Middle English jun(e)
Old French juin
Old English junius
Latin Junius "of Juno"
Latin Junius mensis
"month of Juno"
Junius had 30 days, until Numa
when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
Juno is the
principle goddess of the Roman Pantheon. She is the goddess of marriage and the
well-being of women. She is the wife and sister of Jupiter. She is identified
with the Greek goddess Hera.
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We acknowledge Yehovah’s
calendar
We are now in the
4th month, day 8 – This month has no scriptural name. It is not Tammuz as Judaism and some Messianics say it is.
Part of June / July
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Today’s Topic:
King Messiah – Yeshua
According to the
Jewish Interpreters
The true Messiah had to come before the tribal identification was destroyed
Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the 2nd Temple
in 70 A.D., tribal identification is over.
Gen.49 [10] The scepter (mark of authority, tribe) shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh
(Messiah) come; and unto Him shall the
gathering of the people be.
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The true Messiah had to come before the 2nd
temple was destroyed
Dan.9 [24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and
upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins,
and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most
Holy.
[25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto
the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,
and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the
wall, even in troublous times.
[26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah
be cut off, but not for himself:
and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof
shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Like I said: Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the 2nd
Temple in 70 A.D., tribal identification is over
Even the Talmud
mentions Messiah in Daniel
Talmud - Mas. Megilah 3a - Daniel 9, 10
R. Jeremiah or some say R. Hiyya b. Abba also said: The Targum4 of the Pentateuch was
composed by Onkelos the proselyte under the
guidance(5) of R. Eleazar and R. Joshua.(6) The Targum of the Prophets was composed by Jonathan ben Uzziel under the guidance of
Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, (7) and the land of Israel [thereupon] quaked
over an area of four hundred parasangs by four
hundred parasangs, and a Bath Kol(
8) came forth and exclaimed, Who is this that has
revealed My secrets to mankind? (9) Jonathan b. Uzziel
thereupon arose and said, It is I who have revealed
Thy secrets to mankind. It is fully known to Thee that I have not done this for
my own honour or for the honour
of my father's house, but for Thy honour l have done
it, that dissension may not increase in Israel.10 He further sought to reveal
[by] a targum [the inner meaning] of the Hagiographa, but a Bath Kol went
forth and said, Enough! What was the reason? Because the date (11) of the Messiah is foretold in it.
(12)
And I, Daniel, alone saw the
vision ; for the men that were with me saw not the
vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. (21)
(9) The Targum
of Jonathan b. Uzziel is very paraphrastic,
and applies many of the prophetic verses to the Messianic
age.
(12) The reference is probably
to the Book of Daniel. (Probably chap. 9 )
(21) Dan. X, 7.
Hag.2
[1] In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came
the word of Yehovah by the prophet Haggai, saying,
[2] Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the
people, saying,
[3] Who is left among you that saw this house in her
first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
[4] Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Yehovah; and be strong, O
Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be
strong, all ye people of the land, saith Yehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith
Yehovah of hosts:
[5] According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt,
so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
[6] For thus saith Yehovah
of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will
shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Messiah - [7] And I will shake all nations, and “the
desire of all nations shall come”: and I will fill this house (2nd
temple) with glory (Messiah), saith Yehovah
of hosts.
[8] The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith
Yehovah of hosts.
[9] The glory of this latter house shall be greater
than of the former, saith Yehovah
of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith Yehovah of hosts.
Mal. 3
[1] Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before
Me (Messiah),: and the Lord
(Messiah), whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to
this temple, (the
2nd temple)
even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:
behold, He shall come, saith
Yehovah of hosts.
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A few verses to
show Yeshua is Deity, if you don't believe these verses,
you will not believe if one rose from the dead.
God with us
עִמָּנוּ
אֵל
The mighty God
אֵל
גִּבּוֹר
Matt.1
[18] Now the birth of Yeshua the Messiah was on this wise: When as his mother
Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.[19] Then Joseph her husband,
being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick
example, was minded to put her away privily.
[20] But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of Yehovah appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou
son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost .[21 ] And she
shall bring forth a son
, and thou shalt call his name Yeshua shall save his people from their sins .
[22] Now all this was done,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of Yehovah by the prophet Isaiah, saying,[ 23] Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, God with us.
Εμμανουηλ Emmanouel - Definition: Emmanuel = God with us
Isa.7 [14] Therefore Yehovah
himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel. עִמָּנוּ
אֵל
(God with us)
Isa.8 [8] And he shall pass through Judah; he shall
overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out
of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O
Immanuel. עִמָּנוּ
אֵל(God with us)
Isa.9 [6] For unto us “a child” is born, unto us “a
son” is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
כִּי-יֶלֶד
יֻלַּד-לָנוּ,
בֵּן
נִתַּן-לָנוּ,
וַתְּהִי
הַמִּשְׂרָה,
עַל-שִׁכְמוֹ;
וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ פֶּלֶא
יוֹעֵץ, אֵל
גִּבּוֹר, אֲבִי-עַד,
שַׂר-שָׁלוֹם
1Tim.3 [16] And without
controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh…
John.1 [1] In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. [12] But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on his name: [13] Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. [14] And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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John.20
[24] But Thomas, one of the
twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Yeshua came.[25 ] The other
disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen Yehovah.
But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails,
and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his
side, I will not believe.[26 ] And after eight days again his disciples were
within, and Thomas with them: then came Yeshua, the
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.[27 ]
Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and
behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be
not faithless, but believing.[28 ] And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God .
Pss.45 [6] Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever: the sceptre
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre .
[7] Thou lovest
righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,
thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
Heb.1[1] God , who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
[2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
[3] Who
being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
[4] Being made so much
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they.
[5] For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to
me a Son?[6] And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith,
And let all the angels of God worship him.[7] And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Saul quotes Psalm
45:6
[8] But unto the Son
he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for
ever and ever : a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
[9] Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
[10] And, Thou, Lord, (the Son) in the beginning hast
laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
[11] They shall perish; but Thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
[12] And as a vesture shalt Thou
fold them up ,
and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and Thy
years shall not fail.
[13] But to which of the
angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Pss.110 [ 1] Yehovah said unto my
Lord, (Messiah)
Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
[14] Are they not all
ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation?
Mark 2 [1 ] And again
he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in
the house.
[2] And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no
room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the
word unto them.
[3] And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of
four.
[4] And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered
the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein
the sick of the palsy lay.
[5] When Yeshua / Yeshua
saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
[6] But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning
in their hearts,
[7] Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who
can forgive sins but God only?
[8] And immediately when Yeshua perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within
themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these
things in your hearts? ( Yeshua
knew their hearts )
[9] Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven
thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
[10] But that ye may know that the Son of man hath
power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick
of the palsy,)
[11] I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
[12] And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all;
insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it
on this fashion.
John.8 [58] Yeshua said unto
them, Verily,verily, I say
unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM .
Exod.3[ 14] And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM
: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children
of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Phil.2 [1] If there be therefore any consolation in
Messiah, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels
and mercies,
[2] Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having
the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
[3] Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind
let each esteem other better than themselves.
[4] Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of
others.
[5] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Messiah Yeshua:
[6] Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God:
[7] But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men:
[8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
God was the Father of Our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah
Rom.15[ 6] That ye may
with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
2Cor.1[ 3] Blessed be
God, even the Father of our Lord Yeshua the
Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2Cor.11[ 31] The God
and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, which
is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
Eph.1[ 3] Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Messiah:
Eph.3[ 14] For this
cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Yeshua
the Messiah,
Col.1[ 3] We give
thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Yeshua
the Messiah, praying always for you,
1Pet.1[ 3] Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,
which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah
from the dead,
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Also - According
to the Jewish Interpreters, the Messiah will have no
earthly father.
This tradition
is quoted in the book The Suffering Servant of
Isaiah According to the Jewish Interpreters ( Driver
& Neubauer, p. 33 ):
This
passage is talking about the Messiah:
VIII . B'reshith
Rabbah of R. Mosheh Had-Darshan
The
redeemer whom
I shall raise up out of your midst will have no father , as it is written, ' Behold the man whose
name is the Zemah [ Branch ], and he shall branch up
out of his place' ( Zech. vi. 12 ); and so Isaiah says, ''And he came up as a
sucker, ' etc.
Says R. B'rekhyah, The Holy One said to Israel, You have spoke
before me, saying, We are orphans and have no father ...: The redeemer whom I shall raise up out of your
midst will have no father also, as it is
said, "Behold the man whose name is the Branch, and he shall branch up out
of his place" ( Zech. vi. 12 ); and similarly by Isaiah, "And he came
up as a sucker before him" ( Isa. 53:2 ).
In this passage,
Rabbi Mosheh Had-Darshan
uses the messianic prophecies in Zechariah 6:12 and Isaiah 53:2 to substantiate
the fact that the Messiah will have no father. This Jewish tradition is fully
in accord with Isaiah 7:14 above which states that the Messiah will be
conceived in the womb of a alma, virgin. The Messiah will have no human father. Yeshua was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of Miriam
/ Mary. God was Messiah's father, Yoseph
/ Joseph was not.
Yeshua is the Word of God made flesh, the Son of God, "King
Messiah"
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Below, are just a
few of the ancient rabbi’s interpretations attributing Isa. 52 & 53 to the
suffering and exalted Messiah.
Many ancient
rabbinic sources understood Isaiah 52, 53 as referring to the Messiah.
This is by no
means an exhaustive study, but it's a good "sampling" of ancient rabbinical thought concerning the person of Messiah.
Some info below
may be said twice.
The Fifty-third
Chapter of Isaiah - According to the Jewish Interpreters
The Rabbis said:
His name is ‘the leper scholar,’ as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper,
smitten of God, and afflicted. Isa.53 [4] Soncino Talmud edition
Messiah - Isa.53
[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted.
Rabbi Moses Maimonides: "What is the
manner of Messiah's advent....there shall rise up one of whom none have known
before, and signs and wonders which they shall see performed by him will be the
proofs of his true origin; for the Almighty, where he declares to us his mind
upon this matter, says, `Behold a man whose name is the Branch, and he shall
branch forth out of his place' (Zech. 6:12).
And Isaiah speaks similarly of the time when he shall
appear, without father or mother or family being known, He came up as a
sucker before him, and as a root out of dry earth, etc....in the words of
Isaiah, when describing the manner in which kings will harken
to him, At him kings will shut their mouth; for that which had not been told them
have they seen, and that which they had not heard they have perceived." (From the
Letter to the South (Yemen), quoted in The Fifty-third Chapter of Isaiah
According to the Jewish Interpreters , Ktav
Publishing House, 1969, Volume 2, pages 374-5)
Messiah
Isa.53 [2] For he shall grow up
before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no
form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we
should desire him.
Isa.52 [15] So shall he
sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which
had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall
they consider.
The Aramaic translation of Isaiah 53,
ascribed to Rabbi Jonathan ben Uzziel,
a disciple of Hillel, begins with the simple and worthy words:
Behold my servant Messiah shall
prosper; he shall be
high, and increase, and be exceeding strong: as the house of Israel looked to
him through many days, because their countenance was darkened among the
peoples, and their complexion beyond the sons of men. (Targum
Jonathan on Isaiah 53, ad Iocum)
We find the same interpretation in the
Babylonian Talmud:
The Messiah -- what is his name?...The
Rabbis say, the leprous one; those of the house of Rabbi say, the sick one, as
it is said, "Surely he hath
borne our sicknesses. "
(Sanhedrin 98b)
In Mysteries of Rabbi Shim'on ben Yohai
(midrash) we find:
And Armilaus will join battle
with Messiah, the son of Ephraim, in the East gate . . .; and Messiah, the
son of Ephraim, will die there, and Israel will mourn for him. And
afterwards the Holy One will reveal to them Messiah, the son of David, whom
Israel will desire to stone, saying, Thou speakest
falsely; already is the Messiah slain, and there is non
other Messiah to stand up (after him): and so they will despise him , as it is written, "Despised and forlorn of men;" but he will turn and hide
himself from them, according to the words, "Like one hiding his face from
us."
Even the Zohar
II, 212a (medieval) states
There is in the Garden of Eden a palace named the Palace
of the Sons of Sickness. This palace the Messiah enters, and He summons every pain and every
chastisement of Israel. All of these come and rest upon Him. And had He not thus lightened them
upon Himself, there had been no man able to bear Israel's chastisements for the
transgressions of the law; as it is written, "Surely our sicknesses he has carried."
Nachmanides (Rabbi Moshe ben
Nachman) (13th c.) stated:
The right view respecting this Parashah
is to suppose that by the phrase "my servant" the whole of Israel is meant. . . .As a different opinion, however, is adopted
by the Midrash, which refers it to the Messiah, it is necessary for us to explain
it in conformity with the view there maintained. The prophet says, The
Messiah, the son of David of whom the text speaks, will never be conquered
or perish by the hands of his enemies. And, in fact the text teaches this
clearly. . . .
And by his stripes we were healed -- because the stripes by which
he is vexed and distressed will heal us; God will pardon us for his
righteousness, and we shall be healed both from our own transgressions and from
the iniquities of our fathers.
In the Midrash
Rabbah, is an explanation of Ruth 2:14:
He is speaking of the King Messiah: "Come
hither" draw near to the throne "and dip thy morsel in the
vinegar," this refers to the chastisements, as it is said, " But he was wounded for our
transgressions, bruised for our iniquities."
In the Midrash
Tanhuma, parasha Toldot, it says:
"Who art thou, O great
mountain?" (Zechariah 4:7) This
refers to the King Messiah . And why does he call him the "great mountain?"
Because he is greater than the patriarchs, as it is said, "My servant shall be high, and lifted
up, and lofty exceedingly.." He will be higher than Abraham who
said, "I raise high my hand unto the Lord" (Gen. 14:22), lifted up
above Moses, to whom it is said, "Lift it up into thy bosom" (Numbers
11:12), loftier than the ministering angels, of whom it is written, "Their
wheels were lofty and terrible" (Ezekiel 1:18). And out of whom does he
come forth? Out of David.
Yalkut ii: 571 (13th c.) says: Who art thou, O great mountain (Zech.
iv. 7.) This refers to the King Messiah . And why does he call him "the
great mountain?" Because he is greater than the patriarchs, as it is said,
" My servant shall be high, and lifted up, and lofty
exceedingly" -- he will be higher than Abraham, . . . lifted up above
Moses, . . . loftier than the ministering angels.
Yalkut ii. 620 (13th c.), in regard to Psalm 2:6
I.e., I have drawn him out of the chastisements. . . .The
chastisements are divided into three parts: one for David and the fathers, one
for our own generation, and one for the King Messiah; and this is that which is written, "He
was wounded for our transgressions," etc.
Rabbi Elijah de Vidas
(16th c.) wrote:
Since the Messiah bears our iniquities 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.
The musaf
(additional) service for the Day of Atonement, Philips machzor
(20th c.)
Our righteous anointed is departed from us: horror hath
seized us, and we have non to justify us. He hath borne the yoke of our
iniquities, and our transgression, and is wounded because of our transgression. He beareth our sins on his
shoulder, that he may find pardon for our iniquities. We shall be healed by his
wound, at the time that the Eternal will create him (the Messiah) as a
new creature. O bring him up from the circle of the
earth. Raise him up from Seir, to assemble us the
second time on Mount Lebanon, by the hand of Yinnon.
Rabbi Mosheh Kohen Ibn
Crispin: This rabbi
described those who interpret Isaiah 53 as referring to Israel as those: "having forsaken the knowledge of our
Teachers, and inclined after the `stubbornness of their own hearts,' and of their own opinion, I am pleased to interpret it, in accordance with the
teaching of our Rabbis, of the King Messiah....
This prophecy was delivered by Isaiah
at the divine command for the purpose of making known to us something about the
nature of the future Messiah, who is to come and deliver Israel, and his life
from the day when he arrives at discretion until his advent as a redeemer, in
order that if anyone should arise claiming to be himself the Messiah, we may
reflect, and look to see whether we can observe in him any resemblance to the
traits described here; if there is any such resemblance, then we may believe
that he is the Messiah our righteousness; but if not, we cannot do so."
(From his commentary on Isaiah, quoted in The Fifty-third Chapter of
Isaiah According to the Jewish Interpreters , Ktav
Publishing House, 1969, Volume 2, pages 99-114.)
Rabbi Moshe Alsheikh,
Rabbi of Safed, late 16th century, points out this
fact saying:
I may remark, then, that our Rabbis with one voice accept
and affirm the opinion that the prophet is speaking of the King Messiah.
Rabbi Sh'lomoh
Astruc (14th c.)
My servant shall prosper, or be truly intelligent,
because by intelligence man is really man -- it is
intelligence which makes a man what he is. And the prophet calls the King Messiah my servant, speaking as one who sent him. Or he
may call the whole people my servant, as he says above my people (lii. 6): when he speaks of the people, the King Messiah is
included in it; and when he speaks of the King Messiah, the people
is comprehended with him. What he says then is,
that my servant the King Messiah will prosper.
Much to the point is the commentary of
the great Jewish educator, Herz Homberg
(1749-1841), who says:
According to the opinion of Rashi and Ibn Ezra, it relates
to Israel at the end of their captivity. (wrong interpretation)
But if so, what can be the meaning of
the passage, "He was wounded for our transgressions"? Who was
wounded? Who are the transgressors? Who carried out the sickness and bare the
pain? The fact is that
it refers to the King Messiah.
One of our greatest Jewish religious
poets, Eliezer HaKalir,
paraphrased this chapter in the 9th century into rhyme and metric
poetry. It is recited in the Yom Kippur prayer of Kether:
Messiah, our righteousness, hath turned from us: we are in
terror and there is none to justify us! Our Iniquities and the yoke of our
transgressions He did bear for He was wounded for our transgressions: He carries our sins upon His shoulders, that we may find forgiveness for our iniquities
and by His stripes we are healed. O eternal One the time is come to make a
new creation: from the vault of heaven bring Him up,
out of Seir draw Him forth, that He may make His
voice heard to us in Lebanon, a second time by the hand of Yinnon.
Below are remarks from The Karaite Yefeth ben Ali (10th c.)
As to myself, I am inclined, with Benjamin of Nehawend, to regard it as alluding to the Messiah , and as opening with a description of
his condition in exile, from the time of his birth to his accession to the
throne: for the prophet begins by speaking of his being seated in a position of
great honour, and then goes back to relate all that
will happen to him during the captivity. He thus gives us to understand two
things: In the first instance, that the Messiah will only reach
his highest degree of honour after long and severe
trials; and secondly, that these trials will be sent upon him as a kind of
sign, so that, if he finds himself under the yoke of misfortunes whilst
remaining pure in his actions, he may know that he is the desired one....
By the words "surely he hath carried our sicknesses," they mean that the pains and sickness which he
fell into were merited by them, but that he bore them instead. . . . And here I
think it necessary to pause for a few moments, in order to explain why God caused these sicknesses to attach
themselves to the Messiah for the sake of Israel. . . . The nation deserved
from God greater punishment than that which actually came upon them, but not
being strong enough to bear it. . . God appoints his servant to carry their
sins, and by doing so lighten their punishment in order that Israel might not
be completely exterminated.
"And the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all."
The prophet does not by avon
mean iniquity, but punishment for iniquity, as in the passage, "Be sure
your sin will find you out" (Num. 32:23).
Lekach Tov (11th c.
midrash) says:
"And let his [Israel's] kingdom be exalted," in
the days of the Messiah, of whom it is said , "Behold my servant shall
prosper; he will be high and exalted, and lofty exceedingly."
Here is where things really changed:
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo
Itzchaki, 1040-1105) and some of the later rabbis, though, began to
interpret the passage as referring to Israel.
They knew that the older
interpretations referred it to Messiah.
However, Rashi
lived at a time when a degenerate medieval distortion of Christianity was
practiced. He wanted to preserve the Jewish people from accepting such a faith
and, although his intentions were sincere, other prominent Jewish rabbis and leaders realized the inconsistencies of Rashi's interpretation.
They presented a threefold objection to his innovation. First,
they showed the consensus of ancient opinion. Secondly
, they pointed out that the text is in the singular. Thirdly,
they noted verse eight. This verse presented an insurmountable difficulty to
those who interpreted this passage as referring to Israel. It reads:
He was taken from prison and from
judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he
was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of my people
was he stricken .
Were the Jewish people, God forbid,
ever cut off out of the land of the living? No!
In Jeremiah 31:35-37, God promised that we will exist forever.
We are proud that Am Yisrael Chai--"The
people of Israel are much alive." Likewise, it is impossible to say that Israel suffered
for the transgressions of "my people," which clearly means Isaiah's people. Surely Isaiah's people are not the
Gentiles, but the Jews.
The words of the prophet Isaiah are words of hope. We have a glorious future and an
abundant present if we appropriate the salvation made possible by the One who "was wounded through our transgressions and bruised
through our iniquities."
bar, var
also means son
On
the website, http://www.jewfaq.org/barmitz.htm , it is
clear bar means "son". (Judaism 101)
"Bar
Mitzvah" literally means "son of the commandment."
"Bar" is "son" in Aramaic
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בּר bar : Borrowed (as a title)
from H1247; the heir (apparent to the throne): - son.
1) son,
heir
בּר bar
(Chaldee);
a son, grandson, etc.: - old, son.
בּר (Aramaic) bar
Ezr_5:1-2
(3 times)
Ezr_6:14,
Dan_3:25, Dan_5:22
Dan_7:13
Son of man
חָזֵה
הֲוֵית,
בְּחֶזְוֵי
לֵילְיָא,
וַאֲרוּ
עִם-עֲנָנֵי
שְׁמַיָּא, כְּבַר
אֱנָשׁ אָתֵה
הֲוָא;
וְעַד-עַתִּיק
יוֹמַיָּא
מְטָה,
וּקְדָמוֹהִי
הַקְרְבוּהִי
בּר bar
Total
KJV Occurrences: son, 4 times
Psa_2:12, Kiss the Son נַשְּׁקוּ-בַר
Prov.31[2] What, my son?
and what, the
son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
מַה-בְּרִי,
וּמַה-בַּר-בִּטְנִי;
וּמֶה, בַּר-נְדָרָי
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If it [Psalm 2] be interpreted of the Messiah,
the matter is clear. (Aben
Ezra)
Rabbis have taught this
concerns the Messiah-King...
(Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki)
Our Rabbis taught, The Holy One,
blessed be He, will say to the Messiah, the son of David (May he reveal himself
speedily in our days!), " Psalm 2:7,8 Ask of me
anything, and I will give it to thee", as it is said, I will tell of the
decree etc. this day have I begotten thee, ask of me and I will give the
nations for thy inheritance. (Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah
52a)
In the mystical writing of the Zohar:
"Behold Jehovah, rideth swift upon a
cloud."
"…it is the Son, of Whom it is written, 'Kiss the Son'; Thou art the Son, the
faithful shepherd; of Thee it is said, 'Kiss the Son.' Tho Thou art the
Governor of the universe, the Head of Israel, the Lord of the
ministering angels, the Son of the Highest, the Son of the Holy and blessed One, yea the very Shechinah." Part 3, folio 307, Amsterdam edition
In
the early cycle of synagogue readings
We know that
messianic homilies based on Joseph's career (his saving role preceded by
suffering), and using Isaiah 53 as the prophetic portion, were preached in
certain old synagogues which used the triennial cycle...
-- Rav Asher Soloff, "The Fifty Third Chapter of Isaiah According
to the Jewish Commentators, to the Sixteenth Century" (Ph.D. Thesis,
Drew University,1967), p. 146.
The
addition of 53.4-5 [to the cycle of synagogue readings] was evidently of a
Messianic purport by reason of the theory of a suffering Messiah. The earlier part of
[the Haftarah] (52.7ff.) dealt with the redemption of
Israel, and in this connection the tribulations of the Messiah were
briefly alluded to by the recital of the above 2 verses.
-- Jacob Mann, The Bible as Read and Preached in the Old Synagogue (NY: Ktav, 1971, © 1940), p. 298.
[12] Kiss the Son, נַשְּׁקוּ-בַר lest He (the Son) be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
His (the Son) wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all they
that put their trust in Him.(the Son)
In conclusion:
Rabbi Moshe Kohen
ibn Crispin, a 15th-century rabbi in Spain, explains:
"This passage, Isa.53 - the commentators explain,
speaks of the captivity of Israel, although
the singular number is used in it throughout. Others have supposed it to mean the
just in this present world, who are crushed and oppressed now... but these too,
for the same reason, by altering the number, distort the
verses from their natural meaning.
And then it seemed to me that...having forsaken the knowledge of our
Teachers, and inclined "after the stubbornness of their own hearts,"
and of their own opinion,
I am pleased to interpret it (Isa.
53), in accordance with the teaching of our Rabbis, of the King Messiah."
And I am pleased to interpret (Isa. 53), in
accordance with the teaching of the God of Heaven as King Messiah – Yeshua!
Isa. 52, 53
According to the
Jewish Interpreters
Shabbat Shalom
Some other links of interest:
http://oneinmessiah.net/rabSay.htm
http://oneinmessiah.net/jewforMessiah.htm
http://oneinmessiah.net/suffServ.htm
http://oneinmessiah.net/nation.htm
http://oneinmessiah.net/leper.htm
http://oneinmessiah.net/2messiah.htm
http://oneinmessiah.net/bares.htm
Multiple links http://oneinmessiah.net/talmuds.htm