Pope: Gayness as dangerous as the rainforest being destroyed.

[Comrade Tovya]

Slimebeast said:

Comrade Tovya said:

Slimebeast said:
Comrade Tovya,

Do you believe in the Messiah? Not in The Lord Jesus Christ obviously, but some other, future Messiah?

 

Yes, BUT, not in the formal sense that a Christian believes.  The Jewish messiah is not the same type of messianic figure that a Christian expects.

The messiah of the Tanach is not a "savior" in the spiritual sense, but one in mortal sense... a rescuer of Israel prior to its final destruction.  I guess you could say, a militant-like messiah, but entirely mortal and certainly not a "redeemer".

 

 Yes mortal, but still a person that fits to God's "game plan" for Israel, a person chosen by God and not just by accident?

 

Absolutely.  Each Jew has the potential of being moshiach in every generation, and it's certainly by the will of God... but that messiah is a mortal chosen by God, and not a supreme being in the Christian sense.