There are three major religions in our times, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Of these three Judaism is unique and stands alone. Judaism is unique in that it is older than the other two, and to this fact the others agree. Judaism can be considered the mother of both of the other religions. Both Christianity and Islam defer to Judaism in that it is the oldest revelation of the Creator's will for man kind. Both Christians and Muslims believe that Moses is a prophet. That he spoke to the Creator. That he was given revelation of truth contained in the books of the Torah and given and entrusted to the Jews to keep.
So the obvious question is, "Why do they disagree"? Basically, both Christianity and Islam believe that the Jews own the Torah. They believe that Moses who was a Jew from the tribe of Levi, the son of Israel, wrote the Torah. They also believe that it was written in the language of the Jews. The main ascertainment is that, we the Jews, don't understand it. Could you imagine, one day you write an unbelievable novel. You spent countless hours planning. You come up with all the story line an unbelievable plot. You think about all the characters, their history and background. You think of the perfect setting and time frame. Finally, you publish it. It opens up on New York Times best seller list as number one. Then a thousand years later some one comes along and tells the relatives of the author that, "he wrote a good book but". Let me tell you what he really was trying to say. Oh and by the way did you see all the illusions in the text. See you thought it was saying this but in all actuality he was really trying to say this. Really!?! In Jewish circles you might hear, "What Chutzpah". Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that means brazenness. I think you would probably laugh and be just a little bit offended by such pompous arrogance.
We must take a serious look at the Torah. We must answer the questions of who, what, where, when, why, and how. I think any body who is humble enough to acknowledge truth will have a life changing experience if they are honest with them selves and the facts that all agree upon. We will explore this in detail in the future.
Did you ever wonder what is the difference between Judaism and Christianity? Have you ever thought why would some one covert to Judaism from Christianity? Are you curious why most Jews have rejected Christianity for 2000 years?
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