Re: WHO WAS JESUS ??? -- No to Noahides

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Date Posted: 12:21:18 08/07/03 Thu
Author: QUITTNER
Subject: Re: WHO WAS JESUS ???
In reply to: Ray 's message, "Re: WHO WAS JESUS ???" on 03:30:46 08/07/03 Thu

I see that you are thinking of a later version of Christianity, not the ORIGINAL version, the one by Jesus. Jesus was a Jewish social reformer who helped many people.
..... The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, edited by James Hastings, and published in 1917, on pages 379-380 has an article about Noachian Precepts, "the duties that could be required of the Gentiles in accordance with Biblical commands prior to the Mosaic legislation, which was regarded as peculiar to the Hebrews."
..... My guess is that very few, if any, Jews obey the covenants they are REQUIRED to obey always and in full, and, similarly, my guess is that very few of the gentiles, if any, obey the covenants they are REQUIRED to obey always and in full. Similarly, my guess is also that very few, if any, Christians obey Jesus' teachings always and in full, whatever version/denomination of Christianity they may belong to.
..... The Encyclopaedia quotes Maimonides (Melahim, viii, 11) "Whoever confesses himself liable to observe the seven precepts of Noah and is dilligent in fulfilling them, belongs to the pious among the nations and has a portion in the world to come." meaning "the fate of non-Jews in the Messianic kingdom."

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