The Messiah "will bear the signs of that same Jesus who
arrived in the past."
From: "jagbir singh" <adishakti_org@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:31 pm
Subject: The Messiah "will bear the signs of that same Jesus
who arrived in the past."
—- In adishakti_sahaja_yoga@yahoogroups.com, "jagbir singh"
<adishakti_org@...> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> The Jews believe that the word "ruach" generally means
wind,
> breath, mind, spirit, what we SYs experience as the Cool
Breeze.
> When applied to God, the Ruach indicates guidance of his
chosen
> ones (Neh 9:20; Psa 143:10; Hag 2:5), and in the
empowering of the
> Messiah (Isa 11:2; Isa 42:1; Isa 61:1).
>
> "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the
Almighty
> hath given me life." (Job 33:4)
>
> The Spirit of YHVH is YHVH Himself...
>
> In the Tanakh, the word ruach generally means wind,
breath, mind,
> spirit. In a living creature (nephesh chayah), the ruach
is the
> breath, whether of animals (Gen 7:15; Psa 104:25, 29) or
mankind
> (Isa 42:5; Ezek 37:5). God is the creator of ruach: "The
ruach of
> God (from God) is in my nostrils" (Job 27:3). In God's
hand is the
> ruach of all mankind (Job 12:10; Isa 42:5). In mankind,
ruach
> further denotes the principle of life that possesses
reason, will,
> and conscience. The ruach imparts the divine image to man,
and
> constitutes the animating dynamic which results in man's
nephesh
> as the subject of personal life.
>
> When applied to God, the word Ruach indicates creative
activity
> (Gen 1:2) and active power (Isa 40:13). The Spirit of God
also
> works in providence (Job 33:4; Psa 104:30), in redemption
(Ezek
> 11:19; Ezek 36:26-27), in upholding and guiding his chosen
ones
> (Neh 9:20; Psa 143:10; Hag 2:5), and in the empowering of
the
> Messiah (Isa 11:2; Isa 42:1; Isa 61:1).
>
> In short, as the ruach is to the created nephesh, so the
Ruach
> Elohim is to God Himself, part of God and identified with
God.
> Ruach may be understood as the Author of the animating
dynamic of
> the created order, the underlying Principle of creation,
and the
> One that imparts the nephesh to the entire universe."
>
> Hebrew name for God - Ruach Elohim
> http://hebrew4christians.com/
>
> It is the Messiah Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi who has given
us the
> spiritual second birth (Self-Realization) and we feel the
Ruach
> daily. This Ruach is His Breath that is daily purifying
those
> taking part in the Last Judgment to resurrect them from
this
> physical body into the eternal spirit....
>
> Today i read that "when applied to God, the word Ruach
indicates
> empowering of the Messiah". So for the future i have
secured
> www.ruach-elohim.org and hope one day we will be able to
populate
> that too.
"Almost clandestinely, the Roman Catholic Church has in
recent weeks
taken another step toward reducing Christian animosity
toward
Judaism - animosity stemming from the theological dispute
between
the two religions.
In a 210-page document published in book form in Rome, the
Church
states that there is no contradiction between the Jews'
anticipation
of the Messiah's arrival and the Christians' belief that the
Messiah
has already arrived, because Christians believe that the
Messiah
will return at the End of Days.
It is significant that the Vatican's new document does not
unequivocally or explicitly state that the Messiah destined
to
return will be Jesus Christ but instead says that the
Messiah "will
bear the signs of that same Jesus who arrived in the past."
The
document even adds that the Jews' anticipation of the
Messiah's
arrival can significantly encourage Christians' belief in
the
Messiah's return. The new document was written by the
Pontifical
Biblical Commission, established by Pope John Paul II in
1997. The
commission was headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect
of the
Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith and its other
members were
20 Bible experts, each of whom received papal authorization
to serve
on the committee."
Eliahu Salpeter
Waiting for the Messiah
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