22 Feb '05 19:30>
Originally posted by StarrmanThe Messiah WILL come with power and vengeance at His 2nd coming. Don't you see?? Why would the OT saints sacrifice animals?? It was pointing towards Jesus making the ULTIMATE sacrifice. Look at the geneology of Adam through Noah in Genesis and see what it means in Hebrew. You will see.
A messiah who clearly wasn't what Jesus turned out to be. The OT prophesised messiah is one of power and vengance, as most of the subject matter in the OT is too. Jesus was not accepted by the jews, he does not fulfill the ideas of the messiah laid out in the OT as the jews saw it. Only a handful of cultists believed he was. Lets not forget at that tim ...[text shortened]... l publicity is good publicity and in terms of PR crucifixion is about as good as it gets.
The Jews at the time were looking for someone to free them from Roman oppression instead of a Savior to free them from their sins!!!