Here's an Interesting development at the U. of Penn campus. Apparently, Isaiah 53 inspires fear in certain Orthodox Jews.
On Rosh Hashana eve, (a few years ago), I went to the U. of Penn campus to do tracting and evangelism with a CHAIM brochure relevant to the Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur season, called "Whoever Heard of a Jewish Priest". It has a drawing of two "Live Long and Prosper" Mr. Spock hands ("Star Trek"), joined together with index and middle fingers extended in the way the Aaronic priests used to do it in the Temple long ago. (And also the way rabbis do it in synagogues today.) And as I was passing these out, an Orthodox Jew took issue with my use of that drawing. "That's illegal, according to Jewish law, to have that drawing." He said. I told him I was a Jew who believed in Jesus, and asked him if he had ever read Isaiah 53. "It's in the Tenach. (The Jewish Scriptures). It's not in the New Testament, it's in YOUR Bible," I said. He answered: "Oh no. I don't go near that." I asked, "Why? It's in your Bible?" He stared at me with a look of fright, and walked away.
And yet, at the same time, some Jews claim Isaiah 53 has changed their lives and changed their view of the Messiah. It happened to me, for example. It also happened to Dr. Richard Ganz, Christian author, former clinical psychiatrist, graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, PA), and founder and president of Ottawa Theological Hall (Canada). You can read his exciting personal testimony here:
http://www.hadavar.org/.../jewish.../from-jews-for-je sus/dr-richard-ganz-the-revival-of-a-rebel-jew/
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On Rosh Hashana eve, (a few years ago), I went to the U. of Penn campus to do tracting and evangelism with a CHAIM brochure relevant to the Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur season, called "Whoever Heard of a Jewish Priest". It has a drawing of two "Live Long and Prosper" Mr. Spock hands ("Star Trek"), joined together with index and middle fingers extended in the way the Aaronic priests used to do it in the Temple long ago. (And also the way rabbis do it in synagogues today.) And as I was passing these out, an Orthodox Jew took issue with my use of that drawing. "That's illegal, according to Jewish law, to have that drawing." He said. I told him I was a Jew who believed in Jesus, and asked him if he had ever read Isaiah 53. "It's in the Tenach. (The Jewish Scriptures). It's not in the New Testament, it's in YOUR Bible," I said. He answered: "Oh no. I don't go near that." I asked, "Why? It's in your Bible?" He stared at me with a look of fright, and walked away.
And yet, at the same time, some Jews claim Isaiah 53 has changed their lives and changed their view of the Messiah. It happened to me, for example. It also happened to Dr. Richard Ganz, Christian author, former clinical psychiatrist, graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, PA), and founder and president of Ottawa Theological Hall (Canada). You can read his exciting personal testimony here:
http://www.hadavar.org/.../jewish.../from-jews-for-je sus/dr-richard-ganz-the-revival-of-a-rebel-jew/
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