Deuteronomy 6: 4-5
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Mark 12:29-30
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
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Matthew 26:28
This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
The Messiah would bring in a new covenant, as explained by the prophet Jeremiah in chapter 33. God of the Bible had demanded blood to forgive the sins of the Jewish people. Jesus the Messiah did redeem the Jews from their sins with His own blood. And not only the Jews, but every human being on Earth. The Jewish Messiah is both the redeemer of Israel, and the savor of both Jews and gentiles.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Messiah would come to Earth in flesh in the fullness of time as the fulfillment of all prophecies. Since there was no New testament when Jesus walked on Earth, The Word of God that took on flesh is the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible. Jesus is the Law, the truth and grace. This is something to reflect on, for all claimed to be Christians who feel that God of the Bible has ended his special relationship with the Jewish people.
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