{"id":1511,"date":"2008-03-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2008\/03\/09\/is-jesus-really-the-messiah\/"},"modified":"2008-03-09T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-09T05:00:00","slug":"is-jesus-really-the-messiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2008\/03\/09\/is-jesus-really-the-messiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Jesus Really the Messiah?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malachi 4:5 & 6 \u2013 <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

First – to all … sorry the engineer\/lawyer came out of me on this one!! Malachi 4 is the last chapter in the Old Testament … the last two verses are:<\/p>\n

<5>\u201cLook, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives. <6> His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The last two verses become the contention of Jesus being the Messiah … many claim John the Baptist is Elijah and he was the messenger who prepared the way for Jesus … the Scribes and Pharisees of the Jewish religion claims that Elijah has not come yet and say that’s the reason Jesus is not the true Messiah …<\/p>\n

Now I read it different from others (based on a quick search of the Internet) … I see it discussing the end times, and Jesus must return during those times. If the scriptures are 100% literal in the Old Testament and the New Testament teachings that John the Baptist is Elijah are not right … then Elijah is to come before Jesus in the end times.\n<\/p>\n

This was done for two reasons … first, chapter 4 is very short … second, it shows you how many ways one can interpret the Word!! It also shows why other religions do not believe Jesus is the Messiah.\n<\/p>\n

I can only say what I know … Jesus is the way, the truth and the light …\n<\/p>\n

Proverbs 5:15 – <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

“Drink water from your own well\u2014 share your love only with your wife.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malachi 4:5 & 6 \u2013 First – to all … sorry the engineer\/lawyer came out of me on this one!! Malachi 4 is the last chapter in the Old Testament … the last two verses are: <5>\u201cLook, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives. <6> … Continue reading “Is Jesus Really the Messiah?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}