The Rabbinic Writings:―Our Rabbis taught, The Holy One, blessed be He, will say to the Messiah, the son of David (May he reveal
himself speedily in our days!), "Ask of me anything, and I will give it to thee", as it is said, I will tell of the
decree etc. this day have I begotten thee, ask of me and I will give the nations for thy inheritance.‖
(Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 52a)
The New Covenant:―(16) Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
(17) And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. (18) And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (19) Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (20) Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the world. Amen.‖ (Matt 28:16-20)
(32) ―This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
(33) Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of
the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
(34) For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
(35) Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
(36) Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom
ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.‖ (Acts 2:32-36)
Y‟shua was resurrected a JewY‘shua the risen Jew told his Jewish disciples to go out and teach all the Gentiles (Matt 28:19, Strong‘s
#1484), the lost sheep of the House of Israel absorbed into the Gentile nations.
Then after eating, talking and walking with His disciples, Y‘shua ―lifted up His hands and blessed them"
(Luke 24:50). What blessing is spoken with lifted hands? The Aaronic Benediction (Num 6:24-26) is given in
Synagogues and in Churches even to our day, and in the Synagogues it is still given as it was more than a
thousand years before the resurrected Yahudi Y‘shua gave it: with lifted hands. In fact, another name for the
Aaronic Benediction is "The Lifting up of Hands". (See, Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ,
Ch. XVII A. Edersheim. Eerdmans pub.)
Rav Sha'ul (Rabbi Paul) tells us that while he was on the road to Damascus, Y‘shua spoke to him from
heaven in Hebrew (Acts 26:14). Sha'ul, a Jew who was born a Roman citizen (Acts 22:27-28), was fluent in
Greek (Acts 21:37) and possibly many other languages; but Y‘shua spoke to him in Hebrew, the language of
the Jews.
Sha'ul did not become a believer until well after Y‘shua's death and resurrection; yet an important part of his
message is that Y‘shua is a descendant of the Jewish king David (2 Tim 2:8).
Many years after His resurrection, Y‘shua testified that He is the root and offspring of King David (Rev
22:16); and in a time yet future, two of His titles will be Lion of the tribe of Judah, and Root of David (Rev
5:5).
In Matt 24:20, He told the Jews to pray concerning the coming tribulation that they would not have to flee on
the Sabbath. And in Matt 26:27-29, Y‘shua told the disciples that He will celebrate the Passover Seder anew
with us in His Father's kingdom.
The standard He will use at the judgment is the Law YHWH gave the Jews. To those who are disobedient,
He will say, ―Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness" (Matt 7:22-23, Strong's #458, #459).
In Heb 13:8, we are told Y‘shua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever. So, if He was born a
Jew, He was resurrected a Jew; and He is one to this day.
He was born a Jew, He lived a Jew, He died a Jew, and He was resurrected a Jew. He is alive and Jewish
now, and forevermore the same. HalleluYah!
End of Section X - CONCLUSION OF EARTHLY MINISTRY
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