Redemptionsong
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Are Jews (as 'Israel') correct in claiming to be the 'My [God's] servant' ? [Isaiah 42:1];
[JPS] 'This is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom I delight. I have put my spirit upon him,
He shall teach the true way to the nations'/
[KJV] 'Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles'
Is this a future hope for national Israel? If so, it must occur after the Gentiles have been taught the 'true way' (by the Church). Do Jews have the 'spirit upon him'?
Isaiah 59:21. [JPS] 'And this shall be My covenant with them, saith the LORD: My spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children's children - saith the LORD - from now on, for all time'.
[KJV] 'As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever'.
IMO, the new covenant is, therefore, the covenant of GOD'S SPIRIT, the Spirit of Christ. Israel, the true body of Christ, lives in the way of 'spirit and truth'.
As John the Baptist said, 'I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost'.[Mark 1:8]
And as Paul asked [Acts 19], 'Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed'?
'And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied'.[verse 6]
[JPS] 'This is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom I delight. I have put my spirit upon him,
He shall teach the true way to the nations'/
[KJV] 'Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles'
Is this a future hope for national Israel? If so, it must occur after the Gentiles have been taught the 'true way' (by the Church). Do Jews have the 'spirit upon him'?
Isaiah 59:21. [JPS] 'And this shall be My covenant with them, saith the LORD: My spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children's children - saith the LORD - from now on, for all time'.
[KJV] 'As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever'.
IMO, the new covenant is, therefore, the covenant of GOD'S SPIRIT, the Spirit of Christ. Israel, the true body of Christ, lives in the way of 'spirit and truth'.
As John the Baptist said, 'I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost'.[Mark 1:8]
And as Paul asked [Acts 19], 'Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed'?
'And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied'.[verse 6]