"FOR TO US A CHILD…………BORN"
Hugh Fogelman
It all
depends which Bible you read, the Hebrew (Original Text) or the Greek/Christian
to find out what fits into the space in the title of this article.
The
Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and Jewish rabbis and sages all agree that the original
Hebrew reads: "For a child has been
born to us, a son given to us, and the authority is upon his shoulder, and the
wondrous adviser, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, called his name, "the prince of
peace." (Isaiah 9:5). It is obvious that Isaiah, according to the original
Hebrew is talking about a person in the past tense.
Christians
believe that Jesus is God incarnated in the flesh and they deliberately alter
these verses from the Hebrew Bible to prove their claim. But to accomplish
that, they had to change the tense from the present to the future, making it,
"A child is
born, a son is
given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called etc., etc.”
When
studying the Christian claims of Jesus in Isaiah 9:5-6, questions should be
asked.
1.
Which government ever rested on Jesus' shoulders?
2. How
could Jesus have been a wonderful counselor when the Christian Bible (New
Testament) makes it clear that Peter couldn't understand Jesus' mission and Judas
frustrated his counsel?
3. Why
would an Almighty God take orders and be subject to earthly mortals? Yet Jesus
was in subjection to his parents (Luke
4. How
could Jesus be called a Prince of Peace when there was never any peace in the
land during Jesus' time and further more, he clearly said, "I came not to
bring peace but a sword (Matthew 10:34)?
Most
Bible commentators agree that this text written by Isaiah, was referring to
King Hezekiah when he was a nine year old child. Later when he became king over
the Jews Hezekiah established a reign of righteousness and peace and was
actually called the "Almighty God." The Oxford Annotated Bible
explains that the Hebrew word for “Almighty
God” actually means "divine
in might" and states that the passage originally celebrated the
appointment of a Judean king.
Once
again, these
original Hebrew verses are not a prophecy of Jesus. Even after you
alter them, the message does not have to be about Jesus―it could be about
anyone. But Christians will say NO, it is definitely speaking about Jesus. More smoke
and mirrors, the glue that holds Christianity.together when bonded with “blind faith.”
Is it
possible for you to finally accept the truth when you have been "brainwashed"
for two thousand years. Or are you a typical Christian, already having a
preconceived notion―one who reads the Jewish Bible from the outside in,
instead of correctly reading it, with a clear mind, from the inside out.