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Yehudah HaLevi

Spirit and Truth Theology: Jesus, God With Us Isaiah foretold: “The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’)” (Isaiah 7:14 NLT). The name Immanuel literally means “With Us is God,” declaring His presence among His people. Zechariah adds: “I am coming to live among you… I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you” (Zechariah 2:10–11 NLT). Here the LORD speaks of dwelling with His people, yet also says He is sent by the LORD—a mystery pointing to the divine nature of the Messiah. In the Hebrew text, Immanuel is written as two words, unlike other names. This unusual form hints at the extraordinary reality: God manifesting in human form to be with His people. Matthew records the angel’s words to Joseph: “She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew explains, “All this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled… ‘They shall name Him Immanuel,’ which means, ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:18–23 NASB20). John affirms: “The Word became human and made his home among us… The unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us” (John 1:14, 18 NLT). Paul declares: “For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body” (Colossians 2:9 NLT). Jesus is not merely God’s messenger—He is God Himself, dwelling among us, revealing the Father, and bringing salvation. For those who celebrate Christmas, this day is more than a birth remembrance; it is the celebration of the greatest gift ever given: God giving Himself to the world. Grace and peace #TheologyTalk #JesusIsGod #Christian #christmas #Bible #God

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I just finished reading the entire bible

I have been reading the bible cover to cover over the last 3 years. Last night I finished it. And I maintain, I am still atheist. Christians often say “how can you be an atheist when you haven’t read the bible?”. Well now I have. And to be honest, I was surprised how much worse it was to my previous expectations. I really enjoyed the first few books: Genesis to Deuteronomy. Genesis was a bit mad, but good nevertheless. Exodus I really liked. It was a really good story. And this continued up to Deuteronomy. But then it got so repetitive from Joshua onwards. Every book was another leader of Isreal doing more or less exactly the same thing as the previous leader; and attacking all the neighbouring peoples. Finally, I got to the New Testament. And to be honest, this was the real reason I wanted to read the bible in the first place. But I was surprised how boring it was too. The parts with Jesus alive are a tiny fraction of it. I was expecting to learn more about Jesus, but it turns out he didn’t do all that much, and I already knew all the interesting parts. I continued with the New Testament and finally got to Revelation. And then suddenly, it got really crazy. It was like reading a totally new religion. Most parts I read leading up to this could, in someways, be considered sensible. But Revelation was just insane: Dragons and lakes of fire, it was pretty incredible reading. Overall, I didn’t really care for the bible. I enjoyed a few parts, but the rest was very boring and meaningless. And occasionally there would just be some terrible lines about how women aren’t allowed to talk in churches or something. Or the part where it says if a woman touches another man even if to defend her husband from an attacker, cut off her hand. I shouldn’t judge the whole bible from the bad parts, but there really wasn’t that many good parts. So there we have it. That’s my story of reading the bible. 🦄 #Bible #Jesus

I just finished reading the entire bible