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pokój! on October 22, 2009, 1:48 PM

“all of the wisdom of Christ existed in other prophets and messiahs”

well fist off there were no other “messiahs”… the messiah was a reference to a future incarnation in the Jewish religion… whether or not some of them still believe that. But I would say that of course all the wisdom of Christ existed pre-incarnation because He was the embodiment of that perfection. Jesus was the creative force in which all was brought into existence so He was, if you will, hard-wired into all creation (“in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God…Through him all things were made…”) the part of God that is directly connected with us, and the reason why we have a path of reconnecting with God…

Jennifer Jones on October 29, 2009, 2:53 PM

Of course their were other Messiah’s pokój!.
Many people have claimed to be the Messiah.
If you adopted a rational historical attitude you would know this.

pokój! on November 2, 2009, 11:48 PM

Hi Jennifer…
“Messiah” = Anointed >One<
She says that her Jewish friends said that the wisdom of Christ existed in other messiahs predating Christ… I was responding to that… from what I understand the messiah of Judaism was a singular figure, and that The Jewish religion is still awaiting this messiah. So no, there weren’t other messiahs, and that statement of Ms. Weber’s confused me. I’m wondering if she meant to say “prophets”. It is inconsequential to my comment or the topic whether or not other people have claimed to be the messiah, my “historical attitude” doesn’t really come in to play.