How the Jews used the Bible by Seethroughitall
Disclaimer: The text written below is not by me. Usually, I screen-shot posts that are on X (usually Twitter), but I'm making a unique case here since not only that I'm unable to capture everything with just one screenshot, but this user provided a long, detailed, very accurate description of what Christianity really is: Here is my official position on Christianity: The New Testament was "written to fulfill prophecy" (i.e., fabricated or retrofitted after the fact) not a recording a historical person genuinely fulfilling Old Testament expectations They drew on existing Jewish hopes that the God of Israel would one day be worshiped by the nations, and used a Jesus figure to make that happen Jewish scriptures already contain strong themes of universal worship: - Isaiah 2:2-4, 11:10, 42:6, 49:6, 56:6-7 - Gentiles streaming to the God of Israel, the nations worshiping at the Temple, Israel as a "light to the Gentiles." - Zechariah 8:23, 14:...