by smiddy 8 Replies latest watchtower bible
Maybe I`m getting old and senile , but I was thinking about something that used to nag at the back of my brain when I was "in" , wasn`t the Messiah to be called Immanuel ? according to Isa.7:14 and not Jesus ?
Why was the name Immanuel substituted with the name Jesus .?
Their is no Hebrew prophecy that says the Messiah is to be called Jesus is their ?
I have read somewhere that this prophecy was about the coming of Isaiah son and had nothing to do with a future 1century messiah. I also have read that the Jews never thought the messiah was going to be the son of a god just a king like man that would deliver them from thier oppressors like Cyrus .
Hi Smiddy. Good question. Immanuel seems to be a 'symbolic' name. I just spent some time researching it in the old & new testaments ...& found myself reading about virgins, thrones, revenge & god killing people. Jesus doesn't really fit the prophecy. Yes he raised the dead but he didn't smash the shit out of everyone like the jews were expecting. They were probably thinking ' what's this love your enemies crap'??? It is interesting that there were no other jesus or yeshua's in the old testament. Maybe I missed that meeting 😊
Just got some 'new light' from above. The gb announce that they are the 'modern day immanuel class!'
Jdubs answer: oh...ok. new light! Thank you jehovah
Me: Wtf???
My apologies....I thought I was taking the bible literally. ...I was exercising my god given 'free will'! 😊
As newcovenant says Immanuel means " God with us " , so maybe a title as much as a name .
Jan
