Did Jesus keep the traditions and customs of His birth People?
If so; will Jesus continue to keep these Customs and traditions?
What does the word say and does opinion line up with the word?
You be the Judge.
John 14
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1 "Do not let your heart be troubled;believe in God, believe also in Me.
2
"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.What does this refer to in Jewish Custom?
The Jewish Groom after becoming engaged returns to His Fathers House and prepares a Room or Rooms for His Bride. it could be as little as a leanto, if they cannot wait or even as big as the Groom"s family can afford; But it is the custom to go and prepare a place for the Bride.
Luke 2
48 When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You."
49 And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me?
Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?"50 But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.
It is the Jewish custom and even in other country's that the son / sons would follow in the occupations of their Fathers.
So why the confusion in vs. 50
50 But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.
Jesus was not at home in the carpenter shop and He told them he needed to be about his Fathers business; although Joseph was not a priest, so why was Jesus in the temple and making this statement? For us the answer is very clear, He's God. For his earthly parents he should have been only in the Carpenter shop. which Jesus made himself subject to until his Ministry years. He kept the traditions.
What about us as Christians; Do we follow Jewish customs and traditions.
What about counting your blessings, I've heard the statement and even have counted a few; but where does it come from.
COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS.
The common advice to count our blessings is followed literally by some of the most orthodox of Jews. Ari (Rabbi Isaac Luria, 16th cent.) said that each day a pious Jew should respond Amen to at least 90 blessings, say the Kedushah (Holy, holy, holy 39.), recite the Kaddish at least ten times and say at least 100 blessings.40. This is derived from that such a person is often referred to as a Tsadiq. The numeric values of the Hebrew letters of this word are 90, 4, 10 and 100. This ingenious explanation is rather spoiled by the commentary also pointing out that one can artificially increase one's tally of Amens by saying 15 of these blessings aloud to one another.41.
This rather quaint system of counting should not be allowed to put us off from recognising our blessings. In this age when most news media emphasise the evils and wrongs in the world around us, it is even more necessary than ever to remember our blessings.
(39.) Isaiah 6, 3. (40.) Quoted in commentary in Art Scroll Siddur p. 18. (41.) Ibid.
And what about that word "Amen"
WHY SAY AMEN?
The word (amen) is derived from the Hebrew root meaning 'confirm', support' or 'establish'. The word gradually became the standard response to a blessing. The custom is very ancient and was already a standard practice in the 7th century BCE as it is found frequently in Deuteronomy in ritual concerning curses.43. It also occurs in Psalms which were used for worship.44.
In this early period, most of the prayers were said by the Cohanim (priests) or the Levites and the congregation only expressed agreement. Later it became the standard response to blessings which began Blessed are You, Lord our God... However in the case of the Sh'ma a fuller response survives: Blessed be His glorious name for ever and ever.45.
The custom of saying Amen has remained in Judaism over the centuries but in most cases we do not say Amen to our own prayers, but only to those of someone else. In the Talmud Rabbi Jose said that a person who responds Amen has even greater merit than he who says the blessing.46. Ben Azzai said that if one said it rightly ones days would be prolonged47. Rabbi Josha ben Levi said ones sins would be forgiven and Resh Lakish said the gates of paradise would be opened for him.48. Some Talmudic Rabbis were inclined to exaggerate a little, but the sayings show how important the saying of Amen was to them. Rabbi Hanan ben Abba linked the saying of Amen with the verse Magnify the Lord with me and let us praise His holy name together49.
The use of Amen in the early centuries CE is attested by the account of the synagogue in Alexandria which was so large that they had to wave a scarf or turban so that the people at the back of the congregation knew when to say Amen50. The custom of prompting the congregation to say amen can still be found in our liturgy when it says (v'imru amen) And let us say Amen.
The Jewish custom of saying Amen was adopted by Christianity and also to a certain extent by Islam.
(43.) Deut. 27, 15-26. (44.) Psalms 41, 14; 72, 19; 89, 53; and 106, 48. (45.) Louis Ginzberg, JE vol 1, p. 491. (46.) Ber. 53b. (47.) Ber. 47a. (48.) Shab 119b. (49.) Ber. 45a. quoting Psalm 34, 4.(50.) Suk. 51b.
What about Jesus using the word amen?
He did more then use it. The word is him and He is the word.
Revelation 3
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Not only in just a few places does Jesus keep tradition and customs but in the instance of the use of the word Amen he goes even farther.
So if Jesus keeps the traditions and customs, what makes you think that he will change, since God does not change.
PJ1
you can quote from God's holy word,
out of context, all day long and for the rest of your miniture life and it will not change one thing about God and who He is and that
he keeps the traditions of the Jewish people and his many examples through out His word are lined up with Jewish tradition and there is the week for the marriage supper to be performed and it starts at the "Rature" and ends at the "Return of Christ" with the saints following him.
Seven years are needed for the feast and the bride needs to be present for the feast in order to be the bride.
I can go on and on, like the Bride waiting for the groom.
Or the Virgins waiting for the groom.
Or the lamps filled with oil.
All and more Jewish Customs and Traditions and You have the nerve to say that God has changed from who He is and what He does, by putting forth your little book and proclaiming your opinion as the truth and trying to keep score. who are you to say that God Almighty will now change to line Himself up with you. He is the straight edge and you will line up. For it is declared that evey knee will bow and every tongue will confess...
AMEN
