Y vendrá el Redentor a Sion, y [¿a quien vendrá el Redentor? Pues...] a los que se
volvieren de la iniquidad en Jacob
, dice הוהי ”- Isaías 59:20
God’s true Messiah is finally revealed
The Christian doctrine of “salvation by faith in Jesus atoning sacrifice” is a noble and beautiful idea, but
when closely examined, it is found to be a fancy way of talking us into accepting what might be compared to
an “ideological straight jacket”; one that could be summarized as follows:
«Without accepting the justification that comes by faith in Jesus sacrifice [and Lordship], you can’t do any
good worthy of God’s favor. Why? Simply because “all our righteousness is like filthy rags”»
.
What’s the problem with this otherwise logical idea? Well, the problem is that it is an “off the wall”
interpretation of God’s message to Israel.
Why? Well, because Hebrew Scripture speaks of a Persian king named Cyrus, who decided to perform one
exceptional act of righteousness- to help exiled Hebrew people rebuild their ruined Temple (2 Chronicles
36:23). And, although Cyrus [who was most likely a Zoroastrian, and definitely not a Christian believer]
never appears as formally embracing the Hebrew faith, God was so pleased with him that, by means of
prophet Isaiah, went on to say the following:
“
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus
, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him;
and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut. I
will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in
sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that
thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel”- Isaiah 45:1-3, KJV.
In the former passage, the Hebrew phrase translated as, “Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus...”,
literally means, “
Thus saith הוהי (the Lord) to HIS MESSIAH, to Cyrus
...”.
Thus, the verse teaches God is pleased with the person who does good, even if (like Cyrus) such person is a
pagan. There’s More! It also suggests that, no matter if Hebrew or Pagan, he who helps us “rebuild our
ruined temple” [in other words, helps us mend our broken relationship with God] thereby becomes God’s
own Messiah.
And the latter might explain why Scripture claims that, the moment someone moves us to abandon evil in
that very moment the Redeemer (or Messiah) has arrived unto our lives. As is written:
“
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and [unto whom shall the Redeemer come?]….unto them that turn
[away] from transgression
in Jacob, saith הוהי”- Isaiah 59:20, KJV.
In short, if Jesus is the man who brings you back to God [in sincere repentance], and helps you walk the path
of obedience to God's commandments, then Jesus is [by association] your personal messiah. If it is
Muhammad who helps you do the former, then Muhammad is your personal Messiah. In the case of
Reformed Samaritans, such man is our master Moses, and therefore Moses is the person whom we consider
to be our personal deliverer.
«No estamos realmente comprometidos con el Dios de la Escritura Hebrea, sino hasta que empezamos a
amar lo que ese Dios ama, y a odiar lo que ese Dios odia. Como esta escrito: “
Los que amáis a הוהי,
aborreced el mal...
”- Salmo 97:10, R.V. 1960»
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