Interesting question on why Dennis Prager is not a..

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Interesting question on why Dennis Prager is not a Christian? It is less than 5 minutes long.

One of the interesting answers that he gives is that he and other Jews have a problem with the claim that Jesus is Divine or that he is God. He doesn't have a problem with the claim that Jesus is the Messiah. My belief in God and the Messiah (Yeshua) also matches the Jewish understanding.

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One of his big issues is the church's understanding of the trinity. Which I can totally understand in the traditional sense. In that view, Yeshua is God and much as Father is God and the Holy Spirit is God. This is not a monotheistic religion then. We can try and explain it away like the church has done for many centuries, but this is not what I personally see in the Bible.

I see Father as God. He has a son who is a 100% replica/representation of Him. "If you have seen me [Yeshua], then you have seen the Father...". This means that Yeshua is a spitting image of Father and they are so like-minded that Yeshua only does what Father instructs Him or which He has seen Father do.

Yeshua is our High Priest and mediator to Father. How can one entity be the intermediary to themself? That doesn't make sense to me, but please let me know if I am missing something here.

As for the Holy Spirit, in the Old Testament we see Father's Spirit being on a person. His Spirit is holy and therefore (in my understanding at least) the Holy Spirit that was poured out. I don't see any verses describing the Holy Spirit as an entity in heaven and therefore a separate part of a trinity. Father is spirit and pours His spirit on His children.

In his view, Yeshua being God in the church's view can't be true and is a stumbling block to him. Yeshua is now where in the Bible described as being God, but He still is divine just as Father is divine. It doesn't take away from Yeshua's divinity not to see Him as "God".

His other argument is that no man can die for the sins of another. Unfortunately as he is Jewish he most likely doesn't read Isaiah 53 as verses 10-12 says:

"But the Lord was willing to crush Him, causing Him to suffer; if He would give Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand. As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; by His knowledge, the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities."

As readers of the New Testament we then read:

1. Matthew 20:28 (AMP)

"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin]."

Here, Yeshua speaks of His purpose on earth, which includes giving His life as a ransom to save others.

2. Mark 10:45 (AMP)

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

This verse echoes Matthew 20:28 and emphasizes Yeshua's sacrificial role in providing a ransom for humanity.

3. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 (AMP)

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom [a substitutionary sacrifice] for all, the testimony given at the proper time."

Paul explains that Yeshua served as a mediator and ransom for all, offering Himself to free people from sin.

One of his big issues is the church's understanding of the trinity.  Which I can totally understand in the traditional sense.  In that view, Yeshua is God and much as Father is God and the Holy Spirit is God.  This is not a monotheistic religion then.  We can try and explain it away like the church has done for many centuries, but this is not what I personally see in the Bible.  
 
I see Father as God.  He has a son who is a 100% replica/representation of Him.  "If you have seen me [Yeshua], then you have seen the Father...".  This means that Yeshua is a spitting image of Father and they are so like-minded that Yeshua only does what Father instructs Him or which He has seen Father do.   
 
Yeshua is our High Priest and mediator to Father.  How can one entity be the intermediary to themself?  That doesn't make sense to me, but please let me know if I am missing something here. 
 
As for the Holy Spirit, in the Old Testament we see Father's Spirit being on a person.  His Spirit is holy and therefore (in my understanding at least) the Holy Spirit that was poured out.  I don't see any verses describing the Holy Spirit as an entity in heaven and therefore a separate part of a trinity.  Father is spirit and pours His spirit on His children. 
 
In his view, Yeshua being God in the church's view can't be true and is a stumbling block to him. Yeshua is now where in the Bible described as being God, but He still is divine just as Father is divine.  It doesn't take away from Yeshua's divinity not to see Him as "God". 
 
His other argument is that no man can die for the sins of another. Unfortunately as he is Jewish he most likely doesn't read Isaiah 53 as verses 10-12 says: 
 
"But the Lord was willing to crush Him, causing Him to suffer; if He would give Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand. As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; by His knowledge, the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities." 
 
As readers of the New Testament we then read: 
 
1. Matthew 20:28 (AMP) 
 
    "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin]." 
 
    Here, Yeshua speaks of His purpose on earth, which includes giving His life as a ransom to save others. 
 
2. Mark 10:45 (AMP) 
 
    "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." 
 
    This verse echoes Matthew 20:28 and emphasizes Yeshua's sacrificial role in providing a ransom for humanity. 
 
3. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 (AMP) 
 
    "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom [a substitutionary sacrifice] for all, the testimony given at the proper time." 
 
    Paul explains that Yeshua served as a mediator and ransom for all, offering Himself to free people from sin.

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