Salvation is from the Jews (John 4:22): Saving Grace in Judaism and Messianic Hope in ChristianityLiturgical Press, 2007 - 201 pagini Growing up in an ethnic suburb in Cleveland, Aaron Milavec was an impressionable adolescent whose religious and cultural influences made it natural for him to pity, blame, and despise Jews. All of that began to change in 1955 when Mr. Martin, a Jewish merchant, hired Milavec as a stock boy. Milavec's initial anxieties over working for a Jew surprisingly gave way to profound personal admiration. This, in turn, plunged Milavec into a troubling theological dilemma: How could God consign Mr. Martin to eternal hellfire due to his ancestral role in the death of Jesus when it was clear that Mr. Martin would not harm me, a Christian, even in small ways? This book is not for the faint-hearted. Most Christians imagine that the poison of anti-Judaism has been largely eliminated. In contrast, Milavec reveals how this poison has gone underground--disfiguring not only the role of Israel in God's plan of salvation but also horribly twisting the faith, the forgiveness, and the salvation that Christians find through Jesus Christ. This painful realization serves as the necessary first step for our healing. At each step of the way, Milavec's sure hand builds bridges of mutual understanding that enable both Christians and Jews to cross the chasm of distrust and distortion that has infected both church and synagogue over the centuries. In the end, Milavec securely brings his readers to that place where Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity can again be admired as sister religions intimately united to one other in God's drama of salvation. |
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... sins and , as a result , " all our sins " and not just " Jewish sins " had to be accounted for as bringing about the horrible death of Jesus.4 The Unfinished Agenda : Whether Jews Find Salvation within Judaism While the defective ...
... sins depends , at all times and in all places , on the merits of Jesus ' crucifixion . This was the framework I was trapped in as a teen- ager when I was trying to save Mr. Martin from eternal hellfire . Once one enters completely into ...
... sins and their spiritual enlightenment through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross ? The instruction Dominus Jesus is unclear on this point , and the next three chapters will examine this proposition in detail . When it comes to the ...
... sins and acknowledging Jesus Christ as their personal savior , will anticipate being raptured into the clouds when the Lord comes . The Vatican , for its part , has specifically kept itself free of any indi- cation that the countdown ...
... sins , that he would never experience the joy of going to heaven . The sympathy I felt for the plight of Mr. Martin , however , was the first step in my own conversion . Mr. Martin's acts of justice and generosity forced me to boldly ...
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The Story of Salvation | 57 |
Parting of the Ways | 84 |
Jesus as Messiah | 116 |
The Unsavory Odor of Christian Evangelization | 152 |
Reflections on Covenant and Mission | 173 |
Bibliography | 183 |
Index | 196 |