Me:  Prodigal, there is an alligator behind you in that lake.

Prodigal:  I know I want to get closer to him.

Me:  You’re diggin’ your own grave with a spoon.

Prodigal:  Well I will try not to get to close.

 

I wanted to share today from the book I have a Friend Who’s Jewish Do You?  by Don Goldstein

 

First of all, many rabbis who have studied independently have become believers in Yeshua.  Have you ever heard of Rabbi Daniel Zion?  Probably not, yet he was the chief rabbi of Bulgaria during the Holocaust.  He saved hundreds of Jewish lives during that tragic period in our history.  A hero, yes?  In fact, he was so highly respected by the Orthodox leaders in Jerusalem that in 1954, he was offered the position of judge in Jerusalem’s Rabbinic court.  So why do you never hear about him?  He was never accepted the position because he was a believer in Yeshua and would not renounce his beliefs.

 

In the yeshivas, when the students are studying to become rabbis, they are not allowed to study the prophets without a rabbi there to explain what they are reading.  Furthermore the studying is focused on other rabbis’ commentaries (Talmud, Mishna, Targums, Midrash).  The sad fact is they believe the commentaries that previous rabbis wrote (by human wisdom and interpretation) are actually more important that the written word of G-d.

 

Only God has ultimate wisdom and not man.  Man’s best day can not out do God at any given moment.

 

Acts 4:11

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org