Undeniable
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Quick question for followers of the reilgion of Judiasm...does the religion believe in the apocalypse? Just curious.....
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Judiasm.....
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Waveslidin
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They are still waiting for the Messiah to come. When he comes, the temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem (that is why you have some groups advocating the rebuilding of the temple), and he will usher in the new world to come. All exiled Jews will return to Israel. At least that is the way I understand it, someone correct me if I am wrong.
Since Revelation is a part of the New Testament and not in the Torah, you definitely won't find the Christian views of the apocalypse in any mainstream Judaism.
However, I've read Revelation and I don't see what I generally hear Christian's talk about as the apocalypse in there. Shoot, if you take things litterally it may have already happened. We have had red moons from polution. We have had "stars fall from the sky": meteor showers. We have had the sun turn black: solar eclypses. If one wants to stretch for the imortality part, we have history that remembers people forever. Maybe some of the Christian's here can explain it to me.
I guess I just don't take things litterally. I've always thought of the Bible as a great collection of stories with mostly good morals, but one has to interpret it and that it was never meant to be taken litterally.
Some people say that there are as many flavors of Judaism as there are Jews. Those that really know say that there are more flavors of Judaism than there are Jews, because Jews will argue more than their own point of view. If you asked this question in a room full of Jews I believe you would get different answers. Some might say that sure, when the Sun goes nova millions of years from now we might have an apocalypse if we're still here.
As Waveslidin has said, the standard Jewish belief is that the messiah has not come, however, I have no idea what that has to do with the Christian apocalypse.
There are branches of Judaism that believe in some form of apocalypse. I believed they are based on writings from the prophets Enoch and Daniel, but I really don't know much about it. It never ceases to amaze me the new ways in which Biblical writings are interpreted.
However, I've read Revelation and I don't see what I generally hear Christian's talk about as the apocalypse in there. Shoot, if you take things litterally it may have already happened. We have had red moons from polution. We have had "stars fall from the sky": meteor showers. We have had the sun turn black: solar eclypses. If one wants to stretch for the imortality part, we have history that remembers people forever. Maybe some of the Christian's here can explain it to me.
I guess I just don't take things litterally. I've always thought of the Bible as a great collection of stories with mostly good morals, but one has to interpret it and that it was never meant to be taken litterally.
Some people say that there are as many flavors of Judaism as there are Jews. Those that really know say that there are more flavors of Judaism than there are Jews, because Jews will argue more than their own point of view. If you asked this question in a room full of Jews I believe you would get different answers. Some might say that sure, when the Sun goes nova millions of years from now we might have an apocalypse if we're still here.
As Waveslidin has said, the standard Jewish belief is that the messiah has not come, however, I have no idea what that has to do with the Christian apocalypse.
There are branches of Judaism that believe in some form of apocalypse. I believed they are based on writings from the prophets Enoch and Daniel, but I really don't know much about it. It never ceases to amaze me the new ways in which Biblical writings are interpreted.
