Poem Analysis Proverbs - 1221 Words

†¢ Proverbs 4:20-23 - My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4, n.d). †¢ Exodus 23:25 – â€Å"And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee (Exodus 23, n.d). †¢ Psalms 91:2-4 – â€Å"I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers,†¦show more content†¦In her belief, which mostly stems on how she was raised through the followings of the Hebrew Bible, she expresses that she does not believe Jesus to be the son of God, nor was he birthed by a virgin mother, but most importantly he is not the Messiah in which she read about through the scripture. This does not mean that she does not acknowledge his existence but that she cannot fathom his presence on earth as the chosen Messiah. She then mentioned that she felt bothered by the common misconception that the Jews debunk the theory of Jesus being the Messiah due to the fact that he was poor man. â€Å"How can a lowly carpenter truly be the son of God and our savior?† This is the type of questi on in which she believes that people from the Christian faith think the Jews ask themselves. She stated that in her own personal beliefs, and that she does not speak for other Jews, her Messiah could be the poorest man on earth and it would not bother her. To her, there are many inconsistencies within the Bible and from what she has been taught, that allow her to question and doubt Jesus Christs legacy. She finally discussed that within her community, they still await for God’s chosen Messiah to arrive and until then, she will maintain a strong connection with her faith but also embrace others with theirs. Mr. James R. was then interviewed to share his opinions and views in