"Everyone who ever received a Christmas present can say “Thank You” to this Jewish infant. Every mother and father who heard a child say “I love you!” on Christmas morning can thank this little Jewish baby."
. . . The Chosen People
"Of all the people on earth, in all of human history, God chose the people of Israel to be the people from whom His own Son would be born. Before the universe was created, before a babe was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, it was known to God that God the Son, Jesus Christ, would be a Jew.
"God has never canceled His promises to the Jews. (Romans 11:1–2, 28-29; 9:4–5; Jeremiah 31:35–37). His covenants with them are still in place.
"This Chosen People, the Jews survived slavery and the plagues in Egypt. They survived the exodus and then wandering in the desert for 40 years. Daniel prophesied four of these exiles Babylon (423 BC – 372 BC); Persia/Media (372 BC – 348 BC); Greece 371 (BC – 140 BC); and Greece (371 BC – 140 BC). They survived all of them, and survived many more exiles, deportations, ethnic cleansings, persecutions, banishments, pogroms, and expulsions.
"Thank God He chose the Jews. Thank God the Jews survive.
The First Canonized Saint
"Jesus was crucified with two other Jews. One of them – called “Dismas” in tradition – humbly asked Jesus, from his own cross, to remember him when He came into His kingdom. Jesus replied: “And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23; 43). Thank God for this Jewish saint.
"There are a plethora – a whole bunch – of Jews who are saints, canonized and not. Thank God for all of them.
The Twelve Apostles
"Jesus chose twelve Jews to be his first apostles. The man who replaced Judas was a Jew – Matthias. St. Paul, son of Kish, was a Jew. The 72 disciples were Jews.
St. John the Baptist
"Of all those born of women, Jesus declared: “Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist.” (Matthew 11:11). John the Baptist was a Jew." . . .
And we must be aware it was Jesus alone, no other fallen human we turn to for Salvation and worship. TD
The Consistency of “No Savior But Me” with Jesus as Savior
. . ."The statement “there is no Savior but Me” (Isaiah 43:11) and the New Testament affirmation that “salvation is found in no one else” (Acts 4:12) converge to uphold a single divine plan. Scripture maintains that God alone saves. In the New Testament, Jesus is revealed as God incarnate, accomplishing that very salvation.
"Throughout the Gospels, Jesus demonstrates the authority uniquely attributed to God: forgiving sins (Mark 2:5-11), controlling nature (Mark 4:39-41), and receiving worship (Matthew 14:33). In the Old Testament, only Yahweh possessed such authority. This continuity shows the same divine identity at work in both Testaments."
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