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DOES YESHUA'S ASCENSION PROVE HE IS G-D?

The writer of the Gospel of Mark records in 16:19; "...He (Yeshua) was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of G-d."

Answer for yourself: The question is, who can have such an unparalleled privilege and distinction, besides G-d's own begotten Son?

Answer for yourself: Is there anyone else who has been elevated to that station, in any other scripture?

Answer for yourself: Are you aware of the fact that there are two versions of Mark's Gospel?

One is called the shorter version and other, the longer version. The shorter version, which ends at verse 8, does not contain the above verse about Yeshua's ascension.

THE CODEX SINAITICUS REVEALS THE MONK'S TAMPERING WITH THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXT OVER THE YEARS

One of the two great achievements of an eminent biblical critic of the nineteenth century, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin Von Tischendorf, was the historical discovery of the oldest known Bible manuscript "Codex Sinaiticus" from St. Catherine's Monastery in Mt. Sinai. The most damaging piece of evidence that Tischendorf discovered in this 5th century document was that the gospel of Mark ended at 16:8. In other words, the last 12 verses (Mark 16:9 to 20) were "injected" sometime after the 5th century. Clement of Alexandria and Origen never quoted these verses. Later on, it was also discovered that the said 12 verses, wherein lies the various accounts of "Resurrected Yeshua", do not appear in codices Syriacus, Vaticanus and Bobiensis. Today, in many of the revised versions of the Bible, the said twelve verses appear within parentheses.

THE MONKS DID NOT STOP AT JUST ALTERING MARK'S GOSPEL...ALL THE WRITINGS WERE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS THEY SAW FIT

Tischendorf also discovered that John's gospel was heavily reworked.

For your information that explains why there are so many problems within the Gospel of John that are anti-Jewish and Gentile-pagan in context. For example, verses starting from John 7:53 to 8:11 are not to be found in codices Sinaiticus or Vaticanus. Similarly, a verse from the gospel of Luke that speaks of Peter running to the tomb, stooping and looking in and finding it empty and marveling at what had happened is not to be found in the ancient manuscripts.

(For detailed information please read Secrets of Mount Sinai by James Bentley, Orbis, London, 1985).

Peake's Commentary on the Bible records; "It is now generally agreed that 9-20 are not an original part of Mk. They are not found in the oldest MSS, and indeed were apparently not in the copies used by Mt. and Lk. A 10th-cent. Armenian MS ascribes the passage to Aristion, the presbyter mentioned by Papias (ap.Eus.HE III, xxxix, 15)."

The Book of Revelation (symbolic and obscure writings of uncertain authorship), records in 3:21 that Yeshua sat down with his Father on his Father's throne. You write, based upon injected verse; Yeshua sat down at the right hand side of G-d. Which one do you believe?

I could go on for hours but you get the point. The only true revelation we have is that maintained by much loss of life and blood...the Jewish Scriptures. Yeshua was a Jew who believed them and followed them his whole life. So much of the New Testament lies in open opposition of what Yeshua both believed and modeled his life after. Shalom.

BUT OTHERS ASCENDED AS WELL...AND NOBODY CALLED THEM G-D

According to Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon, Elijah belongs to the angels who advocated the creation of man (Cordovero, Pardes Rimmonim, 24:14); accordingly, Elijah is an angel who dwelt only temporarily on earth as a human being, before again ascending to heaven. Moses Cordovero compares Elijah's life with the fate of Enoch (ibid., 24:13), as the two are the only biblical personages who were carried off from earthly life in an extraordinary manner. The further fate of Elijah and Enoch in heaven is imaginatively described by Jewish mystics. While Enoch's body is consumed by fire and he himself is changed into Metatron, the highest angel, Elijah remains after his ascension in possession of his earthly shape, which is why he can maintain his association with the human world and, when necessary, reappear on earth. Though his body is not made from dust like that of human beings but came from the tree of life, it enables him to carry out G-d's commands and miracles (ibid.: Zohar, 1:29a; 2:197a; Yalk. R. 27). Therefore, unlike Enoch who is known only as the archangel Metatron, Elijah keeps his name under which he intervenes in the fate of the Jewish people.

But neither of these two "ascended men" were ever thought to be G-d and the same should apply to Jesus even considering if the New Testament account of his ascension be true.

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