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Isaiah 49:7, "Thus said HaShem, the Redeemer of Israel and their Holy One, to the despised soul, to the one loathed by nations, to the servant of rulers; Kings will see [you] and arise; officers will prostrate themselves, because of Hashem, Who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, Who has chosen you."
At times I read commentaries by Christian commentators who maintain that Jesus is the the Holy One of Israel that is referred to in the Isa. 49:7 passage.
Answer for yourself: What is the truth of the matter?
In the Hebrew we encounter some awkwardness in the literary presentation and some ambiguities are present. But, when the above passage is interpreted properly everything falls in place with ease as in the preceding verses from Isaiah 49. Just read the verse as indicated to comprehend its meaning.
It says, "Thus said HaShem, the Redeemer of Israel and their [Israel's] Holy One, to the despised soul [Israel despised by nations], to the one [Israel] loathed by nations, to the servant [Israel] of rulers; Kings will see [you] and arise; officers will prostrate themselves [be led to worship G-d], because of Hashem, Who is faithful, and the [is] Holy One of Israel, Who [G-d} has chosen you."
Answer for yourself: Does the passage, when properly interpreted, say that G-d our Creator is the Holy One of Israel? It sure does.
As you see, the Holy One of Israel is none other than G-d.
Now in all fairness I realize that some, but not all Christians, believe Jesus is G-d. This is not as a difficult subject to study as you might suspect. We have addressed more than adequately the earliest beliefs in Jesus by his followers, how Christology developed, both a quasi-Christology within Judaism by the Essenes as well as the early Gentile Fathers on other websites this ministry offers. For information that will help you sort this issue out please search them out and you will see how "Jesus" became G-d to the Gentile Church. Notice I said "became" because there was a time when he was not understood in these terms, and of course, the Messiah was always to be a human and not G-d in the first place. One thing you need to understand that no greater difference exists between two concepts as does the difference between "deity" and "divine." One refers to G-d and the other to "g-dly." As a Christian, or Muslim or a Jew for that matter, if you orient your life in faith to G-d and live the best life you can as oriented by the Mitzvoth then you are "g-dly" [Divine] but make no mistake about it you are not G-d. Jesus was definitely "Divine" but not G-d or deity.
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