Claims of a Deceased Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Naming Jesus as the Messiah Circulate Around the World
Teresa Neumann (January 17, 200
A modern day Nicodemus? With God, all things are possible.
(Israel)—As this report from Israel Today continues to circulate around the world, its incredible claim continues to thrill, confound, inspire and antagonize millions, depending on what side of the religious aisle one sits. In typical fashion, the hotly debated story (accessed by following the link provided) reads like an underground mystery novel.
In essence, the report claims that in September of 2005, before the prominent, 108-year-old, ultra-orthodox Jewish rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri died, he wrote a small note that he requested be sealed until after his death. In the note, it is claimed he named Jesus Christ as the Messiah. The note was reportedly signed by him, Yitzhak Kaduri, in "the month of mercy."
Says the report: "A few months before Kaduri died...he surprised his followers when he told them that he met the Messiah."
Kaduri's son, Rabbi David Kaduri, confirmed that in his last year, "his father had talked and dreamed almost exclusively about the Messiah and his coming."
"My father has met the Messiah in a vision," he said, "and told us that He would come soon."
The most striking thing about Kaduri's manuscripts, other than naming Jesus as the Messiah, says the report, were the "cross-like symbols painted by Kaduri all over the pages. In the Jewish tradition, one does not use crosses. In fact, even the use of a plus sign is discouraged because it might be mistaken for a cross."
Naturally, the note continues to be contested by those in the orthodox community unwilling to believe that the elderly Kaduri was physically able to write it, even though the rabbi was famed for his intelligence.
YES, JESUS IS THE MESSIAH... WHEN HE MET MESSIAH (JESUS) IN A VISION, AND SAID HE IS COMING SOON.. WOW...... YES, YES, YES, I DO BELIEVE THE SAME THING, THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON......
THERE ARE WEATHER ADVISARIES OUT.. IT IS REALLY SNOWING... I AM SO GLAD THAT YESTERDAY WAS MY TEACHING DAY.. THEN LAST NIGHT I WENT TO PICK UP A FEW GROCERIES.. I WOULD NOT VENTURE OUT IN THIS KIND OF WEATHER...
YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.. KEEP LOOKING UP, JESUS IS COMING SOON.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...... GOD BLESS