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Sukkot (Tabernacles)*

Sukkot is about remembering and rejoicing The word “sukkot” means “booths,” and during this biblically commanded holiday, people build three-sided, temporary structures – or booths – in their yards or on their patios

Theological Objections (continued 2)

Answer: “On the contrary, repentance is one of Judaism’s foundations That’s why our own traditional literature from the Talmud to the Prayerbook to Maimonides to contemporary Jewish thinkers is filled with teaching on repentance and prayers of repentance

Theological Objections (continued)

Answer: “If I were to follow your logic, I just could as easily say, According to Proverbs 16:6, love and good deeds make atonement, so who needs Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)

Theological Objections

Answer: “Just as Messianic Jews probably misunderstand some of the things you believe, I think you misunderstand some of the things I believe We do not in any way believe in three gods My God is one, and his name is the LORD (or, Yahweh, known to Orthodox Jews as HaShem)

New Testament Objections (continued 2)

Answer: “Jesus stated emphatically that he did not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets but rather to fulfill them, and the primary focus of his earthly ministry was on reaching the lost sheep of the house of Israel

New Testament Objections (continued 4)

Answer: “Jesus made it very clear that he did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it, and that is exactly what he did (see above, 5 28, for a further explanation of this)

New Testament Objections (continued 2)

Answer: “Obviously, you don’t believe in the virgin birth, otherwise you wouldn’t be raising this objection

New Testament Objections

Answer: “There is no truth to this claim You must remember that all the New Testament authors were Jews—with one probable exception—and they were sometimes writing to Jewish readers who knew their Scriptures well

Messianic Objections (continued 2)

Answer: “It is possible that the text does speak of two anointed ones, the first in 9:25 and the second in 9:26 This depends on how the seventy weeks of years are divided (see immediately above, 4 20)