To: Yona Metzger AND Shlomo Amar, the Rabbinate of Israel

Sirs:
Matt.23

[1] Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
[2] Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
[3] All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
[4] For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
[5] But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
[6] And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
[7] And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
[8] But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
[9] And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
[10] Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
...

This verse demonstrates dissent by one Jesus
claimed by some to be the "son of David the son
of Abraham." At the very least he demonstrates
a tense dialectic between Jewish Fathers and Sons.
In the most precise semantic of the matter, this Jesus
here suggests that the Laws of Moses ought to be
interpreted within a context of perfect balance,
something you know as "Maat" in certain Kabalah
formulations that harken to a knowledge of Ancient
Egyptian high culture. Indeed, many consider
this Jesus to be a Pharaoh.

BUT IMPORTANT NOTE, RABBIs

The Jesus whom I refer to is not the miracle
working Jesus of the synoptic gospels, but instead
the "I, Jesus" whose only miracle is the work
of the book of the Revelation of the Christ.
It is this Jesus, sirs, I am asking concerning,
the scholar, not the charlatan. And thus the
question implies that you appreciate, in the
context of prophesy, the singular book that
reveals WHO this Jesus was, and more importantly
WHAT he knew that granted him credibility in
the synoptic story of his disagreement with
your fathers which, for reasons of history,
is riddled with miracles and magic.


Sirs, given the history as you
know it, of this Jesus, the question we ask
you as students of the Religious scrolls is
whether this Jesus did or has done enough to
"retore all things" and, as was evidently
the traditional thinking at the time (shown
in the verse below), turn the hearts of the
Fathers and Sons towards each other? If so,
then would he be the Elijah that was prophesied
by the prophet Malachi? If not, then what
are the teachings on "Messiah" and can we expect
him in modern times? I breathlessly await your
response, gentlemen, and look forward to a lifelong
chat on this issue...
...
Mal.4

[1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
[2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
[3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
[4] Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
[5] Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
[6] And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

..
[9] And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
[10] And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
[11] And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
...

NB: Sirs, the Jehovah's Witnesses believe that...

[12] But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

...despite my assurances to them that I AM speaking with the Rabbinate
and that you WILL respond, and that we CAN talk about Jesus
without it being too emotional a subject amongst all parties. I
consider myself singularly lucky, to be the fly on the wall of
this history... ;-)

(Certainly you WILL NOT deny that your own tradition seems
to insist that the prophet Elias shall be sent to restore
things and turns the heart of the fathers back to the sons
and vice versa. If this is true, then DID the Jesus
incident DO SO? If NOT, then what curse and when was/is
the earth smitten with? If NOT, then what can the highest
Rabbi's say in response to those who say that if we look
at Jesus as ONLY the author of the Revelation, he proves
beyond any reasonable doubt mastery of the Hebrew prophesies
and thus RIGHTNESS in his debate with his fathers, your fathers,
2000 years ago????