Re: [Cz-L] Fw: Star of David, University of Chernivtsi

Julian is right regarding the theological doctrine of Christianity,
but |I doubt very much whether this was the motive for installing a
Magen David on the Residenz in Czernowitz. The church leaders know
very well that South Asia is the source of this magic symbol, which
was adopted late by the Jews and has no association with Jewish belief
and its allegation of being chosen by God. Adopting it by Christians
would not support their doctrine of being the current chosen people.
Further, if indeed the Church would have perceived it as a symbol of
its supplanting Israel, it would have been done on a universal scale,
on every church and Christian institution, not extremely rare, as it
is today.
Paul/Pessach Heger

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Julian Rubin <julianrubin2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Christianity, in general, is meant to replace Judaism (Supersessionism) and that’s the logic linguistic and theological meaning of the “Old Testament” and “New Testament”.
>
> On the other hand the Star of David is almost exclusively and strongly associated with Judaism for the last centuries, even if it’s not rooted in the Halacha. The Nazis knew it and also the founders of the State of Israel chose the Magen David as the flag emblem.
>
> In the light of the above two statements the question still remains – what could be the reason that a mainstream Christian university, like this in Czernowitz and other Christian Institutions, are willing to use a so Jewish associated symbol.
>
> The only idea that crossed my mind is as follows:
> The theological reason for the replacement according to the prevailing Christian dogma is that Israel had her chance (Old Testament), but was unfaithful, sinned and failed God and therefore God has changed His mind and the promises given to Israel are now for the Church (New Testament).
>
> So, the conclusion is simple: real Israel is the Church, and if so, the symbol of Israel belongs to the real Israel – namely the Church that can proudly use the Magen David symbol by right.
>
> Julian Rubin

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