The following open letter to rabbinical (traditional) and secular Jews, will show that the rabbinical (traditional) rabbis are intentionally hiding the truth about Messiah from the Jewish people.

First, to refresh your memory about this Hans Christian Andersen story, here is a quick synopsis of the well known fairy tale about the Emperor's New Clothes. In short, it is a story about swindlers who told an emperor that they could make him some wonderful clothes that could be seen only by those fit for their office or who were intelligent enough to see. And so, they proceeded to "manufacture" the high priced pretend "clothes" for the emperor.

Those the emperor sent to view the manufacturing came back with glorious reports - even though they had seen nothing. The reports were so fabulous that the emperor himself went to see how these magnificent clothes were coming along. Of course, he saw nothing, either, but he could not admit to being unfit for office or to being stupid, and so he also commented about how wonderful they were.

When the day arrived that the clothes were finally "finished", the emperor donned the non-existent clothes and went out to face his people. Everyone said the clothes were wonderful and magnificent - and then a small child yelled: "But the Emperor has nothing at all on!" It was not until then the entire population whispered that their emperor was naked. Even so, the emperor continued to pretend he was still wearing the clothes.

The rabbinical rabbis could claim: "This is about the Christians who are pretending Yeshua is the Messiah!"

The Roman Catholics would say: "This proves that unless one is following the Roman Church, they are being deceived!"

The Messianic Jews and Gentiles will say: "This shows that one needs to have the courage to tell the truth no matter what others, including friends and family, think about them. It takes guts to speak the truth when so many would rather believe the lies of their friends and family instead of believing G-d’s truth."

While everyone could use this fairy tale to prove their own agendas, G-d's truth is all that matters. The story portrays that people will say anything - even knowingly lie - so that others around them will not think less of them or suggest that they might be idiots for telling the truth. The bottom line is: when one person has the courage to speak the truth as did the innocent child in the story, chances are, it could provoke the others to admit that they have "been had".

When it comes to G-d and the Bible, the swindlers are Jew and Gentile, Jewish, Catholic, Mormon - anyone who does not follow Adonai in 100 percent Truth and - often knowingly and intentionally - teach their own false beliefs and agendas.

This article will discuss how many Jewish people are being swindled by their rabbis and, while they might be aware of it, they don't have the courage to open their mouths, simply because of what others might think.

What is the truth?

One needs to ask Adonai, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob what HIS truth is. It does not matter what anyone else says; what matters is G-d's Truth. You can discover Truth by reading the Bible from Genesis through the entire Tanach, and then on to the Bri't Hadasha (the New Covenant) all the way through to the Book of Revelation.

"But," you may say, "that is anti-Jewish and not for Jews to read." Well - before you're qualified to make such a statement - and in order to make a real assessment - you need to read Bri't Hadasha for yourself. Why simply swallow and take for Gospel your rabbi's negative comments? Read it for yourself! If you did, you might just discover that Yeshua (Jesus) was a JEWISH Torah-observant rabbi who taught that we are to love G-d with all our hearts.

Here are some quotes from Yeshua taken from the book of Matthew (the first book in the Bri't Hadasha).

This is what Yeshua HaMashiach taught:

Matthew 5: 17 Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. 18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah – not until everything that must happen has happened.

Matthew 7: 21 Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father (Adonai) in heaven wants 22 On that Day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! Didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we expel demons in your name? Didn't we perform many miracles in your name?' 23 Then I will tell them to their faces, 'I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!' (ie: they did not keep Torah = most of mainstream so-called "Christianity")

This is what Yeshua HaMashiach said:

Mark 12: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. (Rabbinical Jews accuse Yeshua of being a false prophet, but please think about this: A false prophet would NEVER tell us to love G-d!)

Mark 12: 31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Rabbis tell the Jewish people the Bri't Hadashah is anti-Semitic. Does what Yeshua said sound anti-Semitic to you?

The rabbis insist Yeshua is a "Christian" concept because G-d never required human sacrifices (never mind the story about Abraham and Isaac which foreshadowed Yeshua's sacrifice); and Christian pastors insist that Torah was "nailed to the cross" because they have misunderstood the teachings of Paul. That is why it is so important to read Yeshua's teachings for yourself and ask G-d to reveal His truth to you. Both rabbinical Jews and mainstream Christian pastors have often either misunderstood or purposely twisted Scripture and then passed it off as Truth. Both sides have only HALF the Bible because they refuse to dig in and really investigate what God actually said!

Here are just a few of the myriad examples of Scripture from the Tanach that speak about the Messiah:

Isaiah 9 (Jewish Publication Society Tanach: JPS): 5 For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us; and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;

(The JPS Tanach, for some reason, does not translate Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom which is translated "Wonder of a Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace"....Why is that?)

Jeremiah 23(JPS): 5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous shoot, and he shall reign as king and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord is our righteousness.

Proverbs 30 (JPS): 3 And I have not learned wisdom, that I should have the knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

Let's read Isaiah 52 (part) through 53 from the JPS Tanach:

52: 13 Behold, My servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

52: 14 According as many were appalled at thee--so marred was his visage unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men--

52: 15 So shall he startle many nations, kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them shall they see, and that which they had not heard shall they perceive.

53: 1 'Who would have believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

53: 2 For he shot up right forth as a sapling, and as a root out of a dry ground; he had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, nor beauty that we should delight in him.

53: 3 He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

53: 4 Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

53: 5 But he was wounded because of our transgressions, he was crushed because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his stripes we were healed.

53: 6 All we like sheep did go astray, we turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath made to light on him the iniquity of us all.

53: 7 He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, he opened not his mouth.

53: 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away, and with his generation who did reason? for he was cut off out of the land of the living, for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due.

53: 9 And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich his tomb; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.'

53: 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the Lord might prosper by his hand:

53: 11 Of the travail of his soul he shall see to the full, even My servant, who by his knowledge did justify the Righteous One to the many, and their iniquities he did bear.

53: 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty; because he bared his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Why is it that the rabbinical rabbis say that the Jewish people should not read Isaiah chapters 52 and 53? Do they really believe the "he" being referred to is Israel? If so, how does Israel die for the sins of Israel? Why is it that Israel as always referred to in the feminine (in Hebrew) but this passage uses the masculine? If this did refer to Israel, then just why do they not want you to read it? What are the rabbis hiding? Why do the rabbis try to keep you from reading certain Scriptures by not translating certain passages, not translating them correctly, or by saying they do not mean what they clearly mean? Do they really think that the Jewish people are not intelligent enough to read and think for themselves?

The modern rabbis claim that Isaiah 52 and 53 are about Israel, but did you know early rabbis taught that they were about the Messiah? Why would the modern rabbis go against the teachings of well-known and respected early (rabbi) Torah scholars of the past? Let's examine some of these for ourselves:

Rabbinical Jewish Commentaries on Isaiah 53: "But he was wounded...meaning that since the Messiah bears our iniquities which produce the effect of His being bruised, it follows that whosoever will not admit that Messiah thus suffers for our iniquities, must endure and suffer for them himself." (Rabbi Elijah de Vidas)

Rabbi Mosheh Kohen Ibn Crispin: This rabbi described those who interpret Isaiah 53 as referring to Israel as those: "having forsaken the knowledge of our Teachers, and inclined after the 'stubbornness of their own hearts', and of their own opinion, I am pleased to interpret it, in accordance with the teaching of our Rabbis, of the King Messiah....This prophecy was delivered by Isaiah at the divine command for the purpose of making known to us something about the nature of the future Messiah, who is to come and deliver Israel, and his life from the day when he arrives at discretion until his advent as a redeemer, in order that if anyone should arise claiming to be himself the Messiah, we may reflect, and look to see whether we can observe in him any resemblance to the traits described here; if there is any such resemblance, then we may believe that he is the Messiah our righteousness; but if not, we cannot do so." (From his commentary on Isaiah, quoted in The Fifty-third Chapter of Isaiah According to the Jewish Interpreters, Ktav Publishing House, 1969, Volume 2, pages 99-114.)

Messiah son of Joseph was slain, as it is written, "They shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son" (Zech xii 10 (Suk. 52a)

"The Holy One gave Messiah the opportunity to save souls but to be severely chastised: and forthwith the Messiah accepted the chastisements of love, as is written, 'He was oppressed, and he was afflicted.' And when Israel is sinful, the Messiah seeks mercy upon them, as it is written, 'By his stripes we were healed,' and 'He carried the sins of many and made intercession for the trangressors.'" (Bereshith Rabbah, Rabbi Moshe Hadershan)

"The word 'man' in the passage refers to the Messiah, the son of David as it is written, 'Behold the man whose name is Zemah'; there Jonathan interprets, Behold the man Messiah; as it is said 'a man of pains and known to sickness.' (Midrash Thanhumi, Rabbi Nahman)

Rabbinical Elijah the prophet quote: "Bear the suffering and punishment of thy Lord, with which he chastises thee for the sins of Israel, as it is written, 'He is pressed for our rebellion - crushed for our iniquities' until the end come." (Midrash Cohen, BhM, 2:29)

The Talmud explains: "The Messiah--what is his name? Those of the house of Rabbi Yuda the saint say, the sick one, as it is said, 'Surely he had borne our sicknesses'." (Sanhedrin 98b)

"It is because of this future ordeal that David (prophetically) wept, saying My strength is dried up like a potsherd [Psalms 22:7]. At this hour, G-d will say to Him, Ephraim, My Righteous Messiah, didst Thou not agree before the creation to this? Now let Your sorrows be as My own sorrows....At that Messiah answers, Now is My Spirit calmed for 'It is enough for a servant to be like master.'" (Pesikta Rabbati Piska 36:142/Yalkut on Isaiah 60:1-2)

"Then He [My Servant Messiah] will become despised, and will cut off the glory of all the Kingdoms; they will be prostrate and mourning, like a man of pains, and like One destined for sickness; and as though the Presence of the Shekinah had been withdrawn from us, they will be despised, and esteemed not." (Targum Jonathan Isaiah 53:3)

"And when Israel is sinful, the Messiah seeks for mercy upon them, as it is written, 'By His stripes we were healed, and He carried the sins of many; and made intercession for the transgressors'." (B'reshith Rabbah)

Referring to Zecheriah 12:10-12, "R. Dosa says: '(They will mourn) over the Messiah who will be slain.'" (B. Suk. 52a; also Y. Suk. 55b)

A late 10th century commentary of Isaiah 53 reads:

"As for myself, I am inclined with Benjamin of Nehavend, to regard it as alluding to the Messiah ...In the first instance that the Messiah will only reach his highest degree of honor after long and severe trials; and secondly, that these trials will be sent upon him as a kind of sign, so that, if he finds himself under the yoke of misfortunes while remaining pious in his actions, he may know that he is the designated one." (Yepheth ben All)

The Zohar:

"The Messiah, on his part, enters a certain Hall in the Garden of Eden, called the Hall of the Afflicted. There he calls for all the diseases and pains and sufferings of Israel, bidding them settle on himself, which they do. And were it not that he thus eases the burden from Israel, taking it on himself, no one could endure the sufferings meted out to Israel on account of their neglect of the Torah. So Scripture says, 'Surely our sickness did he bear' ... 'As long as Israel dwelt in the Holy Land, the rituals and sacrifices removed all those diseases from the world; now the Messiah removes them from the children of the world'." (Zohar 2:212a)

Rabbis:

"I will now proceed to explain these verses of our own Messiah, who G-d willing, will come speedily in our days. I am surprised that Rashi and Rabbi David Kimchi have not, with the Targums, applied it to the Messiah likewise." (Rabbi Naphtali ben Asher Altshuler, ca. 1650 A.D.)

"I am pleased to interpret it in accordance of our rabbis, of the King Messiah, and will be careful, so far as I am able, to adhere to the literal sense: thus, possible, I shall be free from the fancied and far fetched interpretations of which others have been guilty...." (Rabbi Moshe Kohen Ibn Crispin of Cordova and Toledo in Spain, ca. 1350)

"Our rabbis of blessed memory with one voice accept and affirm the opinion that the prophet is speaking of the King Messiah. And we ourselves shall also adhere to the same view." (Rabbi Moshe Le Sheich, second half of the 16th century)

"But he was wounded...meaning that since the Messiah bears our iniquities which produce the effect of His being bruised, it follows that whosoever will not admit that Messiah thus suffers for our iniquities, must endure and suffer for them himself." (Rabbi Elij)

God has given us the intelligence to be able to think and to comprehend what He has said. Unfortunately, many people would rather have their belief systems dictated to them by pastors and rabbis. When Judgment Day arrives, will you be among those who will stand before YHWH and stammer, "I didn't know!" - or will you be able to proclaim, "I cared enough to read and study your Word in hopes that I might understand"....