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שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֶחָֽד
Sh’ma Yisra’el Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad.
Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
(Deut.6:4)
Same page in German: Yeshua of Nazareth Returns
Source: Rey Luque on Facebook.
Page Overview
- #01 Yeshua of Nazareth Returns! (Scene 1)
- #02 Part 2: Discovery of Christianity
- #03 Part 3: Yeshua Addresses the Nations
- #04 Part 4: Yeshua Addresses the Jewish People
- #05 Part 5: A Call for Unity
#01 Yeshua of Nazareth Returns! (Scene 1)
Rabbi Yeshua of Nazareth stood atop the Mount of Olives, now dotted with modern buildings and roads. It was Jerusalem, but not the Jerusalem he knew. The holy city had changed—vastly. The walls of the Second Temple, which he had walked within as a young man, had vanished. In their place stood stones of a different kind—some old, some new. He turned to the horizon and saw a gleaming golden foreign dome where the Beit HaMikdash [Anm. TM: the Temple] had once stood. His heart ached, for the promise of redemption he had envisioned seemed far away.
As he walked the streets of Jerusalem, now bustling with tourists and electric buses, he listened carefully. People spoke in languages he did not recognize—Hebrew mixed with others. The rhythm of Torah life still pulsed here, but faintly amidst the cacophony. He found a synagogue and stepped inside, joining a small group of Jews studying Torah. Their whispers of the Talmud brought him comfort; it was familiar. As he listened further, he realized his name had become a wound—spoken with bitterness, a symbol of division and sorrow among his own people.
When he asked about himself—about Yeshua of Nazareth—he saw their reactions. Their faces darkened. Some muttered about betrayal, others about suffering brought in his name. “He led people astray,” one whispered. “Because of him, the Temple was destroyed,” another said.
Yeshua’s heart grew heavy. He moved from synagogue to synagogue, from Jerusalem to Tiberias to Galilee, hearing the same echoes. Among his people, he had become a byword and a mockery. But what shook him to his core was learning how the nations knew of his teachings.
#02 Part 2: Discovery of Christianity
He ventured to the Western world, where he was stunned to find idolatrous images of himself—but yet not himself. Paintings in cathedrals showed a pale man with golden hair, a halo around his head, nailed to a Roman cross. Statues of him adorned every corner of these vast, cold structures, far removed from the humble synagogues he had known. He stepped into one of these places, filled with incense and chanting. It was foreign, alien, pagan.
He listened to sermons spoken in his name. The words “Christ,” “son of God” had become concepts of divinity which confused and filled him with righteous indignation. They spoke of him not as a man of Torah but as a deity!? Unimaginable! He heard them reject the mitzvot [Note TM: good deeds, “works”] , calling them “a curse” or “abolished.” They spoke of his death as the singular event upon which their faith hinged, ignoring the life he had lived, the Torah he had preached, and the Kingdom of God he had taught.
And then he saw the history—the Crusades, the Inquisitions, the pogroms, the Holocaust—all perpetuated by people who claimed to act in his name. He wept bitterly.
He stood outside a cathedral in Europe, addressing the crowds who called themselves Christians.
#03 Part 3: Yeshua Addresses the Nations
“You who call yourselves my followers,” he began, his voice strong and piercing, “I do not know you.”
The crowd grew silent.
“I am Yeshua, a son of Israel, a servant of the One True God, HaKadosh Baruch Hu, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I was born into the covenant, circumcised on the eighth day, and taught the Torah from my youth. I lived among my people, teaching repentance, justice, and the nearness of God’s kingdom. I spoke of the mitzvot as life-giving, for they are the words and will of the living God! I never turned from them, nor did I abolish them. Yet you—you have made me into an idol, a god in the flesh! Have you not read, ‘You shall have no other gods before Me’? Have you not heard, ‘Shema Yisrael – the Lord is one’? You have forgotten the God of Israel, twisting my words to justify your own ways.”
He walked closer to the stunned crowd.
“Did I teach you to abandon the Torah and commandments? Did I teach you to persecute my brothers and sisters, Israel (the Jewish people)? My words were a call to return to God, not to trample His covenant. Yet you have waged wars in my name, shed innocent blood, and driven my people from their homes. You have turned the message of the Kingdom of Heaven into a kingdom of this world, built on conquest and pride. Woe to you! Woe to you who call evil good and good evil!”
Yeshua raised his hand toward the heavens.
“Repent! Turn back to the God of Israel. Seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God. Do not worship me; worship the One who sent me. The nations shall one day come to Jerusalem to seek the God of Jacob, not to bow before graven images. Tear down your idols and learn the Torah, for the time is near.”
#04 Part 4: Yeshua Addresses the Jewish People
He returned to Jerusalem, standing before the Western Wall, surrounded by Jews in prayer. Tears streamed down his face. After some time, he turned to address them.
“My brothers and sisters, children of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov. I have returned to see the world as it is, and my heart breaks. You are my people, my family, and I have never left you. I lived and died as a Jew, faithful to the Covenant. Yet I see now that my name has become a stumbling block for you, a source of pain and exile. For this, I weep with you.
But hear me: what has been done in my name was permitted by Heaven, for reasons beyond our understanding. Yet the time has come for truth to rise from the ashes of distortion—do not reject me, for my mission remains bound to you, my people. I did not come to replace the Torah, nor to create a new religion. My life was a testimony to the covenant you hold so dear. I called my disciples to return to God, to love Him with all their heart, soul, and might, and to love one another as themselves.
“Was I controversial. Yes, what righteous man or Prophet wasn’t? Yes, I spoke words of rebuke like Moses and Elijah before me. But I never sought to harm you. My mission was to bring sinners to repentance, not to divide Israel. I never sought to lead you away from God, but to draw you closer. Judge me by a righteous standards, with just weights and measures. I remain your brother, a son of Israel. Is not all of Israel guarantors for one another?
#05 Part 5: A Call for Unity
Yeshua stood on the Mount of Olives once more, gazing at the city below.
“To the nations, I call you to return to the God of Israel and His ways (Torah). My brothers, I stand before you as Yosef once stood before his own—hidden for so long, mistaken for something foreign, something other than what I truly am. You did not recognize me, but I have recognized you through it all. The exile, the estrangement, the veil that has kept us apart—it was never my choice. Like Yosef, I was sent ahead, though in ways shrouded in mystery, to prepare a path in the midst of the nations.
The redemption of the world depends on Israel for salvation is of the Jews.
Together, Jew and Gentile must connect in the service of the One True God. The time has come to heal the wounds of history and prepare for the Kingdom of Heaven.”
He raised his hands in prayer.
“Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who brings all things to their completion. May Your Name be sanctified and Your Kingdom come swiftly, in our days.”
And he continued in prayer.
“Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen”
B”H
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