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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
Fair enough - for Christians. And no, it was not meant to be offensive. With that said, it is the Christian belief that Christ was the culmination of the "old covenant" and that, rather than a "new direction", the "new covenant" was a continuation of those same old covenant promises through the Christ's death and resurrection.
Given the underlying tension between the two faiths (The Judaic messiah has yet to come v. The Judaic messiah has come), the Christian and Jewish faiths will always on some level be at odds and each side has to use care in communicating with each other - particularly Christians when speaking of the Jewish faith.
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I agree, and I wasn't offended. Thanks for being understanding though.