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The Better Paid Job, The Better Quality of Life?
About two weeks ago, I met a friend of mine and as we were both free, we went for a cup of a coffee. Ok, we had 5 beers (the Czech best ones – Budweiser Budvar, nothing in common with the American replica) in the final, but who cares. Coffee sounds better, even on the Internet.He is an experienced marketing specialist, with the great results in the Companies. He lead successful campaigns, delivered new services and products, which were successful on the local market. And he never thought about leaving the employment to start working on his own business.After a small talk, we got to theme of our jobs. And he started to speak about his own job. How lucky he is as they provide him with a lot of resources and the general support from the Board and the others. And then he said... I will leave the Company.In amazement I looked at him and asked him why? Speaking he looked very satisfied. And he told to me, they offered him just 6% salary review. I told him, the inflation rate is under 2% at this moment, so the rise is excellent.He told me, he can ask for a more than 20% salary review at the new employer, just by agreement to join the organization. Excluding the sign on bonus.I watched him for a moment and asked him, whether he needs those extra money. He told me, these extra money are not important for his life. They are important for his selfconfidence. The more money he earns, the more lucky he is.I asked him, what about other aspects of his job? The support and the resources he gets. He told me, these two things are also important for him, but he believes he is such a strong guy, he will get tho

(Mark:39). The word epetimao "rebuke" has a Hebrew equivalent (gaar) and a striking example of it is found in Zechariah 3:2 where Joshua, the cohen gadol, is standing before HaShem with Satan. Keeping in mind that Yeshua is a derivative of Joshua, Satan is trying to oppose Joshua and the worship of HaShem. Might Satan be at work in the stormy sea in order to oppose the worship of Yeshua that was to follow in Mark chapter 5? Back in Zechariah, the Satan is promptly rebuked (gaar/epetimao) and a few verses later HaShem says, "Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you--indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch...every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree" (Zech. 3:8, 10 italics inserted). Both epetimao and gaar are commands issued to demons to make them ineffective (Ibid, 160). He comments, "Jesus rebuked the winds and the lake as though they were conscious beings possessed with demons...the winds as well as the sea were said to be represented by a sar, as in the expression sar shel yam, "a prince, angel, or demon of the sea." Perhaps Matthew purposely calls up rhetoric from Zechariah as an implied answer to the disciple's question, "W

6 Useful Tips To Get Your Articles Read
Writing articles is a good way to promote your internet marketing website for free traffic.There are many people who dread having to write papers or articles. Many just feel like it seems to be too much work and it all just goes to waste when no one reads them. To some people, reading articles seems like chore, especially if the article is very lengthy and plain boring.Just how do you write an article that people will want to read. The good news is writing good articles need not be strenuous at all. There are just some tips you need to know, and some guides to follow. Once you get the hang of it, writing articles could be fun, as well as profitable for you and your internet business.Before we look at the tips, first rule is that you should always try and write on something you know about, an expert topic. That way you will not have hard time wrecking your brain for ideas and inspiration and the flow of thoughts will come easy.Now to make sure your articles get read, here are six useful tips :1) Use short paragraphsWhen the paragraph are very long, the words get jumbled up in the mind of the reader just by looking at it. It can get quite frustrating and reading becomes too much of a hard work. The reader will just discard the article and move on to another site with much easier reading, remember the online community are a awfully impatient lot with plethora of information.Short paragraphs are more palatable to the eye. Even paragraphs can even be a single sentence, sometimes even a single word!2) Make use of numbers or bulletsNumbering and the use of bullets break up your message or tips you are trying to share and allow you to stress each point across cl

INTRODUCTION

The idea of the Messiah is so closely tied to the Jewish people that any study on the divinity and humanity of the One who comes in the flesh from them (Romans 9:5) is incomplete and is destined to have flaws. In fact, this divorcement between the second century Christian church and her Hebrew roots caused many of the heretical notions about Yeshua's (Jesus') nature as both God and man. Modern Christianity is still feeling the effects of some of these notions (and that ancient split). Recent research shows that "across ethnicity, 43% of Hispanics, 43% of whites, and 32% of blacks agree with the idea that 'when He lived on earth, Jesus Christ was human and committed sins, like other people.'" (see http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=6). While there are many views on the matter, there are only three possible answers; Yeshua is human, divine, or both. This paper will survey key Scriptures that address but not necessarily advocate these views; discuss salient opinions from recent and ancient theologians; and summarize the importance of this topic for the Body of Messiah today.

THE TANAKH AND APOSTOLIC SCRIPTURES

On the fourth day of creation, accounted for by the hand of Moshe in Bereshit, HaShem said, "Let there be light! And there was light. And HaShem saw the light, that it was good." The Sages say of this verse, "Whose is this light which falls upon the congregation of the Lord? It is the light of the Messiah." (Pesikhta Rabbati, vol. 62, 1). From the beginning, the Tanakh reveals the nature of Messiah Yeshua. The Sages were on target as Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, affirms their view of the passage, "For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible...all things have been created through Him and for Him." (Col 1:16).

Jewish expectations of a "divine envoy" from heaven are well accounted for in their traditions and writings (Pannenberg, p. 150). This coming king was expected to be fully human as seen in the titles for this Messiah. One of the best known cryptic messianic titles is "Ben Parets," son of Perez (Santala, p. 43).The title is found in Gen 38:29 speaking of the son of Judah and Tamar, "'What a breach you have made for yourself!' So he was named Perez." The fulfillment of this prophecy is easily discovered in the genealogy of Yeshua, "And Judas begat Phares" (Mat 1:3). Thus, Yeshua was indeed as son of Perez. Ben Parets was known to be a conqueror of death and therefore an appropriate name for the coming Messiah. The Midrash goes further into depth, "The last Savior is Messiah, the Son of David, who is descended from Judah's son Perez...this is the Messiah-King; as it is written, 'A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse' and 'The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion.'" (Is. 11:1 and Ps. 110:2). The Rabbis expound on these passages by saying, "This is the Messiah who will soon appear, because it is written of him that, 'One who breaks open the way [poretz] will go up before them.'" (Micah 2:13). The significance of these passages and the title "Ben Parets" is that the Messiah was thought, even from ancient times, to be a man come from God. Risto Santala astutely points out, "...the Targums and Midrashim generally speak of the 'Messiah-King', and not so much of some nebulous 'Messiah concept'" (Santala, p. 44). So far the passages which have been introduced from the Tanakh have been "lighter" prophecies concerning Messiah's nature and relatively unknown to most Christian commentators. Here one can see the value of a Jewish principle of theology codified by R. Hillel, qal v homer, which draws conclusions from the lighter or smaller matter to broader contexts. In the larger context of all Messianic prophesy, these passages are no less spectacular and valuable in their ability to impart understanding of the nature of Messiah Yeshua. The Apostolic Scriptures (commonly known as the "New Testament") are equally revealing.

The Apostolic writings certainly indicate that Yeshua is the Son of God. While the Tanakh is full of references to God taking humans as His children (e.g. the entire nation of Israel), it is only in the Incarnation of Yeshua, HaShem's Word, which reveals the ultimate fulfillment of the earlier types. At Yeshua's baptism, a bat qol (a daughter of a voice--an echo spoken in heaven and heard on earth) speaks from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Mat. 3:17). Note that in Judaism, the term "beloved" is another name for the Messiah (Lachs, p. 47).

Even demons recognized the nature of Yeshua when exclaiming in Luke 8:28, "What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?" Samuel Tobias Lachs comments, "The demons recognize his true identity, even though, as yet, humans do not...'Son of God' is a messianic title. It is the Messiah who will break the power of the demons" (Ibid, 163).

Yeshua demonstrates a power over nature that is only reserved for the Creator: "And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Hush, be still.' And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm" (Mark:39). The word epetimao "rebuke" has a Hebrew equivalent (gaar) and a striking example of it is found in Zechariah 3:2 where Joshua, the cohen gadol, is standing before HaShem with Satan. Keeping in mind that Yeshua is a derivative of Joshua, Satan is trying to oppose Joshua and the worship of HaShem. Might Satan be at work in the stormy sea in order to oppose the worship of Yeshua that was to follow in Mark chapter 5? Back in Zechariah, the Satan is promptly rebuked (gaar/epetimao) and a few verses later HaShem says, "Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you--indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch...every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree" (Zech. 3:8, 10 italics inserted). Both epetimao and gaar are commands issued to demons to make them ineffective (Ibid, 160). He comments, "Jesus rebuked the winds and the lake as though they were conscious beings possessed with demons...the winds as well as the sea were said to be represented by a sar, as in the expression sar shel yam, "a prince, angel, or demon of the sea." Perhaps Matthew purposely calls up rhetoric from Zechariah as an implied answer to the disciple's question, "Wh

First-Time Buyers Still Squeezed By Affordability Issues
First-time buyers are continuing to borrow larger and larger amounts of money to get onto the housing ladder, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).The CML found that in November, a typical first-time buyer took out a mortgage worth 3.29 times their salary, which is the highest ever recorded multiple of their income.This is compared with 3.27 times in October and 3.08 times in November 2005.Despite this, the number of first-time buyers climbing onto the property ladder grew in November. Home loans to first-time buyers went up from 35,300 in October to 37,000, the CML found."First-time buyers are clearly still keen to get on to the property ladder despite the growing financial hurdles," said CML director-general Michael Coogan.He added: "First-time buyers should examine the benefits of taking out a fixed-rate deal for payment certainty in the next few years and make sure they are protected against any unforeseen changes in their personal circumstances."According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, finding the money to finance the upfront costs of getting onto the housing ladder, as well as possibly paying stamp duty, are the biggest obstacles to first-time buyers.Mortgage adviser Firstrung has predicted an end to house price inflation following the Bank of England's 0.25 per cent increase in interest rates.Firstrung called the rise "cause for some hope" for first-time buyers amid concerns that initial mortgage deals are likely to place buyers in debt that will last the rest of their lives.Paul Holmes, chief executive officer of Firstrung, said: "The rate rise is a defence mechanism versus the mismanagement of the economy."He ad

ere was light. And HaShem saw the light, that it was good." The Sages say of this verse, "Whose is this light which falls upon the congregation of the Lord? It is the light of the Messiah." (Pesikhta Rabbati, vol. 62, 1). From the beginning, the Tanakh reveals the nature of Messiah Yeshua. The Sages were on target as Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, affirms their view of the passage, "For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible...all things have been created through Him and for Him." (Col 1:16).

Inventory Management
For the smaller inventory intensive businesses, management of the inventory is a most important task for the entrepreneur. Unfortunately, it is not always understood. In many retail businesses, inventory is the largest asset on the balance sheet. Today’s technology allows even the smallest retailers to track their inventory and sales and to know what their customers are buying.One of your most important activities is planning your inventory purchases. Too often, little or no planning goes into inventory acquisition. Know what your customers are buying and what is not moving. If you don’t know this, you can not plan your inventory. Don’t buy yesterday’s sales; buy tomorrow’s sales. Use yesterday as a guide, adjusted by your experience, research in the marketplace and knowledge of your target audience. Forecast your sales as accurately as possible to insure your inventory matches those forecastsAn important consideration in inventory management is inventory mix. Mix includes size as well as fashions and style. Do you have everything the customer wants? If not, you miss sales opportunities. If you have inventory the customer does not want, the cash used for that inventory, but needed elsewhere in your business, is not available. Search for the right balance. One should look at inventory as cash sitting on the shelves. If it does not sell, the "cash on the shelves" is doing nothing for your business, except increasing costs. Inventory that does not move within a reasonable length of time should be aggressively sold to recover the cash.Knowing what is selling and adjusting your inventory accordingly should result in improved inventory turns. One of the best ways to improve financial performance is to increase the turno

ther into depth, "The last Savior is Messiah, the Son of David, who is descended from Judah's son Perez...this is the Messiah-King; as it is written, 'A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse' and 'The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion.'" (Is. 11:1 and Ps. 110:2). The Rabbis expound on these passages by saying, "This is the Messiah who will soon appear, because it is written of him that, 'One who breaks open the way [poretz] will go up before them.'" (Micah 2:13). The significance of these passages and the title "Ben Parets" is that the Messiah was thought, even from ancient times, to be a man come from God. Risto Santala astutely points out, "...the Targums and Midrashim generally speak of the 'Messiah-King', and not so much of some nebulous 'Messiah concept'" (Santala, p. 44). So far the passages which have been introduced from the Tanakh have been "lighter" prophecies concerning Messiah's nature and relatively unknown to most Christian commentators. Here one can see the value of a Jewish principle of theology codified by R. Hillel, qal v homer, which draws conclusions from the lighter or smaller matter to broader contexts. In the larger context of all Messianic prophesy, these passages are no less spectacular and valuable in their ability to impart understanding of the nature of Messiah Yeshua. The Apostolic Scriptures (commonly known as the "New Testament") are equally revealing.

A Guide to Brochure Printing
Brochure printing can be easy if you first identify your needs and have a clear sense of your budget. Whether it is for is a real estate listing, a trade show handout, a data sheet, or another application, brochures are a great promotional tool.Start with a layout that includes the text and images you will need to convey your message. Then choose the type of printing that best suits your brochure. Brochures are typically printed in more than one color.There are two basic choices in printing: offset printing and laser or digital printing. Both printing processes are capable of producing large quantities of high-quality documents. Most high quality, full-color commercial printing is done on offset presses using the four-color process. Offset printing is a process whereby ink is spread on a metal plate with etched images, is transferred to an intermediary surface, and is then applied to paper by pressing the paper against the intermediary surface. Although set-up costs can be relatively high, the actual printing is generally inexpensive.Laser or digital printing uses a laser beam to produce an image; this is also the way copy machines work. Offset printing usually produces clearer, crisper type and higher resolution images than laser or digital printing. However, smaller printing jobs can be done on a small low-volume laser or inkjet printer, or at a copy store, thereby eliminating set-up fees and some shipping costs.Choosing paper is another very important aspect of brochure printing. Most printers will recommend a heavyweight, coated, or glossy paper to achieve a more vibrant, upscale look.The folding of your brochure is another key consideration. Basic folding options include: the half fold or sin

rstanding of the nature of Messiah Yeshua. The Apostolic Scriptures (commonly known as the "New Testament") are equally revealing.

The Benefits of Structured Settlements
Before getting into the benefits of structured settlements, it might be a good idea to explain what it is. A structured settlement, sometimes referred to as a periodic payment judgment, occurs as a result of a lawsuit where there is a considerable sum of money to be paid out. Usually the amount is broken down into payments and put on a schedule to be paid out over time. Payments can be made monthly, yearly, or every couple of years, depending on the agreement. The payments can extend over a period of many years. A person receiving the payments is referred to as the payee or annuitant.So What's Good About Them? Structured settlements are tax free. This goes for the State level as well as the Federal level. The income received from this type of agreement is not considered annual gross income and is therefore not taxable.Structured settlements mean more security. Regularly scheduled payments over a specified period of time adds security for a lot of people; especially for senior citizens living on a fixed income. It is less likely for them to be taken advantage of if they only have smaller amounts of cash as opposed to keeping large amounts on hand. They also offer security for children seeking a college education. For example, a settlement can be set up that will pay for college tuition. This settles the question of how they will pay for their schooling. Another way structured settlements add security is from the fact that most insurance companies that make these payments are some of the largest with the best reputations in the country.Structured settlements take the worry out of your financial future. They add to the security of knowing that

CHRISTOLOGY IN HISTORY

Since the Scriptures themselves contain very few, direct statements concerning the nature of Messiah (exceptions being John 1:1 and Phil. 2:6), it has been the task of the generations after the Apostles to the present, to answer Yeshua's imposing question, "But who do you say that I am?" (Mat 16:15). The ancient answers from the early Church are varied. Ignatius, writing circa 112 C.E. writes, "There is one physician, fleshly and spiritual, begotten and unbegotten, God in man, true life in death, both of Mary and of God, first passible then impassible, Jesus Christ our Lord" (Bettenson and Maunder, p. 32). It is difficult to agree with Ignatius' position on "begotten and unbegotten" in light of the Greek of John chapter 1. The word en, the imperfect of eimi is found in every instance in this chapter where John refers to Yeshua in His external, pre-incarnation state. In contrast, John, using the word egeneto, which is the aorist form of ginomai, is describing something or someone becoming that which it was not before. It appears from the text that Yeshua's essence was spirit and has now (at that point in time) become flesh. Ignatius is concerned with the translation of the word "monogeneis" in verse eighteen. The poor translation of the phrase, "the only begotten," led to much of the problem; it leads to the idea of the Father "generating" the Son. A better translation would be "the unique Son," thus making it clear that Yeshua was brought out (exeigeisato) at a particular time in history; from the modern point of view, in the past. This is John's progression from verse fourteen where Yeshua, "became flesh and dwelt among us..."

Much of the early Church's concerns center around the two natures of Messiah--His humanity and His divinity. The influence of this question is apparent in Stanley Grenz's treatment of the Incarnation, "...the Son did not unite with a human person, but with human nature, which gained existence in its connection with the Logos. As a consequence of the incarnation, the one person Jesus Christ enjoys the properties of the two natures" (Grenz, p. 306). Grenz's use of the Logos hearkens back to Tertullian's view of the Incarnation: "...God made this universe by his word and reason and power. Your philosophers also are agreed that the artificer of the universe seems to be Logos--that is, word and reason...This Word, we have learnt, was produced from God, and was generated by being produced, and therefore is called the Son of God, and God, from unity of substance with God. For God too is spirit" (Bettenson, p. 34). From these two similar perspectives, the Word (Logos) was united with God and with humanity. However, these views (both ancient and current) do not speak to the issue of Yeshua's pre-existence--a certain condition of the divine. Wolfhart Pannenberg adds his voice writing, "...Jesus' unity with God in the revelatory event of his resurrection from the dead can be understood only as his unity with God's eternal essence, so that the eternal divinity of God cannot be appropriately conceived except in relation to Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus' unity with God, insofar as it belongs to God's eternal essence, precedes, however, the time of Jesus' earthly life" (Pannenberg, p. 150). The strength of this statement lies in its emphasis on unity between Father and Son. Dionysius is quick to point out that the Messiah is not a "work" that came into "being": "For if the Son came into being there was when these attributes were not; therefore there was a time when God was without them; which is most absurd...." (Ibid, p. 35). Dionysius neatly curbs the issue of the Messiah as a created being and leaves the John chapter mentioned above to be freely heard for what it is saying; namely, that the Messiah always was and came forth from the Father. Therefore, He is divine and He also became flesh.

Again, it is important to consult Jewish writings on the matter. In the Zohar there is a telling description of how the Messiah was "exegeted" from the Father,

"The term 'And...said' (Heb. vayomer consists of the Hebrew letters Mi (who) and Or (light), which is an inquiry (Who is this Light?). 'And...said' alludes to a raised force, and the raising is done in silence. A light is drawn from the secret of Ein-Sof (the One without end); from the beginning of thought. 'And Elohim said' means that now the Temple (in heaven) gave birth to the holy seed, with which it was pregnant, in secret. And He who was born, namely Zeir Anpin (a title for the Messiah), was heard without. Whoever gave birth to him, to Zeir Anpin, did it secretly and was not heard at all. This refers to giving birth to the mochin of Zeir Anpin while still in biynah (Heb. "understanding"). But as soon as it emerged from there, from biynah, a sound was heard without (Biynah in Hebrew when rearranged one can see bein yah which means 'Son of God.'") (R. Simeon ben Yochai, Zohar, Bereshit, 16).

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