<<. But I would trust this Pope's religious interpretation above another saved v. doomed interpretation. >>
Sarai, you may believe anyone you choose. Accept nothing that I or anyone else on a computer thread might say. Do your own exhaustive study.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him (Thomas) "I am the way, and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."
I don't know how the Pope's pronouncement could possibly square with that verse. It is nonetheless not my job nor that of the Pope to act as gatekeeper to heaven. We will most certainly leave that decision to the Almighty.
Jesus claimed to be the fulfillment of the OT prophecy of the Messiah. No one has succesfully refuted that. Moreover, had he not been the Messiah, how could any "cult" have survived, even thrived, for over 2000 years?
Earlier you asked me why there was so much enmity between Christians and Jews. While I denied that true Christians were at the root of this I can tell you what Jesus said on the matter of the persecution of Jews:
Luke 21; vs 20-24: "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is at hand. The let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains and let those who are in the midst of the city depart, and let not those who are in the country enter the city; because these are the days of vengeance, in order that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people, and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."
This tribulation continues.
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