Video description
A Jewish seeker reads Isaiah 53 to his mother—but she immediately assumes he is reading from the New Testament. Why did an Old Testament prophecy make her think of Jesus Christ?
In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Sam Shamoun shows how the suffering, rejection and death described in Isaiah 53 point unmistakably to Jesus the Messiah.
The video also explains:
Why the earliest followers of Jesus were Jews
How ancient Christian worship fulfills the pattern of Temple worship
Why baptism is the Christian circumcision
How water and the Holy Spirit bring about the new creation
How God judges those who never truly knew Jesus through no fault of their own
Why receiving more truth brings greater responsibility
Why Christians honor Mary as the Jewish mother of the Messiah
No one is saved apart from Jesus Christ. But can Christ apply the grace of His sacrifice to someone who never received a truthful presentation of the Gospel? Sam addresses that difficult question while speaking compassionately about the caller’s Jewish grandfather, a Holocaust survivor.
Watch until the end for Sam’s remarkable argument concerning Jesus, the Jewish people and the Virgin Mary.
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Biblical references
Genesis 1:1–2 — The Spirit of God over the waters
Genesis 2:4–7 — Water, dust and the breath of life
Genesis 17:4–14 — Circumcision as the covenant sign
Genesis 18:20–26 — The Judge of all the earth acts justly
Deuteronomy 10:16 — Circumcision of the heart
Deuteronomy 30:6 — God circumcises the heart
Jeremiah 4:4 — Removing the foreskin of the heart
Isaiah 52:13–53:12 — The suffering servant
John 3:3–5 — Born of water and the Spirit
Acts 7:51 — Uncircumcised hearts and ears
Romans 2:26–29 — True circumcision is of the heart
Romans 6:3–7 — Buried and raised with Christ in baptism
2 Corinthians 5:17–19 — A new creation in Christ
Colossians 2:11–13 — Baptism as the circumcision of Christ
Galatians 3:26–29 — Baptized into Christ and Abraham’s offspring
Luke 1:42–49 — Mary, the blessed Jewish mother of the Messiah
