The Savior of the World Trump
This video by Adam Green on Trump and his messianic aspirations was pretty good up to about 47 minutes when he started his attack on Christianity. He always uses the same strategy as he commences by debunking Judaism and Christian Zionism and then switches to attacking Christianity in general. The tactic is called bait and switch. That said, the first half of the show was good and towards the end he brought up the topic of the Kuzari which was broached by Rabbi Yaron Rueven, who, as coincidence would have, I just mercilessly trolled in the chat during his last live stream (lolz).
As for Green his presentation of the Kuzari question at 1:34 is simplistic and he makes the same basic errors that he does when trying to polemicize against Christianity. Halevi was a Sephardic Jewish poet, physician and philosopher (c. 1075AD-1141 AD) considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his secular and religious poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy. His most famous philosophical work is the Sefer ha-Kuzari which he wrote in Arabic. He completed the book Kuzari about 2 years before he died at the age of 66. It does indeed look like a philosophical and or polemical work but that does not mean that it has no historical validity. About the same time the tenth-century Muslim Persian explorer and geographer Ibn Rustah explained how the royalty converted to Judaism sometime in the 8th century, while the rest, according to the Persian traveler Ahmad ibn Rustah, probably followed the old Tūrkic religion (Adam does not tell you that does he?). Although legendary, a tale regarding the Kazar ruler having his throne placed with equal status among the other royal thrones of the two superpowers (China and Byzantium) reflects the importance and status of the Kazar empire as a buffer and a bridge (think here of the belt and road) for merchants traveling from China all the way to Europe. This was probably the period of the Radhanite Jewish Merchants who traded all the way from China to Germany (Ruhr valley) and France (Rhone valley). The activities of the Radhanites appear to cease during the 10th century. The causes may have been the fall of Tang China in 908, followed by the collapse of the Khazarian state at the hands of the Rus’ some sixty years later (circa 968–969). If Russia caused the fall of the Kazar empire and the lucrative trade routes, this may explain the centuries old Jewish animosity towards the Rus. The Radhanites were multilingual and aklso spoke Frank the Germanic language originally spoken by the Franks, called Old Frankish by linguists. I find it interesting that Frankfurt was the home town of Rothschild and then there is always Jacob Frank the supposed reincarnation of Shabbetai Tzevi. The story of the Kazahrs and their conversion is therefore probably true but probably only the aristocratic and ruling class. It sounds entirely plausible that Jewish merchants wanted an independent trading hub with no affiliation to either Christianity or Islam. As to the Qtards comparing Trump to the “anointed” (=Cyrus) that does no hold because:
- Cyrus never rebuilt the temple Darius did.
- Cyrus (koresh) is a corruption (deliberate) of karash (workman/artificer)
- Anointed is not a term used for gentile kings
- The “workman” in Isaiah was King Hezekiah
This is extensively treated in my commentary, God is Judge (also check out the addendum) but it rules out Cyrus as the temple builder. Just a reminder that I have debated Adam Green:
And I have also debunked some of his main polemical talking points:
Here is a very good comparison between the Genesis flood and other Ancient Near Eastern flood myths. The accusation of “borrowing” is often made without weighing the evidence carefully. Look at all thirteen pages with academic references. Green has chosen the easy way out which is ridicule and mockery but all he is doing is demonstrating his ignorance. Here is the full video from Adam Green and Know More News.
The Savior of the World Trump, Ark of the Covenant, God’s Humble Chosen | Know More News (1:47 min)
