Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Is Jesus Messiah?

Recently I had a person, who is Messianic, but reverting back to Orthodox Judaism ask "Did Jesus really fulfill the Messianic Prophecies?"

Is Jesus the Messiah that Israel is waiting for? Short answer "YES!" Now for the long answer.

I decided to go through the Messianic Prophecies for you; I didn't cover all 324 prophecies; but I did go from Genesis to Malachi and have given you  the fulfillment in the New Testament. Remember when we collectively look at the prophecies, and look at the New Testament, not only can we see what Messiah is to be like, but also that He has come, and we can take hope in His Second coming!


Genesis
ProphecyFulfillment
The Messiah would be born of the "seed" of a woman.Genesis 3:15Luke 1:34-35
The Messiah would defeat Satan.above1 John 3:8
The Messiah would suffer while reconciling men to God.above1 Peter 3:18
The Messiah would be a descendant of Shem.Genesis 9:26Luke 3:36
The Messiah would be a descendant of Abraham.Genesis 12:3Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be a descendant of Isaac.Genesis 17:19Luke 3:34
The Messiah would be a descendant of Abraham.Genesis 18:17-18Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would come for all nations.aboveActs 3:24-26
The Messiah would be a descendant of Isaac.Genesis 21:12Luke 3:34
Messiah to be sacrificed on the same mountain where God tested Abraham.Genesis 22:14Luke 23:33
The Messiah would be a descendant of Abraham.Genesis 22:18Galations 3:16
The Messiah would come for all nations.aboveGalatians 3:14
The Messiah would be a descendant of Isaac.Genesis 26:4Luke 3:34
The Messiah would be a descendant of Jacob.Genesis 28:14above
The Messiah would come for all people.aboveGalatians 3:26-29
The Messiah would be a descendant of Judah.Genesis 49:10Luke 3:33
The Messiah would be a KingaboveJohn 1:49
The Jew's capitol punishment authority would be gone when the Messiah arrived.aboveJohn 18:31

Numbers
The Messiah would be a King.Numbers 24:17John 19:19

Deuteronomy
The Messiah would be a Prophet.Deuteronomy 18:15-19John 6:14
The Messiah would speak with words of authority given to Him from God.aboveJohn 12:48-50
Those who refused to listen to the Messiah would be judged.aboveabove
The Messiah would be worshiped by angels at his birth.Deuteronomy 32:43Luke 2:13-14

Ruth
The Messiah would be a descendant of Boaz & Ruth.Ruth 4:12-17Luke 3:32

1 Samuel
The Messiah would be exalted by God with power and strength.1 Samuel 2:10Matthew 28:18

2 Samuel
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.2 Samuel 7:12-13Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be the Son of God.aboveMatthew 3:16-17
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.2 Samuel 7:16Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would come for all people.2 Samuel 22:50Romans 15:8-9
The Messiah would be the "Rock."2 Samuel 23:2-41 Corinthians 10:4
The Messiah would be as the "light of the morning."aboveRevelation 22:16

1 Chronicles
The Messiah would be a descendant of Judah.1 Chronicles 5:2Luke 3:33
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.1 Chronicles 17:11-12Luke 3:31
The Messiah's throne would be everlasting.aboveLuke 1:32-33
The Messiah would be the Son of God.1 Chronicles 17:13-14Matthew 3:16-17

Psalms
The Messiah would be rejected by Gentiles.Psalm 2:1Acts 4:25-28
Political and religious leaders would conspire against the Messiah.Psalm 2:2Matthew 26:3-4
The Messiah would be a King.Psalm 2:6John 12:12-13
The Messiah would be the Son of God.Psalm 2:7Luke 1:31-35
The Messiah would declare that he was the Son of God.aboveJohn 9:35-37
The Messiah would be resurrected and crowned as King.aboveActs 13:30-33
The Messiah would ask God for His inheritance.Psalm 2:8John 17:4-24
The Messiah would receive authority over all.aboveMatthew 28:18
The Messiah would be the Son of God.Psalm 2:12Matthew 17:5
The Messiah would reject those who did not believe in him.aboveJohn 3:36
Infants would give praise to the Messiah.Psalm 8:2Matthew 21:15-16
The Messiah would be given authority over all things.Psalm 8:6Matthew 28:18
The Messiah would be resurrected.Psalm 16:8-10Matthew 28:6
The Messiah's body would not be subject to decay.aboveActs 13:35-37
The Messiah would be exalted to the presence of God.Psalm 16:11Acts 2:33
The Messiah would come for all people.Psalm 18:49Ephesians 3:4-6
The Messiah would cry out to God.Psalm 22:1Matthew 27:46
The Messiah would be forsaken by God.aboveMark 15:34
The Messiah, anguished, would pray without ceasing.Psalm 22:2Matthew 26:38-39
The Messiah would be despised.Psalm 22:6Luke 23:21-23
The Messiah would be mocked by people shaking their heads.Psalm 22:7Matthew 27:39
Mockers would say of the Messiah, "he trusted God, let him deliver him."Psalm 22:8Matthew 27:41-43
The Messiah would be aware of his Father from his youth.Psalm 22:9Luke 2:40
The Messiah would be called to God's service from the womb.Psalm 22:10Luke 1:30-33
The Messiah would be abandoned by the disciples.Psalm 22:11Mark 14:50
The Messiah would be surrounded by evil spirits.Psalm 22:12-13Colossians 2:15
The Messiah's heart would burst, flowing with blood & water.Psalm 22:14John 19:34
The Messiah would be crucified.aboveMatthew 27:35
The Messiah would thirst.Psalm 22:15John 19:28
The Messiah would thirst shortly before his death.aboveJohn 19:30
The Messiah would be surrounded by Gentiles at his crucifixion.Psalm 22:16Luke 23:36
The Messiah would be surrounded by Jews at his crucifixion.aboveMatthew 27:41-43
The Messiah's hands and feet would be pierced.aboveMatthew 27:38
None of the Messiah's bones would be broken.Psalm 22:17John 19:32-33
People would stare at the Messiah during his crucifixion.aboveLuke 23:35
The Messiah's garments would be divided.Psalm 22:18John 19:23-24
Lots would be cast for the Messiah's clothes.aboveabove
The Messiah's atonement would enable believers to be his brethren.Psalm 22:22Hebrews 2:10-12
None of the Messiah's bones would be broken.Psalm 34:20John 19:32-33
The Messiah's offering of himself would replace all sacrifices.Psalm 40:6-8Hebrews 10:10-13
The Messiah would say the scriptures were written of him.aboveLuke 24:44
The Messiah would come to do God's will.Psalm 40:7-8John 5:30
The Messiah would not conceal his mission from the congregation.Psalm 40:9-10Luke 4:16-21
The Messiah's betrayer would be a friend whom he broke bread with.Psalm 41:9Mark 14:17-18
The Messiah would speak with a message of grace.Psalm 45:2Luke 4:22
The Messiah's throne would be everlasting.Psalm 45:6-7Luke 1:31-33
The Messiah would be God.aboveHebrews 1:8-9
The Messiah would act with righteousness.aboveJohn 5:30
The Messiah would ascend into heaven.Psalm 68:18Luke 24:51
The Messiah would give gifts to men.aboveMatthew 10:1
The Messiah would be hated by many without cause.Psalm 69:4Luke 23:13-22
The Messiah would bear reproach, for God's sake.Psalm 69:7Matthew 26:65-67
The Messiah would be rejected by the Jews.Psalm 69:8John 1:11
The Messiah's brothers would disbelieve him.aboveJohn 7:3-5
The Messiah would be angered by disrespect toward the temple.Psalm 69:9John 2:13-17
The Messiah would bear reproach, for God's sake.Psalm 69:9Romans 15:3
The Messiah's disciples would fail him in his time of need.aboveMark 14:33-41
The Messiah would be offered gall and vinegar.Psalm 69:21Matthew 27:34
The Messiah would thirst.aboveJohn 19:28
The potters field would be uninhabited.Psalm 69:25Acts 1:16-20
The Messiah would speak in parables.Psalm 78:2Matthew 13:34-35
The Messiah would be at the right hand of God.Psalm 80:17Acts 5:31
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Psalm 89:3-4Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would call God his Father.Psalm 89:26Matthew 11:27
The Messiah would be God's "firstborn."Psalm 89:27Mark 16:6
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Psalm 89:29Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Psalm 89:35-36Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be eternal.Psalm 102:25-27Colossians 1:17
The Messiah would be the creator of all.aboveJohn 1:3
The Messiah would be accused by false witnesses.Psalm 109:2John 18:29-30
The Messiah would pray for his enemies.Psalm 109:4Luke 23:34
The Messiah's betrayer would have a short life.Psalm 109:8Acts 1:16-18
The Messiah's betrayer would be replaced.aboveActs 1:20-26
The Messiah would be mocked by people shaking their heads.Psalm 109:25Mark 15:29-30
The Messiah would be Lord.Psalm 110:1Matthew 22:41-45
The Messiah would be at the right hand of God.aboveMark 16:19
The Messiah would be a Priest in the order of Melchisedec.Psalm 110:4Hebrews 6:17-20
The Messiah would be at the right hand of God.Psalm 110:51 Peter 3:21-22
The Messiah would be the "stone" rejected by the Jews.Psalm 118:22Matthew 21:42-43
The Messiah would come in the name of the Lord.Psalm 118:26Matthew 21:9
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Psalm 132:11Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Psalm 132:17above

Proverbs
The Messiah would be from everlasting.Proverbs 8:22-23John 17:5
The Messiah would ascend and descend from heaven.Proverbs 30:4John 3:13
God would have a Son.aboveMatthew 3:16-17

Isaiah
The Jews would have a hardened heart against the Messiah.Isaiah 6:9-10John 12:37-40
The Messiah would speak in parables.Isaiah 6:9-10Matthew 13:13-15
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Isaiah 7:13-14Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be born of a virgin.Isaiah 7:14Luke 1:34-35
The Messiah would be Immanuel, "God with us."aboveMatthew 1:21-23
The Messiah would be God.aboveJohn 12:45
The Messiah would be a "stumbling stone" for the Jews.Isaiah 8:14Matthew 21:43-44
The Messiah would minister in Galilee.Isaiah 9:1-2Matthew 4:12-17
The Messiah would be a light to the Gentiles.aboveLuke 2:28-32
The birth of the Messiah.Isaiah 9:6Luke 2:11
The Messiah would be the Son of God.aboveLuke 1:35
The Messiah would be the "Wonderful Counselor."aboveJohn 7:46
The Messiah would be both God and man (the "Mighty God").aboveJohn 10:30
The Messiah would be from everlasting (the "Everlasting Father").aboveRevelation 1:8
The Messiah would be the "Prince of Peace."aboveColossians 1:20
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Isaiah 9:7Matthew 1:1
The Messiah would be a descendant of Jesse.Isaiah 11:1Luke 3:23-32
The Messiah would grow up in a poor family.aboveLuke 2:7
The Messiah would have the full Spirit of God upon him.Isaiah 11:2Matthew 3:16-17
The Messiah would have the Spirit of Wisdom.aboveLuke 2:40
The Messiah would have the Spirit of Understanding.aboveabove
The Messiah would have the Spirit of Counsel.aboveMatthew 7:28-29
The Messiah would have the Spirit of Might.aboveMatthew 8:27
The Messiah would have the Spirit of the Knowledge of God.aboveJohn 7:29
The Messiah would have the Spirit of the Fear of God.aboveHebrews 5:7
The Messiah would have a quick understanding in the fear of the Lord.Isaiah 11:3Luke 2:46-47
The Messiah would not judge on the basis of external representations.aboveJohn 7:24
The Messiah would judge the poor with righteousness.Isaiah 11:4Mark 12:41-44
The Messiah would be a descendant of Jesse.Isaiah 11:10Luke 3:23-32
The Messiah would come for all people.aboveActs 13:47-48
The Messiah would have the key of David.Isaiah 22:22Revelation 3:7
The Messiah would defeat death.Isaiah 25:8Revelation 1:18
Others would rise to life at the resurrection of the Messiah.Isaiah 26:19Matthew 27:52-53
The Messiah would be the cornerstone.Isaiah 28:161 Peter 2:4-6
The Messiah would heal the blind.Isaiah 35:5Mark 10:51-52
The Messiah would heal the deaf.aboveMark 7:32-35
The Messiah would heal the lame.Isaiah 35:6Matthew 12:10-13
The Messiah would heal the dumb.aboveMatthew 9:32-33
The forerunner of the Messiah would live in the wilderness.Isaiah 40:3Matthew 3:1-4
The forerunner would prepare people for the coming of the Messiah.aboveLuke 1:17
The Messiah would be God.aboveJohn 10:30
The Messiah would be as a shepherd.Isaiah 40:11John 10:11
The Messiah would be God's servant.Isaiah 42:1John 4:34
The Messiah would have the Spirit of God upon him.aboveMatthew 3:16-17
The Messiah would please God.aboveMatthew 3:16-17
The Messiah would provide "justice" to the Gentiles.aboveMatthew 24:14
The Messiah would not draw attention to himself.Isaiah 42:2Matthew 12:15
The Messiah would have compassion for the poor and needy.Isaiah 42:3Matthew 11:4-5
The Messiah would receive guidance from God.Isaiah 42:6John 5:19-20
The Messiah would be ministered to by God.aboveJohn 8:29
The Messiah would be the new covenant.aboveMatthew 26:28
The Messiah would be a light to the Gentiles.aboveJohn 8:12
The Messiah would heal the blind.Isaiah 42:7Matthew 9:27-30
The Messiah would be from everlasting.Isaiah 48:16John 1:1-2
The Messiah would be sent from God.aboveJohn 7:29
The Messiah would come for all people.Isaiah 49:11 Timothy 2:4-6
The Messiah would be called to God's service from the womb.aboveMatthew 1:20-21
The Messiah would be called by his name before he was born.aboveLuke 1:30-31
The Messiah's words would be as a sharp sword.Isaiah 49:2Revelation 2:12-16
The Messiah would be protected by God.aboveMatthew 2:13-15
The Messiah would be responsible for the judgment of mankind.aboveJohn 5:22-29
The Messiah would be God's servant.Isaiah 49:3John 17:4
The Messiah's work would glorify God.aboveMatthew 15:30-31
The Messiah would be distressed over the Jews unbelief.Isaiah 49:4Luke 19:41-42
The Messiah would be rejected by the Jews.aboveJohn 5:43
The Messiah would be God's servant.Isaiah 49:5John 6:38
The Messiah would come to bring Israel back to God.aboveMatthew 15:24
The Messiah would be God's servant.Isaiah 49:6John 12:49-50
The Messiah would be a light to the Gentiles.aboveActs 13:47-48
The Messiah would be despised.Isaiah 49:7John 10:20
The Messiah would speak with knowledge given to him from God.Isaiah 50:4John 12:49
The Messiah would not be rebellious to God's will.Isaiah 50:5John 12:27
The Messiah's back would be whipped.Isaiah 50:6Matthew 27:26
The Messiah's face would be beaten and spit upon.aboveMatthew 26:67
The Messiah would steadfastly set his face toward his mission.Isaiah 50:7Luke 9:51-53
The Messiah would be justified by his righteousness.Isaiah 50:81 Timothy 3:16
The Messiah would place his trust in God.Isaiah 50:8-10John 11:7-10
The Messiah would be God's servant.Isaiah 52:13John 9:4
The Messiah would be highly exalted.abovePhilippians 2:9-11
The Messiah's face would be disfigured from severe beatings.Isaiah 52:14Matthew 26:67-68
The Messiahs blood would be shed to make atonement for all.Isaiah 52:15Revelation 1:5
The Messiah's own people would not believe he was the Christ.Isaiah 53:1John 12:37-38
The Messiah would grow up in a poor family.Isaiah 53:2Luke 2:7
The Messiah would have the appearance of an ordinary man.abovePhilippians 2:7-8
The Messiah would be despised.Isaiah 53:3Luke 4:28-29
The Messiah would be rejected.aboveMatthew 27:21-23
The Messiah would have great sorrow and grief.aboveLuke 19:41-42
Men would hide from being associated with the Messiah.aboveMark 14:50-52
The Messiah would have a healing ministry.Isaiah 53:4Luke 6:17-19
The Messiah would bear and carry upon himself the sins of the world.above1 Peter 2:24
The Messiah would be thought to be cursed by God.aboveMatthew 27:41-43
The Messiah would bear the penalty for mankind's transgressions.Isaiah 53:5Luke 23:33
The Messiah's sacrifice would provide peace between man and God.aboveColossians 1:20
The Messiah's back would be whipped.Isaiah 53:5Matthew 27:26
The Messiah would be the sin-bearer for all mankind.Isaiah 53:6Galatians 1:4
It was God's will that the Messiah would be the sin-bearer for all mankind.above1 John 4:10
The Messiah would be oppressed and afflicted.Isaiah 53:7Matthew 27:27-31
The Messiah would be silent before his accusers.aboveMatthew 27:12-14
The Messiah would be as a sacrificial lamb.aboveJohn 1:29
The Messiah would be confined and persecuted.Isaiah 53:8Matthew 26:55
The Messiah would be judged.aboveJohn 18:13-22
The Messiah would be killed.aboveMatthew 27:35
The Messiah would die for the sins of the world.above1 John 2:2
The Messiah would be buried in a rich man's grave.Isaiah 53:9Matthew 27:57
The Messiah would be innocent and had done no violence.aboveMark 15:3
The Messiah would have no deceit in his mouth.aboveJohn 18:38
It was God's will that the Messiah would die for all mankind.Isaiah 53:10John 18:11
The Messiah would be an offering for sin.aboveMatthew 20:28
The Messiah would be resurrected and live forever.aboveMark 16:16
The Messiah would prosper.aboveJohn 17:1-5
God would be fully satisfied with the suffering of the Messiah.Isaiah 53:11John 12:27
The Messiah would be God's servant.aboveRomans 5:18-19
The Messiah would justify man before God.aboveRomans 5:8-9
The Messiah would be the sin-bearer for all mankind.aboveHebrews 9:28
Because of his sacrifice, the Messiah would be greatly exalted by God.Isaiah 53:12Matthew 28:18
The Messiah would give up his life to save mankind.aboveLuke 23:46
The Messiah would be grouped with criminals.aboveLuke 23:32
The Messiah would be the sin-bearer for all mankind.above2 Corinthians 5:21
The Messiah would intercede to God in behalf of mankind.aboveLuke 23:34
The Messiah would be resurrected by God.Isaiah 55:3Acts 13:34
The Messiah would be a witness.Isaiah 55:4John 18:37
The Messiah would come to provide salvation.Isaiah 59:15-16John 6:40
The Messiah would be the intercessor between man and God.aboveMatthew 10:32-33
The Messiah would come to Zion as their Redeemer.Isaiah 59:20Luke 2:38
The Messiah would have the Spirit of God upon him.Isaiah 61:1-2Matthew 3:16-17
The Messiah would preach the good news.aboveLuke 4:17-21
The Messiah would provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death.aboveJohn 8:31-32
The Messiah would proclaim a period of grace.aboveJohn 5:24

Jeremiah
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Jeremiah 23:5-6"Luke 3:23-31
The Messiah would be God.aboveJohn 13:13
The Messiah would be both man and God.above1 Timothy 3:16
The Messiah would be born of a virgin.Jeremiah 31:22Matthew 1:18-20
The Messiah would be the new covenant.Jeremiah 31:31Matthew 26:28
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Jeremiah 33:14-15Luke 3:23-31

Ezekiel
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Ezekiel 17:22-24Luke 3:31
The Messiah would be a descendant of David.Ezekiel 34:23-24Matthew 1:1

Daniel
The Messiah would ascend into heaven.Daniel 7:13-14Acts 1:9-11
The Messiah would be highly exalted.aboveEphesians 1:20-22
The Messiah's dominion would be everlasting.aboveLuke 1:31-33
The Messiah would come to make an end to sins.Daniel 9:24Galations 1:3-5
The Messiah would be holy.aboveLuke 1:35
The Messiah enters Jerusalem 483 years, after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem.Daniel 9:25John 12:12-13
The Messiah would be killed.Daniel 9:26Matthew 27:35
The Messiah would die for the sins of the world.aboveHebrews 2:9
The Messiah would be killed before the destruction of the temple.aboveMatthew 27:50-51
A vision of the Messiah in a glorified state.Daniel 10:5-6Revelation 1:13-16

Hosea
The Messiah would defeat death.Hosea 13:141 Corinthians 15:55-57

Joel
The Messiah would offer salvation to all mankind.Joel 2:32Romans 10:12-13

Micah
The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.Micah 5:2Matthew 2:1-2
The Messiah would be God's servant.aboveJohn 15:10
The Messiah would be from everlasting.aboveRevelation 1:8

Haggai
The Messiah would visit the second Temple.Haggai 2:6-9Luke 2:27
The Messiah would be a descendant of Zerubbabel.Haggai 2:23Luke 3:27

Zechariah
The Messiah would be God's servant.Zechariah 3:8John 17:4
The Messiah would be Priest and King.Zechariah 6:12-13Hebrews 8:1
The Messiah would be be greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem.Zechariah 9:9Matthew 21:8-10
The Messiah would be beheld as King.aboveJohn 12:12-13
The Messiah would be just.aboveJohn 5:30
The Messiah would bring salvation.aboveLuke 19:10
The Messiah would be humble.aboveMatthew 11:29
The Messiah would be presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey.aboveMatthew 21:6-9
The Messiah would be the cornerstone.Zechariah 10:4Ephesians 2:20
At the time of Messiah's coming, Israel would have unfit leaders.Zechariah 11:4-6Matthew 23:1-4
The Messiah's rejection would cause God to remove His protection of Israel.aboveLuke 19:41-44
The Messiah would be rejected in favor of another king.aboveJohn 19:13-15
The Messiah would have a ministry to the "poor," the believing remnant.Zechariah 11:7Matthew 9:35-36
The unbelief of Israel's leaders would force the Messiah to reject them.Zechariah 11:8Matthew 23:33
The Messiah would be despised.aboveMatthew 27:20
The Messiah would stop ministering to the those who rejected Him.Zechariah 11:9Matthew 13:10-11
The Messiah's rejection would cause God to remove His protection of Israel.Zechariah 11:10-11Luke 19:41-44
The Messiah would be GodaboveJohn 14:7
The Messiah would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver.Zechariah 11:12-13Mathew 26:14-15
The Messiah would be rejected.aboveabove
Thirty pieces of silver would be thrown into the house of the Lord.aboveMatthew 27:3-5
The Messiah would be GodaboveJohn 12:45
The Messiah's body would be pierced.Zechariah 12:10John 19:34-37
The Messiah would be both God and man.aboveJohn 10:30
The Messiah would be rejected.aboveJohn 1:11
It was God's will that the Messiah would die for all mankind.Zechariah 13:7John 18:11
The Messiah would die a violent death.aboveMatthew 27:35
The Messiah would be both God and manaboveJohn 14:9
Israel would be scattered as a result of rejecting the MessiahaboveMatthew 26:31

Malachi
A messenger would prepare the way for the Messiah.Malachi 3:1Matthew 11:10
The Messiah would make a sudden appearance at the temple.aboveMark 11:15-16
The Messiah would be the messenger of the new covenant.aboveLuke 4:43
The Messiah's forerunner would come in the spirit of Elijah.Malachi 4:5Matthew 3:1-2
The Messiah's forerunner would turn many to righteousness.Malachi 4:6Luke 1:16-17

Monday, October 30, 2017

River of LIfe

I am sitting here tonight, starting to get ready for my retreat! I am excited, I am nervous, but most of all I know that I am in His will.

Today, I finished up some of my "assignments" that were needed for the retreat, including a "River of Life" diagram. While the diagram looks easy; it's truly not easy at all. It's actually quite hard, because you have to be very introspective and for me that meant dredging up my past and seeing where God has brought me from and where He is taking me. 

It also means that I need to find a way to let go of the past and let God use my past to teach me new ways of living. The diagram actually left me feeling really good; and allowed me to deal with some hidden hurts and discouragements that I have had over the past few months. 

If you have never done a "River of Life" diagram, I whole-heartedly encourage you to do it! You won't be sorry. 



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