RABBI  1  Genesis 4:1  -  I have obtained THE MAN.

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RABBI 1

    Commentaries from ancient Jewish Rabbis who lived righteous lives point to and identify The Man:   the Messiah of Israel.

    Although not Scripture, the writings of various Targums and the Sanhedrin confirm the identity of the Messiah.  Both appearances of  Messiah are clearly identified by ancient rabbinical writings.

    God called one man, the man Abraham, to bring forth a nation.  And He called that nation, Israel, to bring forth The Man:  the Messiah!

Genesis 4:1

    "And Adam knew his wife which desired the angel and she conceived and bare Kain, and said, 'I have obtained THE MAN, the ANGEL of the LORD'."  [Targum Jonathan]

    "And Adam knew Eve, his wife, and she conceived and bare Cain, and said, 'I have acquired THE MAN from before the Lord'."   [Targum Palestine]

    "And Adam knew Eve, his wife, and she conceived and bare Cain, and said, 'I have acquired THE MAN  from before the Lord'."   [Targum Onkelos]

    R. Tanhuma said in the name of R. Samuel, "Eve had respect to that SEED which is coming from another place.  And who is this?  This is the MESSIAH, THE KING."  [Ber. Rabbah (23 ed. Warsh. p. 45b)]

    It is not written that we may preserve a son from our father, but SEED from our father.  This is the SEED that is coming from another place.  And who is this?  This is the "King Messiah".  [Ber. Rabbah (51 ed. Warsh p. 95a) or Genesis 19:32]
  
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