Jesus is not the Messiah

Since he has not addressed my former arguments, and said that he has not conceded to them, I will not elaborate on them. I will only address the one he has put forward this round. C2 : JESUS THE FALSE PROPHET What one first needs to establish is that since the New Testament has been referenced, the teachings need to be understood within the scope of the New Testament. With that being said, let us proceed. My opponent and many others do and will continue to quote from three books against the consumption of blood : Genesis 9:4, "Only flesh with its life blood still in it you shall not eat"; Leviticus 3:17, 17:10, 19:26, "You shall not partake of. .. any blood. And if anyone. .. partakes of any blood, I will set myself against the one who partakes of blood and will cut him off. Do not eat meat with blood still in it"; Deuteronomy 12:16,23,24,27, "You shall not partake of the blood". Most protestants thus reject transubstantiation and say that God is explicitly saying that Christ is not offering His blood for drink because of this rule. But such an understanding of the Bible is out of context. If one were to read why we cannot drink the blood of an animal, the Bible will tell them this : "The life of a living body is in its blood, it is the blood, as the seat of life, that makes atonement. That is why I have told the Israelites : None of you may eat blood, nor may an alien living among you eat blood. " (Leviticus 17:11-12) "The life of every living body is its blood. " (Leviticus 17:14) "For the blood is life. .. the seat of life. " (Deuteronomy 12:23) God is telling us that life is the blood. This is why God tells us not to consume animal blood, because animals cannot give us life as it only serves for the life of the creature. But rather, Jesus is life, and can give us life. According to God, Jesus, life is the blood, His blood. And if we want that life, we must do as He says when he said : "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats of my flesh and drinks of my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. .. " (John 6:53-56) For more information on Jesus and the blood issue : . http://www.catholicquarter.com... and also see [5] The blood of an animal cannot give us eternal life. Hence we are told not to drink it. Rather the blood of the Messiah, who is God, gives us eternal life. The only thing that needs to be proved, for Jesus' words to be true, is that Jesus is the Messiah and the Messiah is God. The messianic prophecies prove both points : MESSIAH IS GOD "For to us a child is born, to us a so is given, and the governments will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. " (Isaiah 9:6) "A voice of one calling: 'in the desert prepare the way for YHWH; makes straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. .. ' " (Isaiah 40:3) "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign : The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. " (Isaiah 7:14) [ Immanuel means God with us ] " 'The days are coming', declares YHWH, 'when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch. A King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. .. . This is the name by which he will be called : YHWH Our Righteousness'. " (Jeremiah 23:5-6) "And YHWH said to me, 'Throw it to the potter- the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of YHWH to the potter. " (Zechariah 11:13) SOME IMPORTANT MESSIANIC PROPHESIES THAT JESUS FULFILLED Messiah must be born in Bethlehem : Micah 5:2 fulfilled in Matthew 2:1 Messiah must be born of a Virgin : Isaiah 7:14 fulfilled in Matthew 1:18 and Luke 1:31, 35 and Luke 2:4-6 Messiah will come during the second temple period, and after he dies the temple will be destroyed : Daniel 9:24-26 fulfilled in Matthew 2:1 and as we know Jesus died before 70AD and a few decades after he was cut off, the temple was destroyed. Messiah will be betrayed and sold for 30 silver pieces : Zechariah 11:11-13 fulfilled in Matthew 26:14-16 Messiah will be pierced in his body to kill him and many will look upon him(crucifixion) : Zechariah 12:10 fulfilled in John 19:28-37 Messiah's clothes will be gambled over while he is being killed : Psalm 22:18 fulfilled in John 19:34 None of Messiah's bones will be broken : Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Psalm 34:20 fulfilled in John 19: 33-36 Messiah will die for the sins of the world : Isaiah 53:4-5 fulfilled in John 29-37 Messiah will be buried like a criminal in a rich mans tomb : Isaiah 53:9 fulfilled in John 19:38,42 Jesus fulfilled over 300 of the messianic prophecies including the most essential ones. If you want to see more that he fulfilled : . http://www.scripturecatholic.com... For more fulfilled prophecies see[1] and [2] In conclusion I still hold my position that Jesus is Messiah as he has upheld the requirements to be the messiah. I look forward to my opponents final rebuttals REFERENCES : [1]. http://www.bibleprobe.com... [2] . http://www.bprc.org... [3] Messiah was to come during the 2nd temple period . http://www.jesusplusnothing.com... [4] . http://www.christianthinktank.com... [5] . http://www.biblemeanings.info...