Jesus is Not the Messiah

What will the Messiah do? The messiah will fulfill the messianic prophecies. Jesus did NOT fulfill the messianic prophecies. Therefore, Jesus is not the messiah. In order for one to understand premise 2, one must understand exactly what the Messiah will do. The Messiah is going to: (1) Build the Third Temple; (2) Gather all the Jews back to the Land of Israel; (3) Usher in an era of world peace, end all hatred, suffering, oppression, and disease; and (4) Spread the universal knowledge of God of Israel, which will unite all of humanity as one. A. Build the Third Temple Ezekiel 37:26-28 says, “And I will form a covenant of peace for them, an everlasting covenant shall be with them; and I will establish them and I will multiply them, and I will place My Sanctuary in their midst forever. And My dwelling place shall be over them, and I will be to them for a G-d, and they shall be to Me as a people. And the nations shall know that I am the L-rd, Who sanctifies Israel, when my Sanctuary is in their midst forever. " B. Gather all the Jews back to the Land of Israel Isaiah 43:5-6, “Fear not for I am with you; from the east I will bring your seed, and from the west I will gather you. I will say to the north, “Give,” and to the south, “Do not refrain”; bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth.” C. Usher in an era of world peace Isaiah 2:4, “Nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore.” D. Spread the universal knowledge of the G-d of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. Zechariah 14:9, “G-d will be King over all the world—on that day, G-d will be the One and His Name will be One.” . This is what the Messiah will do. It is a historical fact Jesus did NOT fulfill ANY of this. Therefore, he cannot be the Messiah. Jesus did Not Embody the Personal Qualifications of the Messiah A. Jesus as a descendent of David. The messiah will be a descendent of David. Jesus was born of a virgin. Therefore, it is impossible for Jesus to have been a legal descendent of David. Therefore, Jesus is not the messiah. According to prophecy, the Messiah will be born of human parents and possess normal physical attributes like ordinary people. He will not be a demigod, nor will he possess supernatural qualities. The Messiah MUST descend on his father’s side from King David. If we take the Christian idea that Jesus was born of a virgin birth, he had no father—and could not have fulfilled this particular qualification to be Messiah. According to Jewish Law, the father is the parent that gives the legal heritage, whilst the mother determines whether or not the child is a Jew. B. Torah Observance The messiah will lead the Jewish people back to full Torah observance. Jesus led people away from the Torah. Therefore, he was not the Messiah. According to Deuteronomy 13:1-4, anyone who attempts to change the Torah is identified as a false prophet. Throughout the New Testament, Jesus contradicts that Torah. Jesus repudiated the laws of kosher food (Mark 7:18-19).He repudiated the laws of honoring one's parents, and called on his followers to hate their parents; he also dishonored his own mother (Matthew 10:34-36; Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 14:26). He violated the Sabbath by picking grain, and incited his disciples to do the same (Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-26). With those 3 things, it becomes abundantly clear Jesus cannot be the Messiah. The Messiah will not be God. Jesus claimed to be God. Therefore, Jesus is not Messiah. The messiah will NOT be a demi-god like Jesus allegedly was. In fact, the concept of the trinity has no greater foe than the “Old” Testament. "G-d is not a man, who can lie, nor the son of man, who relents... He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen perverseness in Israel" (Numbers 23:19). "For their 'rock' is not like our Rock... Where is their god, in whom they trusted?" (Deut. 32:31, 37). "'See now that I, only I, am He, and there is no god with Me. I kill, and I bring to life; I wound, and I heal, and there is none who can rescue from My Hand...' Sing songs of joy, gentiles, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will take vengeance on His enemies, and will forgive His land and His people" (Deut. 32:39, 43). "I, only I am Hashem (the L-rd), and besides Me there is no savior" (Isaiah 43:11). "I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god... Is there a god besides Me? There is no rock; I do not know any" (Isaiah 44:6). Indeed, the doctrine of the trinity has no greater foe than that of the Christian “Old” testament. There are countless verses that deal with the unity of G-d. Christian missionaries have long since recognized and admitted that the Jews NEVER understood G-d to be a trinity; hence we can conclude there is probably no reason to believe in it. C. The Messiah as a Prophet The Messiah will be a prophet. (Targum - Isaiah 11:2; Maimonides - Yad Teshuva 9:2) Jesus was not a prophet. Therefore, he was not the Messiah. In order to prove point 2, I shall prove that he could NOT have been a prophet because: (1) He failed the litmus test, and (2) Prophecy did not exist at the time of Jesus of Nazareth. JESUS FAILED THE LITMUS TEST The Torah gives us a litmus test in order to show us who the real prophets are and who the false prophets are. In this litmus test, there are three ways to know whether or not we should trust a man who claims to be a prophet: (1) If his prophecies fail, he is not a true prophet; (2) If he attempts to change the Torah, he is a false prophet; and (3) If he attempts to bring Israel into idolatry, he is a false prophet. Jesus’ prophecies failed. A true prophet from G-d will not have any failed prophecies. Jesus’ prophecies failed. Therefore, he was not from G-d. "Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. "Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates. Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Matthew 24:29-35 NAB) According to this prophecy, there are seven things that will happen: (1) The sun will be darkened; (2) The moon will not give light; (3) The stars will fall from the sky; (4) This generation will not pass away until all of this has been fulfilled; (5) The sign of the Son of Man shall appear; (6) He will gather his elect from the four winds; and (7) The tribes of the earth will mourn. Rabbi Shraga Simmons. “Why Jews Reject Jesus.” http://www.aish.com...... Author Unknown. “Who was Jesus”? http://www.noahide.com...... Rabbi Tovia Singer. “Passages That Show G-d’s Unity.” http://www.outreachjudaism.org......