There are no true messianic prophecies that can be attributed to Jesus.

Welcome to the 3rd round of the debate. Again, I wish to thank ReformedArsenal for accepting this debate. Born in Bethlehem My opponent does not even bother to respond to the blatant contradictions. Since he apparently feels we need to consider the 1st century Jewish perspective, let me point out this verse: John 7:41-43 (KJV) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, “Of truth this is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scriptures said, ‘That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?’” So there was a division among the people because of him. Apparently, there were some people that believed Jesus was born in Galilee, not in Bethlehem. Consequently, they questioned whether or not Jesus was messiah. There is still a division today among NT scholars, many of whom believe Jesus was not born in Bethlehem, rather, he was born in Galilee.[1] IMPORTANT SIDEBAR NOTE: CHRIST IS THE GREEK WORD FOR MESSIAH![2] My opponent does not even bother to respond to this serious contradiction and thus I extend that argument. | CONCLUSION | I will concede the point that the Jews thought that the messiah would be from Bethlehem just for the sake of debate. Therefore, my opponent needs to respond to this blatant contradiction, along with the fact many scholars do not believe Jesus was even BORN in Bethlehem!! Spiritual and Physical Healing Again, for the sake of this debate, I am conceding the fact that the Jews thought that the messiah would bring about healing. Everything I command you that you shall be careful to do it. You shall neither add to it, nor subtract from it. If there will arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder of which he spoke to you happens, [and he] says, "Let us go after other gods which you have not known, and let us worship them," you shall not heed the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of a dream; for the Lord, your God, is testing you, to know whether you really love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall follow the Lord, your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, heed His voice, worship Him, and cleave to Him. What we see from those verses from Deuteronomy 13, is that people can work signs and wonders who are not from G-d! Therefore, my opponent needs to prove that Jesus was from G-d and not one of those tests as given in Deuteronomy 13. Quite honestly, given the fact that I have given a sin that he committed and the other facts throughout this debate, it does seem likely that Jesus was a case that failed this test. Substitutionary Death I have pointed out a major sin Jesus committed and my opponent calls it a red herring. Actually, this is a serious accusation against Jesus. If he did sin, then the prophecy was completely unfulfilled and the “work” on the cross is completely pointless. This is a serious accusation my opponent failed to respond to, thus I extend that argument. [1]Some of the leading proponents of this view are: Dr. Marcus Borg, Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion & Culture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, the late Dr. Robert W. Funk, who was Chairman, Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Fr. John P. Meier, Professor of New Testament, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, and Dr. Steve Mason, Professor of Humanities & Ancient History, York University, Toronto, Canada. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org...