(1) Jesus Did Not Fulfill the Messianic Prophecies

What is the Messiah supposed to accomplish? One of the central themes of biblical prophecy is the promise of a future age of perfection characterized by universal peace and recognition of God. (Isaiah 2:1-4, 32:15-18, 60:15-18; Zephaniah 3:9; Hosea 2:20-22; Amos 9:13-15; Micah 4:1-4; Zechariah 8:23, 14:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34)



Specifically, the Bible says he will:



Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).
Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4)
Spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "God will be King over all the world – on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9).

If an individual fails to fulfill even one of these conditions, then he cannot be the Messiah.

Because no one has ever fulfilled the Bible's description of this future King, Jews still await the coming of the Messiah. All past Messianic claimants, including Jesus of Nazareth, Bar Cochba and Shabbtai Tzvi have been rejected.

Christians counter that Jesus will fulfill these in the Second Coming. Jewish sources show that the Messiah will fulfill the prophecies outright; in the Bible no concept of a second coming exists.
(2) Jesus Did Not Embody the Personal Qualifications of Messiah
A. Messiah as Prophet

The Messiah will become the greatest prophet in history, second only to Moses. (Targum – Isaiah 11:2; Maimonides – Teshuva 9:2)

Prophecy can only exist in Israel when the land is inhabited by a majority of world Jewry, a situation which has not existed since 300 BCE. During the time of Ezra, when the majority of Jews remained in Babylon, prophecy ended upon the death of the last prophets – Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

Jesus appeared on the scene approximately 350 years after prophecy had ended, and thus could not be a prophet.
B. Descendant of David

Many prophetic passages speak of a descendant of King David who will rule Israel during the age of perfection. (Isaiah 11:1-9; Jeremiah 23:5-6, 30:7-10, 33:14-16; Ezekiel 34:11-31, 37:21-28; Hosea 3:4-5)

The Messiah must be descended on his father's side from King David (see Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:17; Ezekiel 34:23-24). According to the Christian claim that Jesus was the product of a virgin birth, he had no father – and thus could not have possibly fulfilled the messianic requirement of being descended on his father's side from King David. (1)

According to Jewish sources, the Messiah will be born of human parents and possess normal physical attributes like other people. He will not be a demi-god, (2) nor will he possess supernatural qualities.
C. Torah Observance



The Messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah observance. The Torah states that all mitzvot remain binding forever, and anyone coming to change the Torah is immediately identified as a false prophet. (Deut. 13:1-4)



Throughout the Christian "New Testament," Jesus contradicts the Torah and states that its commandments are no longer applicable. For example, John 9:14 records that Jesus made a paste in violation of Shabbat, which caused the Pharisees to say (verse 16), "He does not observe Shabbat!"
(3) Mistranslated Verses "Referring" to Jesus



Biblical verses can only be understood by studying the original Hebrew text – which reveals many discrepancies in the Christian translation.
A. Virgin Birth



The Christian idea of a virgin birth is derived from the verse in Isaiah 7:14 describing an "alma" as giving birth. The word "alma" has always meant a young woman, but Christian theologians came centuries later and translated it as "virgin." This accords Jesus' birth with the first century pagan idea of mortals being impregnated by gods.
B. Suffering Servant



Christianity claims that Isaiah chapter 53 refers to Jesus, as the "suffering servant."



In actuality, Isaiah 53 directly follows the theme of chapter 52, describing the exile and redemption of the Jewish people. The prophecies are written in the singular form because the Jews ("Israel" are regarded as one unit. Throughout Jewish scripture, Israel is repeatedly called, in the singular, the "Servant of God" (see Isaiah 43:. In fact, Isaiah states no less than 11 times in the chapters prior to 53 that the Servant of God is Israel.



When read correctly, Isaiah 53 clearly [and ironically] refers to the Jewish people being "bruised, crushed and as sheep brought to slaughter" at the hands of the nations of the world. These descriptions are used throughout Jewish scripture to graphically describe the suffering of the Jewish people (see Psalm 44).



Isaiah 53 concludes that when the Jewish people are redeemed, the nations will recognize and accept responsibility for the inordinate suffering and death of the Jews.
(4) Jewish Belief is Based Solely on National Revelation



Throughout history, thousands of religions have been started by individuals, attempting to convince people that he or she is God's true prophet. But personal revelation is an extremely weak basis for a religion because one can never know if it is indeed true. Since others did not hear God speak to this person, they have to take his word for it. Even if the individual claiming personal revelation performs miracles, they do not prove he is a genuine prophet. All the miracles show – assuming they are genuine – is that he has certain powers. It has nothing to do with his claim of prophecy.



Judaism, unique among all of the world's major religions, does not rely on "claims of miracles" as the basis for its religion. In fact, the Bible says that God sometimes grants the power of "miracles" to charlatans, in order to test Jewish loyalty to the Torah (Deut. 13:4).



Of the thousands of religions in human history, only Judaism bases its belief on national revelation – i.e. God speaking to the entire nation. If God is going to start a religion, it makes sense He'll tell everyone, not just one person.

Maimonides states (Foundations of Torah, ch. :



The Jews did not believe in Moses, our teacher, because of the miracles he performed. Whenever anyone's belief is based on seeing miracles, he has lingering doubts, because it is possible the miracles were performed through magic or sorcery. All of the miracles performed by Moses in the desert were because they were necessary, and not as proof of his prophecy.

What then was the basis of [Jewish] belief? The Revelation at Mount Sinai, which we saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears, not dependent on the testimony of others... as it says, "Face to face, God spoke with you..." The Torah also states: "God did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us – who are all here alive today." (Deut. 5:3)

Judaism is not miracles. It is the personal eyewitness experience of every man, woman and child, standing at Mount Sinai 3,300 years ago.

Hmmm. Mine is different from this

they are on a long thing

Interesting text. I Hope to be alive when the Jewish Messiah finally comes, hope they are not forgotten already, cos it don tay oooo.

tell them xtian pagans.only Islam offers the answer.

Why will they believe in Jesus when the religion they propagated is fake? The Jews scammed mankind. When their brother wanted to take the scam a bit up without their consent they murdered him.

"And the Light shineth in Darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not". "He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not". This is a Parable concerning The Son of Man. May God grant us the discerning spirit to know His ways IJN AMEN!

oglalasioux:
Why will they believe in Jesus when the religion they propagated is fake? The Jews scammed mankind. When their brother wanted to take the scam a bit up without their consent they murdered him.

Yes, jews started the Abrahamic religious scam, then in the name of Christ, Roman empire takes the scam to a new all time level, forming the world greatest illusion mankind have ever witness.


Jews will never believe in Christ because, it was an indoor exercise, cooked by ancient Romans that have no any other evidence than the bible. The eye witness, evidence, and truth of the ideology are all embedded in a book without any single account outside the book.

What of you joliyp, do you believe in Jesus?

the new testament has nothing to do with the old testament. they are 2 different religions..the Greeks, Romans and a few Egyptians cooked up the idea of a suffering Messiah, they gave it a Jewish setting to bring the Jews in..there was no single Jew present at the council of Nicea..the story of Jesus is a Greek story..

Matthew 15:24

He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."

Nigerians are not the lost sheep of Israel. Jesus pbuh came for the Jews. He did not come for those residing in west Africa.

tartar9:
tell them xtian pagans.only Islam offers the answer.

lol... what answer? ur koran called Jesus the messaih 11 times in the koran... who is the Pagan now?

sonmvayina:
the new testament has nothing to do with the old testament. they are 2 different religions..the Greeks, Romans and a few Egyptians cooked up the idea of a suffering Messiah, they gave it a Jewish setting to bring the Jews in..there was no single Jew present at the council of Nicea..the story of Jesus is a Greek story..

he who does not know... and does not know he does not know is foolish
he who does not know, and knows he does not know is wise
he who does not know, but THINKS he knows is DEAD.
he that has ears, let him hear.

H2Ossss:

lol... what answer? ur koran called Jesus the messaih 11 times in the koran... who is the Pagan now?

it most closely resembles the jewish/torah accounts of whom the messiah would be and not the xtian crucified demi-god.

tartar9:

it most closely resembles the jewish/torah accounts of whom the messiah would be and not the xtian crucified demi-god.

ohh... so the writer of the koran was confused or what? 11 times? naaa... the koran never said he looks like d messaih... it said he is the messiah .... I can give u all the verses if you want... better still.. google it.