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Which prophecies did Jesus fulfill as to be the Messiah?

JayJayDee

Avid JW Bible Student
Isa. 8:14, 15 Becomes stone of Luke 20:17, 18;
stumbling Rom. 9:31-33;
1 Pet. 2:8

Ps. 41:9; 109:8 One apostle Matt. 26:47-50;
unfaithful; betrays John 13:18, 26-30;
Jesus Joh 17:12; 18:2-5;
Acts 1:16-20

Ps. 22:1 Forsaken by God to Matt. 27:46;
enemies Mark 15:34

Ps. 34:20; No bones broken John 19:33, 36
Ex. 12:46

Isa. 53:5; Pierced Matt. 27:49;
Zech. 12:10 John 19:34, 37;
Rev. 1:7

Isa. 53:5, 8, Dies sacrificial death Matt. 20:28;
Isa 53:11, 12 to carry away sins John 1:29;
and open way to Rom. 3:24; 4:25;
righteous standing 1 Cor. 15:3;
with God Heb. 9:12-15;
1 Pet. 2:24;
1 John 2:2

Isa. 53:9 Buried with the rich Matt. 27:57-60;
John 19:38-42

Jonah 1:17; In grave for parts of Matt. 12:39, 40; 16:21;
Jon 2:10 three days, then Mt 17:23; 20:19;
resurrected Mt 27:64;
Mt 28:1-7;
Acts 10:40;
1 Cor. 15:3-8

Ps. 16:8-11, Raised before Acts 2:25-31; 13:34-37
ftn. corruption

Ps. 2:7 Jehovah declares him Matt. 3:16, 17;
His Son by spirit Mark 1:9-11;
begettal and by Luke 3:21, 22;
resurrection Acts 13:33; Rom. 1:4;
Heb. 1:5; 5:5

Now, after all that, to say that Jesus fulfilled no Messianic prophesies is a little confusing.
 

outhouse

Atheistically
Now, after all that, to say that Jesus fulfilled no Messianic prophesies is a little confusing.


Because your using what would turn out to be a Christians definition to make these claims about another mans religion, Judaism.

According to Judaism, he was a failed messiah.
 

CMike

Well-Known Member
Isa. 8:14, 15 Becomes stone of Luke 20:17, 18;
stumbling Rom. 9:31-33;
1 Pet. 2:8

Ps. 41:9; 109:8 One apostle Matt. 26:47-50;
unfaithful; betrays John 13:18, 26-30;
Jesus Joh 17:12; 18:2-5;
Acts 1:16-20

Ps. 22:1 Forsaken by God to Matt. 27:46;
enemies Mark 15:34

Ps. 34:20; No bones broken John 19:33, 36
Ex. 12:46

Isa. 53:5; Pierced Matt. 27:49;
Zech. 12:10 John 19:34, 37;
Rev. 1:7

Isa. 53:5, 8, Dies sacrificial death Matt. 20:28;
Isa 53:11, 12 to carry away sins John 1:29;
and open way to Rom. 3:24; 4:25;
righteous standing 1 Cor. 15:3;
with God Heb. 9:12-15;
1 Pet. 2:24;
1 John 2:2

Isa. 53:9 Buried with the rich Matt. 27:57-60;
John 19:38-42

Jonah 1:17; In grave for parts of Matt. 12:39, 40; 16:21;
Jon 2:10 three days, then Mt 17:23; 20:19;
resurrected Mt 27:64;
Mt 28:1-7;
Acts 10:40;
1 Cor. 15:3-8

Ps. 16:8-11, Raised before Acts 2:25-31; 13:34-37
ftn. corruption

Ps. 2:7 Jehovah declares him Matt. 3:16, 17;
His Son by spirit Mark 1:9-11;
begettal and by Luke 3:21, 22;
resurrection Acts 13:33; Rom. 1:4;
Heb. 1:5; 5:5

Now, after all that, to say that Jesus fulfilled no Messianic prophesies is a little confusing.
:no:Context.
 

roger1440

I do stuff
Because your using what would turn out to be a Christians definition to make these claims about another mans religion, Judaism.

According to Judaism, he was a failed messiah.


To the best of my knowledge the term Messiah was not clearly defined prior to the death of Jesus. If I am right, there is no possible way to claim Jesus was or was not the Messiah.

“If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.” Voltaire
 

roger1440

I do stuff
Modern day Jews believe the Messiah is going to rebuild the Temple. This was not the case before the year 70 AD. There were would be Messiahs that come and gone during the 1st century. Doing this period, the Temple was still standing. How could the Messiah rebuild the Temple if it’s still standing? Now that’s what I call a miracle.
 

CMike

Well-Known Member
Modern day Jews believe the Messiah is going to rebuild the Temple. This was not the case before the year 70 AD. There were would be Messiahs that come and gone during the 1st century. Doing this period, the Temple was still standing. How could the Messiah rebuild the Temple if it’s still standing? Now that’s what I call a miracle.
It's not just modern day jews. It was all jews who read the messianic prophesies, so it's from the time of the prophets.

To answer your question is that the prophesy is that the messiah will be rebuilt and stand forever.

However, the prophesy by defnition takes place in the future.

So the temple has been destroyed. When the messiah comes it be rebuilt and stand forever.

Also, right after the time of jesus, the temple was destroyed. So the opposite of the prophesy occurred during jesus.
 

roger1440

I do stuff
It's not just modern day jews. It was all jews who read the messianic prophesies, so it's from the time of the prophets.

To answer your question is that the prophesy is that the messiah will be rebuilt and stand forever.

However, the prophesy by defnition takes place in the future.

So the temple has been destroyed. When the messiah comes it be rebuilt and stand forever.

Also, right after the time of jesus, the temple was destroyed. So the opposite of the prophesy occurred during jesus.
I’ll go off on s slight tangent here. Must the rebuilt Temple be a physical structure? David knew no structure could possibly contain God. How large can a building possibly be built. Therefore the structure is only an image of the true Temple. The first Temple was built to house the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark itself is a metaphor. I really don’t think there was a gold crate containing a magic stick, an old piece of moldy bread and two rocks with words on them. Therefore we would need a metaphorical Temple to house the metaphorical contents.
 
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JayJayDee

Avid JW Bible Student
:no:Context.

I supplied the list as a comparison CMike.
I wanted Jewish opinion on the Hebrew prophesies that Christians believe were fulfilled in Jesus.

Is this all you have? In what way is context an issue in these prophesies? :shrug:

How about some detail....?
 

CMike

Well-Known Member
I supplied the list as a comparison CMike.
I wanted Jewish opinion on the Hebrew prophesies that Christians believe were fulfilled in Jesus.

Is this all you have? In what way is context an issue in these prophesies? :shrug:

How about some detail....?

Just trying to linking the words pierced, blood, stone, rock, suffering to jesus, without actually reading them in context is really disingenious.

You supplied a list of words, not context.
 

outhouse

Atheistically
Actually he was a false messiah, not a failed one.

There were many in those days.


Actually both apply, depending on who you talk too and "when" being the key word.


He found most of his fame with his actions at Passover and he was basically unknown by most people.

It took time for fame, legends and mythology to grow and spread throughout the Diaspora.


He was a false messiah because he did not fit the Jewish bill so to speak.

He was a failed messiah because he did not overthrow the Roman oppressors.
 

outhouse

Atheistically
To the best of my knowledge the term Messiah was not clearly defined prior to the death of Jesus. If I am right, there is no possible way to claim Jesus was or was not the Messiah.

It was defined enough that he was never a Jewish Messiah.
 

CMike

Well-Known Member
Actually both apply, depending on who you talk too and "when" being the key word.


He found most of his fame with his actions at Passover and he was basically unknown by most people.

It took time for fame, legends and mythology to grow and spread throughout the Diaspora.


He was a false messiah because he did not fit the Jewish bill so to speak.

He was a failed messiah because he did not overthrow the Roman oppressors.

He was never the jewish messiah.
 

JayJayDee

Avid JW Bible Student
Just trying to linking the words pierced, blood, stone, rock, suffering to jesus, without actually reading them in context is really disingenious.

You supplied a list of words, not context.

The list was first of all, the prophesy itself. It was written that Messiah would fulfill the criteria outlined in the prophesy. How is context an issue? Do you mean that because it wasn't fulfilled the way the Pharisees said it should be, then it can't be true?

The other part of the list is how Jesus fulfilled the prophesy. How did he fail?

How did he choose the town where he was to be born?
How could he choose the tribe?
How did he choose a "maiden" as his mother?
How did he perform miracles? (Even the Pharisees did not dispute his supernatural powers.)
How did he choose the manner and details of his death?

The list is very extensive so I wanted to know how it can be said that Jesus failed to fulfill a single prophesy? :shrug:

Where is the list of prophesies he failed to fulfill?

What are Jews expecting Messiah to do that will be more than what Jesus did?
 
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