If Yeshua was the messiah, he'd have proved it

Submitted by Shlomo S. (Netherlands), Sep 9, 2014 at 15:10

He had his chance 20 centuries ago, and he didn't. All the so-called prophecies he "fulfilled" were either random verses from the Torah taken out of context, or total inventions by Christians. This is what the real messiah is supposed to accomplish during his time on Earth: The Sanhedrin will be re-established (Isaiah 1:26) Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance. (Isaiah 2:4) The whole world will worship the One God of Israel (Isaiah 2:17) He will be descended from King David (Isaiah 11:1) via Solomon (1 Chronicles 22:8-10, 2 Chronicles 7:18) The Moshiach will be a man of this world, an observant Jew with "fear of God" (Isaiah 11:2) Evil and tyranny will not be able to stand before his leadership (Isaiah 11:4) Knowledge of God will fill the world (Isaiah 11:9) He will include and attract people from all cultures and nations (Isaiah 11:10) All Israelites will be returned to their homeland (Isaiah 11:12) Death will be swallowed up forever (Isaiah 25:8) There will be no more hunger or illness, and death will cease (Isaiah 25:8) All of the dead will rise again (Isaiah 26:19) The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness (Isaiah 51:11) He will be a messenger of peace (Isaiah 52:7) Nations will end up recognizing the wrongs they did to Israel (Isaiah 52:13-53:5) The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23) The ruined cities of Israel will be restored (Ezekiel 16:55) Weapons of war will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9) The Temple will be rebuilt resuming many of the suspended mitzvot (Ezekiel 40) He will then perfect the entire world to serve God together (Zephaniah 3:9) Jews will know the Torah without study (Jeremiah 31:33)[3] He will give you all the worthy desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4) He will take the barren land and make it abundant and fruitful (Isaiah 51:3, Amos 9:13-15, Ezekiel 36:29-30, Isaiah 11:6-9) If he had really been the messiah, every single Jew would have noticed and no one would doubt it.

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