We have reached the final claimed prophecy on the list of 365 which Jesus supposedly fulfilled which is tied to the Book of Isaiah. There have been 131 claims tied to this single chapter. That is amazing, isn't it? of 365 claimed prophecies 131 of them, or 36% of the entire list are all found in Sefer Y'shayahu -- the book of Isaiah! Yet, upon examination not one actually fits Jesus. What of this final claim? Well, how does "all nations come to G-d" fit Jesus? The T'nach does claim time and again that in the messianic age the entire world will know the one true G-d -- and that never happened with Jesus. It still hasn't happened -- and the claim has nothing to do with the messiah or Jesus. And isn't it nice of the list maker to not point to any given verse -- but claim the "fulfillment" is the entire Christian bible??? Y'shayahu / Isaiah 66:18-19 is indeed a messianic prophecy. This is the final chapter in the Book of Isaiah. G-d speaks of returning the Jewish exiles to the land of Israel in an instant: "a nation born at once." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 66:8. The redemption of the Jews, the return from exile around the world, will come quickly, Isaiah likens the return to a woman who delivers before labor even begins. , , the exiles’ return will be that sudden. In the messianic era. Judaism believes that one day a special HUMAN king, descended from Kings David and Solomon, will help usher in an age of global peace, global knowledge of the one true G-d, the return of the Jewish people from exile to our land, and so forth. And that hasn't happened yet. This is one reason it is clear that Jesus was not the messiah. Here are a few messianic prophecies with their sources listed: A. Build the Third Temple (Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 37:26-28). B. Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Y'shayahu / Isaiah 43:5-6). C. 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." (Y'shayahu / Isaiah 2:4) D. Spread universal knowledge of the G-d of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "G-d will be King over all the world -- on that day, G-d 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." Jesus did not fulfill even one, including the one which states all nations will know G-d. Christians reply that Jesus will do this the "next time" (e.g. the "second coming"). There is no mention of a second coming in the T'nach. The "second coming" was an attempt by Jesus' followers to explain why he failed to fulfill the messianic prophecies -- but it certainly does not constitute proof of messianic claims. Indeed, Jesus told his followers he would return in THEIR lifetimes (over 2000 years ago). The second coming "promise" is a failed promise. There is not one word about a second coming of the Messiah in any of those passages! Some missionaries point to Daniel 7:13(12) to support the idea of the second coming, but Daniel 7 is a vision (primarily of the kingdoms who follow Daniel). The term used in Daniel 7:13 is כְּבַר אֱנָשׁ k'var ĕnash, which means “something like a human being." It does not say the "son of man" is coming. . . And how would a Christian know if it referred to Jesus the first time (or the second)? The Book of Isaiah closes with all humanity bowing before G-d on שבת / Shabbat (the Sabbath) and ראש חודש / Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of the new month) ends the book: "And it shall be from new moon to new moon and from Sabbath to Sabbath, that all flesh shall come to prostrate themselves before Me," says the L-rd." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 66:23. Hearken back to the first chapter of Y'shayahu / Isaiah: "You shall no longer bring vain meal-offerings, it is smoke of abomination to Me; New Moons and Sabbaths, calling convocations, I cannot [bear] iniquity with assembly." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 1:13. When the exile ends, when the whole world knows G-d and there is an end to idolatry. . .when there is peace in the world and the Temple rebuilt -- Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh will not be tiresome to G-d, because worship will be sincere. After the punishment prophesied by Isaiah comes to pass, and the redemption comes to pass, the situation which caused them will be no more and G-d will happily accept service offered with a whole heart. The true messianic age -- and yet another failed prophecy of Jesus.
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