Today's claimed prophecy is the same as yesterday's which was 297. Jeremiah 33:14-15...Descendant of David... Luke 3:23-31. Today's claim is 298. Ezekiel17:22-24...Descendant of David... Luke 3:23-31. As mentioned yesterday -- the real messiah will be a descendant of King David, and of King Solomon. Jesus was neither. According to the Christian bible Jesus was the result of Mary's impregnation by a "holy" spirit -- not her lawful husband, Joseph. Since Mary was legally married to Joseph this would have made Mary an adulteress per Jewish law -- and Jesus would not have had any tribal status. Mother's do not pass tribal status in Judaism. If the mother is Jewish the child is Jewish -- but this has nothing to do with tribal status. Some missionaries will point to the patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and shout loudly that the women were not Jews and they did not pass down their "Jewishness." True -- and obvious. There were no Jews prior to the acceptance by the community of G-d's covenant at Mount Sinai after fleeing Egypt. The T'nach makes it clear that Jewishness is passed maternally. Read D'varim / Deuteronomy 7:1–5, Vayikra / Leviticus 24:10, and Ezra 10:2–3. Ergo Jesus would have been Jewish, but if Joseph were not his biological father (think "sperm") then he had no tribe. It is not as rare as you might think to have no tribe. All converts to Judaism do not have a tribal status. Many Jews alive today do not know their tribal status (those who do usually have a Davidic bloodline or a priestly one). . . To read of tribal descent passing paternally read Sh'mot / Exodus 6:14, 6:25, B'midbar / Numbers 17:21, 34:14, 36:1, Y'hoshua / Joshua 14:1, 19:51, 21:1, 22:14, Ezra 1:5, 2:59, 2:68, 3:12, 4:2-3, 8:1, 10:16; N'ḥemyah / Nehemiah 7:61, 7:69-70, 8:13, 12:12, 12:22-23. According to the Torah, lineage/pedigree, a blood right, is passed exclusively by a biological father to his sons. Luke 3 gives one of two differing lineages for Joseph. Even if Joseph fathered (biologically) Jesus the latter would not have been in line to be a messiah. Joseph's line was disqualified per Luke's lineage. The T'nach tells us that the right to David's throne passes only through his son Solomon -- bypassing Solomon the author of Luke chooses David's son Nathan -- thus disqualifying Jesus from any claim to the throne even IF Joseph had been his biological father. The T'nach (Jewish bible) makes it clear that the messiah must be descended from King David and King David's son Solomon. Some missionaries will claim that the "promise" that the throne must pass through Solomon is conditional, but this is untrue. Shmuel Beit / 2 Samuel 7:12-16 – When your days (King David) will be completed and you will lie with your forefathers, then I shall raise up your seed after you, that which will issue from your loins, and I shall establish his kingdom. (13) He shall build a Temple for My sake, and I shall make firm the throne of his kingdom forever. And then read Divrei Hayamim Alef / 1 Chronicles 22:9-10 – Behold a son will be born to you; he will be a man of peace, and I shall give him peace from all his enemies around about, for Solomon will be his name, and I shall give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. (10) He shall build a House in My Name, and he shall be to Me as a son, and I to him as a Father, and I shall prepare the throne of his kingdom forever. Luke has Joseph supposedly come through David's son, Nathan, also eliminating Jesus from kingship even if Joseph had been his biological father. Read M'lachim Alef / 1 Kings 8:15-20;Divrei Hayamim Alef / 1 Chronicles 17:11-15, 22:9-10, and 28:3-7. Torah is clear that the messiah must be a physical offspring of both David and Solomon. What of Ezekiel 17? Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 17:2 tells us that the prophet spoke in riddles and parables: "Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel" In chapter 17 G-d tells Ezekiel to pose a riddle to the people of Judah. The meaning of the riddle had to do with the Jews in exile in Babylon. Babylon had allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and Israel (Judah) -- but they were subservient to Babylon. The King of Judah tried to get Egypt to help the Jews fight the Babylonians -- and Egypt refused. The king of Judah was Tzidkiyyahu / Zedekiah, a Davidic king who lived some 600 years before Jesus was born. G-d decreed that Tzidkiyyahu / Zedekiah would be exiled from Israel (Judah) never to return. "Therefore, so said the L-rd G-d: As I live, surely My oath that he disparaged and My covenant that he broke, I will bring it upon his head." Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 17:19. Even as G-d exiles the last Davidic king to Babylon He decrees that one day a Davidic king (the messiah) will return to Israel. This indeed a messianic prophecy -- and it was not fulfilled by Jesus.
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