The last chapter, Z'charyah / Zechariah 9, speaks of the messianic age when the world will be at peace, the messiah will rule the world (literally from sea to sea), the Jews will all return to Israel and the enemies of the Jews will no longer trouble us: G-d will punish them. None of that happened with Jesus. Ephesians 2:20 speaks of Jesus as the cornerstone of the Christian church -- but this has nothing to do with Z'charyah / Zechariah 10 which continues speaking of what will happen to the Jewish people in the messianic age. (Some sages tie the chapter to the Second Temple period, but most see it as being messianic). Again, read the entire chapter. Z'charyah / Zechariah 10 speaks of the victory that G-d will grant the Jewish people (the children of Judah and Ephraim) in battle: "And they shall be like mighty men, treading the mire of the streets in battle. And they shall wage war, for the L-rd is with them. And they shall shame the riders of horse." Z'charyah / Zechariah 10:5. Did Jesus wage war? Did Jesus wage war successfully? The answer to both questions is "no." In this chapter we are told that in messianic times the Jews won't be saved by other nations. . . No, in the messianic age warriors and kings will come from us. We will easily defeat our enemies because G-d is with us. "My wrath is kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit upon the goats, for the L-rd of Hosts has remembered His flock, the house of Judah, and He has made it as His majestic horse in battle. Out of them shall come the cornerstone; out of them, the stake; out of them, the bow of war. Out of them shall come every oppressor together." Z'charyah / Zechariah 10:3 -4. Did Jesus fulfill any of that? Did he lead the Jews in battle against our enemies? No. Did he have anything to do with the bow of war? No. "And they shall wage war, for the L-rd is with them" Z'charyah / Zechariah 10:5. -- Did Jesus wage war? No. Then the prophet says that the Jews will be resettled as before and it will be as if they never left. "And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save. And I will cause them to settle, for I have bestowed mercy upon them. And they shall be as though I had not forsaken them, for I am the Lord their G-d, and I will answer them." Z'charyah / Zechariah 10:6 The Jews were not returned to Israel in the lifetime of Jesus. Indeed the Romans exiled most of us from the land for nearly 2000 years. Only since 1948 CE have Jews begun returning en mass to the land. Jesus did not do it. Again the list maker takes one word out of the passage (cornerstone) and tries to say it is prophetic about Jesus when the sentence itself does not support the assertion. Jesus simply did not fulfill the words of the prophet!
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