The messiah will be a ruling king (Jesus never was), judging and ruling in a time of world peace (Y'shayahu / Isaiah 2:4), the return of all the Jewish people to Israel (Yeshayahu / Isaiah 43:5-6 and "those returning" Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:8), build the third Temple (Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 37:26-28) and global knowledge of G-d as the one true G-d (Z'charyah / Zechariah 14:9). None of this happened 2000 years ago in the time of Jesus. Jesus "did not do it." Want proof? Read "And I will encamp beside My house against a garrison of those passing by and of those returning. And no oppressor shall pass by them, for now I have seen with My eyes." Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:8. 2000 years ago the Jews were oppressed by the Romans, Jesus did not fulfill this prophecy. Read "And I will cut off the chariots from Ephraim, and the horses from Jerusalem; and the bow of war shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace to the nations, and his rule shall be from the sea to the west and from the river to the ends of the earth." Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:10. Jesus did not rule, let alone "to the ends of the earth." Jesus did not speak peace to the nations either -- he preached in a small geographic area within Judah and the Galilee. Most of the world never heard from Jesus during his lifetime. The time he lived was a terrible time of strife and war.... Quite simply: Jesus "did not do it." We should all strive to be just, righteous people (this does not mean we never sin or make mistakes -- we are human). . . but simply being just does not fulfill a messianic prophecy. Jesus may or may not have been a just person -- but he was not the messiah. Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9 says "Be exceedingly happy, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold! Your king shall come to you. He is just and victorious; humble, and riding a donkey and a foal, the offspring of [one of] she-donkeys." Just AND victorious. Jesus was not victorious. He was murdered by the Romans and died. Yes, Christians believe he was resurrected and is victorious sitting at the right hand of G-d, but by human terms he was NOT victorious. He died. The world has not improved for the better -- there is still war, still famine, still murder, still rape. . . Jesus did not fulfill the prophecies of Z'charyah / Zechariah 9. Simply being a just, or righteous, person does not make a person the messiah. We should all strive to be just, good people. Being a just person may be a messianic criteria (it is) -- but by itself it does not make anyone the messiah. It is "table stakes." It is a requirement. One of many -- and whether or not Jesus was just (and although Christians think he was, his actions as portrayed in the Christian bible are not just at all) this alone does not make him the messiah.
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