Do you trust G-d? If you do, does that make you a messiah? After all, if something as basic as trusting in G-d can be claimed to be a messianic prophecy then we have truly reached the point of absolute ridiculousness -- literally anything (saying hello to a friend on the street perhaps) can be claimed to be a messianic prophecy. The real messianic prophecies are a bit harder to fulfill -- which is probably why Jesus fulfilled not even one. Here are a few of those messianic prophecies with their sources listed: A. Build the Third Temple (Yechezkel / Ezekiel 37:26-28). B. Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Yeshayahu / 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." (Yeshayahu / 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 was not the messiah. T'hillim / Psalm 22:9 (8 in Christian versions) says "One should cast his trust upon the L-rd, and He will rescue him; He will save him because He delights in him." Let's remember again that Jesus was NOT rescued! This is the fifth of eighteen claims of messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus tied to T'hillim / Psalm 22.
This has nothing to do with Jesus. It is not a prophecy and he did not "fulfill" it (he was not rescued). Matthew 27:43, the supposed "prophetic fulfillment" passage says "He trusts in G-d. Let G-d rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of G-d.’” Is it too obvious to point out that G-d did not rescue Jesus? Jesus died at the hands of the Romans! The claim that he was the son of G-d is a claim anyone can make (I can claim to be the Queen of England, but I doubt the Windsors will vacate Buckingham Palace so I can move in). . . Consider line 9 for yourself. If Jesus IS G-d then does he trust himself? Does he rescue himself? How can the idea of Jesus trusting himself to rescue himself make any sense at all? Yet another "reach" by the list maker that is easily shown to be inapplicable. Perhaps even more striking of the use of this line by a missionary is the fact that if G-d will rescue those who trust Him why did Jesus need to die for anyone? If all one has to do is trust G-d then Jesus' death was unnecessary -- worse than unnecessary since human sacrifices are disgusting to G-d and forbidden by Him. Just how do missionaries think this psalm fits Jesus???
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