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Jesus and Second Coming?
Since Jesus did not fulfill any of the major and most important messianic prophecies (see: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap3nb... ), historically Jews have always (with few exceptions) rejected Jesus as the messiah.
To explain why Jesus failed to do what the Bible says the messiah would do Christians have proposed that he will, "fulfill all in his second coming."
What evidence is there that the messiah would come and fail and have to come back a second time to achieve what he had failed to do the first time around? Is there some way to get around the following verse?
"He shall not fail or be crushed until he has set the right in the earth." Isaiah 42:4
My understanding of the messianic prophecies come from the Jews, who were told what to expect in a messiah. Since God told them what to expect, obviously He would have made sure they knew what He had said, and since they reject Jesus, obviously Jesus does not fit the bill of the messiah.
The Suffering Servant in Isaiah (including chapter 53) is Israel, as Isaiah himself says several times. [Isaiah 43:10 (twice), 44:1, 2, 21 (2x), 45:4, 49]. There are several verses that prove it cannot be about Jesus. In Isaiah 53:10, it says that "he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days." This means that the subject of Isaiah 53 will have children and live a long life. Since neither of these was true in the life of Jesus, Isaiah 53 cannot refer to Jesus. It could, however, refer quite easily to the Jewish people.
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
If Jesus had done what the Jews expected the messiah to do, we still would be living in the messianic era and in a few hundred years, the World to Come would begin.
- Annsan_In_HimLv 710 years ago
I cannot agree with your opening statement and reckon I'm wasting my time by answering, but here goes anyway.
Jesus did not fail when He was on Earth as the Suffering Servant of Isaiah. It was God's will to allow Him to be struck down (Isaiah 53 esp vs. 10) - to fulfill Genesis 3:15 about the serpent bruising His heel. Jesus accomplished God's will by becoming the supreme Passover Lamb that takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29).
He was only bruised by being crucified, for He arose from the dead and ascended triumphantly back to heaven, where He'd come from, and over 500 people witnessed that event. Thus, as stated in Isaiah 42:4, He did not fail, nor was He crushed. And He will yet bring justice to the nations (verse1) and restore Israel. If you check out Matthew 12:15-21 and 3:17 & 5:5, you may gain a different perspective. Jesus clearly told everyone that His Kingdom is heavenly, not earthly, and Psalm 2 has to be fulfilled first before the earthly benefits come to Israel.
- 10 years ago
Is it possible you do not understand the messianic prophecies as well as you think? Most of Isaiah points directly to Christ. Perhaps you should listen to this message from Mark Driscoll, I just heard it tonight and it was very good. Then again, if you're presupposition is that Jesus isn't the Christ and you have all the prophecies figured out, you probably won't find any value in it :(
That said, I would argue, as a Christian, that the Bible clearly points to Christ and that the prophecies were indeed fulfilled. In fact, I think 'Luke/Acts covers it pretty well, and Paul speaks to much Old Testament prophecy clearly pointing to Christ.
Here is that link:
http://marshill.com/media/luke/how-jesus-taught-th...
I hope God reveals truth to you in your searching...
Source(s): Bible
