According to Jesus’ admissions, as well as the Bible’s prophecies, Jesus of Nazareth could not have been the Messiah. This of course, would invalidate Christianity as we know it. The compilation presented here shall be split in three sections. The first shall be the biblical prophecies that were made in order to identify the messiah, which Jesus does not fulfill. The second shall be the prophecies that Christians use to say that Jesus was the Messiah, yet they clearly fail. The third set shall be the prophecies and statements Jesus made yet they are false and have never came true.
Prophecies to Identify the Messiah, Which Jesus
Does Not Fulfill:
1) Matthew 1:23 says that Jesus
(the messiah) would be called Immanuel, which means "God with us." Yet no one,
not even his parents, call him Immanuel at any point in the bible.
2) The Messiah must be a
physical descendant of David (Romans 1:3 & Acts 2:30). Yet, how could Jesus
meet this requirement since his genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 show he
descended from David through Joseph, who was not his natural father because of
the Virgin Birth. Hence, this prophecy could not have been fulfilled.
3) Isaiah 7:16 seems to say
that before Jesus had reached the age of maturity, both of the Jewish countries
would be destroyed. Yet there is no mention of this prophecy being fulfilled in
the New Testament with the coming of Jesus, hence this is another Messiah
prophecy not fulfilled.
Prophecies Christians Use to Verify Jesus as the
Messiah, Yet Clearly Fail:
4) The gospels (especially
Matthew 21:4 and John 12:14-15) claim that Jesus fulfills the prophecy of
Zechariah 9:9. But the next few verses (Zechariah 9:10-13) show that the person
referred to in this verse is a military king that would rule "from sea to sea".
Since Jesus had neither an army nor a kingdom, he could not have fulfilled this
prophecy.
5) Matthew (Matthew 2:17-18)
quotes Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:15), claiming that it was a prophecy of King
Herod’s alleged slaughter of the children in and around Bethlehem after the
birth of Jesus. But this passage refers to the Babylonian captivity, as is
clear by reading the next two verses (Jeremiah 31:16-17), and, thus, has
nothing to do with Herod’s massacre.
6) John 19:33 says that during
Jesus’ crucifixion, the soldiers didn’t break his legs because he was already
dead. Verse John 19:36 claims that this fulfilled a prophecy: "Not a bone of
him shall be broken." But there is no such prophecy. It is sometimes said that
the prophecy appears in Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12 & Psalm 34:20. This is not
correct. Exodus 12:46 & Numbers 9:12 are not prophecies, they are commandments.
The Israelites are told not to break the bones of the Passover lamb, and this
is all it is about. And Psalm 34:20 seems to refer to righteous people in
general (see verse Psalm 34:19, where a plural is used), not to make a prophecy
about a specific person.
7) "When Israel was a child,
then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." Hosea 11:1. Matthew
(Matthew 2:15) claims that the flight of Jesus’ family to Egypt is a fulfillment
of this verse. But Hosea 11:1 is not a prophecy at all. It is a reference to
the Hebrew exodus from Egypt and has nothing to do with Jesus. Matthew tries to
hide this fact by quoting only the last part of the verse ("Out of Egypt I have
called my son").
8) "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2 The gospel of Matthew
(Matthew 2:5-6) claims that Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem fulfils this prophecy.
But this is unlikely for two reasons.
A) "Bethlehem Ephratah" in
Micah 5:2 refers not to a town, but to a clan: the clan of Bethlehem, who was
the son of Caleb’s second wife, Ephrathah (1 Chronicles 2:18, 2:50-52 & 4:4).
B) The prophecy (if that is
what it is) does not refer to the Messiah, but rather to a military leader, as
can be seen from Micah 5:6. This leader is supposed to defeat the Assyrians,
which, of course, Jesus never did. It should also be noted that Matthew altered
the text of Micah 5:2 by saying: "And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah"
rather than "Bethlehem Ephratah" as is said in Micah 5:2. He did this,
intentionally no doubt, to make this verse appear to refer to the town of
Bethlehem rather than the family clan.
Statements Jesus Made Which Are False:
9) Jesus in John 14:12 & Mark
16:17-18 said: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth in me, the
works that I do shall he also; and greater works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father." This implies that Jesus’ true followers should be able to
routinely perform the following tricks: 1) cast out devils, 2) speak in tongues,
3) take up serpents, 4) drink poisons without harm, and 5) cure the sick by
touching them and MANY other of Jesus’ "works". Curiously I have yet to see a
Christian that can do any of the above on demand.
10) In John 14:13-14 Jesus
stated: "And whatsoever ye ask in my name I do, that the Father may be glorified
in the son. If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it." In reality,
millions of people have made millions of requests in Jesus’ name and failed to
receive satisfaction. This promise or prophecy has failed completely.
11) Paul says Christianity
lives or dies on the Resurrection (1 Corinthian 15:14-17). Yet Jesus said in
Matthew 12:40 that he would be buried three days and three nights as Jonah was
in the whale three days and three nights. Friday afternoon to early Sunday
morning is only one and a half days, so he could not have been the messiah by
his own and Paul’s admission.
12) Jesus’ prophecy in John
13:38 ("The cock shall not crow, till thou [Peter] hast denied me three times")
is false. Mark 14:66-68 shows the cock crowed after the first denial, not the
third.
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