JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. "THE CRUCIFIED" IS NOT THE MOSHIACH

RASHI SYNAGOGUE, WORMS/GERMANY

Sunday, Tevet 3, 5777. January 1, 2017

Shalom! World.

The word 'messiah' is the anglicisation of the Hebrew 'moshiach'. The word moshiach translates to 'anointed'. The title of moshiach was given to any person who was appropriately anointed with oil as part of their initiation to their service of haShem. We have had many moshiachim in the form of kings, priests. prophets, and judges. There is absolutely nothing supernatural about a moshiach and the Christian concept of 'Crist' is completely absent from Judaism.

This being said, there is a prophecy of a future moshiach, however this is a relatively minor topic in Judaism and the Tanach.

The Jewish requirements of hamoshiach are: 

1) Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28);

2) Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6); 

3) 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." (Isaiah 2:4); 

4) Spread universal knowledge of the G'd of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "HaShem will be the King over all world. - on that day, HaShem will be One and His name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9);

5) Hamoshiach must be descended on his father's side from King David (Genesis 49:10 and Isaiah 11:1); 

6) Hamoshiach will lead the Jewish people to full Torah observance. The Torah states that all mitzvot remain binding forever, and anyone coming to change the Torah is immediately identified as a false prophet. (Deut. 13:1-4).

There is no prophecy of a virgin birth - Isaiah 7 contains a short term prophecy that was fulfilled in Isaiah's lifetime. The prophecy itself makes no mention of a virgin. The Hebrew word for virgin is 'b'tulah' which Isaiah uses throughout his writings. However, in this chapter, the word 'almah' is used. Almah means young woman and in this chapter, the young woman in question was already pregnant. The issue was that the Greeks did not have a word that was equivalent to 'almah', instead, the translatiors used the word 'parthenos' which means either young woman OR virgin. In the prophecy itself, young woman's child simply served as the timeline for the prophecy itself: by the time the child is old enough to know good from bad, X would have occured. 

There is no specification as to where hamoshiach will be born. Mentions of Bethelehem are in reference to hamoshiac being a descendant of King David. 

There is no specification as to when hamoshiach will be born. Daniel was talking about the destruction of the first Temple, construction of the second Temple, and the the destruction of the second Temple.

The claim that a man is HaShem is an abomination. HaShem repeatdly states that He will never be man or son of man.

As to whether the Crucified met any of the requirements of being hamoshiach, the answer is that no, he did not meet a single one. This includes his complete lack of tribal lineage - according to Jewish law tribal lineage is determined solely by the biological father, there is no concept of adoption in this scenario. In the Crucified case, the two lineages provided in an attempt to claim his status are invalid on several counts:

1) Biological father determines tribe, when a man and woman marry, the woman belongs to her husband''s tribe. The lineages given for the Crucified attempt to through Joseph via Mary's father which is invalid.

2) Kings must trace their lineage through King Solomon. The lineage provide inn the book of Luke 3:31 goes through Nathan, Solomon's half brother. The lineage provide in Mathew 1:11-12 and Luke 3:27 goes through Shealtiel who was cursed so that none of his descendents could be king.

3) Regardless of the above lineages disqualifying the Crucified, his lack of biological father completely disqualifies the Crucified, so the above two points are actually irrelevant. As mentioned above, there is no concept of adoption when it comes to tribal affiliation. As the Crucified is supposed to be the son of G'd, as opposed to being Joseph's biological son, he does not belong to any tribe according to Jewish law. (Note: the concept of a literal child of  HaShem is an abomination according to the Tanach (Jewish Bible) and the teaching of Judaism. This concept was adoted by Christianity from the various pagan religions of the region at that time).

Shalom! Aleichem.

Suporte cultural:  Jacob Jr. B.A.C.E., avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Cz.