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Shalom and welcome to Christ in Prophecy Radio from the headquarters of Lamb and Lion Ministries just north of Dallas, Texas. I'm Tim Moore, Director and Senior Evangelist for Lamb and Lion Ministries, and I'm joined today as always, by our Internet evangelist, Dr. Nathan Jones. Nathan, I want to begin with a question that is echoed through the ages. One asked by Jesus himself, who do men say that I am?
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Well, Tim, as you know, the disciples offered several responses, but only Peter correctly declared, you are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
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That's right, and many of our Jewish friends and neighbors have wrestled deeply with that very question. They raise sincere and often serious objections to the claim that Jesus of Nazareth is their long awaited Messiah. So today we're going to take those objections seriously because they deserve a clear biblical answer.
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Over the centuries, Jewish rabbis and scholars have pointed to several objections to Jesus as the Messiah. Today we're going to address the primary four objections and provide accurate biblical and historical answers for our Jewish friends and for anyone who is looking at the Old Testament but somehow failing to see that Jesus is the promised Messiah.
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Here's what makes this discussion so exciting for students of Bible the objections raised by the Jewish people against Jesus reveal something profound about how God fulfills His Word. It is not always in the way we expect, and not always all at once. So let's begin by addressing some common Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah by walking through the prophetic evidence verse by verse. Stay with us, we'll get underway in just a moment. In the meantime, you can learn more about Bible prophecy, Messianic Judaism and much more when you sign up to receive our free lamplighter magazine@christinprophecy.org that's right. We'll be glad to send you the electronic copy of our magazine just for signing up. And while there at our website, you can find all the resources that are available through Christ in Prophecy, radio, television and everything else here at Lamb and Lion Ministries. Stay with us. We'll be right back.
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well, welcome back to Christ in Prophecy Radio. I'm Nathan Jones. I'm here with Tim Moore. Let's respond to four Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah. Then we'll take them on one at a time. In light of scripture, these are not trivial questions. They're rooted in Hebrew scriptures. But as we will see today, each one finds its answer in the very word of God that Israel has always treasured. So, Tim, what's the first objection?
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The first of the four objections we're going to talk about today is that the Messiah will bring worldwide peace. Of course, that is declared in Isaiah chapter 2, verse 4 and chapter 11, verse 6. But the Jews would claim Jesus did not. The second objection, just to lay them all out there, is that the Messiah will reunite the 12 tribes of Israel as described in Ezekiel 36:24. But they will say Jesus didn't do that. The third objection is that the Messiah will uphold the Torah as Deuteronomy 30:16 says, But Jesus rejected or abrogated parts of it. In other words, he reinterpreted. Now we will explain what we mean by that. But that is an objection the Jews would raise some of them. And objection four, that some Jewish people will claim is the Messiah was not supposed to die, but Jesus was clearly crucified. So how about it, Nathan? Let's drop back and answer the objection number one about the Messiah and the peace that is promised.
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Well, we have to go to Isaiah 2, 4, which prophesied this about the Messiah. It says he will judge between nations and will render decisions for many peoples. And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, and nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war. Tim, that's one of my favorite verses in the passage because it prophesies a time where the world will no longer have war. There has been war on this earth since beginning of recorded history for almost every year but 286. So almost all of mankind has been at war all that time. But we're looking for a time of peace. Did Jesus bring peace from God? That's the question that the Jewish people are asking.
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Well, the question is, did Jesus bring peace from God or did he bring peace with God? I think what we have to understand is as he came the first time, Jesus clearly taught that while man was looking for all sorts of physical manifestations of his lordship, he was here first and foremost to address the deep spiritual need in the heart of every man and woman. So he was bringing peace with God. Romans 5:1 tells us that therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. You know, as much as I would like to have peace externally with the world around me, if I'm not at peace with God, quite frankly, I can't be at peace with anyone else. And that has proven true in my life. I'm sure many of our listeners would echo that same sentiment. And so Jesus provides the ability for me to be in a right relationship with God. And when I am, everything else falls into line. So we know that that world peace will be fully fulfilled at Christ's second coming when Jesus returns to reign from Jerusalem in the millennial kingdom. Something, Nathan, you've written a lot about. But we know that through Christ we have the ability to be at peace, to have true shalom with God the Father. And that is something we rejoice about right now.
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Absolutely. And this is where we come to the part about Isaiah 53, the suffering servant. Tim, I remember back in Philadelphia, I had a friend who, she was Jewish and, and there was something written, a newspaper in Russian where her family was from, but it was all about the gospels, about Isaiah 53 and the suffering servant. And I gave it to her and she literally threw it on the ground and said, I can't read this. I'm not allowed to read this, folks. Jewish people will often skip over the teaching about the suffering servant because it points to Jesus Christ.
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They certainly do. And yet we know that Jesus himself pointed to the peace prophecies that would happen at the end of the age after he had suffered, after he had made propitiation. In other words, he had fulfilled the demand God had for justice to be served. You know, our sins are so offensive to God that he can't just wink them away. He can't just overlook them. And so there had to be a punishment for sin. Jesus took upon himself all the punishment for the sins of the world. For those who put trust in him, they are completely forgiven. Their sins are cast as far as the east is from the west, again offering us that peace with, with God Almighty that then allows us to be at peace with our fellow brothers and sisters, obviously in Christ and the world in general. Well, Nathan, this brings to question the idea of the Messiah uniting the 12 tribes. This is objection number two. If we are to be at peace with others, then how in the world aren't the tribes themselves of Israel reunited? And of course, they were scattered back in Old Testament times by Assyria and Babylon and, and Ezekiel 36, 24 says that the Messiah will reunite those 12 tribes, obviously in a reign of peace there in Israel.
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Yes, it's interesting that Jesus, when he began his earthly ministry, he began in the regions of what was historically Zebulun and Naphtali. Those were two areas that were taken to Assyrian exile. He even chose 12 disciples as if representing the 12 tribes of Israel. And he made an interesting prophecy. Luke 22:30, he said to them, he says, you shall sit on thrones and judging the 12 tribes of Israel. So Jesus was reiterating what Ezekiel's prophecy said, that he would unite the 12 tribes one day. Matter of fact, we are looking forward to the day when the Lord returns and sets up his kingdom on this earth and then all the Jewish people from all the tribes will be reunited fully once more.
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You know, when Jesus sent the apostles out, both during his earthly ministry and then even after he had ascended into heaven, he told them to go to the Jewish people first. Later, the gentiles would also be grafted in. But even as the apostles went around, as Paul was preaching throughout the Roman world, they typically went first to the dispersed Jewish synagogues, drawing them, the Jewish people, to believe in Jesus Yeshua, as their Messiah. Springing all the way forward to 1948. We know that as the Jewish people began returning to the nation of Israel in fulfillment of scripture, that many of them came recognizing that they were on the cusp of a messianic era. And, and so again, this is a slow motion fulfillment. Jesus was attempting to unite the Jewish tribes even in his day and age. But the fulfillment of that promise that those 12 tribes would finally be reunited in their own land, that is happening before our eyes even right now in the 21st century.
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Oh, absolutely. As we answer Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah, it's important to point out that Jesus clearly fulfilled all the prophecies about his first coming. He healed the blind, He. He arrived in the exact time frame predicted and he was revealed as the Son of Man on the clouds of heaven. And there is more to come so far. Two objections down, two more to go. And they both point us even deeper into the prophetic word. Coming up, we're going to look at the Messianic ministry of Israel today in our segment, what's titled what's really Going On. Stay with us
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While the Jewish community continues to grapple with the identity of the Messiah, there is growing anti Semitism that mirrors the biblical warning that in the end times nations would turn against Israel. That of course, from Zechariah 12:3. At the same time, the Messianic Jewish movement continues to grow. Jews who believe in Yeshua are found in Israel and around the world. This too is a prophetic sign that God has not rejected his people. Recently we sat down with Brian Sanders, the producer of a film titled why Stand with Israel? Let's hear what Brian had to say.
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It's abundantly clear in Scripture of how much God loves the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. And in our film we show how much. We show proof of how much God loves the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. He talks about no other nation more in his word than the nation of Israel approximately 2,400 times. So if you're one that maybe doesn't read the whole Bible from COVID to cover and you just read the New Testament, the Brit Hadashah, well, the Apostle Paul even shows why in Jesus why God loves the Jewish people in the nation of Israel. Look, there's no other nation or planet on the face of the earth that God sent His only son to. So this really shouldn't be a disconnect with believers or the church worldwide. It shouldn't be. But unfortunately we have this survey in our film that shows how much the church is riding the fence on where they stand with Israel. And those numbers are truly staggering.
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Well, Nathan, when we understand how God feels about Israel, it should motivate us to share the gospel with the Jewish people. So let's talk about how Christians can engage their Jewish friends and neighbors in discussions about faith in Jesus or as the Jews would say in Hebrew.
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This is a huge topic, Tim, because in Bryan's documentary He noted that 63% of Christians don't believe that Israel has any right to their land. And 32% of Christians really have no strong views about Israel whatsoever. There is a malaise in the church that God has washed his hands of the Jewish people and has nothing to do with them. So the first things that should motivate Christians to share the gospel is because the Lord told us the gospel in Acts 1:8, the great commission that includes both Gentiles and Jews.
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It certainly does. And we should recognize that Jesus again said to the Jew first and then to the Gentile. The apostles modeled that same principle that they went to Jewish synagogues first. It's not that God discounted the Gentiles. It's just that as his chosen people, the Jews received primacy even in Jesus ministry. Jesus lauded various Gentiles. We talk about the centurion who came to him in absolute faith. And he said, I, I've not found such great faith in all of Israel. We can talk about Cornelius, of course, who Peter went and visited, but the fact is that God still has a provision for the Jewish people. So you're right, Nathan. We have to reject the anti Semitism that is bubbling up or what is called today anti Zionism and have the heart of Christ. If God loves the Jewish people and I seek to become more Christlike and more godly in my attitude as a follower of Christ and then my love for the Jewish people should be supernaturally empowered and motivated even beyond what would be humanly possible. And I should love the Jews first and foremost by sharing the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them.
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Absolutely. Good point. Because that's a biblical mandate. And Bryan brought up a good point. He says when it comes to the land of Israel, the Jewish people are still under the Abrahamic covenant. It grants the title deed of the land to Israel and its descendants. From there is also God's land covenant in Deuteronomy 28 which says that one day Israel will be the prime nation in the world. Folks, we are seeing Israel ascend and in millennial kingdom they will be a priestly people. And he also brought up the point about the Davidic covenant where a king will descend from the line of King David through the Jewish people and he will rule the world. We are talking about Jesus Christ here. So God's Abrahamic covenant, His land covenant and his Davidic covenant promise the land of Israel to the Jewish people. So there should be no debate amongst Christians that the Jewish people have a right to the land that they are in.
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Nathan, we don't have to wait until that millennial reign. We can right now recognize that God has a special provision for the Jewish people. Not a different gospel, not a different means of salvation, but a special love for them. And again, if we want to be Christlike, then we need to share that love. And the most important way to do that is share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Folks, we hope that you will seek to bless a Jew. We hope that you will stand with Israel even in a time when the nations are turning against it. And we hope that you will reflect your great love for our Jewish Messiah in your attitude, in the way you interact with Jews that you come in contact with. Well, stay with us and we will take on two more Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah as we continue Christ in Prophecy Radio.
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welcome back to Christ in Prophecy Radio. I'm Nathan Jones. I'm here with our director, Tim Moore. And let's take on two more Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah to show how the full sweep of Bible prophecy, from, say, Moses through the prophets to Revelation, declares Jesus as the one and only Messiah of Israel and the world. So, Tim, what is the third objection?
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Well, the third objection we've talked about that the Jews, or at least some of them would say is the Messiah will uphold the Torah again from Deuteronomy 30:16. And yet they will claim Jesus did not. We obviously know that Jesus sometimes set aside purity and food laws. This is recorded in Mark 7:19. But the Jews would also recognize that David, the great king, sometimes set aside the dietary and the food laws. As a matter of fact, one time he raided a temple to provide food, food for his men. And that was understood as being necessary. And so, as Jesus said, the laws are not to constrain mankind, they're to bring them into a right relationship with the Lord. And he is the lawgiver. In other words, he is the God that handed down the law. So his interpretation, his understanding clearly was correct.
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Yes. You know, when it comes to Mosaic law, it's not just the Ten Commandments. There were 613 commands that the Jewish people tried to follow. And the Bible says that Jesus fulfilled the law. He fulfilled them in the entirety. But they weren't always meant to be eternal, obviously the moral aspects of it. But food purity, mixing cloths, not eating shellfish, that kind of thing was only meant to protect the Jewish people who were a slave people living in the desert for 40 years and keep them from harm. And it did for much of their history. So the Torah part was never meant to be A permanent final expression of God's covenant. Matter of fact, Ezekiel prophesied that God would give his people a new heart and new spirit. And we know that to be the new covenant with which the Lord instituted at his first coming.
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Yeah, exactly. Jesus didn't make up this concept of a new covenant. In 30 A.D. jeremiah also prophesied, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, Yahweh, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers. That of course in Jeremiah 31 and at the Last Supper. Speaking of this new covenant, Jesus took the cup, the cup of wine, as they were celebrating, commemorating the Passover, and and he said, this cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. So he's taking elements of what the Jews celebrate to this day, commemorating the Passover, and he's saying, you drink a cup of wine. But really it's pointing forward. It's now about to be fulfilled. As my life is poured out, my blood is shed on your behalf. And that is the new covenant. In other words, Jesus did not abolish God's word even regarding the law and the Torah, and he fulfilled it just as he declared in Matthew 5:17.
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Absolutely. Well, let's jump into the fourth objection and that is the death of the Messiah. Most Jewish people believe that the Messiah would liberate Israel, he'd be a political hero, he'd overthrow the Romans, but then he died. And so many Jewish people say, well Jesus death disqualifies him as the Messiah.
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You know, we obviously have touched on this so many times through Christ in prophecy, television and radio. How many of the Hebrew scriptures from foretell the death of the Messiah? Daniel 9:26 states the Messiah will be cut off, a Hebrew idiom or a turn of phrase for being put to death. And this was to happen before the destruction of the temple. We know that occurred in 70 A.D. and so Jesus in fact as a Messiah was cut off. He was put to death before 70 AD. Isaiah 53 says, he speaking of Messiah, was pierced through for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities, the chastising for our well being fell upon him, and by his scourging we are healed again. Nathan, you said many Jewish people don't want to read Isaiah 53 because they have to confront face to face the fact that these prophetic promises were fulfilled in the person of Yeshua Jesus of Nazareth.
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Yeah. A messianic Jewish friend of mine was Explaining that the Jewish people see two Messiahs. They see Messiah Ben David, who is going to be a king and a conqueror and a liberator. But there's also Messiah Ben Joseph, the suffering servant of Isaiah 50. And for many Jewish people, I am told, they can't reconcile the two together. They want Messiah Ben David and they reject Messiah Ben Joseph. But the Bible prophesies that when Jesus returns, they will look upon him who they rejected. They will weep and wail, and they will cry out to him, baruch haba b' shem adonai. Blessed is he who comes in the Lord. And they are weeping because they realize that for the last 2,000 years, they could have accepted Jesus Christ, but they had rejected him.
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You know, talking about that idea of Simon bar David and Simon bar Joseph, these two types of Messiah, you can almost see in some of the expectations of the apostles. We think of Simon the Zealot, even Judas, who were expecting a Messiah, who would right now restore the kingdom to Israel, who would bring about the overthrow of the Romans. And even after Jesus, death, burial and resurrection, the apostles in Acts chapter one were still saying, is it now that you're going to restore the kingdom to Israel? So they clearly had this expectation that is grounded in Scripture, but they just didn't understand the timing, or dare I say, the order. David, once again, the great king in Psalm 22 describes the fact that his son, the Messiah would be crucified. He said, they pierced my hands and my feet. We know that David's hands and feet were never pierced. He was not crucified, but prophetically, he looked forward centuries before. The Romans even utilized crucifixion as a means of capital punishment. And he understood that the Messiah would indeed be crucified in that manner. And so Jesus did not merely die, though, he also rose from the dead. And that affirms that he is the Messiah. His resurrection is the cornerstone of the gospel and the guarantee of our hope. As Paul writes about in 1 Corinthians 15.
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Absolutely, folks. We look to the millennial kingdom. That's when every messianic prophecy will be fulfilled. Jesus will bring worldwide peace. As the Prince of peace, he's going to reunite the tribes and they're going to be a priestly people serving the Lord and believing him as Savior. The Torah will be written in their hearts. The Bible says that all the world will know about Jesus and then starts God's eternal kingdom. The thousand years is kind of like a preview. Then we get into the eternal state. So, folks, every objection, when answered by Scripture becomes a signpost pointing directly to Jesus and to his soon return. God is keeping every promise. Well, in just a moment, Tim's going to return with a final word of encouragement. So stay with us.
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christinprophecy.org Imagine standing in the land of Israel, in Jerusalem, perhaps near the Western Wall, where Jewish men and women come daily to press their prayers into the ancient stones of the Temple Mount. If you have ever stood in that place, you know that it is impossible not to feel the weight of thousands of years of God's faithfulness and and Israel's longing for their Messiah. Jewish people around the world today are still waiting for their Messiah. They are waiting for peace, for shalom. They are waiting for restoration. They are waiting for a king who will sit on the throne of David and reign over all the earth. And so are Christians. But the difference is we know his name. His name is Jesus or Yeshua, the Messiah who has already come and who is coming again. One of the great reassurances I have had that Jews are beginning to understand the promise of the Messiah happened near the Temple Mount when two Orthodox Jews, listening to me present to my pilgrims as we were about to ascend to the Temple Mount itself, heard me talking about the Gospel and the fulfillment of Bible prophecy in the person of Yeshua Jesus Christ. At the end of my presentation, one of them said, can I address your group? And when I said sure, he said, listen to this man because he is speaking truth in a way I have never heard a Gentile do. That man clearly understood that Yeshua Jesus is the Messiah. Every objection we examine today points to the same truth that Jesus is the Lord. Indeed, the Messianic promises are too numerous, too detailed, and too precisely fulfilled by Jesus to be coincidence. They are God's plan, revealed to us through Bible prophecies that were written in advance. But it takes eyes to see and ears to hear the truth to our Jewish friends. We love you because God loves you. He has not forgotten you. He has not abandoned you. And the Messiah you have been waiting for is real and he is risen. If you are a Gentile believer, let the story of Israel, Deepen your faith, knowing that the same God who kept every promise to his covenant people will keep every promise he has made to you. So until he comes. Maranatha, Come, Lord Jesus, come. Yeshua. Godspeed.

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Christ in Prophecy

Host: Tim Moore (A), Dr. Nathan Jones (B)

Episode: Jewish Objections to Jesus as Messiah

Release Date: August 2, 2026

Overview

This episode of "Christ in Prophecy," hosted by Tim Moore and Dr. Nathan Jones of Lamb and Lion Ministries, takes a respectful and detailed look at major Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah. Using the Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament, they examine the four primary objections commonly held by Jewish rabbis and scholars, providing biblical and historical responses. Throughout, the tone is both evangelistic and compassionate, urging Christians to share the Gospel with Jewish friends, and reinforcing God’s ongoing covenant with Israel.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Introduction: Framing the Questions

The episode opens with the foundational question posed by Jesus: “Who do men say that I am?” (00:01)
Tim Moore explains that many Jewish people continue to wrestle with the messiahship of Jesus.
The hosts outline the importance of addressing these objections with careful biblical evidence.

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“Many of our Jewish friends and neighbors have wrestled deeply with that very question. They raise sincere and often serious objections to the claim that Jesus of Nazareth is their long awaited Messiah.” — Tim Moore (00:30)

The Four Main Jewish Objections to Jesus as Messiah

Objection 1: The Messiah Will Bring Worldwide Peace (03:01)

Scriptural basis: Isaiah 2:4, 11:6; Jews object that Jesus did not bring world peace.
Response: Jesus brought “peace with God” through faith (Romans 5:1) during His first coming. Physical, world peace will be established at His second coming.
Spiritual insight: Internal reconciliation with God is the foundation for any external peace.
Notable moment: Discussion of Isaiah 53’s “suffering servant” as frequently avoided by Jewish tradition due to its clear Messianic reference.

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“Did Jesus bring peace from God or did he bring peace with God?... He was here first and foremost to address the deep spiritual need in the heart of every man and woman.” — Tim Moore (04:34)

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“Jewish people will often skip over the teaching about the suffering servant because it points to Jesus Christ.” — Nathan Jones (05:48)

Timestamps:
- Objection stated: 03:01
- Isaiah 2:4 & 53 discussed: 03:54–06:18

Objection 2: The Messiah Will Reunite the 12 Tribes of Israel (03:01, 07:29)

Scriptural basis: Ezekiel 36:24.
Response: Jesus’ ministry symbolically began among the lost tribes' regions, appointed 12 disciples, and prophesied the apostles judging the 12 tribes (Luke 22:30). Apostles prioritized outreach to Jewish people in the diaspora. The return of Jews to Israel (1948-present) is seen as partial fulfillment, awaiting completion at Christ’s return.
Historical context: Modern return to Israel fulfills prophecy in “slow motion.”

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“He even chose 12 disciples as if representing the 12 tribes of Israel. And he made an interesting prophecy... you shall sit on thrones and judging the 12 tribes of Israel.” — Nathan Jones (07:29)

Timestamps:
- Objection stated: 03:01, expanded discussion: 07:29–09:03

Objection 3: The Messiah Will Uphold the Torah (15:53)

Scriptural basis: Deuteronomy 30:16; contention that Jesus abrogated Torah.
Response: Jesus fulfilled the law (Matthew 5:17); ceremonial and civil provisions were temporary, while moral law is eternal. Purity/customs were necessary for a unique time and people. The prophets, especially Jeremiah (31:31), foretold a new covenant.
New Covenant: Jesus’ Last Supper (Luke 22:20) recontextualized Passover as the new covenant in His blood.

Quote:
“The laws are not to constrain mankind, they're to bring them into a right relationship with the Lord. And he is the lawgiver... his interpretation... was correct.” — Tim Moore (15:53)

Timestamps:
- Objection stated: 15:53–16:42
- Fulfillment/new covenant: 17:27

Objection 4: The Messiah Was Not Supposed to Die (18:24)

Scriptural basis: Expectation of a triumphant, political Messiah; concern that Jesus’ crucifixion disqualifies him.
Response: The Hebrew scriptures explicitly predict the Messiah’s death:
- Daniel 9:26: Messiah will be “cut off”
- Isaiah 53: Messiah suffers for sins
- Psalm 22: Messiah’s crucifixion described centuries before Romans used this as punishment
Two Messiah Expectation: Jewish tradition distinguishes Messiah ben David (kingly) and Messiah ben Joseph (suffering). New Testament and Christian teaching hold these two roles are fulfilled sequentially by Jesus—first as suffering servant, then as reigning king.
Resurrection: Jesus’ resurrection is the affirmation of His Messiahship (1 Corinthians 15).

Quote:
“Daniel 9:26 states the Messiah will be cut off... Isaiah 53 says... he was pierced through for our transgressions.” — Tim Moore (18:41)

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“A messianic Jewish friend of mine was explaining that the Jewish people see two Messiahs... they can't reconcile the two together. They want Messiah Ben David and they reject Messiah Ben Joseph. But the Bible prophesies that when Jesus returns, they will look upon him who they rejected.” — Nathan Jones (19:37)

Timestamps:
- Objection & answer: 18:24–21:36

Engaging Jews with the Gospel & the Ongoing Covenant

The Church and Israel Today

Tim Moore and Nathan Jones stress concern over rising Christian apathy and anti-Zionism, referencing surveys highlighted in Brian Sanders' documentary “Why Stand with Israel?” (10:43)
Only 37% of Christians believe Israel has a biblical right to the land.
The Abrahamic, Land, and Davidic Covenants are underscored as guaranteeing God’s promises to Israel, including land and the Messiah’s kingship.

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“There is a malaise in the church that God has washed his hands of the Jewish people and has nothing to do with them.” — Nathan Jones (11:53)

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“If God loves the Jewish people and I seek to become more Christlike... my love for the Jewish people should be supernaturally empowered... and I should love the Jews first and foremost by sharing the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them.” — Tim Moore (12:23)

Timestamps:
- Brian Sanders’ insights: 10:43
- The Mandate to share the Gospel: 12:23–14:13

Affirmation of God’s Faithfulness

Christians are challenged to reflect God’s love in their relationships with Jewish people and to stand with Israel, especially as anti-Semitism rises.
Not an endorsement of a “different gospel” but a reaffirmation of the one way of salvation for Jew and Gentile alike.

Quote:
“If we want to be Christlike, then we need to share that love. And the most important way to do that is share the gospel of Jesus Christ.” — Tim Moore (14:13)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

The Emotional Power of Prophecy
- Nathan Jones recounts a Jewish friend’s reaction to Isaiah 53: “I can't read this. I'm not allowed to read this…” (05:48)
Near the Temple Mount
- Tim Moore’s personal story:
  “One of them said, can I address your group? ...He said, listen to this man because he is speaking truth in a way I have never heard a Gentile do.” — Tim Moore (22:45)
The Unmistakable Prophetic Fulfillment
- “The Messianic promises are too numerous, too detailed, and too precisely fulfilled by Jesus to be coincidence. They are God’s plan, revealed to us through Bible prophecies that were written in advance.” — Tim Moore (22:45)

Key Timestamps for Important Segments

00:01 — Framing the question: Who do men say that I am?
03:01 — Stating the four main Jewish objections
03:54–06:18 — Objection 1: Peace, Isaiah 2, spiritual vs. worldly peace, Isaiah 53 suffering servant
07:29–09:03 — Objection 2: Restoration of the 12 Tribes, symbolic meanings, modern fulfillment
15:53–17:27 — Objection 3: Upholding the Torah, new covenant explained
18:24–21:36 — Objection 4: The Messiah was not supposed to die, Messianic prophecies, resurrection
10:43–14:13 — Brian Sanders on Israel, Christian attitudes, covenants, and the call to love and evangelize the Jewish people
22:45 — Personal story at the Western Wall, call for faith and encouragement

Conclusion & Takeaways

Each Jewish objection ultimately points to Jesus when understood in the full prophetic sweep of Scripture.
Both Christians and Jews await the coming kingdom, but Christians recognize Jesus (Yeshua) as the prophesied Messiah who has come and is coming again.
God’s promises to Israel are enduring; Christians are urged to bless, love, defend, and evangelize the Jewish people.
Listeners are encouraged to deepen their trust in God’s faithfulness, knowing He keeps every promise—to Israel and to all who believe.

Final Quote:
“To our Jewish friends, we love you because God loves you. He has not forgotten you. He has not abandoned you. And the Messiah you have been waiting for is real and he is risen.” — Tim Moore (22:45)

For further resources and continued exploration of prophecy and Messianic studies, the hosts invite listeners to ChristInProphecy.org.

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Shalom and welcome to Christ in Prophecy Radio from the headquarters of Lamb and Lion Ministries just north of Dallas, Texas. I'm Tim Moore, Director and Senior Evangelist for Lamb and Lion Ministries, and I'm joined today as always, by our Internet evangelist, Dr. Nathan Jones. Nathan, I want to begin with a question that is echoed through the ages. One asked by Jesus himself, who do men say that I am?
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Well, Tim, as you know, the disciples offered several responses, but only Peter correctly declared, you are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
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That's right, and many of our Jewish friends and neighbors have wrestled deeply with that very question. They raise sincere and often serious objections to the claim that Jesus of Nazareth is their long awaited Messiah. So today we're going to take those objections seriously because they deserve a clear biblical answer.
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Over the centuries, Jewish rabbis and scholars have pointed to several objections to Jesus as the Messiah. Today we're going to address the primary four objections and provide accurate biblical and historical answers for our Jewish friends and for anyone who is looking at the Old Testament but somehow failing to see that Jesus is the promised Messiah.
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Here's what makes this discussion so exciting for students of Bible the objections raised by the Jewish people against Jesus reveal something profound about how God fulfills His Word. It is not always in the way we expect, and not always all at once. So let's begin by addressing some common Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah by walking through the prophetic evidence verse by verse. Stay with us, we'll get underway in just a moment. In the meantime, you can learn more about Bible prophecy, Messianic Judaism and much more when you sign up to receive our free lamplighter magazine@christinprophecy.org that's right. We'll be glad to send you the electronic copy of our magazine just for signing up. And while there at our website, you can find all the resources that are available through Christ in Prophecy, radio, television and everything else here at Lamb and Lion Ministries. Stay with us. We'll be right back.
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well, welcome back to Christ in Prophecy Radio. I'm Nathan Jones. I'm here with Tim Moore. Let's respond to four Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah. Then we'll take them on one at a time. In light of scripture, these are not trivial questions. They're rooted in Hebrew scriptures. But as we will see today, each one finds its answer in the very word of God that Israel has always treasured. So, Tim, what's the first objection?
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The first of the four objections we're going to talk about today is that the Messiah will bring worldwide peace. Of course, that is declared in Isaiah chapter 2, verse 4 and chapter 11, verse 6. But the Jews would claim Jesus did not. The second objection, just to lay them all out there, is that the Messiah will reunite the 12 tribes of Israel as described in Ezekiel 36:24. But they will say Jesus didn't do that. The third objection is that the Messiah will uphold the Torah as Deuteronomy 30:16 says, But Jesus rejected or abrogated parts of it. In other words, he reinterpreted. Now we will explain what we mean by that. But that is an objection the Jews would raise some of them. And objection four, that some Jewish people will claim is the Messiah was not supposed to die, but Jesus was clearly crucified. So how about it, Nathan? Let's drop back and answer the objection number one about the Messiah and the peace that is promised.
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Well, we have to go to Isaiah 2, 4, which prophesied this about the Messiah. It says he will judge between nations and will render decisions for many peoples. And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, and nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war. Tim, that's one of my favorite verses in the passage because it prophesies a time where the world will no longer have war. There has been war on this earth since beginning of recorded history for almost every year but 286. So almost all of mankind has been at war all that time. But we're looking for a time of peace. Did Jesus bring peace from God? That's the question that the Jewish people are asking.
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Well, the question is, did Jesus bring peace from God or did he bring peace with God? I think what we have to understand is as he came the first time, Jesus clearly taught that while man was looking for all sorts of physical manifestations of his lordship, he was here first and foremost to address the deep spiritual need in the heart of every man and woman. So he was bringing peace with God. Romans 5:1 tells us that therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. You know, as much as I would like to have peace externally with the world around me, if I'm not at peace with God, quite frankly, I can't be at peace with anyone else. And that has proven true in my life. I'm sure many of our listeners would echo that same sentiment. And so Jesus provides the ability for me to be in a right relationship with God. And when I am, everything else falls into line. So we know that that world peace will be fully fulfilled at Christ's second coming when Jesus returns to reign from Jerusalem in the millennial kingdom. Something, Nathan, you've written a lot about. But we know that through Christ we have the ability to be at peace, to have true shalom with God the Father. And that is something we rejoice about right now.
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Absolutely. And this is where we come to the part about Isaiah 53, the suffering servant. Tim, I remember back in Philadelphia, I had a friend who, she was Jewish and, and there was something written, a newspaper in Russian where her family was from, but it was all about the gospels, about Isaiah 53 and the suffering servant. And I gave it to her and she literally threw it on the ground and said, I can't read this. I'm not allowed to read this, folks. Jewish people will often skip over the teaching about the suffering servant because it points to Jesus Christ.
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They certainly do. And yet we know that Jesus himself pointed to the peace prophecies that would happen at the end of the age after he had suffered, after he had made propitiation. In other words, he had fulfilled the demand God had for justice to be served. You know, our sins are so offensive to God that he can't just wink them away. He can't just overlook them. And so there had to be a punishment for sin. Jesus took upon himself all the punishment for the sins of the world. For those who put trust in him, they are completely forgiven. Their sins are cast as far as the east is from the west, again offering us that peace with, with God Almighty that then allows us to be at peace with our fellow brothers and sisters, obviously in Christ and the world in general. Well, Nathan, this brings to question the idea of the Messiah uniting the 12 tribes. This is objection number two. If we are to be at peace with others, then how in the world aren't the tribes themselves of Israel reunited? And of course, they were scattered back in Old Testament times by Assyria and Babylon and, and Ezekiel 36, 24 says that the Messiah will reunite those 12 tribes, obviously in a reign of peace there in Israel.
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Yes, it's interesting that Jesus, when he began his earthly ministry, he began in the regions of what was historically Zebulun and Naphtali. Those were two areas that were taken to Assyrian exile. He even chose 12 disciples as if representing the 12 tribes of Israel. And he made an interesting prophecy. Luke 22:30, he said to them, he says, you shall sit on thrones and judging the 12 tribes of Israel. So Jesus was reiterating what Ezekiel's prophecy said, that he would unite the 12 tribes one day. Matter of fact, we are looking forward to the day when the Lord returns and sets up his kingdom on this earth and then all the Jewish people from all the tribes will be reunited fully once more.
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You know, when Jesus sent the apostles out, both during his earthly ministry and then even after he had ascended into heaven, he told them to go to the Jewish people first. Later, the gentiles would also be grafted in. But even as the apostles went around, as Paul was preaching throughout the Roman world, they typically went first to the dispersed Jewish synagogues, drawing them, the Jewish people, to believe in Jesus Yeshua, as their Messiah. Springing all the way forward to 1948. We know that as the Jewish people began returning to the nation of Israel in fulfillment of scripture, that many of them came recognizing that they were on the cusp of a messianic era. And, and so again, this is a slow motion fulfillment. Jesus was attempting to unite the Jewish tribes even in his day and age. But the fulfillment of that promise that those 12 tribes would finally be reunited in their own land, that is happening before our eyes even right now in the 21st century.
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Oh, absolutely. As we answer Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah, it's important to point out that Jesus clearly fulfilled all the prophecies about his first coming. He healed the blind, He. He arrived in the exact time frame predicted and he was revealed as the Son of Man on the clouds of heaven. And there is more to come so far. Two objections down, two more to go. And they both point us even deeper into the prophetic word. Coming up, we're going to look at the Messianic ministry of Israel today in our segment, what's titled what's really Going On. Stay with us
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While the Jewish community continues to grapple with the identity of the Messiah, there is growing anti Semitism that mirrors the biblical warning that in the end times nations would turn against Israel. That of course, from Zechariah 12:3. At the same time, the Messianic Jewish movement continues to grow. Jews who believe in Yeshua are found in Israel and around the world. This too is a prophetic sign that God has not rejected his people. Recently we sat down with Brian Sanders, the producer of a film titled why Stand with Israel? Let's hear what Brian had to say.
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It's abundantly clear in Scripture of how much God loves the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. And in our film we show how much. We show proof of how much God loves the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. He talks about no other nation more in his word than the nation of Israel approximately 2,400 times. So if you're one that maybe doesn't read the whole Bible from COVID to cover and you just read the New Testament, the Brit Hadashah, well, the Apostle Paul even shows why in Jesus why God loves the Jewish people in the nation of Israel. Look, there's no other nation or planet on the face of the earth that God sent His only son to. So this really shouldn't be a disconnect with believers or the church worldwide. It shouldn't be. But unfortunately we have this survey in our film that shows how much the church is riding the fence on where they stand with Israel. And those numbers are truly staggering.
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Well, Nathan, when we understand how God feels about Israel, it should motivate us to share the gospel with the Jewish people. So let's talk about how Christians can engage their Jewish friends and neighbors in discussions about faith in Jesus or as the Jews would say in Hebrew.
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This is a huge topic, Tim, because in Bryan's documentary He noted that 63% of Christians don't believe that Israel has any right to their land. And 32% of Christians really have no strong views about Israel whatsoever. There is a malaise in the church that God has washed his hands of the Jewish people and has nothing to do with them. So the first things that should motivate Christians to share the gospel is because the Lord told us the gospel in Acts 1:8, the great commission that includes both Gentiles and Jews.
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It certainly does. And we should recognize that Jesus again said to the Jew first and then to the Gentile. The apostles modeled that same principle that they went to Jewish synagogues first. It's not that God discounted the Gentiles. It's just that as his chosen people, the Jews received primacy even in Jesus ministry. Jesus lauded various Gentiles. We talk about the centurion who came to him in absolute faith. And he said, I, I've not found such great faith in all of Israel. We can talk about Cornelius, of course, who Peter went and visited, but the fact is that God still has a provision for the Jewish people. So you're right, Nathan. We have to reject the anti Semitism that is bubbling up or what is called today anti Zionism and have the heart of Christ. If God loves the Jewish people and I seek to become more Christlike and more godly in my attitude as a follower of Christ and then my love for the Jewish people should be supernaturally empowered and motivated even beyond what would be humanly possible. And I should love the Jews first and foremost by sharing the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them.
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Absolutely. Good point. Because that's a biblical mandate. And Bryan brought up a good point. He says when it comes to the land of Israel, the Jewish people are still under the Abrahamic covenant. It grants the title deed of the land to Israel and its descendants. From there is also God's land covenant in Deuteronomy 28 which says that one day Israel will be the prime nation in the world. Folks, we are seeing Israel ascend and in millennial kingdom they will be a priestly people. And he also brought up the point about the Davidic covenant where a king will descend from the line of King David through the Jewish people and he will rule the world. We are talking about Jesus Christ here. So God's Abrahamic covenant, His land covenant and his Davidic covenant promise the land of Israel to the Jewish people. So there should be no debate amongst Christians that the Jewish people have a right to the land that they are in.
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Nathan, we don't have to wait until that millennial reign. We can right now recognize that God has a special provision for the Jewish people. Not a different gospel, not a different means of salvation, but a special love for them. And again, if we want to be Christlike, then we need to share that love. And the most important way to do that is share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Folks, we hope that you will seek to bless a Jew. We hope that you will stand with Israel even in a time when the nations are turning against it. And we hope that you will reflect your great love for our Jewish Messiah in your attitude, in the way you interact with Jews that you come in contact with. Well, stay with us and we will take on two more Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah as we continue Christ in Prophecy Radio.
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welcome back to Christ in Prophecy Radio. I'm Nathan Jones. I'm here with our director, Tim Moore. And let's take on two more Jewish objections to Jesus as Messiah to show how the full sweep of Bible prophecy, from, say, Moses through the prophets to Revelation, declares Jesus as the one and only Messiah of Israel and the world. So, Tim, what is the third objection?
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Well, the third objection we've talked about that the Jews, or at least some of them would say is the Messiah will uphold the Torah again from Deuteronomy 30:16. And yet they will claim Jesus did not. We obviously know that Jesus sometimes set aside purity and food laws. This is recorded in Mark 7:19. But the Jews would also recognize that David, the great king, sometimes set aside the dietary and the food laws. As a matter of fact, one time he raided a temple to provide food, food for his men. And that was understood as being necessary. And so, as Jesus said, the laws are not to constrain mankind, they're to bring them into a right relationship with the Lord. And he is the lawgiver. In other words, he is the God that handed down the law. So his interpretation, his understanding clearly was correct.
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Yes. You know, when it comes to Mosaic law, it's not just the Ten Commandments. There were 613 commands that the Jewish people tried to follow. And the Bible says that Jesus fulfilled the law. He fulfilled them in the entirety. But they weren't always meant to be eternal, obviously the moral aspects of it. But food purity, mixing cloths, not eating shellfish, that kind of thing was only meant to protect the Jewish people who were a slave people living in the desert for 40 years and keep them from harm. And it did for much of their history. So the Torah part was never meant to be A permanent final expression of God's covenant. Matter of fact, Ezekiel prophesied that God would give his people a new heart and new spirit. And we know that to be the new covenant with which the Lord instituted at his first coming.
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Yeah, exactly. Jesus didn't make up this concept of a new covenant. In 30 A.D. jeremiah also prophesied, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, Yahweh, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers. That of course in Jeremiah 31 and at the Last Supper. Speaking of this new covenant, Jesus took the cup, the cup of wine, as they were celebrating, commemorating the Passover, and and he said, this cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. So he's taking elements of what the Jews celebrate to this day, commemorating the Passover, and he's saying, you drink a cup of wine. But really it's pointing forward. It's now about to be fulfilled. As my life is poured out, my blood is shed on your behalf. And that is the new covenant. In other words, Jesus did not abolish God's word even regarding the law and the Torah, and he fulfilled it just as he declared in Matthew 5:17.
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Absolutely. Well, let's jump into the fourth objection and that is the death of the Messiah. Most Jewish people believe that the Messiah would liberate Israel, he'd be a political hero, he'd overthrow the Romans, but then he died. And so many Jewish people say, well Jesus death disqualifies him as the Messiah.
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You know, we obviously have touched on this so many times through Christ in prophecy, television and radio. How many of the Hebrew scriptures from foretell the death of the Messiah? Daniel 9:26 states the Messiah will be cut off, a Hebrew idiom or a turn of phrase for being put to death. And this was to happen before the destruction of the temple. We know that occurred in 70 A.D. and so Jesus in fact as a Messiah was cut off. He was put to death before 70 AD. Isaiah 53 says, he speaking of Messiah, was pierced through for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities, the chastising for our well being fell upon him, and by his scourging we are healed again. Nathan, you said many Jewish people don't want to read Isaiah 53 because they have to confront face to face the fact that these prophetic promises were fulfilled in the person of Yeshua Jesus of Nazareth.
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Yeah. A messianic Jewish friend of mine was Explaining that the Jewish people see two Messiahs. They see Messiah Ben David, who is going to be a king and a conqueror and a liberator. But there's also Messiah Ben Joseph, the suffering servant of Isaiah 50. And for many Jewish people, I am told, they can't reconcile the two together. They want Messiah Ben David and they reject Messiah Ben Joseph. But the Bible prophesies that when Jesus returns, they will look upon him who they rejected. They will weep and wail, and they will cry out to him, baruch haba b' shem adonai. Blessed is he who comes in the Lord. And they are weeping because they realize that for the last 2,000 years, they could have accepted Jesus Christ, but they had rejected him.
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You know, talking about that idea of Simon bar David and Simon bar Joseph, these two types of Messiah, you can almost see in some of the expectations of the apostles. We think of Simon the Zealot, even Judas, who were expecting a Messiah, who would right now restore the kingdom to Israel, who would bring about the overthrow of the Romans. And even after Jesus, death, burial and resurrection, the apostles in Acts chapter one were still saying, is it now that you're going to restore the kingdom to Israel? So they clearly had this expectation that is grounded in Scripture, but they just didn't understand the timing, or dare I say, the order. David, once again, the great king in Psalm 22 describes the fact that his son, the Messiah would be crucified. He said, they pierced my hands and my feet. We know that David's hands and feet were never pierced. He was not crucified, but prophetically, he looked forward centuries before. The Romans even utilized crucifixion as a means of capital punishment. And he understood that the Messiah would indeed be crucified in that manner. And so Jesus did not merely die, though, he also rose from the dead. And that affirms that he is the Messiah. His resurrection is the cornerstone of the gospel and the guarantee of our hope. As Paul writes about in 1 Corinthians 15.
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Absolutely, folks. We look to the millennial kingdom. That's when every messianic prophecy will be fulfilled. Jesus will bring worldwide peace. As the Prince of peace, he's going to reunite the tribes and they're going to be a priestly people serving the Lord and believing him as Savior. The Torah will be written in their hearts. The Bible says that all the world will know about Jesus and then starts God's eternal kingdom. The thousand years is kind of like a preview. Then we get into the eternal state. So, folks, every objection, when answered by Scripture becomes a signpost pointing directly to Jesus and to his soon return. God is keeping every promise. Well, in just a moment, Tim's going to return with a final word of encouragement. So stay with us.
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christinprophecy.org Imagine standing in the land of Israel, in Jerusalem, perhaps near the Western Wall, where Jewish men and women come daily to press their prayers into the ancient stones of the Temple Mount. If you have ever stood in that place, you know that it is impossible not to feel the weight of thousands of years of God's faithfulness and and Israel's longing for their Messiah. Jewish people around the world today are still waiting for their Messiah. They are waiting for peace, for shalom. They are waiting for restoration. They are waiting for a king who will sit on the throne of David and reign over all the earth. And so are Christians. But the difference is we know his name. His name is Jesus or Yeshua, the Messiah who has already come and who is coming again. One of the great reassurances I have had that Jews are beginning to understand the promise of the Messiah happened near the Temple Mount when two Orthodox Jews, listening to me present to my pilgrims as we were about to ascend to the Temple Mount itself, heard me talking about the Gospel and the fulfillment of Bible prophecy in the person of Yeshua Jesus Christ. At the end of my presentation, one of them said, can I address your group? And when I said sure, he said, listen to this man because he is speaking truth in a way I have never heard a Gentile do. That man clearly understood that Yeshua Jesus is the Messiah. Every objection we examine today points to the same truth that Jesus is the Lord. Indeed, the Messianic promises are too numerous, too detailed, and too precisely fulfilled by Jesus to be coincidence. They are God's plan, revealed to us through Bible prophecies that were written in advance. But it takes eyes to see and ears to hear the truth to our Jewish friends. We love you because God loves you. He has not forgotten you. He has not abandoned you. And the Messiah you have been waiting for is real and he is risen. If you are a Gentile believer, let the story of Israel, Deepen your faith, knowing that the same God who kept every promise to his covenant people will keep every promise he has made to you. So until he comes. Maranatha, Come, Lord Jesus, come. Yeshua. Godspeed.