On 27 Jan 2004 09:40:51 -0800,
EliyahuSilver@Hotmail.com (Eliyahu) spake thusly:
Bs'd
..Who and what is the messiah? Let us check according to the Holy
Hebrew scriptures what the messiah is supposed to do. .....
I am not going to get into an hour of typing here, so
as is my usual practice, I'll just address three of the
passages you quote.
.........Zacheriah 9:9-10; "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he
is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an *****, and upon
a colt the foal of an *****. And I will cut off the chariot from
Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut
off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall
be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the
earth."
They say that he did ride on a donkey, like the whole Middle East in
those days, but that is where it stops. He did not bring any peace,
the battle bow, the horses and the chariots, symbols of war, were not
cut off from Jerusalem, and his dominion was not from sea to sea and
to the ends of the earth; as a matter of fact, he did not have any
dominion at all.
This is where you're wrong. He did bring peace. Inner
peace, through the Holy Spirit. "The Kingdom of God is
within you", remember?
Also, in 70 A.D., as Jesus predicted, Jerusalem was
conquered and peace was had, albeit not the peace
jerusalem would have hoped for, since they wanted to
win the battle.
.........Jeremiah 23:5-6; "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that
I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and
prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his
days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is
his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
This passage tells you it is the Lord Himself that will
reign. And since the Old Covenant was put to an end in
70 A.D., He has fulfilled this prophecy. He did
execute judgment and He will again.
..........Jeremiah 33:14-16: "IN THOSE DAYS AND AT THAT TIME, will I
cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall
execute judgment and righteousness in the land. IN THOSE DAYS shall
Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name
wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness."
When the branch of righteousness springs forth to David, when the
messiah comes, THEN, IN THOSE DAYS, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem
shall dwell safely.
So far, we haven't even been discussing the time frames
to which these texts apply. But just going with your
assessment, you should have kept reading...
17) For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a
man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18) Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man
before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat
offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
--
Pastor Dave Raymond
"As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor
to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day;
thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right
before thee." - Jeremiah 17:16
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