A JEWISH MESSIAH?

The following conception of "A Jewish Messiah" is found on these
websites (the first refers to the second:

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/jewsandjesus.htm

http://www.messiahtruth.com/response.html

Note that the "Messiah" of these anti-Jesus "Jews" will literally
reign as the king of the world, Pirkei Eliezer, and every individual
will be "influenced" to be ashamed of and abandon his or her prior
belief in favor of the wicked and evil "God of Israel." =A0This is
fascism with a vengeance. =A0Hitler could not imagine this in his
wildest dreams.

A Jewish Messiah

Judaism, unlike the Christianity, does not believe that the Messiah is
Jesus. The noun moshiach (translated as messiah) annotatively means
"annointed one"; it does not, however, imply "savior." The notion of
an innocent, semi-divine being who will sacrifice himself to save us
from the consequences of our own sins is a purely Christian concept
that has no basis in Jewish thought or scripture. In Judaic texts, the
term messiah was used for all kings, high priests, certain warriors,
but never eschatological figures. In the Tanach, moshiach is used 38
times: two patriarchs, six high priests, once for Cyrus, 29 Israelite
kings such as Saul and David. Not once is the word moshiach used in
reference to the awaited Messiah. Even in the apocalyptic book of
Daniel, the only time moshiach is mentioned is in connection to a
murdered high priest. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Pseudepigrapha, and
Apocrypha never mention the Messiah.

The man destined to be the Messiah will be a direct descendant of King
David (Isaiah 11:1) through the family of Solomon, David's son (1
Chronicles 22:9-l0). =A0He will cause all the world to serve God
together (Isaiah 11:2), be wiser than Solomon (Mishnah Torah
Repentance 9:2), greater than the patriarchs and prophets (Aggadah
Genesis 67), and more honored than kings (Mishnah Sanhedrin 10), for
he will reign as king of the world (Pirkei Eliezer).

Amongst the most basic missions that the Messiah will accomplish
during his lifetime (Isaiah 42:4) are to:

Oversee the rebuilding of Jerusalem, including the Third Temple, in
the event that it has not yet been rebuilt (Michah 4:1 and Ezekiel
40-45);

Gather the Jewish people from all over the world and bring them home
to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 11:12; 27:12-13);

Influence every individual of every nation to abandon and be ashamed
of their former beliefs (or non-beliefs) and acknowledge and serve
only the One True God of Israel (Isaiah 11:9-10; 40:5 and Zephaniah
3:9);

Bring about global peace throughout the world (Isaiah 2:4; 11:5-9 and
Michah 4:3-4).

There are over a dozen additional prophecies which the Messiah will
also achieve (there is no mention of any "second coming" in the Tanach
or the New Testament). In order to avoid identifying the wrong
individual as Messiah, the Code of Jewish Law dictates criteria for
establishing the Messiah's identity (Mishnah Torah Kings 11:4):

"If a king arises from the House of David who meditates on the Torah,
occupies himself with the commandments as did his ancestor King David,
observes the commandments of the Written and Oral Law, prevails upon
all Israel to walk in the way of the Torah and to follow its
direction, and fights the wars of God, it may be assumed that he is
the Messiah.

"If he does these things and is fully successful, rebuilds the Third
Temple on its location, and gathers the exiled Jews, he is beyond
doubt the Messiah. But if he is not fully successful, or if he is
killed, he is not the Messiah."

Over 1,000 years before the attributed birth of the historical Jesus,
it was recorded in the Tanach:

Numbers 23:19: =A0God is not a man, that He should be deceitful, nor the
son of man, that He should repent. Would He say and not do, or speak
and not confirm?

Psalms 146:3: =A0Do not rely on princes nor in the son of man, for he
holds no salvation.

Even the New Testament concurs that Jesus, in fact, is not the
Messiah:

Matthew =A020:28: =A0Just as the son of man did not come to be served, but=
to serve.