TIKVAH: HOPE
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How to Identify the Messiah (based on Israel My Glory, SH, 13, Nov/Dec. 2007) Edited with the King James Bible.
I. Genesis 49:10 - His Authority
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
* The first five books of Moses are called the Torah, and they signal the coming of the Messiah.
** The Jewish Study Bible says that this Genesis 49:10 verse is considered Messianic.
“1Shiloh, the key word in the verse, is often not even translated because of the difficulty in doing so. Yet that same word is translated “Until He comes whose right it is” in Ezekiel 21:27. The Targums (Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Bible) say the word Shiloh refers to a “King Messiah” 2Thus the man of authority from Judah is King Messiah.” (Israel My Glory, SH, 13, Nov/Dec. 2007)
II. Deuteronomy 18:18-19 - His Status
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
“This Torah portion describes a person who would come after Moses, who would be like Moses. Thus he would be a Jewish prophet. And, like Moses, he would communicate the very words of God to God’s people. It would be incumbent upon them to listen to him.” (Israel My Glory, SH, 13, Nov/Dec. 2007)
III. Isaiah 7:14 - His Birth
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
“Sarah had passed the age of childbearing,” Genesis 18:11 Yet, she had a promise from God that she would have a son. She laughed in disbelief. “Yet Isaac (Hebrew for “laugher”) was born, his very name a testament to the miracle.” (Israel My Glory, SH, 13, Nov/Dec. 2007)
“Is Almighty God not capable of doing the impossible?” (Israel My Glory, Sh, 13, Nov.Dec. 2007)
“While working on the Septuagint (200-300 BC Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures), Jewish scholars chose the Greek word parthenos to translate the Hebrew word almah. Parthenos unmistakably means “virgin.” Thus every Jewish person who read the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible understood the child in Isaiah 7:14 would be born of a virgin.”
IV. Micah 5:2 –His Birthplace
But thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, 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.
“Targum Jonathan states, “Out of thee Bethlehem shall Messiah go forth before me, to exercise dominion over Israel.”
V. Isaiah 9:6 – His Name
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
“As the brilliant Hebrew and Rabbinic scholar Franz Delitzsch noted, even Samuel David Luzzatto, one of the greatest of the Italian rabbis, rightly observed that “you do not expect to find attributes of God here, but such as would be characteristic of the child.” This agrees with statements in the Talmudic and midrashic writings, along with the comments of Abraham Ibn Ezra, all of which state that the names refer to the child.” (Brown, Michael L. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, vol 3, Messianic Prophecy Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2003), 33.
“The Midrash on Ezekiel 48:35 asks, What is the name of the KING MESSIAH? Rabbi Abba, son of Kohana said ‘JEHOVAH,’ for it is written, This is HIS name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” (Beshore, chart 16) Clearly the boy (King Messiah) that is born will possess the name name God and bring peace.” (Israel My Glory, SH, 13, Nov/Dec. 2007)
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