If Jesus was so obviously the fulfiller of Prophecy, why did the Jews reject him?

Question

Matt 4:14–16

To position Jesus as fulfiller of prophecy, Matthew chooses descriptive details from Isaiah and crafts them into elaborations on the reports and clues that he found in Mark. The reason Jesus' movements match the words of prophecy so closely—though not exactly—is that Matthew has derived Jesus' itinerary from those very words.
Matt 21:4–5

Matthew creates a ludicrous scene: Jesus stunt-rides two animals into Jerusalem. The only possible purpose Matthew could have had in changing Mark's straightforward narrative into such a spectacle is to demonstrate that Jesus fulfilled prophecy to the letter. Obviously, Matthew's Jesus can fulfill this prophecy in this odd manner only because once again Matthew rigs the story with details cribbed from the "fulfilled" prophecy. This bizarre scene shows us to what extremes Matthew was prepared to go to portray Jesus as the fulfiller of prophecy. Mathew made this stuff up!

Answer 1

Interesting but your head is more interesting than your statement .
Do you really think you can make a difference by pointing out flaws in the bible .
It is riddled with flaws and no one seems to notice .
Let me tell you the fundamentalists of this world cannot be swayed by the likes of you and me .
They are ignorant , and see their purpose as that of god .
What ever that is.
Leave them be concentrate on global warming if you want to make a difference

Answer 2

YOUR LOGIC IS FLAWED.
YOU SAY IN YOUR PROFILE:
My goals are to expose their hypocrisy, lies, fallacies, myths, and contradictions to those that might otherwise not see them. And in that I hope to make a small difference to ending all of the intolerance, hatred, murder et al. that those beliefs have produced throughout the ages.

THEN YOU ASK:

Matthew creates a ludicrous scene: Jesus stunt-rides two animals into Jerusalem. The only possible purpose Matthew could have had in changing Mark's straightforward narrative into such a spectacle is to demonstrate that Jesus fulfilled prophecy to the letter. Obviously, Matthew's Jesus can fulfill this prophecy in this odd manner only because once again Matthew rigs the story with details cribbed from the "fulfilled" prophecy. This bizarre scene shows us to what extremes Matthew was prepared to go to portray Jesus as the fulfiller of prophecy. Mathew made this stuff up!

YOUR A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING!

GOD BLESS

Answer 3

You misread Matt 4:14-16. Jesus rode on a young donkey.

The Jews as stated in John 12:40 quoting from Isaiah 6:9,10 have their eyes blinded from recognising Jesus as the Messiah at His first coming. The Jews will have their eyes opened to see Jesus as their Messiah when Jesus comes back the second time.

Matthew was one of the twelve disciples who was with Jesus when He walked on earth. Matthew could therefore write a more detailed account
of what happened to Jesus as a direct witness. Mark did not observe Jesus personally so his writings do not contain as much detail.

God is not a man that He should lie. The Bible is the true word of God.

Answer 4

Matthew was a tax collector. From this fact we can infer that he was very to completely ignorant of messianic prophecies, as tax collectors were prohibited from entering the synagogue and fiercely hated by the Jewish population. No Jewish man would chose such a profession if he had any respect or knowledge of his religious heritage. Thus it is highly unlikely that Matthew would have possessed enough knowledge to fabricate such information. Nor would he have been able to easily discover said prophecies, as scriptures were limited in supply and mostly in the hands of the Jewish religious leaders, access to said books would have been denied him throughout his life first as a tax collector and later as a member of The Way(the label given to the early Christian religion by the Jewish leaders). Therefore the most logical conclusion is that Jesus did indeed act as written and the prophetic fulfillment aspect was revealed to him later by Holy Spirit.

The second aspect of you're question, that Matthew portrays Jesus as stunt riding two animals is easily cleared up by the fact that the offspring of any equine animal is referred to as a foal, with male foal's also being called colts and females are also called fillies. This means that colt, foal, and donkey can all mean donkey.

The main question you asked, "why did the Jews reject him"? is interesting in that I believe you recently asked a question "Did Jesus fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament?" and in it you pointed out four major aspects of what the Jewish population believed the messiah would do. Those four aspects portray the "King" they expected to come, throw out the hated Roman and restore the nation of Israel to the glory days they knew under Kings David and Solomon. This is not the plan God had in mind, as seen in the prophecies refering to a suffering servant, specifically verses refering to being "pierced four our transgressions" and "it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer" (both quotes from Isaiah 53) which obviously do not reconcile with a conquering king. But the main reason the Jews rejected Jesus is also found in Isaiah 6:9-10.

You're final statement, that Matthew made this stuff up, mean's that Matthew died (in Ethiopia to the sword) instead of denying a God that he had had to make up facts for?! I do not find this likely.

Answer 5

Although Matthew may have (according to you) exaggerated the events that took place , do you really think that makes a difference . Whether he did a handstand on the donkey or whipped around it like the sun dance kid , he did come in on a donkey bottom line and the prophecy was fulfilled .If you take everything that was written in the bible literally you might as well believe that only Jews , gentiles and Romans existed in the world back then.
But seriously though the Jews at that time were under serious oppression from other civilizations after the fall of Israel's dominance in the region . This of course had a profound effect on the collective and they sought the 'old days' of freedom and control of there lives . The Messiah was thus expected to be a war hero of sorts expected to deliver them from the hands of their persecutors and thus reignite the glory days . Jesus' claim to being the messiah was thus not well received as he was not of nobility and his messages were of peace and equality . This was unacceptable to the leaders of the time not to mention bringing false hope in there opinions to the community thus there rejection of the man.

Answer 6

The Jews rejected Him because they were the flesh that fell away to reveal the spirit. God doesn't choose after the flesh, yet...that's what the Jews walked in for thousands of years. But why would God do this? God's ways are not mans' ways.

There is a right and a wrong. A positive, a negative, an up for down, a hot for cold, a right and a wrong. If there is a place of bliss in the next world, then there is also a place of torment. If the next world is reward or punishment, then it remains that this life is a test. God isn't much interested in the "intellect" of mankind. His focus in on something else: the heart.

The creator is Holy. Who gets it, gets it for a reason. He who doesn't get it, doesn't get it for a reason. Nevertheless, heaven and hell await.

All you have told me is that you haven't sought God with all of your heart. If you had, you'd have found Him. Lumping all "Christians" into the same lump is small-minded of you. I am submitted to the Cross but also find fault with Christianity.

God is not mocked. What you reap, you'll sow.

Answer 7

First off remember not all did reject Him. Two reasons others did that Scripture say, One is because the Word said they would , and two so gentiles could be grafted into the family (tree) of God through their belief in Christ Jesus. They are still the Choosen of the Lord and will come the day they know and accept Him as the true Messiah which He is. Remember the Jews are a very special people and we Christains should always honor them and be thankful to them.

Answer 8

At that time, the world was under the dominion of the Romans and the Jews also were not excluded. They had to obey the Roman's laws like paying tributes to the Emperor etc... and for them, the Messiah would be someone who will come like a king, who will overcome Roman's rule and establish his' right here on earth. You can imagine their deception when they learned that the Messiah was born a little boy with an earthly mother. But not all jews rejected Jesus.

Answer 9

Actually your question is incorrect. According to church history the first 50, 000 or so Christians were in fact Jews. In addition the writers of the NT were all Jews. Non Jews did not become the majority in the church until after Paul and others began to fulfill the call on their lives by preaching to non Jews.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
10-16-6

Answer 10

Well, I'm not really a Christian per-say but have had some 'teachings' in it. And what I have been told by Christians is that the Jews rejected Jesus because he was just a regular human being, a pauper if you will. They were expecting to see a man born into riches, a King. And some people just don't like change lol

Answer 11

Your attack on the accuracy of the Bible is unmatched.
Matthew was a Levite, so you attack yourself (even the priestly line), and therefore all the scriptural accuracy of the Torah as well.

Christians believe Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. When He returns, He will (according to the New Testament scriptures) usher in a thousand years of peace.

Jesus was Jewish, and all the Apostles were Jewish, including Saul of Tarsus. All were persecuted to the extreme, even death.

Why would Jews put their lives on the line for a lie? Why would anyone?