What is the criteria to be the Jewish Messiah?

Question

John 19:7 The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God." (NIV) So who is a worthy Messiah? What is the criteria?

Answer 1

These are the criteria for the Jewish Messiah:
1) He is Jewish.
2) He is a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon through his BIOLOGICAL father.
3) He will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
4) He is a member of the tribe of Judah through his BIOLOGICAL father.
5) He must gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel.
6) He will rule at a time of world peace.
7) He will rule at a time when the Jewish people will observe G-d's commandments.
8) He will rule at a time when ALL PEOPLE come to acknowledge and serve ONE G-D (no trinity, no blood relatives).
He must fulfill ALL OF THE ABOVE. Jesus fulfilled only the first requirement: He was Jewish...

Christians identify Messiah with Jesus and define him as God incarnated as a man, and believe he died for the sins of humanity as a blood sacrifice. This means that one has to accept the idea that one person's death can atone for another person's sins. However, this is opposed to what the Bible says in Deuteronomy 24:26, "Every man shall be put to death for his own sin," which is also expressed in Exodus 32:30-35, and Ezekiel 18. The Christian idea of the messiah also assumes that God wants, and will accept, a human sacrifice. After all, it was either Jesus-the-god who died on the cross, or Jesus-the-human. Jews believe that God cannot die, and so all that Christians are left with in the death of Jesus on the cross, is a human sacrifice. However, in Deuteronomy 12:30-31, God calls human sacrifice an abomination, and something He hates: "for every abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods." All human beings are sons or daughters, and any sacrifice to God of any human being would be something that God would hate. The Christian idea of the messiah consists of ideas that are UnBiblical.

Answer 2

Many criteria are listed in the Torah. One of the most important ones is that *everyone* will accept the Messiah as who He is, no matter what religion the person is. Another one is that peace will reign over earth. I think it's fair to say that neither one of those criteria has been met.

Unfortunately, the Christian New Testament "changed" the criteria and made new rules, suggesting that God was lying in what Christians call the "Old Testament." Does God lie? I certainly don't think so.

Answer 3

Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7)
Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23) as a descendant of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18; Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16), of the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10; Luke 3:23, 33; Hebrews 7:14), and of the house of David (2 Samuel 7:12-16; Matthew 1:1)
Herod killing the infants (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18)
Taken to Egypt (Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:14-15)
Heralded by the messenger of the Lord (John the Baptist) (Isaiah 40:3-5; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:1-3)
Anointed by the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2; Matthew 3:16-17)
Preached good news (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:14-21)
Performed miracles (Isaiah 35:5-6; Matthew 9:35)
Cleansed the Temple (Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:12-13)
Ministered in Galilee (Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:12-16)
Entered Jerusalem as a king on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:4-9)
First presented Himself as King 173,880 days from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25; Matthew 21:4-11)
Rejected by Jews (Psalm 118:22; 1 Peter 2:7)
Died a humiliating death (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53) involving: rejection (Isaiah 53:3; John 1:10-11; 7:5,48), betrayal by a friend (Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:3-4; John 13:18), sold for 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:14-15), silence before His accusers (Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 27:12-14), being mocked (Psalm 22: 7-8; Matthew 27:31), beaten (Isaiah 52:14; Matthew 27:26), spit upon (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 27:30), piercing His hands and feet (Psalm 22:16; Matthew 27:31), being crucified with thieves (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38), praying for His persecutors (Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:34), piercing His side (Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34), given gall and vinegar to drink (Psalm 69:21, Matthew 27:34, Luke 23:36), no broken bones (Psalm 34:20; John 19:32-36), buried in a rich man's tomb (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57-60), casting lots for His garments (Psalm 22:18; John 19:23-24).
Rose from the dead! (Psalm 16:10; Mark 16:6; Acts 2:31)
Ascended into Heaven (Psalm 68:18; Acts 1:9)
Sat down at the right hand of God (Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3)

Answer 4

There are 456 messianic passages in Scripture,with 109 separate and distinct prophesies that the Messiah must fulfill. The first qualification of the Jewish Messiah is that he be born of the seed of woman and not man, (an immaculate conception), he must be born of a specific bloodline, (including many of the fathers of Israel), he must be born in Bethlehem, he will be rejected by his own people, (Jews), he would be betrayed by a friend and for thirty pieces of silver, not one of his bones would be broken but that he would be pierced, they would cast lots for his garments, and that he would be resurrected. The probability of even 20 of the 109 prophesies being fulfilled by one man are one in one quadrillion, one hundred twenty-five trillion. But Jesus the Christ fulfilled ALL 109 prophesies. He is the Jewish Messiah. I wish you all the love of God, all the understanding of the Holy Spirit, and all the saving grace that Jesus Christ offers...God Bless.

Answer 5

there are hundreds of messianic prophecies, the most important ones have already been mentioned already. the most important thing to understand is that the jewish messiah will NOT be the"son of G-d" - that idea is absolutely foreign and abhorrent to judaism, and contradicts monotheism, and judaism is the most firmly monotheist religion on the planet. anything that even hints towards a lack of absolute monotheism is thrown in the trash and condemned as idolatry. jesus? idolatry. the devil? idolatry.

the most basic idea to understand about the jewish messiah is that he will bring absolute world peace - "and nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they know war anymore" - and that he will bring knowledge to the entire world of One G-d

the clearest sign that proves to jews that the messiah has not yet come, is that there is NO world peace and there are BILLIONS of people who do not believe in the One G-d

ergo, jesus could not have been our messiah

Answer 6

I don't really understand your using that verse to ask THAT question. The Jews just didn't accept Christ and the way He entered into this world. They were looking for some type of warrior, even when they had the scriptures, telling them of His arrival. They just refused to believe, but they will one day. Only Jesus met the criteria.

Answer 7

the jews think the messiah should be a warrior king who leads rthe jews forward to conquer all of israel's enemies. several people have been recognized to be the jewish messiah in the last two thousand years, but non has done what he is supposed to do, that is, conquer all of israel's enemies.

Answer 8

the Jews wanted a political and earthly messiah to remove the roman yoke or bond that was on them, but Jesus said that His Kingdom was not of this world

Answer 9

1. A man...not a god, man/god or anything of the sort
2. Direct male-line descendent of David
3. Must fulfill ALL the messianic prophesies in his lifetime

Jesus is claimed to be 100% man and 100% god - STRIKE 1.
Jesus is not a male-line descendent of David as, according to Matthew, he had no father. - STRIKE 2.
Jesus did not fulfill all the messianic prophesies in his lifetime...in fact, the opposite occured - STRIKE 3......YOU"RE OUT!!!

Answer 10

Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. However, sometime soon the Antichrist will be revealed and the Jews will believe it is him.