Expert: Ovadiah ben Avraham - 1/22/2009

Question
Rav, Saw where you answered the following question with a reference to a previous answer:

Could you please point me to the Messianic prophecies that you believe were not fulfilled in Jesus?

[1] The gathering of the exiles (Isaiah 43:5-6);

[2] The age of universal peace (Isa. 2:4, Micah 4:3);

[3] The building of the future temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28);

[4] Spread universal knowledge of the G-d of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "G-d will be King over all the world -- on that day, G-d will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9).

The Bible speaks to the false prophet in Deuteronomy 13. The false messiah is the one who does not fulfill the prophecies. There have been scores of them, Jesus being but one.

My answer is this. These will be fulfilled when Jesus comes back in his second coming.


Answer
John:

Respectfully, that makes no sense whatsoever. It would be like calling Obama Mister President and allowing him to run the country when he was 15 years old. There are requirements for messiahship and you can't crown someone messiah before they meet those requirements. Can't put the cart before the horse. Shalom!