Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, an authority on Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, has claimed that the arrival of the Jewish Messiah is imminent and that all Jews should practice Aliyah. Aliyah is the Jewish word for “going up” which means immigrating to Israel. The Rabbi has claimed that the Messiah would be arriving very soon and when asked he claimed that it would be at the end of the Sabbatical year the 29th day of Elul which falls on September 12th.
I have a message for those still waiting for the Jewish Messiah, He came over 2,000 years ago in the person of Jesus Christ. Most Jews reject this teaching claiming that their Messiah would never have been crucified, their Messiah was to come and destroy their enemies and establish his eternal kingdom. For those that believe this I would challenge you to look at the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah and then compare Jesus to those prophecies. He fulfilled every single one of the prophecies.
| Prophecy | Old Testament Prophecy | New Testament Fulfillment |
| Messiah Born of a Woman | Genesis 3:15 | Galatians 3:16 |
| Born of a Virgin | Isaiah 7:14 | Luke 1:26-31 |
| Must be Born in Bethlehem | Michah 5:2 | Luke 2:4-6 |
| Must be Born through Seed of Abraham | Genesis 22:18 | Matthew 1:1 |
| Line of Isaac | Genesis 17:19 | Luke 3:34 |
| Line of Jacob | Numbers 24:17 | Matthew 1:2 |
| Must be from Tribe of Judah | Genesis 49:10 | Luke 3:33 |
| Heir to King David’s Throne | 2 Samuel 7:12-13 | Romans 1:3 |
| Messiah’s Throne Eternal | Psalm 45:6-7 | Hebrews 1:8-12 |
| Messiah would be called Immanuel | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:23 |
| Messiah Would spend time in Egypt | Hosea 11:1 | Matthew 2:14-15 |
| Children would be killed in Messiah’s birthplace | Jeremiah 31:15 | Matthew 2:16-18 |
| A Messenger Would Prepare the Way for Messiah | Isaiah 40:3-5 | Luke 3:3-6 |
| Messiah Would be Rejected by his own People | Psalm 69:8 | John 1:11 |
| Would be a Prophet | Deuteronomy 18:15 | Acts 3:20-22 |
| Preceded by Elijah | Malachi 4:5-6 | Matthew 11:13-14 |
| Declared Son of God | Psalm 2:7 | Matthew 3:16-17 |
| Called a Nazarene | Isaiah 11:1 | Matthew 2:23 |
| Would Bring Light to Galilee | Isaiah 9:1-2 | Matthew 4:13-16 |
| Would Speak in Parables | Psalm 78:2-4 | Matthew 13:10-15 |
| Sent to Heal Brokenhearted | Isaiah 61:1-2 | Luke 4:18-19 |
| Priest in Order of Melchizedek | Psalm 110:4 | Hebrews 5:5-6 |
| Would be Called King | Psalm 2:6 | Matthew 21:16 |
| Would be Betrayed | Psalm 41:9 | Luke 22:47-48 |
| Messiah’s Cost of Betrayal Used to Buy a Potter’s Field | Zechariah 11:12-13 | Matthew 26:14-16 |
| Messiah Falsely Accused | Psalm 35:11 | Mark 14:57-58 |
| silent Before Accusers | Isaiah 53:7 | Mark 15:4-5 |
| Spat Upon and Struck | Isaiah 50:6 | Matthew 26:67 |
| Hated without Cause | Psalm 35:19 | John 15:24-25 |
| Crucified with Criminals | Isaiah 53:12 | Matthew 27:34 |
| Given Vinegar to Drink | Psalm 69:21 | John 20:25-27 |
| Hands and Feet Pierced | Psalm 22:16 | John 20:25-27 |
| Would be Mocked and Ridiculed | Psalm 22:7-8 | Luke 23:35 |
| Soldiers Gamble for his garments | Psalm 22:18 | Luke 23:34 |
| No Bones Broken | Exodus 12:46 | John 19:33-36 |
| Forsaken by God | Psalm 22:1 | Matthew 27:46 |
| Pray for his enemies | Psalm 109:4 | Luke 23:34 |
| Soldiers would pierce his side | Zechariah 12:10 | John 19:34 |
| Messiah would resurrect from death | Psalm 16:10 | Matthew 28:2-7 |
| Messiah would ascend to heaven | Psalm 24:7-10 | Mark 16:19 |
| Messiah Seated at God’s Right Hand | Psalm 68:18 | Mark16:19 |
| Messiah Would be a Sacrifice for Sin | Isaiah 53:5-12 | Romans 5:6-8 |
Now statistically the odds of even two of these events being fulfilled in one person is 1 in 10, and there are more than 300 prophecies concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament. The odds of one person fulfilling every one of those prophecies is astronomical, the number would be 84 followed by 131 zeroes, but Jesus DID fulfill every single one of the prophecies. How could that be true unless He was truly the Messiah. I urge my Jewish readers to really study the Messianic prophecies and then study the life of Jesus, you will see that He is your Messiah! I pray that your eyes are opened and that you finally see the truth. This was God’s plan and it was prophesied in the Old Testament, and the Torah that the Messiah would come but He would be rejected and crucified by His own people. That alone should make you believe that Jesus IS the Messiah.
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