About Messianic Prophecies

What evidence do we have that what we believe to be Messianic Prophecies are what the Jewish people hold to be Messianic Prophecies?

Q. What evidence do we have that what we believe to be Messianic Prophecies are what the Jewish people hold to be Messianic Prophecies? And if our versions of them are not the same what is their reasoning for not accepting Jesus?

A. The evidence that both are the same is that we’re both reading the same Scripture. We call it the Old Testament.

At the time the Lord came, Israel didn’t understand that there were two comings and was looking for fulfillment of what we now call 2nd Coming prophecies. Since Jesus didn’t fit these prophecies, they didn’t recognize Him as their Messiah.

Many in our day will make the same mistake in reverse. They’ll be looking for the Lamb of God, the gentle Jesus of the first coming, and won’t recognize the Lion of Judah Who rules with an iron scepter of the second.