#5. MESSIAH IN THE B'RIT HADASHAH??

So we found the TANAKH (OT) tells us when the Anointed One - ‘Messiah’ - would arrive and gave some very tight specs He must meet.

Let’s open the B’rit Hadashah (NT) and meet this Yeshua Mashiach (Jesus Christ) that most Jews reject (but don’t know why!) …

Mattityahu boldly introduces Him: “Yeshua Mashiach, ben David, ben Avraham”! (Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham – Matthew 1:1)

Was the Jewish Messiah expected about this time?          

Absolutely! Daniel's prophecy claimed He must arrive 62+7=69 'weeks' or 483 years from the rebuilding of the temple after the Babylonian Captivity.                                                                                                       

• Magi from the east: “Where is the newborn King of the Jews?”      
• Old Shim’on (Simeon) made a b’rakhah (blessing) to God: “…your yeshu’ah (salvation)…revelation to the Goyim (Gentiles) …glory to your people Isra’el.”                                                    
• Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist): “Look! God’s Lamb!"
• Andrew, to his brother Shim’on: “We’ve found the Mashiach!” 
• Natan’el: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Isra’el!" 
• A woman of Shomron (Samaria): “I know that Mashiach is coming…” and the reply?... “I am He”.

How about those tight specs the TANAKH gave? Let’s look in the writings of Mattityahu and Yochanan…(Matthew & John)…

Belong to tribe of Judah	Yosef, a son of Y’hudah.  Miryam, a daughter of Y’hudah. Both!
Son of David	Yosef, a son of David.  Miryam, a daughter of David. Both!
Born Bethlehem	‘Yeshuah was born in Beit-Lechem’
Born of a virgin	Miryam – ‘a virgin engaged to a man named Yosef’
From Egypt	Yosef was ordered: “escape to Egypt” then later “go to Eretz-Yisra’el”
Announced by messenger	Yochanan the Immerser: “Prepare ye the way of Adonai…”
Publicly anointed by God	‘…the Spirit of God descending upon Yeshua like a dove…’
	“This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Identify with Galilee	‘Yeshua went all over the Galil teaching in their synagogues…’
Will heal many people	‘Yeshua…healing every kind of disease and every bodily weakness’
Enter  city on a donkey	‘…the donkey and the colt…Yeshua sat on them’

Where's the colt?

Yeshua met all those specs – beyond human control!

Oh you say: “Anybody could have ridden a donkey into Jerusalem."

Have you ever tried to ride side-saddle on a donkey and her unbroken colt?…together?...without the saddle?

A very public anointing!

So did Yeshua fulfil those prophecies in the TANAKH  about the execution of the Mashiach?...
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http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/6-who-flogged-jesus.html