Brian writes:
However, it doesn't matter if the Bible can be trusted or not in this particular matter as the internal evidence makes it impossible for Jesus to have been the Messiah.
im interested in what internal evidence you use to suggest this...can you list it please.
Brian writes:
history also proves that Jesus was no Messiah, I certainly do not see Him listed as any King of Israel, He certainly wasn't of Davidic descent, and Israel was persecuted more after Jesus died that it is ludicrous to suggest that He was anything other than a failure.
you are basing this on the fact that you believe there should have been a physcial fullfillment...the bible did not claim that Jesus would sit as a king for the literal nation of Isreal in a physical sense.
Secondly, the literal nation of Isreal was prophetically explained to be cut off and a new nation would be adopted....the new nation would be made up from people of all the nations. This has happened as chritianity in every nation is an attestament to.
thirdly, why on earth would you expect God to continue to protect a nation that had just rejected him and his son??? You think God is a sentamentalist perhaps?
Brian writes:
Keep in mind as well that it has never been demonstrated that Jesus fulfilled any OT messianic prophecies
That is completely wrong. If you dont beleive the bible for a start, how can you assume to know which prophecies were not fulfilled??? Why would you even believe any prophecies if you dont believe in the bible anyway???
There are hundreds of prophecies that christ fulfilled and there are some still to be fullfilled because they relate to the time after the kingdom takes rulership of the earth.