Jews Rejected God's Offer

Christ is of David's blood line. He is a son of David. To suggest that it makes a difference whether he's descended from his mother or father's line seems odd. Of course, they weren't speaking about literal name...... I've also been led to believe differently. Please supply proof for this claim. But not "Immanuel".......that is the name of God incarnate and God incarnate alone. I don't understand what the physical liberation from the Assyrians has to do with anything. But, again, He will. Three days, if I remember.......and he did. He was speaking of his own ressurection. It's in the prayers of every orthodox Jew.......who are all influenced by the Talmud. This whole "Messiah will raise the temple" thing was really basically an excuse for not having to do this themselves........because the Romans would have annhilated them if they had tried. No......but, again, he will. Or he sat on one while the other was led........I don't see the relevance, either way.

So, basically, Arach, your argument that only misinterpretation could lead to seeing Christ as Messiah is based on facts such as there being one donkey too many when he entered Jerusalem.......

The Bible never states that Messiah would be the rightful heir to David's throne via heredity, just that he'd be of David's bloodline. I doubt this, as there have been a number of though-to-be Messiahs over the course of Jewish history, and I don't recall them all being named Immanuel. After all, a mother would be accused of blasphemy simply by naming her child Immanuel and claiming that he was the Messiah (as Jesus was accused of blasphemy for claiming the same thing). My Bible says "God with us", and I've always been taught by every source that it was a name specifically suggesting the divinity of Messiah........I may have been taught incorrectly, but I'd need some proof of that.BTW, if I'm not mistaken, there are other prophecies suggesting the divinity of Messiah.......such as that he'd live forever and his kingdom would never end. Revelations speaks of Jesus conquering Babylon........does that mean when Jesus returns, he's gonna literally conquer Iraq? Because I think Dubbya beat him to it........ That's because the Jews misinterpret scripture by being too literal...... I don't know anything about this, but I'm pretty sure that was after large portions of the Talmud were already taken as Canon. If you admit this, then you admit that there is no obstacle in the OT to Jesus being the Messiah.What you just seem to have a hard time understanding is that Jesus is the Christ NOW........Jesus was Christ before the creation of the world.........not all prophecy has been fulfilled, but Jesus is Christ, and God is God, always has been, is, and forever more He will be. This is obviously impossible........do you think Matthew was too dim to understand this?

For the sake of argument, let's say some of the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled weren't really there to begin with.......still, there certainly are a great number of prophecies that he did fulfill, and the rest he still CAN fulfill.Therefore, there's no scriptural obstacle for His divinity. Go for it.