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First off, the concept of the "Son of God" is a purely Christian concept. It does not exist anywhere in the Tanakh (Jewish Bible). The Jewish Messiah is to be an Earthly King, not an incarnation or union with God. As a result, a person claiming to be God himself is instantly recognized as not being the Messiah. John 5:16-18 asserts that Jews clearly believed that Jesus was articulating that he was the physical progeny of God. As a result, even if Jews were to accept the claim that Jesus was the Messiah (which they reject), they would still reject the claim that he was the "Son of God".

Second, Jesus fails across the board at being the Messiah according to Jewish understanding. There are several relevant prophecies that Jesus fails to fulfill such as:

  • The Messiah will reign over Earth as an actual Righteous King on Earth (Jeremiah 23:5-6)
  • The Messiah or God will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem and make the services operate properly (Ezekiel 37:26-28) (Obviously, since the Temple in Jerusalem was already built when Jesus was alive, only the latter part would have applied.)
  • All Jews, living or dead, will be gathered back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6)
  • The Messiah's ascendance to power will usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4)
  • Because of the righteousness of the Messiah universal knowledge of the God of Israel will spread across the world, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "God will be King over all the world -- on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9)
  • The Messiah must have direct paternal lineage from King David via Solomon and Rehoboam (Genesis 49:10 and Isaiah 11:1) - which Jesus could not have if he was sired from a virgin woman.
  • Foreigners will help rebuild Israel and help serve it (Isaiah 60:10)
  • The Natural Order will be abrogated, with a cessation of all predation and violence within the animal kingdom (Isaiah 11:6-8) and with the sun never setting (Isaiah 60:19-20)
  • The Messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah observance. Any person who comes in an effort to abrogate laws, alter laws, or add new laws is clearly not the Messiah, but a false prophet. (Deut. 13:1-4)
  • The Dead will rise from their graves and resume life among the living (Isaiah 26:19)
  • Death shall be abolished for eternal life (Daniel 12:2)

It is quite clear that Jesus fails all of these requirements. There is also no Old Testament scriptural reference for a number of concepts Christians associate with Jesus in their claim that he is the Messiah. While some of them may appear to have Old Testament sources, they are read out of context from the original Jewish understanding of those texts. They include the following concepts without proper reference:
  • The Messiah is to be a blood sacrifice
  • The Messiah is to be born of a virgin
  • The Messiah is to face bodily torture of any sort
  • The Messiah is to die
  • The Messiah is to have a second coming
  • The Messiah is supposed be a form of expiation
  • The Messiah is supposed to be a demi-god or divine in some way
  • The Messiah is supposed to oppose the Temple structure
  • The Messiah is supposed to vague or speak in riddles/parables
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