THE MOSHIACH
By David J. Stewart
Millions of Jews today do NOT receive, nor believe, in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, as taught in the Scriptures. Instead, these Jews are looking for the “moshiach.” Judaism is a false religion which goes 100% contrary to the Bible, God's inspired Word.
Concerning moshiach...
The word "moshiach" does not mean "savior." The notion of an innocent, divine or semi-divine being who will sacrifice himself to save us from the consequences of our own sins is a purely Christian concept that has no basis in Jewish thought.
As you have just read for yourself, Judaism totally denies the sinlessness of Jesus Christ, Christ's Virgin Birth, the Deity of Jesus Christ, Jesus' bodily Resurrection and also denies that forgiveness of sins is obtained ONLY through faith in Jesus Christ, the holy Lamb of God.
Judaism is a demonic religion based in self-righteousness, which ignores the righteous of God which comes only by faith in Christ (Romans 10:3-4). God gave mankind the law as a measuring stick, to show us that we're all a bunch of miserable failures in God's eyes who need a Savior. God's Law points us to Jesus, the Messiah, Who paid our sin debt with His own physical blood. Jesus paid a debt that He did not owe, because we owed a debt that we could not pay. Amen and Amen!
Sadly, the Jews are looking for a moshiach—a super hero so-to-speak; but not a divine Savior in any way. This super leader will be a great judge and a mighty warrior and will to lead their nation politically to victory, but he will be a mere man with no special powers from God...
The moshiach will be a great political leader descended from King David (Jeremiah 23:5). The moshiach is often referred to as "moshiach ben David" (moshiach, son of David). He will be well-versed in Jewish law, and observant of its commandments (Isaiah 11:2-5). He will be a charismatic leader, inspiring others to follow his example. He will be a great military leader, who will win battles for Israel. He will be a great judge, who makes righteous decisions (Jeremiah 33:15). But above all, he will be a human being, not a god, demi-god or other supernatural being.
What a denial of the Christian faith! John 3:16 proclaims, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” These are the very Words of the Lord Jesus Christ. How could so many of the Jews, then and today, actually deny Jesus? It is so sad because the Bible teaches that the followers of Judaism are all going to Hell...
2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9, “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.”
2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9 clearly teach that anyone who fails to obey the Gospel (i.e., good news of Christ crucified), will be punished in Hell by God's flaming vengeance. God is not a big teddy bear with a basket of love to spread around in Heaven. No, God is a holy God with the key to Heaven and He has given that key to humanity. That key is the Gospel, which locks men out of Heaven though unbelief, and opens those pearly gates wide for one who OBEY the wonderful news of Christ crucified for all sinners.
If you come as a guilty sinner to be forgiven of your sins through the blood which Jesus shed, then you will be forgiven and saved eternally. Acts 10:43, “To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.” Salvation is this simple, we are the SINNERS and Jesus is the SAVIOR! Jesus came to SAVE SINNERS!
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The moshiach will bring about the political and spiritual redemption of the Jewish people by bringing us back to Israel and restoring Jerusalem (Isaiah 11:11-12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3; Hosea 3:4-5). He will establish a government in Israel that will be the center of all world government, both for Jews and gentiles (Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:10; 42:1). He will rebuild the Temple and re-establish its worship (Jeremiah 33:18). He will restore the religious court system of Israel and establish Jewish law as the law of the land (Jeremiah 33:15).
This is a theological nightmare. Zionists are making the same fatal mistake which Abraham and Sarai made, when they didn't believe God would give them a son as promised. So Sarai offered her Egyptian handmaid, Hagar, to Abraham to get her pregnant instead, and Abraham did. However, God refused to bless the child in the place of the son God had promised Abraham and Sarai. They disbelieved God and took things into their own hands, causing a mess for generations to come, even until this modern time. The Arab world descended from Hagar's son, Ishmael. Afterward, God did keep his promise and Isaac was born by Sarai. Abraham was 100-years old and Sarai 90-years old when Isaac was born.
Zionists are looking for a superman amongst the world's Jews, who will lead their nation into victory, political, military and economic. The Bible promises that Jesus will do all these things when He returns at the Second Coming, 7-years AFTER the Rapture. The Tribulation Period is a time of purging for Israel, to prepare Israel for her coming King. Certainly, no unsaved Jew who dies in his or her sins will ever go to Heaven. To partake of the coming Promised Land, when it is once again restored, a Jew MUST be a born-again Christian. Jesus made this adamantly clear to the Jewish religious leader, Nicodemus. It is not our self-righteousness by which we are saved; but rather, solely by Christ's righteousness. We have no righteousness to offer God (Isaiah 64:6).
The Law of God condemns all humanity to the Lake of Fire for our sins (Romans 3:10-23; 6:23). Thus, we need a Savior. Thankfully, God sent His only begotten Son into the world to pay for our sins (John 3:16-18). Jesus paid the price! Amen! Romans 6:23 tells us, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Judaism has sinfully rejected the Lord Jesus Christ as their Messiah, and now they claim to be looking for someone else to do the very same things that Jesus has already promised to do for them. Tragically, Judaizers who are looking for moshiach are hellbound in the sin of unbelief. They will never see the Promised Land. Only Biblically born-again believers will one day enjoy the blessed promise of the Promised Land.
Judaism is Satan's lie, intended to blind Jews today into following a false path that will lead them into Hell forever. If you want to enter the Promised Land (all the land from the Euphrates up north down to the Nile river in Africa) one day to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, then you had better get His righteousness, which comes only by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9, King James Bible). I have no righteousness to offer God and neither do you (Isaiah 64:6). We are all guilty, dirty, rotten, hell-deserving sinners. That's why we need the Savior's righteousness, which God imputes (charges) to our record the moment we get saved by faith in Christ (Romans 4:5-6; Matthew 6:33).
The Word of God, the Bible, warns us that anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a liar and an antichrist. 1st John 2:22, “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” Those are some very strong words which God hath spoken. For Jews to deny that Jesus is the Messiah, and to look for a mere mortal man to replace the Lord Jesus Christ, is blasphemy against the God of Israel.
The Jews will likely end up following the Antichrist instead, which seems to be the case, because 2nd Thessalonians 2:4, tells us “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” Someone the Antichrist ends up being the center of worship in the Jew's Temple in Jerusalem. This is not surprising at all, for the Jews today are looking a powerful military figure, a great judge and a strong political leader to guide their nation. But they have rejected Jesus! The Jews are looking MOSHIACH instead (which doesn't mean Savior at all). The Jews are looking a superman, and the Antichrist will fill the shoes perfectly when he arrives. This is what happens when you reject Jesus—the Devil takes His place.
The Jews, by their own description of the type of man they are looking for, are looking for the Antichrist. It is tragic that the Jews are still rejecting their King 2,000 years after He once walked this earth. Just as the Jews nailed Jesus to a cross nearly 2,000 years ago, so do they crucify His name and character today. The name of Jesus is holy and precious. Yet wicked men attack Jesus' character—accusing Him of being an adulterer, sinful, a conspirator, lustful, a homosexual and a fraud. These are some of the evil things wicked men say about our Lord. The Jews, in their holy book, the Talmud, teach that Jesus was boiled in excrement (urine and feces). What evil blasphemy!
Oh, listen my friend, Judaism is a road to eternal destruction in Hell. If you are Jewish, then consider that so also was Nicodemus (a leader, a Pharisee, over the Jews). Jesus told Nicodemus in no uncertain terms in John 3:3, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus believed and became a Christian. There has always been only ONE plan of salvation throughout history. The Jews DON'T have a different agreement with God concerning salvation. In fact, Romans 10:12 teaches this truth clearly, "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:12-13). Every Jew who dies in his sins goes to Hell forever. And every Gentile who dies in the Lord will one day enjoy the Promised Land with all the saved Jews in Heaven.
The issue is one's sins... they must be dealt with. You can either go to Hell forever and pay for your own sins; or you can receive what Jesus did on the cross for you, when He shed His blood to take away your sins. It is a plea agreement. You MUST acknowledge your guilty condition, owning before God that you are as guilty a sinner as He hath declared you to be in His Word... and believe on the Lord Jesus as the Christ, your personal Savior, so that His blood will take your sins away forever. All that God the Father requires is for us come as guilty sinners by way of His dear Son, Jesus Christ, to have our sins forgiven. That is God's plan of salvation for mankind.
If we reject God's plea agreement as Judaizers do, then they all must go to trial at the Great White Throne of Judgment, to stand before God and be sentenced to the lake of Fire forever (Revelation 20:11-15). All sinners will be convicted, sentenced and cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone, which is the Second Death (Revelation 21:8).
The truth is that the same arrogance present during Jesus' time is still present today amongst the Jews. The Jews have a hard time humbling themselves under the hand of God. Many Jews are arrogant and saturated with sinful pride, and they absolutely resent the notion that they are sinners in need of repentance. To them it is demeaning. So rather than humble themselves at Jesus' feet to be saved, many Jews instead have chosen to look for some future leader to solve their problems apart from any Biblical salvation. It won't happen. Those Jews will be following the Antichrist instead, not recognizing who he is until it is too late (i.e., when they Antichrist starts killing them in the Tribulation Period).
The Jews historically have sought salvation by the keeping of the Law of Moses, which was never intended by God as a plan of salvation. The primary purpose of the Mosaic Law was to show men their sinfulness and point them to the Savior (Galatians 3:24-25). Paul addresses this seemingly major contradiction in Romans 2-3 through 3:20.
Salvation is this simple, we are the SINNERS and Jesus is the SAVIOR!
