Scriptural Requirements Concerning The Messiah
The following is an example of a list of scriptural requirements in Judaism and Christianity concerning the Messiah: his actions, and his reign. Jewish and Christian sources both believe that the Messiah will fulfill all relevant prophecies.
| Jewish Interpretation of Sample Messianic Prophecy | Judaism | Christianity |
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| The Sanhedrin will be re-established | The Sanhedrin existed in Jesus' time. | |
| Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance. | ||
| The whole world will worship the One God of Israel | ||
| Jews will return to full Torah observance and practice it. | To be fulfilled. Some in the Hebrew Roots movement and Messianic Jewish movements have already advocated this. | |
| He will be descended from King David via Solomon | ||
| The Mashiach will be a man of this world, an observant Jew with "fear of God" | ||
| Evil and tyranny will not be able to stand before his leadership | ||
| Knowledge of God will fill the world | ||
| He will include and attract people from all cultures and nations | ||
| All Israelites will be returned to their homeland | ||
| Death will be swallowed up forever | ||
| There will be no more hunger or illness, and death will cease | ||
| All of the dead will rise again. According to the Zohar, the resurrection will take place forty years after the arrival of Moshiach |
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| The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness | ||
| He will be a messenger of peace | ||
| Nations will end up recognizing the wrongs they did to Israel | (Fulfilled in recognition that Anti Semitism is recognized as inherently not Christian ) | |
| The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance | To be fulfilled. | |
| The ruined cities of Israel will be restored | (This was fulfilled beginning in 1948, perhaps even earlier according to Messianic Jewish and Christian thought.) | |
| Weapons of war will be destroyed | ||
| The Temple will be rebuilt resuming many of the suspended 613 mitzvot. | To be fulfilled. | |
| He will rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. | ||
| He will gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel. | ||
| He will bring world peace. | ||
| He will influence the entire world to acknowledge and serve one God. | ||
| He will then perfect the entire world to serve God together He will give you all the worthy desires of your heart |
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| He will take the barren land and make it abundant and fruitful |
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Famous quotes containing the word messiah:
“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 1:18,19.