{"id":86093,"date":"2024-01-31T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=86093"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:13:33","slug":"i365-star-of-jacob-will-appear-on-friday-september-27-signifying-messiahs-coming-is-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/i365-star-of-jacob-will-appear-on-friday-september-27-signifying-messiahs-coming-is-near\/","title":{"rendered":"I365: Star of Jacob will appear on Friday, September 27 signifying Messiah&#8217;s coming is near"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/JesusMessiahProof.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/JesusMessiahProof.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/JesusMessiahProof-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Israel365News<\/em> posted the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EXPERT: Star of Jacob will appear on Friday, September 27<\/h2>\n<p>January 29, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A brilliant but relatively unknown author and teacher referred to classical Jewish sources that described the tumultuous end of days in terms that were disturbingly similar to current events. The Zohar describes an unmistakable sign that heralds the appearance of the Messiah: the Star of Jacob first described in the Bible by Balaam. The Zohar gives a precise day and date that this pre-Messiah astral body will appear and recently, astronomers confirmed that on that precise date, a comet will appear in the heavens.<\/p>\n<p>Efraim Palvanov, a teacher and author, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found something a few weeks ago that just really blew me away and I\u2019ve been really excited to share it,\u201d Palvanov said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=varN-f3byVs\">video<\/a>. \u201cBut I\u2019m gonna leave that to the end. We\u2019ll save the best for last.\u201dSo don\u2019t\u00a0 fall asleep.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe description in the Zohar really fits into what\u2019s going on over here\u201d Palvanov notes, continuing in the Zohar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that time, a nation from the end of the earth will be aroused against evil Rome and wage war against it for three months. Nations will gather there, and [Rome] will fall into their hands, until all the children of Edom will gather against it [that nation] from all the corners of the world. Then God will be roused against them\u2026He will destroy the descendants of Ishmael from the land, and break all the powers of [all the nations\u2019 guardian angels] Above. There will not remain any power of any people on earth, except the power of Israel alone. This is the meaning of \u201c<em>God is your shade upon your right hand\u201d. <\/em>(Psalms 121:5)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome might say that \u2018a nation from the end of the earth\u2019 is referring to North Korea, or maybe China, somewhere from the far east, from the edge of the world,\u201d Palvanoc speculated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the Gog and Magog War will last one year and there will be a three month war against the sons of Ishmael, driving them from the land of Israel,\u201d Palvanov summarized. \u201cThis is what we are living through today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this is the part I really wanted to get to,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know that probably one of the oldest prophecies and oldest traditions that we have about the Moshiach (Messiah) comes from Balaam, a Gentile prophet who came to curse Israel and couldn\u2019t curse them. Instead, he gives a prophecy that actually says \u2018I will tell you what will happen at the end of days\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>What I see for them is not yet, What I behold will not be soon: A star rises from Yaakov, A scepter comes forth from Yisrael; It smashes the brow of Moab, The foundation of all children of Shet. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/theisraelbible.com\/bible\/numbers-24\/#verse_17\"><em>Numbers 24:17<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the few places that the Torah uses the expression, \u2018end of days\u2019,\u201d Palvanov notes.\u00a0 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Zohar\u00a0 (212b) goes into detail, describing the Star of Jacob:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is taught that in the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will rebuild Jerusalem and reveal one firm star, glowing with seventy pillars of fire, and with seventy sparks flashing from it in the middle of the Firmament, and they will be reigned over by seventy other stars, and they will glow and burn for seventy days.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd [the star] will be seen on the sixth day, on the 25th day of the sixth month. It will be gathered on the seventh day, at the end of seventy days. On the first day it will be seen in the city of Rome. On that same day, three high structures of that city of Rome will fall and a great edifice will fall. The ruler of that city will die. Then the star will spread out to be seen in the rest of the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The date described in the Zohar as the day on which the star will appear corresponds to the Hebrew date the 25th of Elul. The Zohar specifies that this date will fall on a Friday. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Zohar then describes what the world will be like in that pre-Messianic era.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe world, at the time that Moshiach will be revealed, will have been experiencing trouble after trouble, and the haters of Israel will grow stronger. Then, the spirit of Moshiach will be aroused against them, and the evil Edom will be destroyed. The entire land of Seir will be destroyed by fire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what we have been experiencing,\u201d Palvanov explained. \u201cOne crisis coming right after another. The pandemic leading into hyperinflation leading into the Ukraine war leading into the war in Israel and the war with the Houthis.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israel365news.com\/383223\/expert-star-of-jacob-will-appear-on-friday-september-27\/\">https:\/\/www.israel365news.com\/383223\/expert-star-of-jacob-will-appear-on-friday-september-27\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, the Zohar is not a biblical work. Plus, the Messiah has already come.<\/p>\n<p>We are also NOWHERE CLOSE for the Gog and Magog battle, as that it for a different age &#8211;over 1000 years from now (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ezekiel-38-russia.htm\">Ezekiel 38: For Russia &amp; Iran in Our Day?<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>As far as the time of the Messiah goes, consider the following Jewish writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Tanna debe Eliyyahu teaches: The world is to exist six thousand years. In the first two thousand there was desolation;\u00a0 two thousand years the Torah flourished;\u00a0 and the next two thousand years is the Messianic era (Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 97a).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above is saying that 4000 years after Adam and Eve were created that the Messianic era would begin. And that is basically correct in the sense that Jesus came about 4000 years after Adam and Eve were put out of the Garden of Eden. But Jews do not accept the fact that the Messiah as already come.<\/p>\n<p>Here is some information about the Jews, why they do not accept Jesus, and some reasons why their own accepted writings show that they should from our free online book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ProofJesusistheMessiah.pdf\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah<\/a>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Y]ou may be asking yourself, \u201cIf Jesus filled\/fulfilled over 200 Hebrew scriptures, then why don\u2019t all the religious Jews believe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basically, for a combination of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary of six of the main arguments against Jesus\u2019 messiahship from some Jewish leaders:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>They do not believe that all the prophecies Jesus fulfilled were messianic.<\/li>\n<li>They do not believe that the Gospel accounts are accurate.<\/li>\n<li>They believe that there were key messianic prophecies that Jesus did not fulfill.<\/li>\n<li>They believe that Christians misunderstand timing and Daniel 9.<\/li>\n<li>They rely on post-biblical traditions.<\/li>\n<li>They see many errors in what is considered to be Christianity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As far as that first item goes, the Jews (and others) need to consider that humans do not always understand how God works.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following about God to humankind, including the Jews:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><sup>8<\/sup> For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. <sup>9<\/sup> For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9, JPS of 1917)<\/p>\n<p>Although many Jews (and others) do not believe that a lot of prophesies Jesus fulfilled were messianic, that does not mean that they were not. The fact that God\u2019s thoughts and ways are higher than ours hopefully will give all (Jews and non-Jews) reasons to consider that perhaps they should give further consideration to the prophesies they had not considered as messianic.<\/p>\n<p>Jews do acknowledge that Jesus lived and was executed. <em>The Jewish Encyclopedia<\/em> states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Founder of Christianity; born at Nazareth about 2 B.C. (according to Luke iii. 23); executed at Jerusalem 14th of Nisan, (Jacobs J, et al. Jesus of Nazareth. The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Volume 7. 1906, p. 160)<\/p>\n<p>And while 4 or 5 B.C. is probably the year of His birth, Jesus was executed on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of Nisan as <em>The Jewish Encyclopedia<\/em> states\u2014which is the date of the biblical Passover (Leviticus 23:5).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claims that Certain Prophecies Were Not Messianic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the surface, various prophecies that New Testament writers pointed to that Jesus fulfilled do not clearly appear to be prophetic or messianic.<\/p>\n<p>Although many of those do not bother the Jews, one of the biggest Jewish arguments against Jesus\u2019 messiahship is a view that the Messiah was not supposed to suffer and die. Yet, Christians (correctly) assert that those were truly messianic ones that Jesus fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Jewish Encyclopedia<\/em> goes so far as to assert (<strong>bolding<\/strong> mine):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Yet it would almost appear that in one sense of the word Jesus regarded himself as fulfilling some of the prophecies which were taken among contemporary Jews as applying to the Messiah. It is doubtful whether it was later tradition or his own statements that identified him with the servant of Yhwh represented in Isa. liii.; but <strong>there appears to be no evidence of any Jewish conception of a Messiah suffering through and for his people<\/strong>, though there possibly was a conception of one suffering together with his people. (Jacobs, p. 163)<\/p>\n<p>Notice that the Jewish position is not based on any scriptures that state the Messiah would not suffer and die, but essentially on what is claimed to be Jewish tradition. Jesus, Himself, warned against relying on Jewish tradition when it was in conflict with scripture (e.g. Matthew 15:3-9). Isaiah foretold:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><sup>14<\/sup> And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Isaiah 8:14, JPS)<\/p>\n<p>The Apostle Paul wrote that the execution of Jesus was a stumbling block to the Jews (1 Corinthians 1:23), and it has been.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Jews are correct that the suffering idea was not a Jewish conception \u2014 but that is because it was conceived by GOD as the FIRST and INDISPENSABLE PART of the plan of salvation for humankind before the foundation of the world (cf. Revelation 13:8)! The idea of a suffering Messiah is clearly biblical as can be shown in the Hebrew scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>As far as any Jewish traditions go, the assertion \u201c<strong>there appears to be no evidence of any Jewish conception of a Messiah suffering through and for his people<\/strong>\u201d is false.<\/p>\n<p>Various Jewish scholars have concluded that there was a Messiah who would suffer and die and one who would reign.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the following from the Hungarian-Jewish author Raphael Patai:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Messiah ben Joseph, also called Messiah ben Ephraim, referring to his ancestor Ephraim, the son of Joseph, is imagined as the first commander of the army of Israel in the Messianic wars. He will achieve many signal victories, but his fate is to die at the hands of Armilus in a great battle in which Israel is defeated by Gog and Magog. His corpse is left unburied in the streets of Jerusalem for forty days, but neither beast nor bird of prey dares to touch it. Then, Messiah ben David comes, and his first act is to bring about the resurrection of his tragic forerunner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Scholars have repeatedly speculated about the origin of the Messiah ben Joseph legend and the curious fact that the Messiah figure has thus been split in two. It would seem that in the early legend, the death of the Messiah was envisaged, perhaps as a development of the Suffering Servant motif. A prophecy of Daniel, \u2026 is the earliest source speaking of the death of a Mashiah (\u201cAnointed\u201d) sixty-two (prophetic) weeks after his coming and after the return and the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Dan. 9:24-26). While it appears that Daniel had a temporal ruler in mind, whom he calls Mashiah Nagid (\u201cAnointed Prince\u201d), \u2026 later, the author of 4 Ezra unmistakably refers to the Messiah, belief in whom had developed in the meantime, when he puts words in the mouth of God to the effect that after four hundred years (counted from when?), MY son the Messiah shall die (4 Ezra 7:27-30).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When the death of the Messiah became an established tenet in Talmudic times, this was felt to be irreconcilable with the belief in the Messiah as the Redeemer who would usher in the blissful millennium of the Messianic age. The dilemma was solved by splitting the person of the Messiah in two: one of them, called Messiah ben Joseph, was to raise the armies of Israel against their enemies, and, after many victories and miracles, would fall victim to Gog and Magog. The other, Messiah ben David, will come after him (in some legends will bring him back to life, which psychologically hints at the identity of the two), and will lead Israel to the ultimate victory, the triumph, and the Messianic era of bliss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This splitting of the Messiah in two persons, which took place in the Talmudic period, achieved another purpose besides resolving the dilemma of the slain Messiah. According to an old tradition, the Messiah was perfectly prefigured in Moses. But Moses died before he could lead the Children of Israel into the Land of Promise. Consequently, for the parallel to be complete, the Messiah, too, had to die before accomplishing his great task of ultimate Redemption. Since however, the Messiah would not be the True Redeemer of God if he did not fulfill that ultimate task, the only solution was to let one Messiah, like Moses, die, and then assign the completion of the work of Redemption to a second Messiah. (Patai R. The Messiah Texts: Jewish Legends of Three Thousand Years. Wayne State University Press, 2015, pp. 165-166)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, to suggest that no Jewish scholars felt the Messiah could suffer or die is false. Furthermore, though the above comes up with two Messiahs, the Bible shows that Jesus came once\u2014and fulfilled over 200 prophecies\u2014and that Jesus will come a second time to fulfill others.<\/p>\n<p>Notice also, there is a hint, associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls, that God\u2019s Anointed was going to suffer related to Isaiah 52:14:<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah \u2026 52:14 includes an obscure <em>hapax legomena<\/em> \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea that appears in 1QIsa<sup>a<\/sup> as \u05de\u05e9\u05c1\u05d7\u05ea\u05d9 which pointed would be \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 <em>m\u0259\u0161a\u1e25t\u00ee<\/em>, \u201cI anointed\u201d. This, in conjunction with the added definite article on <em>\u02beadam<\/em>, results in a text which Hengel translates: \u201cI have anointed his appearance beyond that of any (other) man, and his form beyond that of the sons of humanity [the human]\u201d. This has other textual overtones bringing the passage into an explicit connection with \u201canointing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Isaiah52.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Isaiah52.png 494w, https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Isaiah52-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Portion of Isaiah 52:14<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Source: Is there evidence that Isaiah 53 was viewed as a Messianic prophecy within Judaism, or is it an exclusively Christian interpretation? Christianity Stack Exchange. See also Janowski B, Stuhlmacher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, pp. 103-104)<\/p>\n<p>The Dead Sea Scrolls were from Jewish, not Christian, sources. Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls are believed to have been written before Jesus was born. The portion above comes from the \u201cGreat Isaiah Scroll\u201d, 1QIsa<sup>a<\/sup>., believed to have been written over a century before Jesus\u2019 birth.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, consider something from the <em>Targum Jonathan<\/em>, in the portion known as the <em>Targum Isaiah<\/em>. (The targums were\u2014mainly in Aramaic\u2014spoken paraphrases, explanations and expansions of scripture that began to be developed by the Jews shortly before the time of Jesus. The targums probably received the bulk of their editing in written form during the second century and were considered to be completed by the fourth century.)<\/p>\n<p>Notice how the <em>Targum Jonathan<\/em> renders Isaiah 52:13:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Behold my servant Messiah shall prosper, He shall be exalted and extolled, and He shall be very strong: (Uzziel JB. The Chaldee Paraphrase on the Prophet Isaiah. London Society\u2019s House, 1871, p. 181)<\/p>\n<p>While the <em>Targum Jonathan<\/em> has various issues, the above passage shows that at least one Jew thought Isaiah 52 had messianic implications. Consider that when you tie that in with the following verse:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><sup>14<\/sup> According as many were appalled at thee\u2014 So marred was his visage unlike that of a man, And his form unlike that of the sons of men\u2014 (Isaiah 52:14, JPS)<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, some ancient Jewish writers did believe that the Messiah was prophesied to suffer.<\/p>\n<p>And then there is this in the Talmud which cites Isaiah 53:4:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Giddal said in Rab\u2019s name: The Jews are destined to eat [their fill] in the days of the Messiah. R. Joseph demurred: is this not obvious; who else then should eat \u2014 Hilek and Bilek? \u2026 Rab said: The world was created only on David\u2019s account. Samuel said: On Moses account; R. Johanan said: For the sake of the Messiah. What is his [the Messiah\u2019s] name? \u2014 The School of R. Shila said: His name is Shiloh, for it is written, <em>until Shiloh come<\/em>. The School of R. Yannai said: His name is Yinnon, for it is written, His name shall endure for ever: e\u201der the sun was, his name is Yinnon. The School of R. Haninah maintained: His name is Haninah, as it is written, Where I will not give you Haninah. Others say: His name is Menahem the son of Hezekiah, for it is written, Because Menahem [\u201cthe comforter\u201d], that would relieve my soul, is far. The Rabbis said: His name is \u201cthe leper scholar,\u201d as it is written, <em>Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted<\/em>. R. Nahman said: if he [the Messiah] is of those living [today], it might be one like myself, as it is written, And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governors shall proceed from the midst of them. Rab said: if he is of the living, it would be our holy Master; (Sanhedrin 93b)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Rabbi Yehoshua said to Rabbi Eliezer: But isn\u2019t it already stated: \u201cSo says the Lord, Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him who is despised of man, to him who is abhorred of the nation, to a servant of rulers: (Sanhedrin 97b, v. 17)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Zohar tradition, which is one of the comparatively less censored Rabbinic sources, offers its own material on the Messianic interpretation of Isaiah 53. \u2026 One of the Zohar\u2019s thoughts on Isaiah 53 speaks about the Messiah as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u201cThe departed souls will arrive and tell the Messiah (about their lives), and when they describe to him the sufferings which Israel is undergoing in her dispersion, that they are guilty because they do not wish to know their Lord, he will raise up his voice and weep on behalf of those who are guilty of this, as it is written: \u201cHe was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities. \u201c And then those souls will rise and stand up in their posts. There is a castle in the Garden which is called the \u201chouse of the sick\u201d. In that day the Messiah will enter into that castle and will shout, May all the sickness and pains of Israel come upon me!\u201d and they will come. If he did not relieve Israel\u2019s pains and take them upon himself no-one would be able to suffer on behalf of Israel\u2019s oppression, of which it is written in the Torah: And it is written: \u201cIn truth he did bear our sicknesses\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As we can see, both the Zohar as well as the Talmud are depicting the Messiah as a pre-existent figure who shares and carries the sufferings and even the sins of Israel in her dispersion. Santala R. THE MIDRASH OF THE MESSIAH. 2002, pp. 108-109).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On the Great Day of Atonement the Jew feels that his sins must be forgiven before God. On that day even Isaiah 53 is sometimes mentioned. Although Isaiah 53 has been omitted from the annual reading of the prophets, so called haphtaroth, it appears in a remarkable prayer which is read in the Synagogue. The separate prayerbook for the feast days, the Mahzor Rabbah, contains a literary prayer by Rabbi Eleazar Qalir which may be from the ninth or even from the sixth century AD. \u2026 The main body of the prayer reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThen, before the creation, he already set up the Temple and the Messiah (the Rabbis\u201d interpretation) &#8211; the Messiah our Righteousness has turned away from us, we are shaken, and can find no-one who can justify us. The yoke of our sins and our transgressions is a burden to us; and he was wounded for our transgressions, he suffered on his shoulders our iniquities-, there is forgiveness for our sins. In his wounds we are healed; it is time to create for ever a new creation. Send him back from the circles, bring him back from Seir, so that we might hear him in Lebanon a second time through Yinnon. He is our God, our Father, our King, he is our Saviour and he will liberate and redeem us for a second time and let us hear of his grace a second time in everyone\u2019s sight, as it is said: \u201cI will save you at the end as at the beginning so that I will be your God.\u201d (Santala, pp. 111-112)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, there are several reasons to conclude that some early Jews did believe that some of the passages of the servant in Isaiah 52\/53 were messianic. Denying that in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> centuries does not change historical facts. The fact that the old Atonement prayer supports the idea of a second coming of a messiah from a Jewish perspective is also interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it should be pointed out that Risto Santala translated a portion of the Ruth Rabbah V,8,1 as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">the kingdom taken from him for a time \u2026 he was restored to his kingdom (Santala, p. 126)<\/p>\n<p>The above is consistent with a second coming of the messiah, like Christians teach.<\/p>\n<p>Jews should also consider that scriptures, from Genesis 4:4 on, show that sacrifices were carried out. The powerful story of Abraham\u2019s sacrificing his son should have shown to all those who claim to be Abraham\u2019s descendants the fact that there must be a sacrifice for the sins of humankind. And that it is logical that God would consider sacrificing His own son.<\/p>\n<p>The 22<sup>nd<\/sup> Psalm, as well as the 53<sup>rd<\/sup> chapter of Isaiah, shows the agonizing suffering the Messiah would go through.<\/p>\n<p>Consider also that a man was prophesied to be killed for a guilt offering and suffer FOR the sins of others:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><sup>9<\/sup> He was given a grave among the wicked; in his death he was with a rich man. Although he had done no violence and had said nothing deceptive, <sup>10<\/sup> yet it pleased ADONAI to crush him with illness, to see if he would present himself as a guilt offering. If he does, he will see his offspring; and he will prolong his days; and at his hand ADONAI\u2019s desire will be accomplished. <sup>11<\/sup> After this ordeal, he will see satisfaction. \u201cBy his knowing [pain and sacrifice], my righteous servant makes many righteous; it is for their sins that he suffers. (Isaiah 53:9-11, Complete Jewish Bible)<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a human sacrifice for sins of others was not something that Christians made up\u2014the Hebrew scriptures taught it and some Jewish scholars have long realize that.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, in the Talmud it is actually claimed that the Messiah, son of Joseph, would be killed (<strong>bolding<\/strong> and scriptures in the source: sefaria.org):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It is stated: <strong>\u201cThe land will eulogize, each family separately; the family of the house of David separately, and their women separately,<\/strong> the family of the house of Nathan separately, and their women separately\u201d (Zechariah 12:12). \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Apropos the eulogy at the end of days, the Gemara asks: For <strong>what is the nature of this eulogy?<\/strong> The Gemara answers: <strong>Rabbi Dosa and the Rabbis disagree concerning this<\/strong> matter. <strong>One said<\/strong> that this eulogy is <strong>for Messiah ben Yosef who was killed<\/strong> in the war of Gog from the land of Magog prior to the ultimate redemption with the coming of Messiah ben David. <strong>And one said<\/strong> that this eulogy is <strong>for the evil inclination that was killed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Gemara asks: <strong>Granted, according to the one who said<\/strong> that the lament is for <strong>Messiah ben Yosef who was killed, this<\/strong> would be the meaning of that <strong>which is written<\/strong> in that context: <strong>\u201cAnd they shall look unto Me because they have thrust him through; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son\u201d<\/strong> (Zechariah 12:10). (Sukkah 52a)<\/p>\n<p>While the timing in the Gemara is not right, this IS PROOF that the claim that the death of the Messiah was something only Christians saw in the Old Testament is not true. By the way \u201cben Josef\u201d means \u201cson of Joseph\u201d\u2014which Jesus was considered to be (Luke 3:23; John 1:45).<\/p>\n<p>So, in essence, Sukkah 52a is saying that the Messiah would be considered the son of Joseph and that He would be killed. That was the case with Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the Gemara ties Zechariah 12:10 in with the Messiah, should give Jews pause to consider that it is correct for Christians to also tie Zechariah 12:10 in with Jesus (which they do with John 19:34-37; Matthew 27:3).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, because it is tied in with Zechariah, this view of the Messiah being considered as a son of Joseph may well have been the Jewish understanding BEFORE Jesus was born. Perhaps God revealed that to someone, similar to how God\u2019s Spirit revealed to Simeon that he would not die until he saw the Christ (Luke 2:25-26).<\/p>\n<p>Consider also the following from Jewish writer Israel Knohl:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">According to the seventh-century apocalyptic text known as Sefer Zerubabel, the \u201cMessiah son of Joseph\u201d was killed by the wicked \u201cArmilus\u201d and was further resurrected by the Messiah son of David and the Prophet Elijah. \u2026 Some evidence, however, indicates that the figure of \u201cMessiah son of Joseph\u201d is much older. In some texts from around the turn of the era, we encounter Joseph as a son of God who atones for the sins of others with his suffering. For example, in <em>Joseph and Aseneth<\/em>, written between 100 B.C.E. and 115 C.E. Joseph is described as \u201cson of God\u201d (6:3, 5, 13:13). Joseph is also called \u201cGod\u2019s firstborn son\u201d (18:11, 21:4, 23:10).<\/p>\n<p>In another book from the Second Temple period, <em>The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs<\/em>, the Testament of Benjamin connects Joseph and the figure of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 52\u201353. In this testament, Jacob says to Joseph:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c \u2018In you will be fulfilled the heavenly prophecy, which says that the spotless one will be defiled by lawless men and <em>the sinless one will die for the sake of impious men<\/em>\u2019 \u201c (emphasis supplied).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">These citations suggest that the designation of the suffering Messiah as the \u201cson of Joseph\u201d goes back to sources from the Second Temple period. (Knohl I. The Messiah Son of Joseph \u201cGabriel\u2019s Revelation\u201d and the birth of a new messianic model. Biblical Archaeology Review 34:5, September\/October 2008)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSecond Temple period\u201d ran from c. 530 BCE to 70 CE\/A.D. Thus, the idea of a suffering messiah, as God\u2019s son, is NOT simply a Christian invention. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ninth chapter of the Book of Daniel has been used by various ones claiming Christianity as a type of numeric proof that Jesus was the Messiah.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it has often been pointed as strong proof of Jesus\u2019 messiahship. Since Christians did not write the Book of Daniel, many believe that Jews (and others) should accept the messiahship of Jesus because of the timing associated with prophecies in Daniel 9.<\/p>\n<p>Notice some of what Daniel was inspired to write:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><sup>24<\/sup> Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place. <sup>25<\/sup> Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed, a prince, shall be seven weeks; and for threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with broad place and moat, but in troublous times. <sup>26<\/sup> And after the threescore and two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off, and be no more; and the people of a prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; but his end shall be with a flood; and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. (Daniel 9:24-26, JPS)<\/p>\n<p>How is this proof of Jesus\u2019 messiahship?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it shows that the Messiah was clearly to come before the Temple is destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><sup>26<\/sup><\/strong> Then, after the sixty-two weeks, Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. The people of a prince yet to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary, but his end will come with a flood, and desolations are decreed until the war is over. (Daniel 9:26, CJB)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201canointed one\u201d is the Messiah (rendered as the \u201cMashiach\u201d in the <em>Complete Jewish Bible).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, the Messiah had to come before the Temple was destroyed. If not, the Bible is not true and Jews should consider the ramification of Daniel 9:26.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the prophecy in Daniel 9:24 ties the timing of the \u201canointed one\/Mashiach\u201d in verse 26, to a decree. This is the decree of Ezra 7:12-26. Daniel also mentions that Jerusalem will be rebuilt and that happened as we can see in the Book of Nehemiah.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel 9:25 says that after the cutting off of the \u201canointed one\u201d the city (Jerusalem) will be destroyed and the sanctuary (the Temple) will be destroyed as well. The sanctuary\/temple was destroyed by General Titus in 70 A.D.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Continuing<\/em> Church of God, we have taught that Jesus was resurrected in 31 A.D. or possibly 30 A.D. (this is also partially based upon the date on the Hebrew calendar Jesus took His last Passover, plus outside confirmation related to darkness that happened per Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, and Luke 23:45). Hence the Temple was destroyed after the Messiah came.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s look at an explanation from the old Radio Church of God about the Daniel 9 prophecy:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">At the time of Jesus\u2019 life on this earth, Herod \u2014 the king in Judea \u2014 the wise men from the nations to the east, and many of the priests, scribes, and elders, as well as the common people, realized that the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 was nearing its completion. The Messiah, the Prince, was eagerly looked forward to, to free them from the yoke of Roman oppression. The Messiah was expected because of an understanding of this prophecy. But He was misunderstood when He appeared in the fulfillment of this prophecy, because they refused to recognize the first portion of the prophecy and hung their hope only on the last portion. \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here, very plainly, is listed the exact time at which the prophesied Messiah would appear to begin to do the work mentioned in verse 24. The command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes in 457 B.C. Much of the book of Ezra and the entire book of Nehemiah cover this particular event. Seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks equal sixty-nine weeks. So the prophecies show that from the going forth of the command to rebuild Jerusalem in 457 B. C. it would be 483 years until the appearance of the prophesied Messiah to begin fulfilling the works of verse 24. (Hill DJ. HERE\u2019S WHY Jews Reject Jesus and Christians Reject Christ! Plain Truth, April 1962)<\/p>\n<p>Adding 483 to the year 457 B.C. brings the year 27 A.D. (there was no year \u201czero\u201d between B.C. and A.D.). That brings us to the time that Jesus began His ministry (apparently in the Fall of the year). His ministry is believed to have lasted 3 \u00bd years, hence the veil would have been torn in the Spring of 31 A.D.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the ministry of Jesus, as well as the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem is consistent with that prophecy in Daniel 9.<\/p>\n<p>Based on that timing, one would think that the Jews would accept Jesus, but that is generally not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at a Jewish argument against Daniel 9:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Christians based their understand {sic} with a belief that the starting point of the prophesy begins in 444 BCE with the decree issued by King Artaxerxex (Ezra 7:11-16). Sixty\u2013nine weeks (483 years) would bring you to 39 CE. This is 7 years off the commonly accepted date of 32 CE being the year Jesus was put to death. \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This seven-year discrepancy is resolved by Christian theologians who redefined the definition of a \u201c<em>year.<\/em>\u201d They claim that prophecies like Daniel\u2019s are to be understood in \u201cProphetic years\u201d that have 360 days rather than 365 \u00bc days. (Daniel 9 \u2013 A True Biblical Interpretation A brief explanation of Daniel Chapter 9. Jews for Judaism <a href=\"http:\/\/jewsforjudaism.org\/knowledge\/articles\/daniel-9-a-true-biblical-interpretation\/\">http:\/\/jewsforjudaism.org\/knowledge\/articles\/daniel-9-a-true-biblical-interpretation\/<\/a> accessed 04\/24\/18)<\/p>\n<p>The two issues with the above are that while some Protestants may have used 444 B.C. as their starting point, the ascension year for King Artaxerxes began in 464 B.C.E., which placed his seventh year as 458-457. So, if you use 365\u00bc day years, you arrive at 26-27 A.D.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at what Ezra recorded (some verses not included for space):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. (Ezra 7:7-8, JPS)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">12 \u201cArtaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth. And now 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go with thee to Jerusalem, go. (Ezra 7:11-13, JPS)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">27 Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king\u2019s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem; (Ezra 7:25-27, JPS)<\/p>\n<p>Now, the two main Jewish arguments against the timing seem to be 1) which decree, by whom, and when and 2) the anointed one does not have to be the Messiah (Jews for Judaism; other Jewish sources were also consulted to conclude this).<\/p>\n<p>Yet, if one accepts the decree in Ezra 7 and that Daniel 9 was referring to the Messiah as the Anointed One (as the <em>Complete Jewish Bible<\/em> and other sources confirm), all should accept that Jesus fulfilled the timing of that.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jewish writer, Abba Hillel Silver, many Jews did expect the Messiah during the first century:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Book of Daniel, the one canonized apocalyptic tract out of many which were widely circulated and held in high regard by the people dwelt upon the mystery of the \u201cend of days\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Prior to the first century, Messianic interest was not excessive \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The first century \u2026 witnessed a remarkable outburst of Messianic emotionalism. This is to be attributed \u2026 to the prevalent belief induced <em>by the<\/em> <em>popular chronology of that day<\/em> (Silver AH. The History of Messianic Speculation in Israel. Written 1927. Kessinger Publishing paperback 2010, pp. 4,5)<\/p>\n<p>So, there was a lot of Messianic expectation in the first century, based upon calculations from writings such as Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>Shlomo Yitzchaki, also known as Rashi (<strong>RA<\/strong>bbi <strong>SH<\/strong>lomo ben <strong>I<\/strong>saac), of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> century, wrote about Daniel 9:24,26:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Seventy weeks [of years] have been decreed on Jerusalem from the day of the first destruction in the days of Zedekiah until it will be [destroyed] the second time. to terminate the transgression and to end sin so that Israel should receive their complete retribution in the exile of Titus and his subjugation, in order that their transgressions should terminate, their sins should end, and their iniquities should be expiated, in order to bring upon them eternal righteousness and to anoint upon them (sic) the Holy of Holies: the Ark, the altars, and the holy vessels, which they will bring to them through the king Messiah. The number of seven weeks is four hundred and ninety years. The Babylonian exile was seventy [years] and the Second Temple stood four hundred and twenty [years]. \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">And after those weeks. the anointed one will be cut off. Agrippa, the king of Judea, who was ruling at the time of the destruction, will be slain and he will be no more Heb. \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9, and he will not have. The meaning is that he will not be the anointed one Heb. \u05de\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05c1\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7. This is purely an expression of a prince and a dignitary and the city and the Sanctuary lit. and the city and the Holy and the people of the coming monarch will destroy [The monarch who will come] upon them. That is Titus and his armies. (Rashi. Judaica Press Complete Tanach, Daniel &#8211; Chapter 9)<\/p>\n<p>So, Rashi admitted Daniel 9 was a messianic prophecy that was fulfilled about the time of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHerod\u201d Marcus Julius Agrippa was king of Judah from around A.D. 27\u2014basically the same time Jesus started His ministry. So, if the timing of Agrippa is right like Rashi wrote, then obviously the timing of Jesus was in accordance with Daniel 9:24-26.<\/p>\n<p>As far as Agrippa goes, the Jews revolted against him in 66. Later, he helped the Romans and their general Titus conquer Jerusalem. Agrippa was rewarded for his efforts in helping Rome and lived and reigned decades after the fall of Jerusalem. King Agrippa II was not the anointed \u201cKing Messiah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As far as Rashi goes, apparently the reason for the messiahship going to Agrippa was because of Israel\u2019s sins. Rashi also declared:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">After 2000 years of Torah it was God\u2019s decree that the Messiah would come and the wicked generation would come to an end and the subjugation of Israel would be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>But Jesus did come at the right time and the Temple was afterwards destroyed as was prophesied in Daniel 9:24-26.<\/p>\n<p>Consider further that Abraham ibn Ezra (1092-1167), who is considered one of the most distinguished Jewish biblical commentators in the Middle Ages, also taught \u201cDaniel \u2026 (chap. 9) leads up to Titus and the destruction\u201d (Silver, pp. 212,213).<\/p>\n<p>So, even Jewish authorities have agreed that Daniel 9 was pointing to the time of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, notice something related to some messianic teachings in the Talmud:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Messiah will come not in accordance with the opinion of our Rabbis, (Sanhedrin 97b, v. 5)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Messiah comes in accordance with scripture and God\u2019s plan. Yet it may be that the above came out because Daniel 9 pointed to Jesus and as well as the disappointment associated trying to time Daniel 9 with Simon Bar Kokhba.<\/p>\n<p>Jews should accept the \u201cchronology\u201d of Daniel 9 which clearly pointed to the time of Jesus and the subsequent Temple destruction.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt the Temple was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>There should be no doubt that Jesus was the prophesied Messiah. (Thiel B. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ProofJesusistheMessiah.pdf\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah<\/a>. Nazarene Books, 2019)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more details on Jesus, as well as why Jews (and others) should believe that Jesus is the Messiah, see our free online book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ProofJesusistheMessiah.pdf\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s look more into Bar Kochba, again from the free, online, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ProofJesusistheMessiah.pdf\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah<\/a> book:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to various prophecies in the New Testament, Jesus still will fulfill various messianic prophecies that are in the Old Testament\u2014as well as some in the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>Misunderstanding this is more than a spiritual or academic exercise.<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, when influential Jewish leaders misapplied messianic prophecies in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> century, hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed (e.g. the Bar Kokba revolt). &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamuel Kedar \u2026 writes that the Sages purposely stated an incorrect chronology in order to prevent people from using their chronology to accurately predict the timing of the coming of the Messiah\u201d (First, p. 67).<\/p>\n<p>Michael First also listed Jewish scholars in the 8<sup>th<\/sup> through 15<sup>th<\/sup> centuries (such as Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer, Josippon, Moses ben Samuel ka-Kohen Gikatilla, Rashi, Zerahiah ben Isaac ha-Levi Gerondi, Abraham ben David ha-Levi Ibn David, David Kimhi, Samuel ben Nissim Masnut, Isaac ben Joseph Israeli, Isaac Abravanel) who had problems and\/or wrote about contradictions related to one or more parts of the Jewish chronology of the <em>Seder Olam<\/em> (pp. 183-198).<\/p>\n<p>Why does this seem to have happened?<\/p>\n<p>Well, in the case of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> century Rabbi Akiva, he apparently believed so much in Bar as messiah that he felt he had to make a change in chronology that many Jews now follow.<\/p>\n<p>Notice something else related to him from the Talmud where he tried to tie Bar Kokhba to a passage in Numbers 24:17:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai taught: Rabbi Akiva would expound, A star has risen from Jacob &#8211; \u201cKozba [Bar Kokhba] has risen from Jacob.\u201d When Rabbi Akiva would see bar Kozba, he would say: \u201cThis is the anointed King &#8211; the Messiah.\u201d Rabbi Yohanan ben Tortah said to him: \u201cAkiva, grass will sprout from your cheeks and still the Messiah will not arrive.\u201d (Yerushalmi, Taanit 4:5)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Bar Kokhba was not the Messiah, but believing that he was (and that Jesus was not) seems to have influenced the Jewish \u201cdating of the world.\u201d Akiva actually changed Bar Kosiba\u2019s name (which suggested he was a disreputable son) to Bar Kokhba, which for a time, seemed to prolong the myth he was messianic.<\/p>\n<p>Notice also:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Sages called him not Bar Kochba (the son of a star) but Bar Koziba (the son of a lie). His real name was neither; it was Bar Kosiba. (Hammer H. One triumph and two tragedies. The Jerusalem Post, November 29, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in the early second century, Simon Bar Kokhba was endorsed:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Rabbi Akiva, the greatest sage of the generation, reacted enthusiastically to BarKochba\u2019s heroism: Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai taught: \u201cAkiva my master expounded as follows: \u201cA star [kochav] will go forth from Jacob\u201d (Numbers 28:17) \u2013 \u201cKosiba [Bar-Kochba\u2019s name: Shimon ben Kosiba] has come forth from Jacob.\u201d When Rabbi Akiva would see Bar Kosiba he would say, \u201cThis is the King Messiah!\u2019\u201c (Lau B. Judaism: A movement of rebellion throughout history. Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2013)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Bar Kokhba had been declared the long-awaited Messiah by the foremost Jewish scholar of that day, the highly venerated Rabbi Akiva (Akiba) ben Joseph. \u2026 Among the many accolades heaped upon Akiva, that which elevated him as a pre-eminent authority, was the acknowledging of him as \u201cthe father of the Mishnah.\u201d Such prominence gave great weight to the messianic expectancy Akiva placed upon Bar Kokhba.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Akiva\u2019s students became some of the most prominent sages of the following generation. Among these was Yose (Josi) ben Halafta. \u2026 By removing the 164 (or 165) years from the duration of the Persian Empire, Rabbi Halafta was able to make the 483 year Da 9:24-27 prophecy fall reasonably close to the years prior to the 132 AD revolt during which Bar Kokhba rose to prominence as Israel\u2019s military and economic leader. Then with Akiva proclaiming, \u201cThis is the King Messiah\u201d followed by \u201call the contemporary sages regarding him as the King Messiah,\u201d the Jewish populace united around this false hope. (Jones F. Appendix G: The Seder Olam Rabbah &#8212; Why Jewish Dating is Different. In: Pierce L, Pierce M, editors. The Annals of the World. Master Books. Copyright 2003. ISBN: 089051-360-0, pp. 932-933)<\/p>\n<p>So, about a century after rejecting Jesus, Jews accepted Simon Bar Kokhba as their messiah, partially based on an erroneous pronouncement and miscalculation from a rabbi.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Jesus, Simon was militaristic. Cassius Dio claimed that 580,000 Jews were slaughtered and more died from the resulting plagues and famines related to the Bar Kokhba revolt (Mor M. The Second Jewish Revolt: The Bar Kokhba War, 132-136 CE, Brill, 2016, p. 328).<\/p>\n<p>Unlike with Jesus, Jews were massively slaughtered when they relied on their traditions about the Messiah.<\/p>\n<p>Their highly respected rabbis were wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Those who reject Jesus as the prophesied Messiah are still wrong today. (Thiel B. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ProofJesusistheMessiah.pdf\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah<\/a>. Nazarene Books, 2019)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus was peaceful and is not a national hero to the Jews. But He should be.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccog.org\"><em>Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> put out the following sermon on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/continuingcog\">ContinuingCOG <\/a>channel:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-shelf-renderer\">\n<div id=\"scroll-container\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"items\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"dismissible\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint inline-block style-scope ytd-thumbnail\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HtDLCNH4Tz0\" rel=\"null\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"yt-core-image--fill-parent-height yt-core-image--fill-parent-width yt-core-image yt-core-image--content-mode-scale-aspect-fill yt-core-image--loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HtDLCNH4Tz0\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE2CPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAygIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBvABAfgB1AaAAuADigIMCAAQARhlIGUoZTAP&amp;rs=AOn4CLBxjoJ9TQJbY960vBRJFfxiSf3oRg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"overlays\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail\">\n<div id=\"time-status\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer\">\n<div>1:12:35<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"text-metadata\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<h3 class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\"><a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Jesus for Jews?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HtDLCNH4Tz0\" aria-label=\"Jesus for Jews? by ContinuingCoG 12 views 1 hour, 12 minutes\">Jesus for Jews?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\">Since there are at least 200 scriptures in the Hebrew Bible that Jesus fulfilled, why do most Jews not accept Jesus as the prophesied Messiah? Is the claim in the \u2018Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906\u2032 that \u201cthere appears to be no evidence of any Jewish conception of a Messiah suffering through and for his people\u201d true or misleading? What do Jewish writings, including those in the Babylonian Talmud (Mishnah and Gemara) and various Targums reveal? What about the Dead Sea Scrolls? Was the timing of Jesus\u2019 arrival and death consistent with any Jewish writings or records? Do any Jewish writings point to Jesus miraculously healing the sick? Do ancient Jewish writings tell of the Messiah who would offer Himself to take away the sins of Israel? Do Jewish writings tell of Messiah son of Joseph dying to later be resurrected? Do any Jewish writings point to Messiah son of David coming in the clouds, like 1 Thessalonians 4 does? Are there Jewish writings claimed to be related to the archangel Gabriel which tells of a resurrection after three days? If the Jews believed the Old Testament and certain of their writings, shouldn\u2019t they accept Jesus as the prophesied Messiah? Dr. Thiel addresses these matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a link to our sermon: <a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Jesus for Jews?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HtDLCNH4Tz0\" aria-label=\"Jesus for Jews? by ContinuingCoG 12 views 1 hour, 12 minutes\">Jesus for Jews?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jesus was the prophesied Messiah. Those who do not fully accept that do so to their peril.<\/p>\n<p>And His return is not dependent on the &#8216;Star of Jacob&#8217; this coming September.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some items of related interest may include:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ezekiel-38-russia.htm\">Ezekiel 38: For Russia &amp; Iran in Our Day?<\/a> Is Ezekiel 38 about to be fulfilled? Are we close to the battle with Gog and Magog? Four related videos are available: <a id=\"video-title70\" title=\"Ezekiel 38 Gog and Magog War Is it Soon?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M6nBqHlcLHw\" aria-label=\"Ezekiel 38 Gog and Magog War Is it Soon? by BibleNewsProphecy 22 hours ago 23 minutes 100 views\">Ezekiel 38 Gog and Magog War: Is it Soon?<\/a>, <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Ezekiel 38: For Russia, Ukraine, &amp; Iran Now?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HFz7NHpD3yg\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ei=CRfRU-LfPJDs-QOl9oCQAQ&amp;ved=CCEQvxs\">Ezekiel 38: For Russia, Ukraine, &amp; Iran Now?<\/a>, <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Russia, Iran, Syria, &amp; the Bible (Code)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-J-oKPZoh8\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-729267\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CNEBEL8b&amp;ei=I-5JVofjEqCYuALNnYJw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">Russia, Iran, Syria, &amp; the Bible (Code)<\/a>, and <a id=\"video-title70\" title=\"Gog, Magog, Vladimir Putin, and Ezekiel 38?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lDHvrYDKEtM\" aria-label=\"Gog, Magog, Vladimir Putin, and Ezekiel 38? by BibleNewsProphecy 2 hours ago 16 minutes 60 views\">Gog, Magog, Vladimir Putin, and Ezekiel 38?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ProofJesusistheMessiah.pdf\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah<\/a> This free book has over 200 Hebrew prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus. Plus, His arrival was consistent with specific prophecies and even Jewish interpretations of prophecy. Here are links to seven related sermons: <a id=\"video-title78\" title=\"Proof Jesus is the Messiah\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8DnBeagiHNg\" aria-label=\"Proof Jesus is the Messiah by ContinuingCoG 39 minutes ago 1 hour, 21 minutes 3 views\">Proof Jesus is the Messiah<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title78\" title=\"Prophecies of Jesus' birth, timing, and death\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KBZtPPsB5sU\" aria-label=\"Prophecies of Jesus' birth, timing, and death by ContinuingCoG 52 minutes ago 1 hour, 19 minutes 8 views\">Prophecies of Jesus\u2019 birth, timing, and death<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title78\" title=\"Jesus' prophesied divinity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eCRZRpNB4Y4\" aria-label=\"Jesus' prophesied divinity by ContinuingCoG 2 hours ago 1 hour, 11 minutes 8 views\">Jesus\u2019 prophesied divinity<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title78\" title=\"200+ OT prophecies Jesus filled; Plus prophecies He made\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MYZ7yvmNhTk\" aria-label=\"200+ OT prophecies Jesus filled; Plus prophecies He made by ContinuingCoG 1 minute ago 1 hour, 10 minutes No views\">200+ OT prophecies Jesus filled; Plus prophecies He made<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title81\" title=\"Why Don't Jews Accept Jesus?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L02tRSvVb3Y\" aria-label=\"Why Don't Jews Accept Jesus? by ContinuingCoG 4 minutes ago 1 hour, 10 minutes No views\">Why Don\u2019t Jews Accept Jesus?<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title80\" title=\"Daniel 9, Jews, and Jesus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XcDbFNCBkI\" aria-label=\"Daniel 9, Jews, and Jesus by ContinuingCoG 21 hours ago 1 hour, 15 minutes 35 views\">Daniel 9, Jews, and Jesus<\/a>, and <a id=\"video-title78\" title=\"Facts and Atheists Delusions About Jesus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LrsDA3MZ99Y\" aria-label=\"Facts and Atheists Delusions About Jesus by ContinuingCoG 26 seconds ago 1 hour, 10 minutes No views\">Facts and Atheists&#8217; Delusions About Jesus<\/a>. Plus the links to two sermonettes: <a id=\"video-title84\" title=\"Luke's census: Any historical evidence?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5J6c5t-NfkY\" aria-label=\"Luke's census: Any historical evidence? by ContinuingCoG 2 hours ago 19 minutes 5 views\">Luke\u2019s census: Any historical evidence?<\/a> and <a id=\"video-title83\" title=\"Muslims believe Jesus is the Messiah, but\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B6smxVQVG78\" aria-label=\"Muslims believe Jesus is the Messiah, but by BibleNewsProphecy 6 hours ago 17 minutes 35 views\">Muslims believe Jesus is the Messiah, but<\/a> &#8230; These videos cover nearly all of the book, plus have some information not in the book.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/jewishtemple.htm\">Why is a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem Not Required?<\/a>\u00a0Although people like Timothy LaHaye teach a third Jewish temple is required, who is &#8216;the temple of God&#8221; in the New Testament? Does the Bible require a rebuilt Jewish Temple? Here is a related item in the Spanish language\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no se requiere un templo jud\u00edo en Jerusal\u00e9n?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccog.org\/por-que-no-se-requiere-un-templo-judio-en-jerusalen\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no se requiere un templo jud\u00edo en Jerusal\u00e9n?<\/a>\u00a0Here is a link to two sermons\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Temple, Prophecy, and the Work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uw3OSO7KNTY&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=rM05VP-UNISaqgXQmoKwBQ&amp;ved=CAcQvxs&amp;feature=c4-overview\">The Temple, Prophecy, and the Work<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a id=\"video-title258\" title=\"God's Temple in Prophecy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lLUMxMaEau0\" aria-label=\"God's Temple in Prophecy by ContinuingCoG 1 hour ago 1 hour, 18 minutes 24 views\">God\u2019s Temple in Prophecy<\/a>. And here is a version of the latter one in the Spanish:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/muUUmbyIlUg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">El templo de Dios en profec\u00eda<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/sanhedrin.htm\">Nascent Sanhedrin and Prophecy<\/a>\u00a0The reconstituted Sanhedrin wants the reimplementation of animal sacrifices. A related video is titled\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Sanhedrin pushing animal sacrifices\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DU5xudci6rk\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=q9zMV9mfF8e7_AO9upHIBw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CPEBEL8bIhMImaGYkZv3zgIVxx1_Ch09XQR5KJsc\">Sanhedrin pushing animal sacrifices<\/a>. And a newer one is:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title85\" title=\"Sanhedrin makes burnt offering to dedicate altar!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SUVWytS8vao\" aria-label=\"Sanhedrin makes burnt offering to dedicate altar! by BibleNewsProphecy 21 minutes ago 6 minutes, 57 seconds 18 views\">Sanhedrin makes burnt offering to dedicate altar!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/red-heifer.htm\">The Red Heifer, Jewish Beliefs, and the End of the World<\/a>\u00a0The Temple Institute is watching a &#8216;red heifer.&#8217; Why might this be important in the sequence of end time events? Here is a related link in the Spanish language\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/novilla-roja-descubierta-en-ee-uu-e-instituto-del-templo-esta-interesado-en-ella\/\">Novilla roja descubierta en EE.UU. e Instituto del Templo est\u00e1 interesado en ella<\/a><\/em>. Here are links to three related videos in English:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title36\" title=\"Red Heifers and the Fate of the World\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NeqduvJyK6w\" aria-label=\"Red Heifers and the Fate of the World by BibleNewsProphecy 3 hours ago 17 minutes 24 views\">Red Heifers and the Fate of the World<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Red Heifer and the End of the World\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eOKU_i0waUg\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=0feyU9SOFsaUqgO7-4HIAw&amp;ved=CCIQvxs&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">The Red Heifer and the End of the World<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a id=\"video-title287\" title=\"5 Red Heifers and Year 5783?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KLyc2rEPVRM\" aria-label=\"5 Red Heifers and Year 5783? by BibleNewsProphecy 5 hours ago 15 minutes 57 views\">5 Red Heifers and Year 5783?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/six_thousand_year_plan_6000.htm\">Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End?<\/a> Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2031 or 20xx? There is also a video titled <a id=\"video-title10\" title=\"6000 Years: When will God's Kingdom Come?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4NVvtlrQZXg\" aria-label=\"6000 Years: When will God's Kingdom Come? by ContinuingCoG 1 hour ago 1 hour, 11 minutes 4 views\">6000 Years: When will God&#8217;s Kingdom Come?<\/a> Here is a link to the article in Spanish:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/tiene-dios-un-plan-de-6000-anos\/\"> \u00bfTiene Dios un plan de 6,000 a\u00f1os?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COGwriter Israel365News posted the following: EXPERT: Star of Jacob will appear on Friday, September 27 January 29, 2024 A brilliant but relatively unknown author and teacher referred to classical Jewish sources that described the tumultuous end of days in terms that were disturbingly similar to current events. 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