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New Testament Objections (continued 4)

Answer: “Jesus made it very clear that he did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it, and that is exactly what he did (see above, 5 28, for a further explanation of this)

New Testament Objections (continued 2)

Answer: “Obviously, you don’t believe in the virgin birth, otherwise you wouldn’t be raising this objection

New Testament Objections

Answer: “There is no truth to this claim You must remember that all the New Testament authors were Jews—with one probable exception—and they were sometimes writing to Jewish readers who knew their Scriptures well

Messianic Objections (continued 2)

Answer: “It is possible that the text does speak of two anointed ones, the first in 9:25 and the second in 9:26 This depends on how the seventy weeks of years are divided (see immediately above, 4 20)

Messianic Objections (continued 3)

Answer: “Although there are ambiguities in the Hebrew text, the passage clearly speaks of a time of national mourning in Israel over one slain, resulting in the spiritual cleansing of the nation (Zech 12:10-13:1)

Messianic Objections (continued)

Answer: “Actually, the New Testament record agrees with the picture of the servant of the Lord described in Isaiah 53, despite the fact that great crowds did follow Jesus at numerous times during his ministry

General Objections

Answer: “That is a serious misconception as well as a gross overstatement Jews have always believed in Jesus In fact, in the beginning, it was only Jews who believed in him, and today, there are probably more Jewish believers in Jesus than ever before

General Objections (continued)

Answer: “Based on the teaching of the Hebrew Bible, if the Nazi could truly repent before he died, then God would accept him as righteous But merely ‘believing’ without true repentance is meaningless

Messianic Objections

Answers to common Jewish objections about Jesus as Messiah, covering Isaiah 53, virgin birth prophecy, Torah references, and Messianic interpretations.