According to Jesus’
admissions, as well as the Bible’s prophecies, Jesus of Nazareth could not have
been the Messiah. This of course, would invalidate Christianity as we know it.
The compilation presented here shall be split in three sections. The first
shall be the biblical prophecies that were made in order to identify the
messiah, which Jesus does not fulfill. The second shall be the prophecies that
Christians use to say that Jesus was the Messiah, yet they clearly fail. The
third set shall be the prophecies and statements Jesus made yet they are false
and have never came true.
Prophecies to Identify the Messiah, Which Jesus
Does Not Fulfill:
1) Matthew 1:23 says that Jesus
(the messiah) would be called Immanuel, which means "God with us." Yet no one,
not even his parents, call him Immanuel at any point in the bible.
2) The Messiah must be a
physical descendant of David (Romans 1:3 & Acts 2:30). Yet, how could Jesus
meet this requirement since his genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 show he
descended from David through Joseph, who was not his natural father because of
the Virgin Birth. Hence, this prophecy could not have been fulfilled.
3) Isaiah 7:16 seems to say
that before Jesus had reached the age of maturity, both of the Jewish countries
would be destroyed. Yet there is no mention of this prophecy being fulfilled in
the New Testament with the coming of Jesus, hence this is another Messiah
prophecy not fulfilled.
Prophecies Christians Use to Verify Jesus as the
Messiah, Yet Clearly Fail:
4) The gospels (especially
Matthew 21:4 and John 12:14-15) claim that Jesus fulfills the prophecy of
Zechariah 9:9. But the next few verses (Zechariah 9:10-13) show that the person
referred to in this verse is a military king that would rule "from sea to sea".
Since Jesus had neither an army nor a kingdom, he could not have fulfilled this
prophecy.
5) Matthew (Matthew 2:17-18)
quotes Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:15), claiming that it was a prophecy of King
Herod’s alleged slaughter of the children in and around Bethlehem after the
birth of Jesus. But this passage refers to the Babylonian captivity, as is
clear by reading the next two verses (Jeremiah 31:16-17), and, thus, has
nothing to do with Herod’s massacre.
6) John 19:33 says that during
Jesus’ crucifixion, the soldiers didn’t break his legs because he was already
dead. Verse John 19:36 claims that this fulfilled a prophecy: "Not a bone of
him shall be broken." But there is no such prophecy. It is sometimes said that
the prophecy appears in Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12 & Psalm 34:20. This is not
correct. Exodus 12:46 & Numbers 9:12 are not prophecies, they are commandments.
The Israelites are told not to break the bones of the Passover lamb, and this
is all it is about. And Psalm 34:20 seems to refer to righteous people in
general (see verse Psalm 34:19, where a plural is used), not to make a prophecy
about a specific person.
7) "When Israel was a child,
then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." Hosea 11:1. Matthew
(Matthew 2:15) claims that the flight of Jesus’ family to Egypt is a fulfillment
of this verse. But Hosea 11:1 is not a prophecy at all. It is a reference to
the Hebrew exodus from Egypt and has nothing to do with Jesus. Matthew tries to
hide this fact by quoting only the last part of the verse ("Out of Egypt I have
called my son").
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2 The gospel of Matthew
(Matthew 2:5-6) claims that Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem fulfils this prophecy.
But this is unlikely for two reasons.
A) "Bethlehem Ephratah" in
Micah 5:2 refers not to a town, but to a clan: the clan of Bethlehem, who was
the son of Caleb’s second wife, Ephrathah (1 Chronicles 2:18, 2:50-52 & 4:4).
B) The prophecy (if that is
what it is) does not refer to the Messiah, but rather to a military leader, as
can be seen from Micah 5:6. This leader is supposed to defeat the Assyrians,
which, of course, Jesus never did. It should also be noted that Matthew altered
the text of Micah 5:2 by saying: "And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah"
rather than "Bethlehem Ephratah" as is said in Micah 5:2. He did this,
intentionally no doubt, to make this verse appear to refer to the town of
Bethlehem rather than the family clan.
Statements Jesus Made Which Are False:
9) Jesus in John 14:12 & Mark
16:17-18 said: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth in me, the
works that I do shall he also; and greater works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father." This implies that Jesus’ true followers should be able to
routinely perform the following tricks: 1) cast out devils, 2) speak in tongues,
3) take up serpents, 4) drink poisons without harm, and 5) cure the sick by
touching them and MANY other of Jesus’ "works". Curiously I have yet to see a
Christian that can do any of the above on demand.
10) In John 14:13-14 Jesus
stated: "And whatsoever ye ask in my name I do, that the Father may be glorified
in the son. If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it." In reality,
millions of people have made millions of requests in Jesus’ name and failed to
receive satisfaction. This promise or prophecy has failed completely.
11) Paul says Christianity
lives or dies on the Resurrection (1 Corinthian 15:14-17). Yet Jesus said in
Matthew 12:40 that he would be buried three days and three nights as Jonah was
in the whale three days and three nights. Friday afternoon to early Sunday
morning is only one and a half days, so he could not have been the messiah by
his own and Paul’s admission.
12) Jesus’ prophecy in John
13:38 ("The cock shall not crow, till thou [Peter] hast denied me three times")
is false. Mark 14:66-68 shows the cock crowed after the first denial, not the
third.
13) In Mark 10:19 Jesus said:
"Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, do not
steal, do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother."
Jesus needs to re-read the Ten Commandments. There is no Old Testament
commandment against defrauding. The only relevant statement about defrauding is
in Leviticus 19:13 , which says : "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor." This
is an OT law, but is not listed with the Ten Commandments. Surely, if Jesus was
god incarnate he would know the commandments.
14) "And no man hath ascended
up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, but he that came down from
heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven" (John 3:13). If Jesus is in
heaven, how can he be down on earth speaking? Moreover, according to 2 Kings
2:11 ("and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven") Jesus was not the only
person to ascend into heaven, nor was he the first. Elijah preceded him and
apparently Enoch did also ("And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God
took him"–Genesis 5:24).
15) In Luke 23:43 Jesus said to
the thief on the cross, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." This
obviously has to be false, for Jesus was supposed to lay dead in the tomb for
three days following his crucifixion.
1 6) Jesus says : "Ye have
heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine
enemy" (Matthew 5:43). This statement does not exist in the OT either. In
fact, Proverbs 24:17 says, "Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not
thine heart be glad when he stumbleth…"
17) Jesus is reported to say:
"The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is
preached, and every man presseth into it" (Luke 16:16). Certainly every man is
not pressing to enter the kingdom of God. The very fact that I am an atheist
(one third of the world’s population does not believe in a god) proves this
verse to be false.
18) "Or have ye not read in the
law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath,
and are blameless?" (Matthew 12:5) Nowhere does the OT state that the priests
in the temple profaned the Sabbath and were considered blameless.
19) "Yea; have ye never
read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise’" (Matthew
21:16). Jesus is quoting Psalm 8:2, which says, "Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies…". "Perfect
praise" has little to do with "ordaining strength because of thine enemies."
Another misquotation!
20) "But I say unto you, That
Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it
is written of him" (Mark 9:13). There are no prophecies in the OT of things
that were to happen to Elijah.
Jesus, in all his "God incarnate" wisdom,
contradicts himself:
21) Jesus consistently
contradicts himself concerning his Godly status. "I and my father are one."
(John 14:28) Also see Philippians 2:5-6 Those verses lead us to believe that
he is a part of the trinity and equal to his father being a manifestation of
him. Yet, Jesus also made many statements that deny he is the perfect men, much
less God incarnate. Take the following for example: "Why callest thou me good?
There is none good but one, that is God" (Matthew 19:17). "My father if
greater then I." (John 14:28) Also see Matthew 24:26 Clearly, Jesus is
denouncing the possibility of him being the Messiah in those three verses.
22) Jesus said, "whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matthew 5:22). Yet, he
himself did so repeatedly, as Matthew 23:17-19 and Luke 11:40 & 12:20 show.
Clearly Jesus should be in danger of hell too?
23) Does Jesus support peace,
or war? Matthew 5:39 "Resist not evil, but whoever shall smite thee on thy
right cheek, turn to him the other also." Also note Matthew 6:38-42 & 26:52
where Jesus teaches non-resistance, Non-violence. Now read (Luke 22:36-37)
Where Jesus commands people to take arms for a coming conflict. (John 2:15)
Jesus uses a whip to physically drive people out of the temple.
24) Matthew 15:24 Jesus said,
"I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of lsrael,". This would of
course mean that he is here only to save the Jews. The scriptures repeatedly
back up this notion that Christ is savior to the Jews and not the gentiles (see
Romans 16:17, Revelations 14:3-4 & John 10). The contradiction lies in what
Jesus later tells his followers: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations"
(Matthew 28:19).
25) Can we hate our kindred?
Luke 14:26 Jesus says "If any man come unto me, and hate not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children, and brother, and sisters, yea, and his own life
also, he can not be my disciple." John 3:15 "Whosoever hateth his brother is a
murderer." Also see Ephesians 6:22, 5:25, & Matthew 15:4
26) Even many of the staunchest
defenders of Jesus admit that his comment in Matthew 10:34 ("I came not to send
peace but a sword") contradicts verses such as Matthew 26:52 ("Put up again thy
sword into his place: for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword").
27) Deuteronomy 24:1 & 21:10-14
all say that divorce is allowed for the simple reason if a "man no longer delighteth in his wife". Yet Jesus comes along and breaks his father’s law by
saying in Matthew 5:32 that adultery is the only way one can be divorced.
28) In Mark 8:35 Jesus said:
"…but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s the same
shall save it." How could Jesus have said this when there was no gospel when he
lived? The gospel did not appear until after his death.
29) Matthew 6:13 Jesus recites
a revised prayer and states, "Don’t bring us into temptation." God is the cause
of everything, even Satan. God has been leading people into temptation since
the Garden of Eden. Otherwise, the trees of life and knowledge would have never
been there.
30) Matthew 12:1-8 Jesus thinks
it’s okay to break his father’s laws, by breaking the Sabbath day. He states
that he is basically exempt for such fiascoes and that he is Master of the
Sabbath.
31) John 3:17 Jesus contradicts
himself when he says, "God didn’t send his son into the world to condemn it, but
to save it." Jesus seems to forget his own stories.
32) James 4:3 If your prayers
are not answered, it’s your own damned fault. This is in direct contradiction to
where Jesus says "seek and ye shall find, ask and it shall be known to you".
33) "If Jesus bears witness of
himself his witness is true" John 8:14, "If I bear witness of myself it is not
true." John 5:31
34) "I am with you always, even
unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20), versus "For ye have the poor always
with you; but me ye have not always" (Matthew 26:11 , Mark 14:7, John 12:8) and
"Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am thither ye cannot come"
(John 7:34). Is this the kind of friend one can rely on?
35) "And he saith unto them,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery
against her" (Mark 10:11 & Luke 6:18), versus "And I say unto you, Whosoever
shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery" (Matthew 19:9). In the book of Matthew, Jesus said a man
could put away his wife if one factor– fornication–is involved. In Mark and
Luke he allowed no exceptions.
36) Jesus is quoted: "Judge
not, and ye shall be not judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven" (Luke 6:37 & Matthew 7:1), versus
"Judge not
according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24). Jesus
stated men are not to judge but, then, allowed it under certain conditions. As
in the case of divorce, he can’t seem to formulate a consistent policy.
37) "My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46, (also note the time before crucification where
Jesus prays for the "cup to passeth over me") versus "Now is my soul troubled.
And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, for this purpose
I have come to this hour" (John 12:27 RSV). Jesus can’t seem to decide whether
or not he wants to die. One moment he is willing; the next he isn’t.
38) In Luke 23:30 ("Then shall
they begin to say to the mountains, fall on us, and to the hills, cover us")
Jesus quoted Hosea 10:8 ("…and they shall say to the mountains, cover us; and
to the hills, fall on us"). And, like Paul, he often quoted inaccurately. In
this instance, he confused mountains with hills.
39) "And Jesus answered and
said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say
unto you, That Elias is come already, and they know him not, but have done unto
him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist"
(Matthew 17:11-13). John the Baptist was beheaded, but Jesus was not. And what
did John the Baptist restore? Nothing!
40) We are told salvation is
obtained by faith alone (John 3:18 & 36) yet Jesus told a man to follow the
Commandments-Matthew 19:16-18 (saving by works)-if he wanted eternal life.
41) In Luke 12:4 Jesus told his
followers to "Be not afraid of them that kill the body." But Matthew 12:14-16,
John 7:1, 8:59, 10:39, 11:53-54, & Mark 1:45 show that Jesus consistently feared
death. Jesus went out of his way to hide, run, and attempt escape from the
Roman and Jewish authorities.
42) Matthew 5:28 says to sin in
"your heart" is considered a sin in itself. The messiah is supposed to be God
incarnate, not able to sin, yet in Matthew 4:5 & Luke 4:5-9, Jesus was tempted
by Satan in the desert, which is sinning in his heart. Jesus also took upon all
the sins of the world during his crucifixion, so how can it be said that
"Jesus was the perfect man without sin"? This would lead one to believe he was
not the Messiah.
43) Jesus told us to "Love your
enemies; bless them that curse you," but ignored his own advice by repeatedly
denouncing his opposition. Matthew 23:17 ("Ye fools and blind"), Matthew 12:34
("0 generation of vipers"), and Matthew 23:27 (". . . hypocrites . . . ye are
like unto whited sepulchres. . .") are excellent examples of hypocrisy.
44) Did the people of Jesus’
generation see any signs? (Matthew 12:38-40) Jesus announced that no signs
would be given to that generation except the Resurrection itself. (Mark
8:12-13) Jesus announced that no signs would be given to that generation.
(Mark 16:20) They went out preaching, and the Lord confirmed the word through
accompanying signs. (John 20:30) Jesus provided many wonders and signs. (Acts
2:22) Jesus provided many wonders and signs. (Acts 5:12 & 8:13) many signs and
wonders were done through the apostles.
45) Jesus commands the
disciples to go into Galilee immediately after the resurrection. Matthew 28:10
Jesus commands the disciples to "tarry in Jerusalem" immediately after the
resurrection.
46) Matthew 28:18 & John 3:35
both tell that Jesus said he could do anything. Yet Mark 6:5 says Jesus was not
all powerful.
47) Jesus says in Luke 2:13-14
that he came to bring peace on earth. Matthew 10:34 Jesus back peddles and says
he did not come to bring peace on earth.
48) Did Christ receive
testimony from man? "Ye sent unto John and he bare witness unto the truth. But
I receive not testimony from man." John 5:33-34 "And ye shall also bear
witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." John 15:27
49) Christ laid down his life
for his friends. John 15:13 & 10:11 Christ laid down his life for his enemies.
Romans 5:10
50) Deuteronomy 23:2 says that
bastards can not attend church unto the tenth generation. If Jesus was spawned
by Mary and Jehovah as the Bible claims then he is technically a bastard and
should not be the leader of the church.
