Ariel HaNaviy Messianic Jew and Torah Teacher with Messianic Congregation 'The Harvest'

The short answer is “no” he did not fulfill all of the Old Testament prophesies. At least not yet. Are there some he will fulfill when he returns? You bet! He has to or else the prophets of old lied and the Scriptures are unreliable.

That Jesus has yet to fulfill more of the prophecies touches on two important aspects about his witness to the Jewish people.

1). Many Jewish people read their TaNaKH (Scriptures) and then check to see if Jesus fits the bill for many of the things promised about the coming Messiah. When they see so much yet lacking in fulfilled promises, they begin to lose any hope that Jesus is the one they should be waiting for. As unsaved people, they don't readily see that the promises have been divided between his first and second comings. Make sense so far?

2). When Yeshua stated in Matt. 5:17 that he did not come to do away with the Law of the Prophets, it is important to realize that if we believers interpret and teach his term “fulfill” later in that verse as Christ saying, “Yes, the Law and the Prophets are done away with since I fulfilled them,” then we as believers rip those precious prophecies and expectations right out of the TaNaKH effectively stating that our dear unsaved Jewish brothers and sisters will never get a chance to experience them. In a word, we rob them of blessings promised to them long ago.

The Messiah has many multiplied promises yet to fulfill for Isra'el, and you can bet that he will indeed make good on his word when he returns the second time around. This is what we should be telling our unsaved Jewish friends. Between his first and second comings, he will indeed fulfill all of the things that the TaNaKH promised he would fulfill, so put your trust in him today and you too will experience ALL he has promised in the Scriptures!

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