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   >lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the   
   >sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child   
   >shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor   
   >destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the   
   >knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day   
   >there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the   
   >people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be   
   >glorious."   
   >   
   >Also here we have a messiah who is going to kill the evil people: "And   
   >he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the   
   >breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked." And after that we get   
   >the better world, when it says: "The wolf also shall dwell with the   
   >lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and   
   >the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead   
   >them etc." This is what is supposed to happen, as soon as there shall   
   >come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse (the father of King David)   
   >and a Branch shall grow out of his roots; that is as soon as the   
   >messiah comes. Nowhere here is mentioned that the messiah will be   
   >killed and that these prophecies will happen at least 2000 years   
   >later. On the contrary; when the messiah comes redemption comes. And   
   >also for this messianic prophecy you don't have to be a brain surgeon   
   >or a rocket scientist in order to see that it is not fulfilled.   
   >Nothing of this all was done by Jesus. Conclusion: He was not the   
   >messiah.   
   >   
   >The above is an excerpt of my home page "Why don't the Jewish people   
   >recognize the New Testament?", to be found here:   
   >http://www.geocities.com/Metzad   
   >   
   >Eliyahu   
      
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