1. Do you believe the Hebrew scriptures is the word of God? If so, may I ask you a question? How do you personally decipher, whether or not to accept or reject the New Testament? The Book of Mormon? Or other books?
2. Do you agree that you must read the Hebrew scriptures and then cross reference to prove any scriptural case?
3. Do you agree that you can’t write scripture without real life events and witnesses? You have to go to the Hebrew scriptures and cross reference the witnesses and historical events to prove a scriptural case in order to accept or reject doctrine?
4. Do you support the criminal justice system’s method of proving a case beyond a reasonable doubt?
5. Do you support the legal system’s method of not permitting hearsay, opinion, conclusions based on how you feel or personally held irrelevant belief systems?
Scriptural Case – Is (Isaiah 11) discussing Jesus Christ in the New Testament?
Isaiah 41:21 “Present your plea,” says the Lord; “present your strong points,” says the King of Jacob.
New Testament Claim: Jesus is the Prophesized Messiah depicted in Isaiah 11
- Isaiah 11:1 And a shoot shall spring forth from the stem of Jesse, and a twig shall sprout from his roots.
- The Messiah will be from the bloodlines of Jesse, (the tribe of Judah). The Messiah will come from his roots.
- Per the book of Numbers (in the Hebrew scriptures), the tribe identity is determined from the Father.
- Numbers 1:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by families following their fathers’ houses; a head count of every male according to the number of their names.
- Numbers 1:18 and they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees according to their families according to their fathers’ houses; according to the number of names, a head count of every male from twenty years old and upward.
- Jesus Christ was conceived by a virgin named Mary without sexual relations and adopted by Joseph.
- Matthew 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.
5. You could argue that the “roots of Jesse” and his “genealogy” could be linked to Mary (remember tribe identity is confirmed through Father). Even if you argue this, Isaiah 11 requires genealogy and that requires the natural conception process, involving a man and woman.
Isaiah 11 doesn’t include any information regarding the Messiah being born by a virgin without a human father. Based on the scriptural argument above, can you conclude beyond a reasonable doubt, that Isaiah 11 is discussing Jesus Christ in the New Testament?
Before you comment, please review the scriptural case for Isaiah 7:14.