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Shemsi en Tehuti · (#4 (**permalink**))

How would you know how to interpret Jewish prophecy? Why refer to what the Jews say on the matter:

"[God], the Cause of all, is one. This does not mean one as in one of a pair, nor one like a species (which encompasses many individuals), nor one as in an object that is made up of many elements, nor as a single simple object that is infinitely divisible. Rather, God is a unity unlike any other possible unity."
Maimonides, Mishneh Torah Madda Yesodei ha-Torah 1:5

"But if he did not succeed in all this or was killed, he is definitely not the Moshiach promised in the Torah... and God only appointed him in order to test the masses."
Maimonides, Hilchos Melachim 11:4-5

The Israelites had always maintained the Messiah would fulfill the Messianic prophecies set forth in Isaiah and Ezekiel. According to Isaiah the Messiah will:

Be paternal descendant of King David by way of King Solomon.
Return all the Israelites back to their homeland.
Rebuild the Temple.
Reign as King of Israel.
Bring about world peace.
Universal knowledge and acceptance of the Israelite god.

Then, we have Ezekiel stating the Messiah would redeem the Jews. Your Replacement Theology is self-serving and seems to focus more on "Gentiles" than anyone else.

Considering this, Israelite and Rabbinical rejection of Jesus is based on these facts:

Jesus lived while the Second Temple was standing, and not while the Jews were exiled.
Jesus never reigned as King.
There was no subsequent era of peace or universal knowledge of the Israelite deity.
Jesus died without completing or even accomplishing part of any of the Messianic tasks, instead promising a "second coming."
Rather than being redeemed, the Jews were subsequently exiled from Israel.

Then you say it is me that needs a lesson in reading prophecy...LOL...