If Yeshua is not the Messiah, what will the real Messiah do when he comes to set up His kingdom? The Scriptures promise there will be peace and righteousness when the Messiah comes. Evil will no longer rule the world.

If the Messiah were to arrive tomorrow, how would he get rid of the thieves, the robbers, the haters, the anti-Semites, the murderers, the criminals, the dope pushers, the dictators, etc.? Obviously he would have to kill them in order to bring peace. And for peace to reign, there could be no brokenhearted men and women whose spouses have left them to commit adultery. Supposedly, he would have to kill the adulterers.

What about the prostitutes, the perverts, the rapists, the distributors of porno? Would he have to execute them, too? And could He allow women to kill their unborn babies? The Bible says, "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days..." (Isa. 65:20). How would the Messiah deal with abortion?

This hypothetical Messiah would have to kill millions of people--all the bad people--in order to have peace on earth. The problem is, every individual does bad things sometime in his lifetime. What would be the cut-off point? When would a person have to pay for his wrongdoings? Would he have to pay with his life?

Perhaps the Messiah will inject all people with a chemical so that they have no will of their own, thus keeping them from doing bad things. Or will there simply be city-sized prisons where millions of criminals would be locked up? That does not sound like a Messianic reign to me!

Yeshua, the true Messiah, could not set up His kingdom the first time He came. He first had to deal with sin and sinners. In fact, Scriptures like Isaiah 53 and Daniel 9:26 clearly proclaim that the Messiah will first die (because of the need for an eternal atonement for sin), in order to give the sinner a chance to escape God's judgment that is coming.

If Yeshua is not the Messiah, then another Messiah will have to come and fulfill the words of the prophets of Israel. He will have to be rejected by his nation (Isa. 53:3) and be killed (Isa. 53:7,8).

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