| 1. Hezekiah and Isaiah pray for deliverance from Assyria | 2 Kings 18 |
| 2. Isaiah is purified and commissioned by God | Isaiah 6:8-9 |
| 3. Philip explains the scriptures to the Ethiopian eunuch | Acts 8:26-39 |
| 4. Succession of Prophets Including Isaiah Following Moses | Quran 2:87 |
| 5. Post-Mosaic Israelite Guidance in the Era of Isaiah | Quran 2:246 |
| 6. Covenant and Persecution Mirroring the Martyrdom of Isaiah | Quran 5:70 |
| 7. Prophetic Paradigm of Two Corruptions Detailed by Isaiah | Quran 17:4 |
| 8. Prophetic Lineage Preserved in the Era of Isaiah | Quran 57:26 |
The Bible claims the Messiah will accomplish certain signs:
1. Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).
2. Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
3. Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: 'Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore.' (Isaiah 2:4)
4. Spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: 'God will be King over all the world—on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One' (Zechariah 14:9).
The historical fact is that Jesus fulfilled none of these messianic prophecies.
Christians counter that Jesus will fulfill these in the Second Coming, but Jewish sources show that the Messiah will fulfill the prophecies outright, and no concept of a second coming exists.
In Exodus 3:14, God reveals His divine name to Moses as 'I AM WHO I AM' (Hebrew: Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh). In the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), this is rendered as 'Ego eimi ho on' ('I am the Being'). Scholars note that Jesus' absolute uses of 'Ego Eimi' echo both Exodus 3:14 and the self-declarations of Yahweh found throughout the book of Isaiah.
In the Septuagint translation of Isaiah (e.g., Isaiah 41:4, 43:10, and 45:18), God repeatedly declares 'Ego Eimi' to assert that He alone is Yahweh and there is no other Savior. New Testament scholars recognize that John's Jesus adopts this precise phrasing from Isaiah to show that the long-awaited salvation and physical embodiment of Yahweh is now present in Christ.
Isaiah 42 Prophecy: Arabia, Kedar, and the Coming of Muhammad
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