Are the Jews unaware that Jesus fulfilled more than 300 Old Testament prophecies?

 

Rabbi Yaakov Kranz (1741–1804), the Maggid (Preacher) of Dubno told this parable. A man happened upon an arrow stuck in a tree and heard the archer boasting that his arrow hit the bullseye every time. Upon examining the target, the man found that the paint was still wet and knew that the archer had painted the target around the arrow. Likewise, those who wrote the Christian Text (aka “New Testament”) composed proofs around their preexisting, religious beliefs.

It is a well-known fact that from the inception of Christianity, missionaries have cherry-picked verses, taking them out of context and twisting the meanings to support their illusions. The Book of Matthew provides an excellent example of this. I am certain that the Book’s author and its redactors truly believed that the ends justified the means. After all, theirs was a righteous cause, and they were only altering the texts to save lost souls and impart to them eternal life. I have no doubts that they were totally convinced that their teachings reflected “The Truth” that, their god had revealed to them due to their devout and strict lifestyle. Therefore, whenever the author or editors of Matthew happened upon a passage in the LXX that related something inspirational, they knew that it must be referring to CT-Yeshu, their “Lord and Savior.” The author or editors inserted these “proofs” throughout their texts with variants of such phrases as “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying…” These references are characteristic in the Book of Matthew, where the largest number can be found. The purpose is not only to deify CT-Yeshu but to incorporate in his persona those characteristics most greatly admired by followers of all traditional pagan gods. In like manner, the author and redactors identify CT-Yeshu not only as the Mashiaḥ, the predicted descendant of King David but also as the incarnate of every other important person in Jewish history, including Avraham, MelḳeiTzadiq, Joseph, Moshe, Aharon, King David, Eliyahu, etc. Let it suffice to say: “When you try to be everything to everyone, you accomplish being nothing to anyone.”

(excerpts from A Reaction to Messianic Missionaries by Rabbanit Cheryl-Michal Simani)