The Messiah will defeat the gentile nations (Zech 14:10) and restore the kingdom of Israel (Zech 14). The Jews in exile will return and rule in an age of spiritual harmony (Zech 14:5). Isaiah 42:6 will be fulfilled and God will be recognized as the universal king (Zech 14:9).

Since Judaism is not even looking for the same Messiah as we Christians are, why would Christian scholars accept what Christ-rejecting Jewish scholars say is the purpose of the coming of Messiah?

Modern Judaism's messiah is not a divine being but a human political\military leader. His role has nothing to do with delivering Jews from sin. They don't believe that they need to be delivered from sin. What elements of salvation and repentance they do believe in they have put upon the coming of Elijah, which is why they are adamant about a yet future coming of Elijah just like the dispensationalists.

It is understandable that unsaved, Christ-rejecting Jews would claim that none of the Old Testament prophecies pointed to the first century and the First Coming of Christ since they reject Christ, Christians and the New Testament. But for Christians to also reject most of the OT prophecies pointing to the First Coming of Christ and the NT era but rather accept Christ rejecting Jews' interpretation of them in their "messianic age" is absolutely erroneous blasphemy.

The sad truth is that many Dispensationalists think the only difference between Judaism and Christianity is that Judaism rejects Christ. that is how you get Dispensationalist preachers calling Christ rejecting Jews "brothers" and claiming that Jews and Christians worship the same God. despite the fact that scripture itself tells us that those who do not have the Son do not have the Father either.

More and more the teachings of Rabbinic Judaism are making inroads into the church. If I was holding to the same view as the Pharisees did and as Judaism still does today, I would think twice about what I believed and take a closer look. Unfortunately, most Dispensationalists are not searching the Scriptures for themselves and they are just taking the false teaching of Dispensationalism as gospel. They are putting more trust in fictional novels for truth than the Word of God itself.

I recall when I first heard the term "Judeo-Christianity" and finally some preacher defined the term: Judeo stood for Judaism, the religion of the Old Testament, which was the origin of Christianity.

But Judaism was not the religion of the Old Testament. Jesus is the central focus of the OT. But Judaism rejects Christ and makes the Jews the central focus of the Old Testament. So how could Judaism be the origin of Christianity.

Preachers back then even defended the Pharisees by saying that the only thing wrong with them was that they just rejected Jesus. But other than that they were very zealous of the Old Testament Law and kept it perfectly to the point of keeping it a little too perfect by added a little here and there to make sure that the Jews kept it all the way. And they loved God the Father with all their hearts and worshipped only Him.

I had one pastor go so far in defending the Pharisees for rejecting Christ that he took the blame off them and blamed Christ instead for, claiming that out of the blue Jesus, a stranger, just pops up in the midst of the Pharisees who were God's preachers and teachers and takes over telling them, "You gotta stop doing things the way you been taught and do only what I say."

I remember this pastor saying that he would have resented Jesus also for coming into his church service and trying to take over and ridicule him as He did the Pharisees. I dare say there are alot of preachers who would feel the same. Which is no doubt why so many have invented their own Jesus. Yet when confronted with the Lord in all His glory, who will be able to stand in that day? I imagine it will only be those who do not burst into flames... (the ones bowing)

Messianics admit this today - or at least give it lip service. They seem to think that if they reject Phariseeism then they can and should keep the Old Testament Law as this is God's intent even now for Christians. And if we do not do this, then we are "law-less"; which implies, still in sin and rebellion.

This type of legalism is hard to refute since they say they are not requiring it upon "other" Christians. Only that we are missing the Holy Spirit's blessing and leading because we do not do this.

They also claim they do not do this for "righteousness" but for sanctification and holiness. In other word's they do not think it makes them righteous, but merely "holy"? So that in their mind the righteousness of Christ that brings our justification is so that we can now keep the law. Yet they are quick to admit they cannot do this perfectly. So even without the cermonial rituals and man-made traditions, there is trouble in keeping the perfect and holy law. Hmmm. Makes you wonder if words mean anything anymore.

If we are to be holy because He is holy, and perfect because He is perfect, then how can these imperfect things we do aid in bringing this about - if we cannot actually do them AS THEY ARE WRITTEN? How can this be the obedience that God requires?

Does God give us tasks to perform that He knows we will fail in, in order to reward (bless) us for our attempt? Is this how we are to die to our flesh by giving it work to do that it cannot? And then to repeat these things over and over - how can that perfect the conscience post cross when it couldn't do this before?

Brethren, this is what DEAD WORKS are. The flesh has nothing with which to offer God by way of sacrifice or performance. The sole purpose of the law is to work death to the sins of the flesh. Its purpose was to bring judgment to sin not life to the body. Those who desire to point us back to law want us to believe that this way of death is where we find Life in Christ.

No, we are not to prop up the flesh at all in order to offer these works to God in worship. Which is what we are told their purpose is to accomplish - obedient worship. And they glean their instruction for these things from the Talmud, not the Torah alone. In particular the 1st century Rabbis, who apparently they consider contemporaries to the Apostles - and Jesus.

So while they claim they do not practice the religion of the Pharisees, they still consult them for their guidance in worship. How can you go to the dead to find the living? The Spirit brings Life, not to raise up dead works but to raise up dead men who have died to sin and the law that once ruled them. We have been set free and need not try to keep our old man, now pronounced dead, alive with these things. The old has passed and the new has come! Praise God, Jesus is risen! Because He lives, we will too.

Therefore we can't seek to find the Lord at Moses' tomb - since apparently God hid it for good reason!

(2 Cor 5:14-21 KJV) For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: {15} And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. {16} Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. {17} Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {18} And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; {19} To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. {20} Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. {21} For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

(2 Cor 6:1-2 KJV) We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. {2} (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

The more I read what Christian Messianic Jews believe, the more it seems to me that they look to rabbinical literature in the Talmud and other such non-canical Jewish books for the correct Jewish practices that they believe they are to practice.

And if you will notice, they are all dispensationalist pretrib/premil believing that the modern-day Christ-rejecting natural Jews are God's chosen people. I see these Messianic Jews as dispensationalists Gentile Christians acting on what they truly believe.

They are deceived, not by the Jews themselves, but by dispensationalists Christian scholars.

Yes, it seems like this is where dispensational teachings would naturally lead. Right back to the flesh and its "hope" in making the old man do better. It cannot be the Lord's Spirit who leads some back to this path while others are led on to know the Lord apart from these things. And since we know the flesh often mistakes mere emotionalism for spirituality, I expect they would think this is the Lord's blessing.

There is nothing new under the sun:

(Jer 44:17-18 KJV) But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. {18} But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

Lord have mercy on them and open their eyes to see the truth.