Messiah In The Old Testament Episode 37
Job’s Character Revealed
Welcome to Messiah in the Old Testament. In today's episode we are going to be discussing Messianic Prophecies that are found in the book of Job. Now, we affectionately call these prophecies, The Job Prophecies.
And there are numerous Job Prophecies. In fact, there are so many prophecies that we are unable to do them in one single episode. So, we decided we are going to split this series on the Job Prophecies into three separate episodes. The first episode, today's episode, is called, “Job Character Revealed.” The second episode is going to be called, “Job's Character Tested,” and then the third episode is, “Job's Character Rewarded.” Now we’re going to go through over 20 Messianic Prophecies found in the book of Job. We’ll go through each and every one. Now, we’ve alluded to a couple of these prophecies in a previous episode. If you will recall, during the episode where we presented the Hebrew Sacrificial System.
And we started in the Garden of Eden and we worked our way all the way up to Moses on Mount Sinai. And how he got the plans and instructions from Elohim and instituted the Levitical System. Now, during that episode along our path from Eden to the Sinai, we landed in a place called Uz. In the Hebrew it’s Utz, the land of Utz where there was a man whose name was Job.
And we found him making animal sacrifice, burnt offerings before Elohim on behalf of his children in case they had sinned. Now, this action, Job is being a mediator between God and man, negotiating about their sins. And this is very much a Messianic picture. Job is being a type of Messiah. So, we could've legally claimed that prophecy and put it on our list of prophecies, but we decided we’re going to wait on all of those prophecies we revealed along the way to Mount Sinai. We’re going to do them at the appropriate time and in the proper context. So, that brings up a controversial subject. Where is the appropriate time? Where do we put the Job prophecies in our timeline of Messianic Prophecies? And as we told you in our very first introductory episode, if we gathered together a bunch of experts on chronology, the timing the Old Testament, the timing of our prophecies, if we put them all in a room and asked them to come up with a chronology, we would have as many different chronologies as we had experts in the room. It widely varies.
And we brought out the subject of Job [in that episode] and where do we put Job in the timing of the Old Testament. And we’re not going to get a lot of agreement as far as where we exactly put Job.
However, I think there will be a couple areas were that group of experts could agree. I think there is consensus that the book of Job was actually written down at a much later period. Most of these experts would say probably during the time of Jeremiah during the exile or in the postexilic period. Some even place it as late as 300 BCE. Now, the earliest version of the book of Job that is in existence was found among the scrolls in the caves at Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
In cave number four there were fragments of a scroll of Job. And the fragments are written in the Second Temple script. They are estimated to be probably from Hasmonean Empire time. So, we’re thinking 120 to 140 years BCE. Now, another thing that our group of experts would probably agree on, is that the book of Job, though written at a later period, tells us a much more ancient story. And if you do a lot of research, which I have, you will find all kinds of theories. And, of course, there's the ever present “It was a Babylonian story before it became a Hebrew story.” We’re not going to get into that discussion or argument.
What the experts agree on is that it is probably from the time around the Age of the Patriarchs. And that is somewhat helpful, but not extremely helpful because the Age of the Patriarchs lasts a couple hundred years. So where do we put it? Do we put it beginning with Abram in Ur of the Chaldees or do we put it near the end with Jacob and his children and the Exodus into, the exile into Egypt. And you’re going to find opinions all across the board. Now, I’ve compiled evidence that places the book of Job at the time of the patriarchs. So, let's go through those.
The first point is that Job's lifespan is at least 140 years old. Now, we know from the last two verses in the book of Job, that's Job 42:16-17 which say:
After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so he died, old and full of years.
So, we know Job was at least 140, but he lived a life and had a big family before his trials. So, let's see what everybody thinks about that. If we go to a book which is called the Seder Olam Rabbah.
And that name seder means order olam is world or universe and rabbah means greater. So it’s literally “The greater order of the universe.” It’s a book of chronology. And in the Seder Olam there is a section that talks about Job's age. And in that section, the logic is pointed out that okay, Job after his trials received twice as much as he had before the trials. So, let's say he started out with 7,000 sheep, he ended up with 14,000 sheep. 3,000 camels he ended up with 6,000 camels and so on. So, if you apply that same logic to Job’s life, so if he lived 140 [years] after, half of that within be 70 years. So he lived 70 years before, add it all together, you get 210 years. Now, there is other rabbinic literature that indicates it could be as much is 240 years. But I think 210 is a reasonable age for our estimation of Job's lifespan. Now, let's see where Job fits into other lifespans.
And I have a graph that we put up before and it's a chart that actually tells you the lifespans from Noah all the way down to Abraham. And if you will recall, before Noah, lifespans were in the 900-950 range. The oldest person was Methuselah who lived 969 years. After the flood, the lifespans were cut approximately in half. And you have guys like Arphaxad and Shelah. They only lived 430 to 440 years. And then we go further down on the lifespans, we get to Peleg. And after Peleg, and remember it was during Peleg’s lifetime that the earth was divided or
separated. And something happened so that lifespans then shrunk in half again. And so now we’re looking at somewhere around 150 or even less years as we go on down through Abraham and beyond.
So, let’s look at the list from Peleg down to Judah or Joseph, Jacob’s offspring. Peleg we’re starting at 240 and we see it decreasing. Nahor which is Abraham's grandfather 148, Terah his father 205, Abraham was 175 and then we get to Isaac who was 180, Jacob 147. And you see how we are getting smaller. And then Joseph was 110, Judah, according to the Book of Jubilees was 119 when he died. So, 210 and maybe up to 240, where does that fit in this timeline. I mean, if I'm just going purely on that, I would say, okay, he's got to be probably somewhere around Abraham's grandpa or maybe his dad's time. So, I would place, based on the age, before the age of the patriarchs. Now, in the book of Job it says that Abraham, or excuse me, Job was the greatest among the peoples of the East.
And some would argue that Abraham was greatest among the peoples of the East. So, how could Job and Abraham be around at the same time? So, then they have to slide Job either after Abraham or before Abraham. And I prefer to slide him before Abraham.
The next piece of evidence is the action of Job building an altar and sacrificing burnt offerings on that altar on behalf of children. That is very much a patriarch thing to do. In fact, Abraham, we know that he built five different altars and sacrificed burnt offerings. The fourth piece of evidence is that Job's wealth was measured in animals.
He started out with 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 donkeys, many servants. So. his wealth was measured not by silver, gold or jewels. It was measured by his livestock. And that's very much a patriarch thing to do. Later on, if you recall, Solomon's wealth was measured in talents of gold. David's wealth was measured in all the bronze and silver and gold he was amassing to build the temple. So, in the Age of the Patriarchs they weren’t so fixated on gold and silver, more so the animals. And then, our final piece of evidence is in the Septuagint. If you recall, the Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. That Greek translation was made in Koinonia Greek. And it was done by a panel of 72 rabbis, six from each tribe of Israel. So hence, the Septuagint or 72.
In the book of Job 42:16-17, we read them just a little bit ago, in the Septuagint they’re expanded. And they’re expanded to include some information. One piece of information is that Job lived 240 years. And it also stated that he was the grandson of Esau and he was one of the kings of Edom which would put him way down at the time of the exile to Egypt. So, as you can see, we have divergent views. The view of the rabbinical literature is that it's an older, later time, as opposed to other views words of in an earlier time before the patriarchs. Now, we have chosen to put the Job prophecies after the line that stopped at Abram. So, before we do the Abraham Prophecies, we’re going to slip in the Job Prophecies in front. And that fits this idea that that he proceeded Abraham and that fits very nicely, because now we can present all of our Job Prophecies in order, boom, boom, boom, boom. And then we can pick up where we left off in our last episode where we had Abram in Ur of the Chaldees getting ready to move over to Haran. So, we talked a lot about what we really don't know for sure, which is where Job fits in the timeline. But there are some things in the story that we do know for sure. One of those things that we know for sure is his name Job.
In the Hebrew, his name is bwø¥yIa (’iyyov). And that comes from the root bya (’ayav). And that means be hostile or treat as an enemy. We know
from previous episodes that names have meaning. And a lot of our names which we have gone through, they had global meaning, like Peleg. The earth was divided or separated, that was a global event. And Peleg's name prophesied that. So, I think Job’s name has meaning and knowing the whole book of Job and what happened to him where Satan came and and tested him. Satan certainly treated Job as an enemy. Satan certainly treated Job with hostility. He was basically out to kill the guy, but Elohim kept up by his protection around them. So, I think that Job's name is prophetic for the testing that he was going to receive.
Next thing that we know is that Job lived in the land of Uz which we said in the Hebrew is Utz. And we know an approximate location for the land of Utz. Now, if we look at a picture, and I’m going to put up right now, of our Table of the Nations when we ended our list of the Table of the Nations we had all of these people groups plotted out on this one map. So, let's see where we think Job will fit on that map. We know that Job was the greatest among the people of the East. So we know Job probably did not live over in Mauritania, North Africa. We don't think he lived up along the Mediterranean Coast. He didn't live in Turkey because Turkey was referred to by Jeremiah as the land of the north, the far north. So, we don't think it's any of these down in Africa. So, we’re going to hone in on what we considered today to be the Middle East, that will be the peoples of the East.
So, I’m going to narrow down our picture now to show you basically the Arabian Peninsula. Now, Job was raided by the Sabeans and in our table of nations, remember the Sabeans were located in the southern part of Arabia. Job was also raided by bands of Chaldeans and they lived up in the Shinar plain, probably part of Nimrod's Empire, Nimrod's troops were out on raiding parties. We know that Job's three friends that consoled him, there was a Temanite from around the area of Edom, a Shuhite from that same basic area and a Naamathite from Southeastern Arabia. Now, the interpretation of these regions and names, it is the subject of some controversy. If you’re a rabbinical scholar and you believe that he was a grandson of Esau, then you would say all you that fits very nicely.
Number five, Lamentations 4:21 mentions Uz. In fact, there are two mentions of Uz by Jeremiah. The first mention we don't really get an idea of location, but in this passage there is a mention of location. So it says:
Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.
So, the implication is that the land of Uz was in the region of Edom. Now, if you believe that Job came before, perhaps that area was called Uz before Esau stepped foot on it and turned it into Edom.
And then finally, Job lived on the edge of the desert. His children lived on the edge of the desert. And a mighty wind swept in from the desert collapsed his eldest son's house and killed all of his children. So, we have to put him on the edge of a desert. So, this can either be the edge of the Arabian Desert further to the south or the Syrian Desert further to the north. I think he probably was on the Syrian desert and this is probably current day Jordan. Or Syria was the area in which he lived.
Now, we know that Job was a very wealthy man. We listed in the book of Job his wealth. We see that he had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 pair of oxen and 500 donkeys, a large number of servants. We know that Job had a large family. He had a wife. He had ten children with seven sons and three daughters. We know that Job, from where he lived, was probably Semitic. Certainly the rabbis believed that he was Semitic, but he's not part of the Messianic Line. He’s never listed anywhere as being part of the Messianic Line even though he carries many characteristics similar to others in the Messianic Line as types like Enoch or Noah. Job
would fit very easily in that that line, but there's no direct connection of his lineage from Shem and down through the Messianic Line to Abram. We know that Job was a righteous man. And I'm going to read three verses in Job 1:1-3. And it says:
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
Now, these three verses tell us a lot about Job's character. There are five words or phrases found in those three verses which describe attributes or characteristics of Job. And we know this is important because Job is a type of Messiah. So, the attributes that apply to Job will also apply to the life of Messiah.
Those five words and phrases are as follows:
1) Blameless
2) Upright
3) Feared God
4) Shunned evil
5) Greatest among all the people
You'll notice these are attributes that, not Job was like, it says specifically Job was. So, Job was blameless, Job was upright, Job feared God, Job shunned evil, Job was the greatest amongst all the people. These are direct characteristics or attributes. Now, I put a table together and I’m going to to put up right now.
Blameless MD;t (tam)
Complete, finished, sound, whole
Upright rDvÎy (yashar) Smooth, straight, right
Feared God MyIhølTa aéryˆw (viyray’Elohim)
Shunned Evil orEm rDsw (vesar mayra‘)
Fear, reverence, awe of Elohim
Turn away from, turn aside from evil or badness
Greatest lwødÎ…g (gadol) Great in magnitude and extent
In the table in our first column we have those five words and phrases. In the next column I have the Hebrew which was translated into those words and phrases. And then I have the meaning of the word or phrase. And then for each of these I’m going to paint a picture. And that's the beauty of the Hebrew language. The Hebrew language is very picturesque and I can take words and phrases and I can paint pictures. And I'm going to paint a picture of Job's character, but I'm also at the same time painting a picture of Messiah’s character. So, let's go through each of these one by one.
So the first one is Blameless. In the Hebrew the word translated blameless is MD;t (tam) and it comes from the root Mm;t (tamam). This means complete, finished, sound or whole. It paints a picture of integrity, strength, wholeness, firmness.
It’s the picture of a house that is sitting on a hill. The house is built so secure so firm so sound that no wind can prevail against it. We can send a hurricane against that house and it’ll stand. We can set a tornado against that house, it’ll stand. We can send all kinds of weather, but the house will weather all the storms. It can handle violent storms. Now, if we apply that picture or concept to a person’s character, now we’re talking about integrity and reputation. A reputation that is so sound, so strong, so whole and so complete that no adverse stuff is going to stand against it. It's going to be strong enough to withstand the attacks from their enemies. Just like the house is able to withstand the windstorm.
And this is a clear attribute of Job and also an attribute of Messiah. If they're going to assign any criticism, accusation, any blame it’s not going to stick. It’s just going to slide right off. And Messiah’s reputation will stand. So, we know that Messiah will be blameless, sound and whole, finished and complete. And nothing anybody throws at him is going to stick.
Now, the second word is Upright. It‘s the Hebrew word rDvÎy (yashar) from the root rvy (yashar). And we know this word. It’s the word we talked about with the book of Jasher or the book of Yashar.
And it means smooth, straight or right. It’s painting a picture of a path, you're going down the path. And that path is smooth. That path is straight and that path is where you want to go. It’s the correct path. Now in the context of a person’s nature or character or attribute, it refers to honesty and correctness. A person who is honest and correct, they are referred to as straightlaced or a straight shooter or just plain straight. A person who is the opposite, who is unrighteous, not upright, those people are described as crooked or twisted or wicked. And you can see the contrast between the straight and the crooked twisted.
So, this is an attribute of Messiah. Messiah is going to be correct and honest. He will speak only the truth. Messiah will be upright.
Next phrase, Feared God. The Hebrew faith phrase translated as feared God is MyIhølTa aéryˆw (viyray’ Elohim). aéryˆw (viyray’) the root is ary (yara’). And that means fear, reverence or awe.
So, it’s the picture of a king sitting on his throne and one of his subjects comes up bows down before the king in abject worship showing fear, reverence, awe and respect. That’s this word ary (yara’). If we add the name Elohim to that, then we’re talking about fear, reverence, awe, utmost respect for Elohim. And Job had the utmost reverence and respect for Elohim.
And so it will be with Messiah when he comes. He will be intimate with Elohim. He will fear Elohim. He will give him proper respect and reverence and he will be in awe of Elohim.
Next phrase, Shunned Evil. The Hebrew phrase translated as shunned evil is orEm rDsw (vesar mayra‘). The root of rDsw (vesar) is rws ( soor). And rws ( soor) means to turn aside or turn away. It’s the same word that was used when Moses was in the desert and he saw the burning bush. The Angel of the Lord was in the bush. The bush was not being consumed by the fire. And so he thought to himself, “I’m going to go over and check that out.” That… “I'm going to go over”, was the same root. I’m going to turn aside or turn away and I’m going to go over to the burning bush to see what's going on. I’m turning away from my path. That is rws ( soor). orEm (mayra‘) is a compound word. It's the prefixed preposition Nm (min) which means from and then or (ra‘) comes from the root oor (ra‘a‘). And it means badness or evil. So, literally it’s turning away from evil or shunning evil as our version states it in the Scripture.
This gives us a picture of a guy who is standing in front of place of temptation. So, it could be a strip bar, a swingers club, a brothel, whatever the situation, it’s a temptation. Inside is debauchery and evil and it is going to ensnare him into something he doesn't want to get ensnared in. So, instead of going into that place of ill repute, he turns away and he shuns that evil and he walks the other direction. And I think it probably goes even beyond that. So, not just going up to the door and not going in. I think a man who shuns evil doesn't even go anywhere near that building. He doesn't even go on the street or even the side of town where the building is. He avoids evil. He shuns evil. And this was Job. Job shunned evil. He did not give any quarter to evil. He was a righteous man.
So, this is how Messiah is going to be when he comes. Messiah is going to turn away from or avoid any kind of badness or evil. He will have no evil in his life whatsoever.
And then finally, Greatest. The Hebrew word translated greatest is lwødÎ…g (gadol). It is an adjective and it means great in magnitude or great in extent.
It gives us a picture of someone who is loved by everybody, someone who is respected by everybody, someone who has a great sphere of influence. So, in your town, in your region, even nationally or even internationally. His words and teachings possess power and strength and influence over a wide-area.
And so it’s going to be with Messiah when he comes. Messiah, his words and teachings are going to exert influence locally, regional and all over the entire world. So, now we have come up with five new Messianic Prophecies based on Job's character and Job's attributes, Job being the type of Messiah. So, let me read them to you:
1) Job as a type of Messiah was blameless. Messiah will face accusation and be assigned blame but it will not stick. Messiah will be blameless, sound and whole.
2) Job as a type of Messiah was upright. Messiah will be honest and speak only the truth. Messiah will be upright.
3) Job as a type of Messiah feared Elohim. Messiah will be intimate with Elohim. Messiah will fear him, giving him proper respect and reverence. He will live in awe of Elohim.
4) Job as a type of Messiah shunned evil. Messiah will also turn away from and avoid any kind of badness or evil. Messiah will not sin.
5) Job as a type of Messiah was the greatest in the East. Messiah’s words and teachings will exert influence over the entire world. Messiah will be the greatest. In common parlance in the States right now, he's going to be the GOAT. The greatest of all time.
Now, Job was obviously a very extraordinary person. How many people in our world today would measure up to Job? Certainly not any of our politicians, not even our Hollywood role models. Very few people can reach the heights of Job's character, his integrity, his honesty. And it’s no wonder that Elohim, when faced with the accusation by Satan, that he was coddling Job and that's why Job was loyal to him, he had no fear about Job’s strength of his personality. He had no concerns at all. He knew he could take anything and everything away from Job, but Job would still be a man of integrity.
Now, we’re going to learn in the next two verses some additional information about Job's character. So, this is Job 1:4-5. I’m going to read it right now:
His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.
Now, we just finished looking at these five attributes of Job. He was blameless, upright, feared God, shunned evil, was the greatest of all the peoples in the East. He obviously would be a role model for his children. I mean, he's a role model for me. I would really love to be like Job. I mean, he's very much somebody I should model my life after. I want people to speak about me like they spoke about Job. But his kids apparently, even though they had this strong teaching, this strong role model, his kids would go astray. And they liked to party. So his kids would party on a regular basis. They would take turns feasting at each other's houses. They would have a period. It doesn't say a day or an hour. It says a period of feasting and frivolity. And at the end of a period of feasting, Job would send and have them purified. And what does that mean?
That means that he got up early in the morning and he went out and he picked out animals from his flock and took them and sacrificed them one at a time on an altar as burnt offerings to Elohim for each one of those ten children. Now, this tells us a lot about Job's character. He didn't do it just once. He didn't do it once in a while. It says that he did it on a
regular basis. He did it on a frequent basis. And I really love the Hebrew phrase which is translated as his regular custom.
And it’s the phrase
MyImÎ¥yAh_lD;k bwø¥yIa hRcSoÅy hDkD;k (kakhah ya‘aseh ’iyov kal hayamim)
So, that means hDkD;k (kakhah) is thus. hRcSoÅy (ya‘aseh) is from the root hco (asah) it means to fashion with your hands or make. And then the name Job (bwø¥yIa). lD;k (kal) means all. And the days MyImÎ¥yAh (hayamim)
MyImÎ¥y (yammin) is days. So, literally, it means thus made Job all the days. And it’s obviously an idiom. And it means that Job did it frequently. It implies that he would do it on a daily basis. And I think probably Job was conscientious enough, that he probably did present burnt offerings on a daily basis. That certainly was his custom and he did it very frequently. And I would really like people to say that about me and my life and my fasting, my praying, helping others, reaching out to help my patients and my patient's families. People would say kakhah ya‘aseh David kal hayamim - thus made David all the days. It's my regular habit to be a righteous man. Now this screams volumes about Job's character. The fact that Job was willing to take all these animals from his herd. They could have been sheep. They could have been goats. We don't mention goats in his list of animals. It could have been bulls. We don't have cattle mentioned in his catalog of animals, basically sheep or possibly oxen. But, sacrificing animals as a burnt offering, burning up those animals before Elohim, he's losing profit when he does that. He’s
spent some cash doing all the sacrifices. And it wasn't just one sacrifice for all of them. He did one for each one, so that's ten animals each time he sacrifices. If they feasted a lot together, that could be a whole herd of animals that he's giving up for his children. So, he loved his children so much he was willing to make that sacrifice. He was willing to give up those animals. He was willing to give up the amount of time it took him to do those burnt offerings.
And he was willing to do that, putting his own needs below the needs of his children, elevating his children's needs and attending his children's physical and spiritual needs. And this is prophetic. This is a picture of Messiah who will do the same thing. He is going to love his children so much that he will elevate their needs above his needs. He’s going to be a servant. He's going to serve other people. And his needs will take second place after the needs of those people that he is serving. And then the idea of sacrificing on behalf of somebody else. Messiah was making or Job was making burnt offerings for his children. He was being a mediator between God and his children.
And so it's going to be with Messiah. Messiah is going to do the same thing. Messiah is going to be the mediator between God and man. So, now we have two new Messianic Prophecies. Let me read those to you.
6) Job as a type of Messiah loved his children so much that he was willing to put their needs and spiritual well-being above his own. So it will be with Messiah. He will love his children (disciples) so much that he will put their spiritual needs above his. He will do this consistently.
7) Job as a type of Messiah sacrificed burnt offerings for his children acting as a mediator between Elohim and man. So it will be with Messiah. He will be the mediator between God and man.
So, now we have seven new Messianic Prophecies. And these are specifically revealing the character of Job, but also revealing the character of Messiah. These seven prophecies point us directly to Messiah. And they describe in exquisite detail, what kind of person, what kind of man is Messiah going to be when he comes? Now, this is the foundation that we just laid. This is the basis upon which we are going to build our next episode. And we are going to tell you about Job's tribulation. And his righteousness is going to be tested. And Satan, the accuser, is going to come against him with full force. But remember, throughout the entire story of Job, these seven characteristics or seven attributes. Remember the pictures we painted [like] the house on the hill withstanding the violent winds, your character so strong you can withstand any accusation, any blame that is thrown at you will just fall right off. And just keep those pictures in your brain as we talk about Job going forward. So, join me next time as we talk about Job's tribulations.
Thank you for watching our show today. We hope that you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. Now, after watching this episode you might be saying to yourself, “Who is this Messiah that Dr. Smith is talking about?
Is he talking about the Christian Messiah? Is he talking about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was born of the Virgin Mary. And then lived a blameless and holy life on the earth, And then was tortured and crucified. And after he died he then was resurrected from the dead after three days. Then after people witnessed this, he was then taken up bodily by Elohim into heaven from the Mount of Olives.
Or is Dr. Smith talking about the Muslim prophet Isa. Isa Ibn Maryam, the messenger, who was sent by Allah to bring a message to the people. The Quran says he that lived a holy and blameless life, was born of the virgin Mary. He fulfilled all the Jewish prophecies in exact accordance. But one difference, instead of being crucified, he then was taken up by Allah into heaven before the Romans laid hands on him. And he awaits there now in the fourth heaven where at the end of days at the day of judgment he will be revealed to all.
Or is Dr. Smith talking about the Jewish Messiah? The Messiah who has not yet been revealed, that the entire Jewish world is waiting for his revelation. Now, the beautiful thing is that you can hold to any of these beliefs. And we can all still learn together about Messiah. We can learn about our Christian Messiah. We can learn about our Jewish Messiah. We can learn about our Muslim prophet Isa who will be revealed. It doesn’t matter what you believe. You can even be an atheist or agnostic and still learn from this program about Messiah. Now, I have to admit I am a Christian so I approach things, obviously, from a Christian point of view. And I promise you, as we reveal these prophecies, which I believe have all been fulfilled through Jesus Christ. Or will be fulfilled when he
comes back, returning in the clouds in the same way he was taken up. I believe that all of this is true, but I promise you I will do my very best to present these prophecies from a neutral point of view. And try to keep my Christian bias to a minimum. Obviously, it will pop up from time to time but I will try to stay only in the Tanakh and try not to get into the New Testament very often. Now, if you want more information about Messiah, we have resources for you.
We have a website which is findingmessiah.org. Now, on that website you are going to find several resources. You will find links to all the videos, all the episodes that we have created so far. You will find links to download the transcripts of any of these episodes. And then you will find a section where you can get more information about Messiah through frequently asked questions. And then there is a section for donation. If you want to come alongside our ministry at Finding Messiah.
Now, there’s going to come a time in this series where you are going to be confronted with the question: What are you going to do with Messiah? Who do you believe Messiah is? Which of these Messiahs do you believe Dr. Smith is talking about? And Messiah will become real to you if you look at all the information presented and come to your conclusions. So, join us as we continue our journey through the Old Testament Scriptures looking for all the Messianic Prophecies. And join us next time as we reveal those to you.