“How do you know he was the messiah?”
Daniel 9 narrows the field considerably...
Do you think the Book of Daniel can be interpreted independently from the Torah? If the Torah doesn't explicitly state that it is temporary and to expire at the time the messiah comes, how can Daniel confirm J*sus as the messiah?
I appreciate you agreeing that the messiah must conform to external criteria. Our friend doesn't seem to think so.
Jesus is the Messiah. He claimed to be I AM, the Creator of all life, and proved it by coming back to life after allowing Himself to be killed. If you don’t believe it, that’s fine; Saul of Tarsus took some convincing, too. I’ll pray that your “Damascus Road” experience comes sooner rather than later.