I’ve explained Jewish messianism to Christians in person more times than I can count, and poorly at that. So in deference to my lazy nature, I decided to lay it down in a blog. That way if the subject comes up again, I can just point.
While Jesus might be the object of Christian worship, he’s got nothing to do with Jewish messianism and its prophecy - the only prophecy that matters in Judaism. The following are some Jewish messianic prophecies that render it impossible for Jesus to be Moschiah (the Hebrew word from which messiah is derived):
To start, the Messiah will descend from David, as Joseph did. (But Joseph wasn't Jesus' father. God supposedly was.) Scratch the first prophecy.
He will gather all the Jews back into the Land of Israel. (There are more in diaspora than in Israel.) Scratch prophecy no. 2.
The Messiah will build the Third Temple. (No third Temple yet) scratch prophecy no. 3.
He will usher in an era of peace. (If this is an era of peace, it's a use of the word "peace" with which reasonable people are unacquainted.) Scratch prophecy no. 4.
Moschiah will father a male heir. (How many kids did Jesus have?) Scratch prophecy no. 5.
He will re-institute the Sanhedrin. (No Sanhedrin yet.) Scratch prophecy no. 6.
Many of the scriptural requirements concerning the Messiah, what he will do, and what will be done during his reign are in Isaiah. For example, [2:11-17] “The entire world will worship the One God of Israel.” (Do you see the entire world worshipping God?) Scratch prophecy no. 7.
Isaiah 11:9 says that knowledge of God will fill the world, (countless millions have no understanding of God.) Scratch prophecy no. 8.
"Death will be swallowed up forever..." [Isaiah 25:8] (The last time I checked, people are still dying each day.) So long to prophecy 9.
Isaiah 25:8 also says, "There will be no more hunger or illness." (There's plenty of that to go around.) Prophecy no. 10 scratched.
Isaiah 26:19 says that "All of the dead will rise again." (Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video was only a video.) Prophecy no. 11? On hold.
Zechariah 8:23 says that the peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance. (Are Christians asking the Jews anything, or telling them?) Scratch prophecy no. 12.
Ezekiel 39:9, weapons of war will be destroyed. (They're building them as fast as possible.) No peaceful prophecy no. 13.
Jeremiah 31:33 says that the people of Israel will have direct access to the Torah through their minds and Torah study will become the study of the wisdom of the heart. (I wish...) Prophecy no. 14 shelved in favor of Jesus in the heart.
Psalms 37:4 says that God "will give you all the worthy desires of your heart." (Who really has that...? No fulfilled prophecy there.) Prophecy no. 15 down the drain.
I could add more reasons why Jesus is no more the Jewish Messiah than I am. But my typing is atrocious, and my fingers are starting to cramp up.
And there's nothing in the Torah, Nevi’im or Ketuivim — collectively the TaNaKh - the Jewsh Bible, or anywhere in Jewish messianism about a "second coming." The Jewish Messiah is not expected to need a "do-over."
And most important of all to Judaism, Moschiah will not be divine. He will not be God or the son of God, or any sort of entity other than as mortal as you and me. In Judaism, worshipping the messiah would be tantamount to worshipping an idol.
From the Jewish perspective, Christianity (since the Council of Nicea 1,800 years ago) has been the “Queen Mother” of cancel culture and replacement theory, validating itself by invalidating Judaism. There is no more conspicuous example of this than replacing Jewish messianism with Jesus.