5. Messiah Came Before The Destruction Of The Temple
In the book of Malachi we read about the Messiah: “The Lord whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple.” (Malachi 3:1 NASB)
The temple with which the book of Malachi is concerned was the second temple. This implies Messiah should have come while the second temple was still standing!
The book of Daniel makes it even clearer that Messiah had to come before the destruction of the second temple. This is what we read:
And after the sixty two sevens Messiah shall be cut off and there would be nothing for him, and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
This is not an easy text but two things are clear: Messiah will die a violent death and his death will be followed by a new destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed again in the year 70 CE.
Did Messiah come to his temple and die a violent death before that? If the scriptures are true he should have.
But why should Messiah die this violent death first and how can he still be king forever if he died a violent death?
The book of Daniel also tells us also why this had to happen.