Will Jesus not come back until Israel says "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord" ~ Cross reference of Matthew 23:37 to Psalm 118:6
Matthew 23 is explosive where Jesus takes the Pharisees head-on and lays it hard on them for seven issues he saw in them. I will not get into the details of those 7 issues but I think there might have been a few people like that but Jesus saying that all Teachers, Pharisees, scribes and elders is a bit of a stretch. That said toward the end in verse 37 Jesus says that he will not return until Israel accepts him as the messiah [or may be god according to Christians]. Not sure if Jesus actually meant this about his coming back after being resurrected but this verse is the adrenalin for evangelicals to convert Jews to Christianity. Let us see what Psalm 118 is all about and see why Matthew making Jesus quote this verse to seal his decision to not come back unless the Jews accept him is incorrect. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone...