On the incarnation - Athanasius - V - Chapter 6 (Refutation of the Jews)

Required reading
On the incarnation by Athanasius (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 6 (Refutation of the Jews).

My summary
Today I'll allow Athansius himself to explain what he is going to teach now: 'We have dealt thus far with the Incarnation of our Savior, and have found clear proof of the resurrection of His Body and His victory over death. Let us now go further and investigate the unbelief and the ridicule with which Jews and Gentiles respectively regard these same facts.'

Thus this week Athanasius refutes the Jews.

Primarily by showing that Jesus fulfils Jewish prophecies, particularly regarding his:
(i) birth;
(ii) death;
(iii) coming to dwell on earth as God.

What grabbed me
I appreciated Athanasius' conclusion of the chapter: 'The Jews are afflicted like some demented person who sees the earth lit up by the sun, but denies the sun that lights it up! What more is there for their Expected One to do when he comes? To call the heathen? But they are called already. To put an end to prophet and king and vision? But this too has already happened. To expose the Goddenyingness of idols? It is already exposed and condemned. Or to destroy death? It is already destroyed. What then has not come to pass that the Christ must do? What is there left out or unfulfilled that the Jews should disbelieve so light-heartedly? The plain fact is, as I say, that there is no longer any king or prophet nor Jerusalem nor sacrifice nor vision among them; yet the whole earth is filled with the knowledge of God, and the Gentiles, forsaking atheism, are now taking refuge with the God of Abraham through the Word, our Lord Jesus Christ.'

What is left for the Jewish Messiah to do that Jesus has not done?

Next week's reading
Read Chapter 7 (Refutation of the Gentiles).

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.