Isaiah 33:22 - Judge

Many Christians claim that Jesus declared himself as judge in John 5:50, and that's a fulfillment of Isaiah 33:22.

Except there are problems, as expected, with that claim.

First, John 5:30 KJV: 

"I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgement is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me."

So Jesus is claiming to judge according to the will of YHVH.

And now Isaiah 33:22:

"For YHVH will be our judge, YHVH will be out monarch, YHVH will be our sovereign and it shall be He who will deliver us."

Notice that this is not a messianic verse. There is no reference to the messiah at all. In fact, this verse is being declared by the Jerusalemites who are having a problem with the Assyrians, who are on the move.

Yes, chapter 33 of Isaiah is about the Assyrian takeover and the Jerusalemites (because they are pretty much all that is left of Israel) and have united, have fortified their city, and are seeking salvation.

And as history will have it, the Jerusalemites survived and made a pact with Babylon, but that's another story for a later chapter (the end of Deutero-Isaiah).

So Isaiah 33:22 isn't Messianic, and without superimposing a Christian ideology onto a non-Christian belief where YHVH was considered One, one cannot (well, obviously they can!) honestly say that Isaiah 33:22 is even remotely connected to Jesus.

This is yet another case of having a verse and trying to somehow turn it into a prophetic fulfillment when, in truth, there is no real connection at all.

Especially since Isaiah 33:22 is having them declare YHVH the king, not a Messiah, and Jesus was never the king of Jerusalem by any stretch of the imagination.

Style: "Non-messianic prophecy, forced ideology, not fulfilled by Jesus"

And here's the meme: