As a king of Israel, the Messiah is to be Torah observant, as the king is not above the Torah. Any Messiah therefore who is not Torah observant is a false messiah and should not be heeded.
The same goes for prophets. Hashem puts His Word in their mouth, in essence then, they are to profess Torah, and as we were told in Par'shat Re'eh, any prophet who teaches disobedience or rebellion against the Torah is a false presumptuous prophet who should not be heeded.
Today, we have been fed a Messiah called Jesus who teaches against obedience to Torah. People even misuse Romans 14 to teach that he who follows Torah is weaker brother. When Jews therefore today refuse such a Messiah, they actually stand for the Torah and for Yeshua, the real Jewish Messiah who said,
Mat 5:17 "Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete.
Mat 5:18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud ( י ) or a stroke will pass from the Torah — not until everything that must happen has happened.
Mat 5:19 So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Mat 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and P'rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
The problem with the Torah-teachers of the days of the Master was not their teachings, but the fact that they were not a good sample of their own sermons. That is why Yeshua also said,
May we learn to recognize and disciple ourselves after the real Messiah, who is Torah observant, and teaches Hashem's commandments!
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