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Yes. The Jewish requirements of the messiah have not yet been fulfilled. They are: * Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).
* Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
* Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred and oppression. "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4).
* Spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. "God will be King over all the world. On that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9).
* The messiah must be descended on his father's side from King David (Genesis 49:10 and Isaiah 11:1).
* The messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah-observance. The Torah states that all of its mitzvot (commands) remain binding forever.
Judaism says very little about Jesus. According to our tradition, the vast majority of the Jews at the time didn't hear of him. The Torah-sages (Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel, Chanina ben Dosa, Bava ben Buta, Shimon ben Hillel, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva, and hundreds of others) were active at that time and their yeshivot (Torah-academies) were flourishing. Their tens of thousands of disciples and hundreds of thousands of sympathizers were active in the Jewish world in that generation; they were the leaders and the forefront of Judaism. As Josephus (Antiquities book 18) writes, "the cities give great attestations to them." The great majority of Jews loved their sages and their Torah.
The unlearned class of the Amei-haaretz (ignoramuses) was a small fringe of society, but even they would and did lay down their lives in order not to violate anything of the Torah. As one ancient historian famously wrote:
Hecateus declares again, "what regard we [Jews] have for our laws; and we resolve to endure anything rather than transgress them." And he adds: "They [Jews] may be stripped on this account, and have torments inflicted upon them, and be brought to the most terrible kinds of death, but they meet these tortures after an extraordinary manner, beyond all other people, and will not renounce the religion of their forefathers."
No one (even any of them who did hear of Jesus) - would have given any consideration to what was and is considered unacceptable for us. The few who came in contact with him soon lost interest, and the early Christians felt the need to turn to non-Jewish centers of population in order to gain adherents, while the Jews remained Jews.
Jews do not believe that Jesus is or was anything other than a regular human being.
(See: What do Jews believe God is like?)
We may also note that according to our tradition, prophecy ceased about 340 years before the birth of Jesus; and public miracles stopped even earlier.
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Who do Christians believe was the Jewish Messiah?
Christians believe that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah. Jews disagree.
Are Jews and christians believe that god is real?
yes the difference is that Jews still wait for the messiah and Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the messiah
Do Jews believe in Christ or God?
Jews believe in God.What about Jesus?In Judaism, Jesus was a regular human being who lived in olden times, and is not part of Jewish religious belief.See also the Related Links.Link: Why didn't the Jews believe in Jesus?Link: What do Jews believe about God?
What are reasons for divisions between Judaism and Christianity?
. Both Jews and Christians believe in God, only Jews are still waiting for the Messiah, whereas Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah.
What major issues made Christianity and judaism separate?
Jesus. Jews believe that the Messiah is yet to come. Christians believe that he already came (Jesus Christ).
Do you except Jews as a Christians?
Jews are not Christians. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. Jews (and remember- Jesus was a Jew himself) believe that the Messiah has not yet come.
What kind of Jews believe in Jesus Christ as messiah?
Ethnically Jewish people who are Christians or Messianic Jews. It is worth noting that most Jews consider Messianic Jews to be Christians.
What is Judaisms connection to Jesus?
Jews and Jesus have very little to do with each other, despite Jesus having been born Jewish. See:Why didn't the Jews believe in Jesus?
Is a Jew someone who does believe in Jesus or someone who doesn't?
The Jews do not believe that Jesus is the real Messiah, they are waiting for the messiah to come.
What do Jews and christians disagree about?
Who Jesus Christ was... a good teacher/rabbi or the true son of God and Savior of the World Jews did not believe in Christ as the Messiah, the savior of the world. What they expect for a Messiah is a political messiah that would liberate them from the Romans at that time. They were just disappointed when they knew that Jesus is talking to another kind of saving the world.
What is the difference between the beliefs of Christianity and Judaism?
Very little. As far as I can tell, the only difference is that Christians believe Jesus Christ is the Messiah, while Jews believe that he was not, and are still waiting for the Messiah.
Do Jews believe that Jesus is their messiah?
No. Jews are still waiting for the messiah, whose identity is not yet known. In Judaism, Jesus was a regular human being who lived in olden times, and is not part of Jewish religious belief.See:Why didn't the Jews believe in Jesus?
