How did Christianity build on Jewish beliefs about the future?

Answer 1

The Christian Religion comes directly out of the Jewish religion. If man had not done wrong and had made the right choices back through history then the Jewish religion would not exist because all Jews would be Christians. But - man has a will of his own, and just like in the garden of Eden at the begging of time, man still makes wrong choices.

Its like this, Jesus came and fulfilled all of the Old Testament by dying on the cross as the perfect atonement for ALL mankind's sin, thus fulfilling the Old Testament prophesies. But all of the Jews did not believe and accept him. So of course, they kept on doing what they had always been doing - waiting for the coming Messiah and performing the laws of the Old Testament and other Jewish traditions while they still waited for their coming Messiah.

Modern Christians, understanding who and What Jesus was all about through the complete cannon of scripture, follow Christ's teachings; hence the term, Christians (Little Christs)

a good study of The Bible can show you how closely the two faiths are related and how the one comes out of the other. Both Jews and Christians worship the same God, but in differing ways. The Jews follow what they were taught in the Old Testament (The Law) and the Christians follow the whole of Scripture (Both Old and New Testaments)

A Note on end times: The Bible teaches that when Christ comes again, all Believers who accepted Christ Jesus as their Savior will be Raptured up to heaven with Him. The Jews will then suffer 7 years of judgment along with the rest of the unbelieving world. But God will not forsake them even then. The Bible tells us that God has a special plan for the Jews as they will then enjoy the blessings of living and ruling with Christ in the thousand year reign on Earth which follows the 7 year tribulation judgement.

The seven year judgment on Earth is God's wrath upon the unbelieving Jews and the Unbelieving World. This is what all the "doomsday" prophecies are about. It is known commonly as the End Times. And yes, we are near this time. God very likely return within the next 70 years or so; He actually might come as soon as 2018 (this year is important because it is a generation from the founding of Israel in 1948)

a Personal Note: Here's what I think: I'm Jewish, and I can tell you now that Jews don't have beliefs about the future. That's it, because I go to all of my Jewish services, so we don't.

Answer 2

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