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Jesus Christ fulfilled all the jewish prophecis that were predicted about the Messiah upto and including the crucifixion and resurrection. And when He returns at the Second Coming He will fulfill all the rest.
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∙ 9y agoHe didn't. 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 who did hear of Jesus) - would have given heed to what was and is consideredunacceptable 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.
Rather, you might prefer to ask "What does Judaism notbelieve about Jesus." And the answer is that we do not believe that he 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.
Here is a related topic:
The word "messiah" is the transliterated form of the Hebrew "moshiach." The word moshiach means "anointed." The title of moshiach was given to any person who was appropriately anointed with oil as part of their initiation to their service of God. We have had a number of meshichim (plural) in the form of kings and priests. There need be nothing supernatural about a moshiach.
This being said, there is a prophecy of a future moshiach. However, this is a relatively minor topic in Judaism and the Tanakh.
The Jewish requirements of the messiah 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. As it says: "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. As it says: "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.
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In what sense did Jesus fullfill the role as the Jewish Messiah?
Judaism does not feel that Jesus fulfilled any part of the role of the Jewish Messiah. It is Christianity and Islam that assert that he did.
In what sense did Jesus fulfill the role of Jewish messiah?
He didn't. The primary role of the messiah for Jews is to serve as King, to usher in the messianic era of peace. There is still war, and there isn't a messianic kingdom, so Jesus didn't fulfill the role of Jewish messiah.
Who was the Jewish Jesus?
If you mean the Jewish equivalent of Jesus Christ, there is none. If you are referring to the Christian term "the Jewish Jesus", i.e. referring to the character in a more historical or Jewish-like sense, then you should investigate "Messianic Judaism" and similar Christian movements which purport to provide this information. However, their views are often conflicting.
What Jewish Messiah was the ancestor of the Israelites?
The question as written makes no sense; Israelites had formed a civilization and then argued that they would have a king in the future who would be responsible for earth-shattering actions, who would be termed the "Messiah". So no Messiah is the ancestor of the Israelites, but the Messiah will be the descendant of the Israelites.Conversely, Biblical tradition holds that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel are the ancestors of all Israelites. However, these Patriarchs are not considered Messiahs.
Are the Jehovah's witnesses a kind of group like Jews?
No, the Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian denomination. They share a common root however because the Jehovah's Witnesses view Jesus as their Savior and Jesus was born on earth as a Jew. Both Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses were bitterly persecuted during the 2nd World War under Hitler's regime. The Jews because of their ethnicity and the Jehovah's Witnesses because they refused to cooperate with the Nazis.
Were the Jewish priests a threat to the gospel?
The Jewish Priests were opposed to the reforms that Jesus wished to make and condemned his activities on several occasions, so in that sense, yes, they were a threat to Jesus' activities. However, Jewish authorities never attempted or wished to attempt to stop Peter and Paul's preaching of the gospel to non-Jews nor did they oppose the writing of the Gospels.
Do Muslims reject Jesus?
No, it does not. The Koran contains several passages about Jesus, and it teaches that Jesus was a prophet. The Christian concept of messiah is not contained in the Koran and is not taught in Islam. The Koran also teaches that Muhammad is the greatest prophet, but not the messiah in the Christian sense.
What were the sources josephus used when he was writing about Jesus?
Look at the writings attributed to Josephus. Doesn't it seem odd that he declares Jesus as the Messiah, the Christ, and yet seems so calm about the whole thing? In all of his writings, Jesus, the Messiah, gets only a paragraph? Doesn't make sense. This is obviously not the answer your teacher wants, but the reality is, according to every modern scholar, that Josephus wrote nothing at all about Jesus. The part that is attributed to Josephus is a clumsy forgery, probably inserted hundreds of years after Josephus' death.
What sense is hebrews critical of old testament religion?
The Book of Hebrews contrasts the Old Testament sacrificial system with the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus Christ, emphasizing the superiority of Christ's priesthood and the new covenant over the old covenant. It critiques the reliance on rituals and sacrifices as insufficient for true forgiveness and salvation, pointing to Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of Old Testament promises and law.
Was the rejection of Jesus a one time event?
The Jews did not (and do not) verbally or actively reject Jesus. They just do not (and did not) accept him as more than a regular human being. In this sense, of not venerating him, it is a continuing thing, not a one-time "event." See also:Does Judaism say anything about Jesus?
What is the tonality in handel's messiah?
It doesn't make sense to ask what is the tonality of THE Messiah chorus because there are lots of choruses in Messiah. If you mean the most well-known one, the Hallelujah chorus, it's in D major.
Did Jesus intend to found a new religion?
That depends on what you consider Christianity to be. If we are very picky, what Jesus intended to do and succeeded in doing was to complete the Jewish faith (which was waiting for the messiah). In that sense he doesn't found a new religion so much as give plenitude to an existing one. This radically new perception, however, coupled with the fact that not every Jew converted makes it a general assumption that he founded (and intended to found) an altogether new religion and it would be entirely appropriate to say so.
