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What did the people of Israel believe the Messiah would come to do?
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∙ 14y ago
Judaism teaches that a Man should do everything in his power to achieve Divakut, a perfect cleaving to God and the Divine Will. The Messiah brings the Kingdom of God to the Earthly plane making this cleavage far easier and far more natural. The strictures of the Jewish religion will no longer be necessary in the Messianic Age because the connection to God that they are intended to foster will occur without them. Therefore, the people of Israel were awaiting the Messiah. In addition, during the Roman Period, the Jews were being persecuted by the Romans for their beliefs and wished for the safety and security that the Messianic Age would bring.
As for the Christian answer, there is a gross misinterpretation of the original, and continuing, Jewish premise for the Messiah as explained in the first paragraph here. The Messiah was not going to Unite the World by conquest. He was going to Unite the World by merely existing and building the Kingdom of God. Everyone would recognize who he was and what his purpose was. It the failure to do this (among other Messianic requirements such as making lions and lambs exist peacefully, ending all conflict, ending disease, and ending the night) that prevented and still prevents Jews from accepting Jesus as their Savior. Jews fundamentally reject the notion that he could be the LORD for a variety of different, but similar reasons.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoStrictly speaking, the Messianic expectation arose in Judah, since the kingdom of Israel had not existed since its destruction in 722 BCE. Some Jews expected a great religious leader. The majority expectation was for a great military leader, born in Bethlehem and descended from the legendary King David, who would free Judah from foreign domination.
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The diaspora the dispersing of the Jewish people refers to?
Our homeland as given to us by God in the Torah is Israel. Each time an empire would destroy Israel, we would be forced into exile (or the diaspora). We are still in the Roman exile, but some believe we should go back in bringing the Messiah (zionism). still some believe we will be brought back only when God brings the Messiah, and not to return now (anti-zionism). Israel is our home.
How can the Jews be God's chosen people if they reject Jesus as their Savior?
Jewish people worship the same god as Christians do. Jews believe that the Messiah has not come to Earth yet; Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah; and Muslims believe Mohammad is the prophet of Alah but was not a holy being. The Muslim understanding of Mohammad would be paralle to the Jewish view Jesus.
Which son received Israel's special blessing?
Judah was promised he would become as powerful as a lion and rule over others. The Messiah, the one promised to deliver all the people from sin would come from Judah's family.
What did Jewish people believe at the time of Jesus's birth?
Many Jewish people believed that the Messiah would free them from the rule by Rome. Many accepted that Jesus was the Messiah, but none understood that he would free them from rule by Rome, not by military might or skill, but by freeing them from the fear of death.
Did the Jews believe their deliverer would be a strong king?
Yes. Most Jews today continue to envision a future Messiah who will be a king as well. Judaism rejects the Christian notion that the Messiah is to be partly divine.
Did Nebuchadnezzar believe in the God of Israel?
No, he was an idolater. At most, he would have believed that the God of Israel was one among many.
Who is the king of Israel in 2008?
Israel's government is a popularly elected parliamentary democracy, similar to the national governments of Canada, the UK, Australia, France, and others. There hasn't been a king of Israel in over 2,000 years. If someone asserted kingship in Israel, this person would be considered to have claimed that he was the Messiah.
How is the Jews god different from the Christian god?
Actually, Christians view God very much the same way the Jewish people do. Christians believe that God is the One God and creator of all things. Christians also believe that Israel are God's choosen people, and that salvation came first for the Jews and then by the Jews. If it had not been for the Jewish people, the Gentiles(which make up the majority of christians) would not have been ushered into God's plan. The Old Testament portion of the Bible is broadly agreed upon by most Jewish people and christians. The differences arise when it comes to the New Testament portion of the Bible. The Christians are followers of Jesus Christ, whom they believe was the promised Messiah, and saviour of all humanity. The Jews however, although they acknowledge Jesus existed, do not except Him as such. The Jewish people believe that the promise of a Messiah has yet to be fulfilled, The Christians believe the promise was fulfilled through Jesus Christ.
The majority of Jewish people in Jesus' time believed a messiah would?
The majority of the Jews believed the prophets who said a Messiah would come and free them , but it was to beof their sins, but the Jews wanted the Messiah to be a king and free them of the Roman bondage.
Does Israel follow euthanasia?
Perhaps a follower of the Hebrew religion will weigh in on this question, BUT I do not believe that Jews believe in the practice of euthanasia, therefore it is doubtful that Israel would legally allow it.
How does the Old Testament end?
The Old Testament ends with the Book of Malachi, where the prophet speaks about the coming of Elijah before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord. This sets the stage for the New Testament and the coming of Jesus Christ.
Why did God's people consider genealogies so important?
Because Almighty God promised a Messiah that would come from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and then to David. So they were very careful so that when the Messiah arrived, his lineage would add to the proof that he was the true Messiah.
