Contributing to the Jews' lack of faith was the popular, though mistaken, belief that the Messiah would immediately rid the nation of Roman rule and restore an independent Davidic kingdom on earth. Because Jesus suffered and died, most Jews could not accept him as the Messiah. But, in fact, Isaiah had foretold that the Messiah would experience suffering before becoming King.
(Isaiah 50:6; 53:7)
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 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 change anything of the Torah. As one ancient historian (Hecateus) famously wrote:
"They [Jews] may...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 Jesus 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. In Judaism, Jesus was a regular human being who lived in olden times, and is not part of Jewish religious belief.
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.
It is true that Jesus was a born Jew, but If we read 5.Mose 21: 22-23 and also the epistle Galatians 3: 13-14, then we know that Jesus is now a cursed one, because the Jewish Law says that everything what hangs on the Cross is cursed.
That means that Jesus is no Jew anymore.
And Jesus himself never followed a religion of man(Judaism), he just wanted to do God's Will. Thats the reason why he not practiced Judaism in his time and lived instead what we call today Christian.
What for an irony, the Jews departed themself from God.
One answer:
Jesus was born in a country of Jews thusly he was Jewish
Jesus Christ founded Christianity thusly he couldn't have been Christian so he got the next best thing
Further thoughts:
Because God prophesied that the Messiah would be Jewish.(Isaiah 11:1-5)(Genesis 49:10)(Romans 15:12)(Acts 13:22-23) God had a special relationship with the faithful man, Abraham(James 2:23), who was the grandfather of Jacob. Jacob had twelve sons, who became the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel, (or the Jews). Because of the promise made to his friend, Abraham(Genesis 12:1-3), God chose the Jews as his 'special possession" for many years(Genesis 17:5). They would carry God's name and demonstrate his care and authority, and provide the genealogy through which the Messiah would come(Galatians 3:16, 29) in the line of David(2Samuel 7:12-16)(Romans 1:3; Luke 1:32).
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If Jesus had been born a Roman citizen He would have gotten a fair trial. Abraham and God The Father had something in common. Both were willing to sacrifice their son/Son. The Jews had knowledge of the scriptures and were waiting, expecting its fulfillment. No other culture would have understood how Jesus's life fulfilled the Scriptures. The Jews are especially devoted to preserving traditions ie. Communion. Also, the people Jesus affected, the Jews led a chain reaction to affect Rome and the Samaritan woman converted many. Therefore, it is also the other players at the time that were Jewish or in contact with the Jews, that affect the future outcomes, that affect Jesus choosing to be born Jewish ie the apostles were Jewish. How would Jesus meet the apostles if Jesus was born in Mexico?
Of course Jesus was Christian. How could Christ not believe in Christ?
The question mistakes the appropriation of his teachings and their veneration by Christians as Jesus preaching Christianity. Jesus believed himself to be a Jewish reformer trying to improve Judaism. His apostles, Peter and Paul, crafted a new religion, Christianity, from his teachings, especially after mainstream Judaism had branded those who followed Jesus as heretics.
Judaism does not accept the Christian claim that Jesus is the Messiah. There are two ways to attempt to prove that Jesus is not the Messiah: from a present evidential perspective and from a biblical evidential perspective.
Present Evidential Arguments
Some of the most common Jewish arguments against their accepting Jesus as the Messiah are the following:
It doesn't matter who or what he was. We do not listen to Jews or others who preach things that are not in keeping with the Torah (Deuteronomy ch.13).
Other information:
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 Jesus 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.
In Judaism, Jesus was a regular human being who lived in olden times, and is not part of Jewish religious belief.
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 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.
Jesus was a Jew, because at that time, a "Jew" was someone who was of Israelite ancestry. Jesus' parents were both descendants of Abraham; therefore, Jesus was a Jew.
Because He was born to a Jewish family and followed the Jewish faith.
Because as a Jew, he was a descendant of Abraham who is the father of us all, (Romans 4.16,17)
b/c that was his path for the world
probably because jews are not allowed to celebrate christmas because they dont believe that the lord jesus is the messiah
Jews do not get baptized. Baptism is part of Christianity.
yes they do but they dont now when
Islam testifies the Books revealed to all the Prophets when they were genuine.
While Jesus preached monotheism, Christians believe in the Trinity because they view it as a way to understand the nature of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They believe that God revealed Himself in three distinct persons while remaining one in essence. This concept emerged from later theological reflections and interpretations of Jesus' teachings, leading to the development of the Trinity doctrine.
When people started not believing GOD and Jesus Christ For example Christians believe in GOD abd JESUS. Johovah's dont believe that JESUS isn't the son of GOD.
There is no direct connection between Christ and the Sikh Gurus So NO sikhs dont believe in jesus. But sikhs believe in One God
no , they dont belive
it has alot to do with jesus. if you dont not believe in jesus christ you will not have life after death. or spend the rest of time in heaven.
I dont believe Siddhartha Gautama, BUDDHA ever preached at deer park but if he did Im sure he touched on compassion, karma, and right mindedness. The way of the great Buddha is to know yourself.
According to the Bible, God always was. Which means he never had a beginning, OR an end, he just was. If you believe in God, you dont believe in evolution. We believe in adaptation, but not evolution. And if you believe in evolution, you dont generally believe in Jesus. Therefore, i believe that God came first.ANSWER:The answer can vary depending on exactly how you are using the terms "Jesus" and "evolution".If by "Jesus" you mean the Son of God then, since He is eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit, Jesus came first.If by Jesus you mean the man Jesus of Nazareth whom the Son became and by evolution you mean the process by which life developed, then evolution came first.If you mean Jesus the man and evolution the theory developed by Charles Darwin then, since Jesus lived over eighteen hundred years before Darwin, Jesus came first.
If you don't believe in ANY god then you are Atheist. If you are unsure about whether a god exists you are Agnostic. If you believe in Jesus you are Christian. If you follow Islam you are a Muslim. If you follow Buddhism you are a Buddhist. It pretty self explanatory really...