Since Jesus was Jewish why isn't everyone Jewish?

Answer 1

Please refer to Romans 2:28,29 and the several verses preceding these two for more clarity. Jesus was a Jew because his lineage was descent from the tribe of Juda. Jesus being so born and being God in the flesh carried the term Jew to a different height, it's highest in fact, as it was carried from the secular to the spiritual. The scriptures clearly teach that those who accept Christ as Savior become His brother/friends( John 15:15) and also sons of God(1 Jo 3:1,2). If Jesus then was a Jew of the highest order, as the eternal high priest and as sons of God also by adoption( Ro. 8:15,Gal. 4:5, Eph. 1:5) then we too are Jews. As our soul was adopted into the family of God at our rebirth so to wait we for the same effect for our body(Ro. 8:23). Understand also that in eternity where Jesus lived and lives there is not such distinction but as God chose the little nation of Israel out of all nations on earth to call his and Judah being one of the twelve patriarchs that rose to be the twelve tribes that comprised the nation of Israel, so then did God choose the one tribe, that of Judah from which His only begotten Son should spring.

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Jesus made it clear He did not come to add to the existing Jewish religious system He came as a mediator of a 'new and living way' through which people can be reconciled to God

Mat 9:16,17 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

Heb 10:19,20 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

A Christian is a new creation and does not have to become a Jew.

Answer 2

He did. Jesus kept the requirements of the Law as per Judaism. However He also pointed out to the Jewish leaders of that time that they had turned God's law into something that was a burden to the people. For example:

Matthew 23:25,26 "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness. Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!

Jesus also made it clear He did not come to add to the existing Jewish religious system He came as a mediator of a 'new and living way' through which people can be reconciled to God

Mat 9:16,17 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

Heb 10:19,20 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

Answer 3

Jesus was a Jew, yes. But he was the acclaimed "Son of God", who wanted to teach people that following God didn't necessarily mean following strict laws (for example, there are 613 laws in Judaism).

Jesus was Jewish, but he got nailed on the Cross and everything what is nailed on the Cross is cursed for the Jews. And so Jesus is no longer a part of them.

"And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance." 5.Mose 21: 22-23

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Gal. 3:13-14

Jesus himself lived not the man-made religion, because he wanted to do God's Will. And so he lived what we know today as Christian. A way of Mercy and not of sacrafice.

The Jews, espescially the Highpriests, who rejected Jesus as Messias, excommunicated everyone who believed in Jesus as Messias.

The Followers of Jesus Christ are called Christians.

Answer 4

I am not a Catholic.

But Jesus was a Jew because Jesus primarily came to call the nation of Israel to repentance.

Matthew 15:24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah and the way of salvation was open to 'who ever believes in him' ie all people Jew or gentile

Answer 5

Most Jews believe he was a real person but they do not believe he was the Messiah because he does not match all of the predicted characteristics.

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Most Jewish people believe that he was a documented person, but they don't believe that Christian believers have got the promised Messiah, of whom according to their interpretation of the Holy Scriptures has different attributes.

Answer 6

Answer 1

Every one is not Jesus.

Answer 2

The majority of Christians, as well as Jews, hold that these are two distinct religions, since not everything preached by one is compatible with the other.

Answer 3

Christians initially debated (during the ministries of Paul and Peter) whether somebody needed to convert to Judaism to be able to become Christian. The consensus that they came to was that accepting the Holy Spirit and the Christ did not require Jewish orthopractical habits (i.e. eating kosher, observing the Sabbath, circumcision) and as a result Christianity became a religion that a person could directly convert to.

If the question is why not everyone follows Christ, people of other religions have very strong convictions as to why they'd prefer to believe what they believe.

Answer 7

General Answer
The premise of the question has the implicit idea that a group of people should believe in a person because he comes from their community. There is no reason to do this. George Bush was a Methodist and, under this logic, Methodists should believe in George Bush. It makes no sense.

A person, Jew or Non-Jew should believe that Jesus is the Messiah if and only if he accords with the REQUIREMENTS to be a Messiah. Jews do not believe this to be the case. Furthermore, the assumption that the Christian ascription of Jesus' redemptive qualities (i.e. He is the Christ, the truth, and the way) accords with Jewish principles or understandings of the Messiah is false. It is on account of this major issue that Jews opposed and continue to oppose what Jesus was saying and doing, even assuming that the Gospels are accurate or historical materials.

Jewish View of the Messiah
The Jewish Messiah is to be an Earthly King, not an incarnation or union with God. As a result, a person claiming to be God himself is instantly recognized as not being the Messiah. John 5:16-18 asserts that Jews clearly believed that Jesus was articulating that he was the physical progeny of God. Additionally, John 3:16 is at fundamental odds with the Torah's prohibition on Human Sacrifice, its prohibition of blood consumption, its prohibition on cannibalism, and its prohibition on expiation for another's sins. There is no verse in the Old Testament that explains that one of the purposes of the Messiah is to die for sin at all (never mind for the sins of other people).

Jesus failed to perform requirements to be the Messiah and additionally performed actions contrary to the established Commandments. The Bible makes clear that one of the defining marks between a True Prophet and a False Prophet is that no True Prophet will ever deviate from the Law as it was established (Deuteronomy 13:1). A Messiah must also comport to this standard, since he is to be a Holy King. Lists of several of these actions continue below.

Functions of the Jewish Messiah that Jesus failed to fulfill (this list is not exhaustive):

• Setting up a lasting and Eternal Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28) -- Especially important since, seeing as the Temple was extant during his life, he should have been able to "keep it going eternally" if he were the Messiah. There wouldn't even have been any need to rebuild it. By contrast, Jesus explicitly claimed that the Temple would be completely destroyed in Matthew 24:1-2, betraying his duty to make it lasting and eternal.
• Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6) -- This should have been relatively easy since most Jews at that time were still in the Middle East (Judea and Babylon). After his death, (for unrelated reasons) the Jews were scattered all across the Roman Empire and later the entire world. Jesus did not facilitate any migration of Jews to Israel.
• Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4) -- More wars have been fought in the name of Christianity and Islam since the time of Jesus than for any almost any other single cause; and both claim him to be the Messiah (even though they define that term differently). Additionally, Jesus claims specifically that he did not come to bring peace but a sword in Mark 10:34.
• 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) -- When Jesus died, no larger population knew about God than when he was born. Still today, after many centuries of missionizing, only half of the world professes to believe in one God.
• The Messiah must be descended on his father's side from King David (Genesis 49:10 and Isaiah 11:1) -- While the Christian scriptures may allege this, they also allege that Jesus' Earthly father played no part in making him, so to speak. Therefore, he has no patrilineal lineage to speak of (save for God himself) and cannot therefore be descended from King David.
• The Messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah observance. -- Since the Messiah is the resolution of the problems of this world and nothing can be added or detracted from the Law, people will naturally follow the Law.
• The dead shall rise from their graves and death shall be abolished for eternal life (Isaiah 26:19 and Daniel 12:2). -- Jesus allegedly rose a few individuals from the dead, but did not raise all of the dead nor did he abolish death for everlasting life.

Commandments that Jesus actively violated (all quotes from the NIV). This list is not exhaustive:

• Matthew 15:11: "That goes into someone's mouth does not defile them; but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them." -- This is a blanket denial of some of the laws of ritual purity and all of the Laws of Kashrut, which tell us foods to eat and which foods not to eat in Leviticus ch. 11. This is an abrogation of the Law.
• Matthew 19:8-9: Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery." -- Jesus specifically rebukes the Mosaic Law and denies the permissibility of divorce which is expressly permitted according to Deuteronomy ch. 24.
• Matthew 19:29: "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life." -- Jesus actively supports the break-up of families, which runs counter to an entire tradition of family unity and tribal unity throughout Israelite and Jewish history. This also runs counter to the Messianic Prophecy that the Messiah will bring bickering families back together in Malachi 4:6.
• Mark 1:43-44: Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: "See that you don't tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them." & John 18:20-21: "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said." -- These verses show that Jesus lies (not to mention the issue with absconding truth in parables). If he said everything openly, he would not tell people to be quiet and secretive about who he was. Lying is prohibited in Leviticus 19:11. The Law being clear and accessible, not secretive, is stated in Deuteronomy 30:10-14 and Deut. 31:9-13.
• Mark 14:24-25: "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many," he said to them. "Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God." -- The consumption of blood is specifically forbidden in the Torah because it is the life-source of all creatures. This is made clear in Leviticus 17:10-12.

Additionally. Judaism makes clear that there are those who can perform wondrous deeds even though they lack faith in God at all (see also Deuteronomy ch.13). The Magicians in Pharaoh's Court are a perfect example. They are able to replicate (Exodus ch.7-8) some of the early plagues. If God had stopped after the second plague, who could say that these Magicians were not Prophets, revealing the words of Amon Ra? Additionally, Balaam is recounted as a wicked prophet who was able to see the Will of God and prophesy. In Numbers ch.25 (see also Numbers ch.31), he cleverly devises a plan to get the Israelites to sin against God and incur His wrath. The plan succeeds and results in a pestilence afflicting the people. On account of these individuals and others sprinkled throughout the Bible, it is clear that being able to hear God's voice and/or perform miracles does not necessarily make someone a True Prophet.

Answer 8

Jews are an ethno-religious group, which means that a person can be either an "ethnic Jew", meaning that this person was born to a Jewish family, and/or a "religious Jew", meaning that this person believes the specific religious tenets of Judaism. Jesus was a Jew because he was born into a Jewish family, making him, at the very least, an ethnic Jew.

However, most people who sanctify Jesus, be they Christian or Muslim, are neither ethnic Jews or religious Jews. They are not part of that grouping. The core message of Christianity is: "God made Himself incarnate through His Son, the Messiah, who sacrificed Himself on Earth as atonement for all of humanity's sins." None of that has anything to do with Judaism. The core message of Islam is: "God gave prophecy to an Ishmaelite to write a new holy book to supersede The Bible." This is a direct refutation of Judaism, which holds that the Bible is an eternal correct source of religious law.

Answer 9

All Catholics are Christian (followers of Jesus). The first Christians were all Jewish until the church was opened up to all non- Jews because Jesus came for all people. Eventually, the Jewish people who followed Christianity fell away as the non Jewish customs were too much to bear.

Answer 10

What Jesus' personal motives for not following the laws of Judaism are would require the kind of mind-reading powers that no human has ever possessed. However, if the Gospels are taken at face value, Jesus believed that the spirit of the Jewish Law, as he interpreted it, was more important than the letter of the Jewish Law. As a result, he violated numerous laws when he believed it to be in the interest of justice or mercy. Whether or not those violations are excusable or desirable is a question whose response tends to differ between Christians and Jews.