The messiah was expected to be a human being, born of two human beings, who would end war,
suffering and persecution, return the Jews to their homeland, resurrect the dead, and usher in
world peace. The messiah proclaimed and accepted by a Jewish faction at the time failed on all counts.
The Jewish people expected another form of a Messiah, one who would be a political savior and free them of bondage and slavery from themighty Roman empire, but they never expected the Messiah would save them from their sins and give them salvation.
The word Christ is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Messiah. This name, Messiah, was well known among the Jews. The Messiah was the promised one and they expected him as a Saviour and Redeemer. Both Messiah and Christ signify anointed.
Today: The Jews expect the messiah to bring peace to the world and to eliminate right or wrong. They expected the messiah to stop all wars and unpleasantness in the world. In ancient times: During the time of the Romans, the Jews hoped the messiah would come to drive the Romans out of there home land, Jerusalem, so that t hey could live in peace.
Expected means anticipated. The expected messiah is the one promised in the Old Testament.
Jews are not Christians. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. Jews (and remember- Jesus was a Jew himself) believe that the Messiah has not yet come.
The Jews are waiting for the messiah to come. Christians believe Jesus was the messiah.
yes the difference is that Jews still wait for the messiah and Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the messiah
Jews await the Moshiach (messiah) because he is to rebuild the Holy Temple and begin an era of peace and of closeness to God.
Jews call "the Messiah" as "the Messiah" or in Hebrew "HaMoshiach" (המשיח). However, as opposed to other religions, such as Christianity or Islam, Judaism does not believe that the Messiah has come yet and therefore is not identified with any person. For example, Jews don't believe that Jesus was the Messiah and, therefore, do not accept the Christian or Islamic claims that he was a God prophet or God/son of God.
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Orthodox Jews do not know who the next messiah will be. But the Jewish definition of messiah is that he will be an ordinary human man, who will be a leader (and not a human sacrifice or a half-man half-god hybrid).