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Because the Jews refused to accept Jesus Christ as the prophecied Messiah. Many Jews had been faithfully following Bible prophecies and were expecting the Messiah to appear around the time that Jesus was baptized and became 'the Christ'. (Daniel 9:24-27; Matthew 2:4; John 1:19-28; 4:25) Until the 'Christ' or Messiah came, the Jews had been God's chosen people. Their government was a religious government, with God as their King, until they wanted a human as their king, as the rest of the nations had. (Deuteronomy 17:14-20; 1Samuel 8:5-8, 19) Jewish sources agree with Luke 2:38 that the the Jews were waiting a Messiah. The Jewish Encyclopedia observes: "They yearned for the promised deliverer of the house of David, who would free them from the yoke of the hated foreign usurper, would put an end to the impious Roman rule, and would establish His own reign of peace". (1976, Vol. VIII, p. 508) They even tried to make Jesus an earthly king. (John 6:15) When he would not fulfill their expectations, they rejected him. The Jews were then rejected by God as his chosen people (Matthew 21:43; Matthew 23:37-39; Luke 19:11-14).***{Although the book of Revelation refers to the 'New Jerusalem' (Revelation 3:12; 21:3,4;) or the 'Israel of God' (Galatians 6:16***{Note: the list of those "sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel" (Revelation 7:4-8) does not match the list of the original 12 tribes of Israel (Genesis 49:3-27) and is only prophetic} To this day, Jews leave their front door open to permit "Elijah" to return as the Messiah.Jewish Answer The word messiah is the anglicised version of the Hebrew 'moshiach'. Moshiach literally means anointed and was a title given to any person who was properly anointed with oil as part of their initiation to their service of HaShem (The Creator). Historically, we had many valid moshiachim (pl): kings, priests, prophets, judges. There is a prophecy of a future moshiach, however, there is nothing supernatural about him, he'll be a religious Jew who will lead the country of Israel. The idea of the moshiach is a relatively minor subject in Judaism.

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