Christians: What do you think of the Jews (Judaism) not believing in Jesus as the Messiah?

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Christians: What do you think of the Jews (Judaism) not believing in Jesus as the Messiah?

Answer 1

As some might say, some do. But not as a nation, which was prophesied. I expect it, and I look for the fulfillment of the prophesies which tell of them 'coming around'.

Answer 2

They are mistaken.

Answer 3

So far, the misunderstandings of the Jewish messiah and the "Old Testament" prophecies are astounding, and so obviously made by Christians.

Your "Old Testament" is a MISTRANSLATION of our Tanakh. For example, in Isaiah, there is no foretelling of a virgin birth - the word you mistranslate to "virgin" basically just means "young woman".

Peace.

Answer 4

I pray for their conversion.  I would tell them to look at the Prophets of the Old Testamenent when they foreshadow the coming of the Savior Jesus Christ. They can parallel this with Jesus, the Gospel and the New Testament and see that it fits perfect.

Answer 5

Why ask only christians?  Why not ask the Jewish population also, so you can actually get a more accurate answer?

Jezus did not fulfill any of the prophesies that were written in Tanakh (the only and only - and original "bible") about who the messiah (properly known as the Messhiach) would be.

To properly understand this, I am giving you some quotes from the web:

Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah because he didn't fulfill Jewish expectations of the Messiah.

The Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament by the non-Jewish world) is not proof for anything in the New Testament regarding a Messiah.

http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askra...

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It is important to understand why Jews don't believe in Jesus. The purpose is not to disparage other religions, but rather to clarify the Jewish position. The more data that's available, the better-informed choices people can make about their spiritual path.

Jews do not accept Jesus as the messiah because:

1) Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies.

2) Jesus did not embody the personal qualifications of the Messiah.

3) Biblical verses "referring" to Jesus are mistranslations.

4) Jewish belief is based on national revelation.

At the end of this article, we will examine these additional topics:

5) Christianity contradicts Jewish theology

6) Jews and Gentiles

7) Bringing the Messiah

1) JESUS DID NOT FULFILL THE MESSIANIC PROPHECIES

What is the Messiah supposed to accomplish? The Bible says that he will:

A. Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).

B. Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).

C. 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)

D. 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).

The historical fact is that Jesus fulfilled none of these messianic prophecies.

Christians counter that Jesus will fulfill these in the Second Coming, but Jewish sources show that the Messiah will fulfill the prophecies outright, and no concept of a second coming exists.

2) JESUS DID NOT EMBODY THE PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF MESSIAH

A. MESSIAH AS PROPHET

Jesus was not a prophet. Prophecy can only exist in Israel when the land is inhabited by a majority of world Jewry. During the time of Ezra (circa 300 BCE), when the majority of Jews refused to move from Babylon to Israel, prophecy ended upon the death of the last prophets -- Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

Jesus appeared on the scene approximately 350 years after prophecy had ended.

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This article is quite interesting, and lengthy, so here is the link, if you are interesting in a Jewish perspective.

http://www.aish.com/spirituality/philoso...

Answer 6

I have no problem with it.  

Answer 7

I think they are on the highway to h**l, but then, that's just my opinion.

Answer 8

They were misguided.  They were looking for a Messiah that would take Jerusalem back by force.  They didn't understand that he came as the lamb.