If jesus was a jew...?

Question

It is pretty widely accepted amoung christians that jesus was a jew, but, why don't people like prodestant or catholic christians believe in judiaism then? Has it changed since jesus' time or what? Is there anything wrong with the belief today?

Answer 1

Christianity is like Judaism plus some extras. Plus, Christians believe that after Christ came, the traditional Jewish law of sacrifices and certain other laws were no longer needed; they served a purpose, but Christ fulfilled that purpose once and for all (to atone for sins). So there are parts of it that Christians also accept and believe, like the 10 commandments and the one God, but they also believe in the divinity of Jesus and his death and resurrection as the ultimate sacrifice.

Answer 2

Well nice to see you in the religious question area. Jesus was born around the year zero but some error in the crossover calendar is found from the Hebrew to the Roman. The best dating is by who was the ruler. The earliest Christians started after the death of Jesus but it wasn't organized officially under Roman law until 325 AD when the first collection of books was titled the Nicene creed. The Protestants didn't come along until after Martin Luther and King Henry the eighth of England. The Jewish men were supposed to marry only Jewish women to preserve their race. Judaism wasn't not about your choice of church but your ancestors. How could the early Christians join such a group just because they used the same old testament?

Answer 3

Christians believe that Jesus fulfilled the old law of the Jews and he created a new covenant and new law for God's people to live by. Jews do not accept Jesus as the messiah. That is the essential divide between Christians and Jews today.

Answer 4

The acception of Judaism isn't what worries me it's the rejection of the Laws I believe that this "Jesus " has come in the name of the Father and he made the truth known , but most religion believe that these laws were done away with and became pagans why would we become something detestable as said in the scriptures. Why would the Father have to do away with his Laws to give us salvation. I believe that the Laws are life and that to not live by them is sin just as is say in 1st Jo. 3:4 sin is the breaking of the Laws. In Isa. 65 & 66 show the feast, the new moon and the sabbath are going to be kept, and those who eat swine flesh will be destroyed. This does not sound like he will do away with the Laws? Also this is for the furture a prophercy which it is said, that these prophercy must come to pass. So that you may believe .

Answer 5

Prodestant or Catholic Christians don't believe in Judiasm because believing in what Jesus taught is a large part of Christianity that cannot be overlooked, and Jews do not believe in what Jesus taught.

Answer 6

There is nothing wrong with being a Jew or a Protestant or a Catholic. People are the problem. There are too many people that say they're something but in reality are just a walking contradiction. All those religions may have slightly different beliefs but ultimately believe in the same God. In my opinion, religion is like a personality. You have to find one the fits yourself and life style. Everyone that is true to their religion are good people!

Answer 7

Sacrifice was common among all peoples when God told Abraham to sacrifice His son Isaac. But God stopped Abraham from sacrificing His son because human sacrifice was not acceptable in His eyes. From that time forth, the only sacrifice acceptable to Him was small critters, grains, and oil. Because all sacrifices had to be made through the Levites in the Temple, Jews were no longer able to sacrifice following the destruction of the 2nd Temple in the year 70 C.E. Since that time, all sacrifice has been replaced by prayer.
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Answer 8

Brother, I am a Christian, and of course Jesus was Jewish ! He taught in the temple, and celebrated Jewish holidays. Also, his mother was Jewish.

However, if you read the New Testament, you'll see that Jesus didn't believe in much of what the Jewish leaders of his time were teaching, and he had REAL problems with their hypocrisy.

Then there's: Matthew 5:17 [ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. ] Jesus' death and resurrection began a NEW Covenant with humanity, and that's the one that the Christians abide by.

From a Christian viewpoint, the Jewish people are living under an out-dated agreement -- the "old" agreement hasn't been nullified, but it's been updated through Jesus' life and death.

Answer 9

Jesus himself said He made a NEW covenant with all the people of the world. This means that you don't have to be a Jew to follow Christ and this new covenant. Furthermore, Jesus fulfilled and clarified many prophecies and laws in such a way that Jews currently do not follow, but Christians do.

Judaism is similar to the time of Jesus, but what Jesus set forth wasn't Judaism.

One point to make in answer to your question is that Christians do believe in Judaism. We hold up the same, well similar, scriptures in our Old Testament compared to their Hebrew Scriptures. We believe and abide in all the old covenants from Adam down to David. However, we additionally abide in Christ Jesus.

Answer 10

The Hebrew Scriptures (The Old Testament) predicted a Savior who would come to the Jewish people and lead them to victory and power over their enemies.

When Jesus was born into the Jewish family of the House of David, we Christians believe He was that Savior, and that He was willing to save anyone (Jew or not) from the penalty of their sins, therefore providing victory over sin and death, the real enemies.

The Jews of that time felt he was outrageous because He claimed to be the "Son" of God. So, the faith was split. Some of the Jews (and others) believed Him, some did not.

The ones who believed Him were later known as Christians, which means "little Christ".

The ones who rejected Him continued in the Jewish faith, and their descendants (for the most part) remain faithful to the original Jewish religion, which did not include Jesus Christ.

Here's the deal. Jew's believe that faith in Jesus Christ as God is breaking the commandment "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." So, no Jesus for them.

Christians believe Jesus came to fulfill the Jewish requirement of God's required sacrifice for sin and we trust in Him to have accomplished that.

A person really has to research this for themselves in order to decide what truth is. For me, it is completely and wholly Christianity.

Answer 11

Christians follow the New Testament and just us the Old Testament as a guide. The Old Testament is not exact as the Torah because they left out the parts they did not like. So yes it has changed since the time of Jesus (pbah)