Christians, how do you explain to a Jew that they need to be a Christian in order to be acceptable to God from a biblical point of view? Considering that they don't believe in the New Testament, what scriptures do you use from the Hebrew Scriptures to make your statement?
2006-06-23 10:52:32 · 12 answers · asked by osubuckeye 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Old Testament (Psalm 22:16) says:
Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.
Old Testament (Isaiah 53:5) says:
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
2006-06-23 10:57:58 · answer #1 · answered by esero26 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well you have a problem, the Jews do not believe your old Testament either. There are so many mistranslations and poor translations from the Hebrew to almost be comical.
The problem with Christians in this regard is that they read there Old Testament through a lens to try and prove the new. If you read the Torah by itself and of course understand the Hebrew the New Testament makes no sense.
I am not trying to be offensive, I am just explaining it from a Jewish perspective. To think that the Jews do not understand there own text but that people who cannot even speak the language can read it better, is ludicrous.
Paul is the perfect example, he claims to have this impeccable Jewish pedigree but if you view the facts appears to not be able to read Hebrew. All his scriptural references are from the Greek translation and some of his scriptural references are so flawed as to only have come from the Greek.
2006-06-24 21:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a note -- if a christian uses his version of the "hebrew scriptures" he is doomed to as much failure as if he used the gospels. The Torah is in hebrew and understanding it requires knowing Hebrew. Additionally, a jew believes that the written text is complemented by an oral text. Christian prrof-texts are interpreted without this oral tradition and are therefore going to be wrong. They do, however, make us laugh.
2006-06-23 17:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quantrill is right
the text is still available in hebrew nowadays
the stuff everyone reads in english is sorta like the paper clipping that was copied and faxed several times
the hebrew was translated to greek then to latin then to who knows what - by hand!- hundreds of times
get a hebrew bible then give me a buzz
example of psalms 22:16 above is really #17
17. For dogs surround me; the assembly of the wicked encircle me; they seize my hands and my feet like a lion
its written by King David 1000 years before regarding his being chased by enemies
not a sniff of jesus there!
and regarding Isaiah the whole concept there is refering to israel as a nation not to a single human
read the chapter before and the whole chapter 53 and it becomes very easy to see
no wonder we jews dont accept any of these "proofs" cause all it does is make the quoter look like an ignoramus!! ;)
2006-06-27 11:01:39 · answer #4 · answered by kathyt11232 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Christians can not do that. Almost without exception it requires a Jew. There are Messianic Jews. They do well with Jews who are open. Gentile Christians do not know enough about Jewish customs and history to be of much help.
2006-06-23 17:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jews do not believe Jesus is the messiah because they do not believe he fulfilled all the necessary requirements. However, there are over 300 prophecies about Jesus in the old testament that came true, showing a Jew that Jesus truly did fulfill these prophecies and that he is the Messiah would be helpful.
2006-06-23 17:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we should be doing is praying for the protection of Isreal.
The Jewish people are God's chosen people! They are in the center of His heart. The Jewish people will get a "revelation" of Jesus in God's own time.
As Christians, we should be grateful to the Jewish people for our salvation. If the Jewish people had accepted Jesus when He came then the apostles would not have gone out to the Gentiles to preach the word of God!
2006-06-23 18:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by Sami 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor fool. Don't you know that Jesus was a Jew? He lived his whole life as a Jew and obeyed all the laws of the Jewish religion. His followers called him rabbi and the last supper was a Passover seder.
Trying to force your religion on others is a terrible sin.
2006-06-23 17:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Howard
2006-06-23 17:55:36 · answer #9 · answered by Frompers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't. You keep your religion to yourself, unless they ask you about it. Why can't YOU understand that everybody doesn't have to believe the same things as you? Why can't you realize that they believe the same about their religion as you do about yours? Would you like it if they told you that you were wrong, and you must change to judaism immediately?
2006-06-23 18:00:59 · answer #10 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋