If Jesus was a JEW how did he all of a sudden become incorporated into Christianity?

Question

He came to save his people from the oppresions of the Romans at that time. I just find it hard to believe that all the Christian followers never study history. When you ask one of them who killed Jesus the first answer they give you is sin. It was the Romans who killed him because of what he stood for and preached against. If I am wrong please tell me. Thank You good patrons

Answer 1

Today, the term "Christian" is applied to a Gentile believer; believing Jews prefer to be called Messianic Jews. There are valid reasons for this; if you want to know them, ask.

Jesus did not "come to save his people from the oppressions of the Romans at that time." In fact, this is the very belief that those who opposed His Messiahship used to contradict it: because He did not "save" the Jews from Roman oppression, He was not the Messiah. They were looking for someone who would be a prophet like Moses (Deut. 18:15-19) and lead them out of their captivity. Tragically, they refused to consider God's prophesies as a whole; they also overlooked the obvious parallells between Jesus and Moses. If you want to know what they were, ask.

Yes, the Romans killed Jesus' physical body; yes, the Jews urged the Romans to do this; but the big picture is this: Jesus died because of the sins committed by ALL of those whom God has known, since the "foundations of the earth," would become believers -- past, present and future. Without Jesus' perfect sacrifice, we would have no way to reconcile ourselves to God. So, yes, Jesus died because of sin: my sin, your sin (if you are ever truly saved) and the sins of all believers.

Peace and love in Jesus.

Answer 2

Christianity started as a result of Jesus' life. Jesus was a Jew, but the Bible wasn't actually written for many, many generations. It went through the oral tradition before the written tradition, and the books of the Bible were not, most likely, completely written by the disciples, but rather the disciples' followerers...recording what best they remembered of the oral traditions (of course, we must remember that there are many, many pseudo-gospels as well, so it's not like they were the only ones to record this stuff).

Anyway, I digress. Paul is credited for started Christianity, or at least the Catholic form, and he too was a Jew. At that time, there were many pagan religions (who believed in polytheism). Paul tried to unify the faiths into one faith that followed Jesus Christ.

You're correct. The Romans did kill Jesus and more specifically, the Jewish mob turned on him. But, the answer "sin" might not be entirely inaccurate depending on how you look at it. Some people view the mob to be a representation of humanity as a whole, since the entire world was thought of as only Europe. In that way, our sin might be the best answer. Another reason that sin might be a good answer would be if they're talking about original sin. Prophecies of the Old Testament were frequently carried out in the New Testament, or the story of Jesus. Now, many believe that it was written this way to convince the different religions that Jesus was in fact the Messiah. Still, by that argument, Jesus' death was prohpecized long before he was born and was the result of humanity's original sin (of which He was sent down to earth to save us from).

I'm not going to tell you what to believe or not believe. Too many people do this already and it's stupid and pointless. But, I will say that the answer to your question involves a conversation that could go on forever. There's no cut and dry answer, but it definitely involves abstract thought. That being said, you're not wrong at all and I completely understand your point. So many people tend to get so caught up in the abstract that they turn religion into hocus pocus magic, and it's not. Sometimes it's important to remember the human element, too.

Hope that rambling made sense. Good luck with your answer.

Answer 3

Long story very short: Jesus was a Jewish prophet who gained many followers througout the roman empire. This was a time when having a single god was completely against the status quo (I.e.the Romans, who were inspired by the greeks and so on back to nothingness). So the Jews were already a heretical sect, and the followers of Jesus were a few more notches up on the scale. As he referred to himself as "The Christ" his followers became "Christians.

Since this religion was based on actual human interaction with an actual documented person (miracles are still debated) this religion is seen as more "real" than religions based on the worship of mythic figures. From a Christian perspective, it would then be seen as a sin to kill the founder of religion and the possible son of the one true god.

One more detail: The roman officials tried to save Jesus. It was the general populace of romans and Jews who thought jesus gave their religion a worse name than it already had, that voted to have Pontious Pilate put Jesus on the cross.

Answer 4

Jesus was a Jew and the Jewish people, along with the Romans, killed Him. If you study the Bible and history, the Romans really didn't find any reason to kill him but through the pressure put on Pilate and the Romans by the Jewish people, they had him crucified. About the saving from the oppression on the Romans, that's what the people thought he came for. He really came to save them from the oppression from sin, which is so much more than the Romans could do.

He came to fulfill the Old Law that God created with the Jewish people. So in essence we share beliefs with the Jewish people, but we continue it on with the teachings of Jesus.

Answer 5

Well, you are right on a few things but not all.....see Jesus did not come to save his people from the oppression of the Romans. He came to save everyone from evil, devil or hell. You choice. If he was there to save his people from the Romans then his people including himself would not have died. Now, a history lesson for you....Jesus was not killed by the Roman's. He was techincal killed by the Jews and the reason I say that is because they requested for him to die and because of the passover and because Pilate wanted to make nice with the Jews the Roman soldiers did what they had asked. Jesus was not preaching against the Roman's he was preaching against the Jewish law and beliefs as a matter of fact Jesus was preaching against the Jewish Rabbi's and Jewish leaders. I hope that I have helped you in your quest for knowledge.

Answer 6

I believe that Jesus is God incarnate. If He is God, He is not Jewish. I believe He came for several reasons: to interact with us on our own level, so that we might have a better idea of Who He truly is; to walk as a Man among men and experience temptation firsthand; and, the classic; to sacrifice that flesh on the altar of our Salvation.
The Romans drove the nails into Him, that is true, but it had nothing at all to do with any teaching of His against Rome. Jesus taught His followers that they ought to get along with their enemies, and that would definitely include the Romans. In fact Jesus called out to His Father to forgive them, because they didn't have a clue what they were actually doing, although the Jews should have known Him. Rather, the Jewish authorities of His day objected to Him because He "made Himself equal with God", and because, when He cleared the Temple, He had the nerve to call them thieves to their faces.
For this blasphemy, they decided that He had to die.
Not all "Christians" study history, that may also be true, but beware of painting with such a broad brush. Generalizing and stereotyping cause more misunderstandings and downright hatred than any other cause, I think. We need to realize that each of us is an individual, don't you think?

Answer 7

Hello?

""He came to save his people from the oppresions of the Romans at that time.""
NO HE DID NOT! Study your History--it was Judas Maccabeus -""The Hammer"" that did that!

Jesus came to fulfill Scriptural Prophecy! ....

"" I just find it hard to believe that all the Christian followers never study history."" Really? Then better read>>>



EVIDENCE THAT THE EARLIEST CHURCH IN EXISTENCE WAS JEWISH


One of the strongest evidences for this is the presence of many artifacts, clay pots, and lamps, which are engraved with what has come to be called the SEAL OF THE MESSIANIC CHURCH.

The seal has been copyrighted as " Seven Branched Candelabra/Star of David/Fish"

A book entitled "The Messianic Seal of the Jerusalem Church" by Reuven Efraim Schmalz and Raymond Robert Fischer has been published (Olim Publications, P.O. Box 2111,Tiberias, Israel.

Top of Seal see the Seven Branch Candelabra that stood before God in the Temple.

Below that, see the Star of David, which is from the 7th century BC. It is composed of two interlaced, equilateral triangles or DALTHA (D for David). "A star shall come forth from Jacob, and a scepter shall rise from Israel" Numbers 24:17.

Below the star is a fish which is an early Christian symbol in Israel. It was transported to Rome, and by 150 AD. Clement of Alexandria suggested to all his readers that they include the sign of a fish in their personal seals to identify them as Christians. Later the Greek spelling for the word fish ICHTHUS was incorporated. The first five letters of the words that spell "Jesus, Christ, God, Son, and Saviour."

In the Messianic Seal, the cross appears as the Hebrew letter TAW.

The artifacts were discovered in 1990 by Tech Oteeoos, a 90 year old Greek Orthodox monk, in the vicinity of the, what is believed to be, the original Church founded and pastored by James the Just, the half-brother of Jesus. When the actual grotto was excavated by Oteeoos, numerous inscriptions were found on the walls. The period of its use on Mount Zion could only have been from the crucifixion in 30 AD to 135AD.

For more informations ~~ http://www.thegalileeexperience.com

You do a lot of ""Spouting"".

Answer 8

Jesus was a Jew, yes. But when he was killed, the Jewish faith did not accept him as their Lord and Savior. They still do not today. If Jews had accepted Him, that would have been the end of the Jewish religion. But because they didn't, those who did believe Jesus was the Lord and Savior went off and started the Christian religion. The Jews on the other hand, are still waiting for God's Son to come to Earth. (The Jews believe Jesus was a prophet, not the Son of God.)

Answer 9

Christianity began in the 1st century AD as a Jewish sect, and therefore shares many religious texts and early history with Judaism — specifically, the Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament (see Judeo-Christian). Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is considered an Abrahamic religion.

Christianity came from judaism.

And if for arguments sake we are acting as tho all of this really happened. Alot more people played a hand in his being killed. Those who kept quiet and didn't stop it from happening were just as responsible for letting him die. If he was the man and I would have been there I'm pretty sure I would have gone done fighting. Stupid skirt wearing freaky soldiers.

Answer 10

Jesus's followers became known as christians,but he was always a jew. People say the Romans killed him, because they were the ones in charge,and they went along with the advice from the High Priests.