Why do the non-Christian Jews dispute that Jesus is the Messiah yet He walked and dined with their ancestors?

Answer 1

The word "Messiah" is an English rendering of the Hebrew word "Mashiach", which means "Anointed." It usually refers to a person initiated into God's service by being anointed with oil. (Exodus 29:7, I Kings 1:39, II Kings 9:3)

Since every King and High Priest was anointed with oil, each may be referred to as "an anointed one" (a Mashiach or a Messiah). For example: "God forbid that I [David] should stretch out my hand against the Lord's Messiah [Saul]..." (I Samuel 26:11. Cf. II Samuel 23:1, Isaiah 45:1, Psalms 20:6)

Where does the Jewish concept of Messiah come from? One of the central themes of Biblical prophecy is the promise of a future age of perfection characterized by universal peace and recognition of God. (Isaiah 2:1-4; Zephaniah 3:9; Hosea 2:20-22; Amos 9:13-15; Isaiah 32:15-18, 60:15-18; Micah 4:1-4; Zechariah 8:23, 14:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34)

Many of these prophetic passages speak of a descendant of King David who will rule Israel during the age of perfection. (Isaiah 11:1-9; Jeremiah 23:5-6, 30:7-10, 33:14-16; Ezekiel 34:11-31, 37:21-28; Hosea 3:4-5)

Since every King is a Messiah, by convention, we refer to this future anointed king as The Messiah. The above is the only description in the Bible of a Davidic descendant who is to come in the future. We will recognize the Messiah by seeing who the King of Israel is at the time of complete universal perfection.

Answer 2

The Jews, unfortunately, are a stubborn people...and they insist that certain passages of scripture do not refer to the Messiah (for example Isaiah 53) whereas some do. That is not to say they are bad people or any of that nonsense, but I do have compassion on the Jews. Most of them, like my family, do not consider being a Jew to mean believing in and loving God. But dispute that Jesus is the Messiah because they don't want to be called Christian. My mother, for example, was beaten up in high school every day for being a Jew, and that is why she resists accepting Christ.

Jesus walked and dined with their ancestors because He was a Rabbi, even the disciples called Him as such.

Answer 3

He didn't meet the criteria as specified in the OT...now, you're going to argue that he did, but the facts are plain...he didn't. You've elevated a man to sit next to God and to Jews that is balstphemy on the highest order. The second thing is that the Jews have long been aware why they are the "chosen" people. They were chosen to suffer for the ongoing sins of Humanity and are aware of this, that's why they don't believe in Jesus as the Messiah. Assuming that Jesus was indeed the Messiah did he not fail in his mission to guide all of those believers in his Father to Heaven the first time he was here? Additionally, having failed the first time why would He come back? NO JESUS IS NOT THE MESSIAH. FYI I AM NEITHER JEW, CHRISTIAN, NOR MUSLIM...I AM A UU AND PROUD OF IT! Check us out at www.uua.org

Answer 4

There you go again lumping everyone into one pile of poop.
Not all Jews dispute who Jesus was, is or is going to be. Remember Jesus was a Jew and the 5000+ disciples he had were majority Jews. The first Christians were a majority Jews until salvation was introduced to the Gentiles who were craving for acceptance of the New Way.

Answer 5

Jesus was a Jew and he was not accepted by most Jews who knew him because he did not fulfill the messianic prophecies.

< Mark 3:21: Upon hearing of it, his family went out to seize him, for they said, "He is beside himself." To offset the startling fact that Jesus' family thought that he was insane, some New Testament editions replace "they" with "people," although "they" is in the original Greek text. John 7:5: For even his brothers did not believe in him. Luke 4:16: And Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and he went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the Sabbath day. There, Jesus hinted to his friends and neighbors that he was the Messiah, however: Luke 4:28: When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up, and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong. How very strange it is, that during all the years in which Yeshu grew up with them, his brothers, friends, and neighbors did not notice that he was a "divine being." And could it have been that his parents forgot or didn't tell anyone what they experienced? This stretches one's imagination. >

Answer 6

They dispute that he was the messiah because they don't think that he fulfilled the prophecies that was to come with the messiah. They thought that he was supposed to bring a peaceful, perfect new world (which he will, eventually) and they think that since Joseph was not his 'biological' father (but, who knows?, they didn't have DNA testing back then...maybe God used his sperm) then he didn't come from the line of David. The list goes on, those are just a few but that is why.

Answer 7

This may sound corny, but it has been stated in the bible that they would be blind to Jesus. Keep in mind they are the chosen people, but God also had a plan to save the gentiles through Jesus. In the end the non-christian Jews will be believe in the Messiah. God had to blind them in order to bring the salvation of God to the gentiles. Please read in the book of Revelation and the book of John. Jesus even said that they would reject the "capstone"and Jesus was speaking of his-self. Remember a prophet in his own home is not honored. Jesus was honored among the gentiles first then he will be honor amongst the Jews when he comes back.

Answer 8

It seems to me that the Jews of that time expected the Messiah to save them from Roman oppression and to lead them to religious and political freedom. They expected a warrior king rather than a man of peace. Every race and culture is the same, most prefer a hero with a gun than a prophet with an alternative. Peace be with you.

Answer 9

No one is debating that he was a man, only that he is/was not the messiah. He did not fulfill all of the prophecies for the Messiah, so that's a pretty good start towards that conclusion.

See the chosen answer to this Yahoo question:
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It provides a more comprehensive explanation of the prophecies and Jewish beliefs.

Answer 10

He did not come up to the expectations of the Jewish leaders of his time, eg
-They expected a great king in the same mould as King David, his ancestor.
-The expected someone who was going to save them from their oppressors ie the Roman occupiers.
-They expected a king who was going to restore the kingdom of Israel.

In fact Jesus was humble, a pacifict who openly opposed forceful opposition to the Roman authorities(this was interpreted as support for the Romans), also
- he cared about the poor and neglected people(who were not considered important by the Jewish leaders because they were regarded as simply suffering for their sins)
- he forgave sinners
- he treated people like the hated samaritans,unclean people and tax collectors with openness
-he lived a very simple life(very much UNLIKE a true political king)
-he did not declare himself as the Messiah
- he was seen as being against the laws of Moses whereas he only preached that the law of love was more important than the written laws.( the Law was almost as important as God himself to many Jews of his time)