Judaism or Christianity/Can they both be right?

Question

I have been trying to decifer which religion is right. Christians have told me that Jesus Christ is the Son of God because He fufilled the prophets in the Bible. But I have read comments by some Jewish that they don't believe the prophets were fufilled. Is there any proof of this on behalf of both religions? I would really like to know. Also are there any Christians that converted to Judaism, or any Jews that converted to Christianity, and can you explain why you converted? This would really help clarify some of my confusion. I want to believe what is right, but both religions seem right. Thanks

I meant prophesies for prophets

Answer 1

Judaism doesn't realize yet that Yeshua is the Messiah. There are Messianic Jews out there who believe in Yeshua. The same God is in the Torah & bible. That is where the connection is. Israel will recognize the Messiah when the fullness of the Church happens. Along with the restoration of Israel. Everything is tied together.

The question you need to ask yourself, is, do you believe Yeshua is the Messiah, Jesus is the Christ. Peter (jewish disciple) made the confession that Yeshua is the Messiah and the Son of God. Jesus said that on this rock He would build His Church. The gates of hell will not prevail.

Also, the bible (old & new) was written by messianic jews.

Answer 2

You can only know the answer to this question once you're seeing it from the Christian perspective.
That seems biased or closed-minded to say, but it's true nonetheless.
Judaism was one of the first and one of the most dominant religions in the world.
Even though the latter title now belongs to Christianity, Judaism was the original monotheistic religion that created several other monotheistic religions, most notably Christianity and Islam.
As you might know already, Christianity has inherited many Jewish beliefs and practices, and the founder was even Jewish, so that in itself says a lot about the Jewish religion.
Two facts come to my mind as proof that Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism.
The first is simply and amazingly how Christianity spread across the Roman Empire and then the world.
I don't know the specifics of Christianity's or Judaism's development, but I know that the former religion spread much faster than the latter, and that is an understatement.
As many Christian scholars have pointed out, the only reason that could account for this wildfire-like development is the absolute power of the truth behind the Christian message.
The second fact that proves Christianity's truth compared to Judaism involves the Catholicism of Christianity.
Despite the beliefs and myths promoted by other Christian sects, the Catholic Church WAS Christianity for 15 centuries, before the Protestant Reformation divided the religion into 2, then many more sects.
The Catholic Church has been around for 2000 years and is still united by one Pope, unlike all of the other Christian groups.
Judaism, however, has over time split into 6 different denominations, with each denomination having no leader to unite the followers in their beliefs.
Religions can't be called right or wrong like you say, but only that some religions are more right than others, with only one religion being completely right - Christianity (specifically Catholicism).
I hope this clarifies your search for truth and religion, which are the same only in the Catholic Church.

By the way, none of this was cut and pasted, and most of the information posted is from my own small knowledge of both religions.

Answer 3

Pastor Doug Bachelor is a Christian Jew. His web site amazingfacts.com should be able to help you fairly quickly make a decision about which religion is right. On his web site you will find the resources to make a serious study of the question you raise. To me the evidence is overwhelming. Daniel 8 gives you one of the main prophecies to prove that Jesus Christ was who He said He was. That prophecy predicted the season and year of the Messiah's ministry and death 600 years before it happened. That prophesy is called the 2300 day prophecy. If you study that carefully you should be able to make your decision just based on that, I think. There are many other important prophecies such as Isaiah 53 that you might find helpful. Of course the New Testament, all 23 books, seems pretty convincing to me. Start with the 4 gospels. They seem pretty convincing. Then you have the life and teachings of one of the best trained and greatest Jewish scholars, Paul (formerly called Saul) who wrote the 12 books, Romans through Hebrews. I like the NIV version of the English Bible for everyday reading. It is also fairly scholarly. The NIV version with the study helps added that includes all the background and context of each of the books is very helpful.

Then there is application of logic. Jesus could logically only be one of three possibilities: 1. The true Messiah, all Divine and all human; 2. A very evil deceiver; or 3) Crazy. When you read about His life you can honestly only conclude He was who He said He was.

There are many more proofs that I think are very clear such as the end time event prophecies in the book of Revelation, Daniel chapter 7 and 8. What happened in 1844 in heaven explained by the Jewish Temple and sacrificial system and the 2300 day prophecy, etc.

May God bless your study.

Answer 4

I moved from Judaism to Christianity...but I am not of the same brand as most Christians. It is complicated...I can give you a theological argument as to my beliefs if you want, but anyways...I do believe that Jesus fufilled the prophesies. It took a lot of prayer and research to come to that conclusion.

In the words of Paul...
"I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen." (Romans 9:2-5 NIV)

Answer 5

Judaism is right along with Chritianity up to the part the Jews deny Jesus and are still waiting for a messiah to come. The Jews ignore the whole New Testament

Answer 6

Well, both can't be right since they contradict each other on many points. for example, is G-d part of a trinity? Is the OT laws still relevant? And, of course, was jesus the messiah? so, both can't be right.

There are definitely converts to both. However, in my own experience, it is almost always uninformed jews (in other words, jews with a poor jewish education and upbringing) who convert to christianity; and almost always informed christians (like ex-preists, preachers, divinity students etc.) who convert to judaism.

regarding judaism's views on jesus and the messianic prophecies, I recommend these two short articles:
http://jewsforjudaism.org/web/faq/general_messiah-criteria02.html
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messiah#Textual_requirements
and
http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/Why_Jews_Dont_Believe_In_Jesus.asp

A big problem is that christians often claim he fulfilled messianic prophecies which leave jews shaking thier heads because they were never considered messianic prophecies.
for exapmle, isaiah 7:14, "virgin birth". This is clearly not messianic (and the word doesn't mean virgin either).
psalm 22 is claimed to be messianic, but there's no reason why one would a priori think so. (and the hebrew doesn't say "pierced" either!)
and the prophecy of the messiah being born in nazareth, cited in matthew, doesn't even exist! in fact, nazareth isn't mentioned even once in the torah! (And I've often heard it said that "nazareth" is an allusion to a "nazarite", but besides that the connection is dubious itself, the two words, despite their similarity in english, are completely unrelated in hebrew.

cheerio

Answer 7

It is about a personal relationship with God. It is not for the weak, it is for the strong. Read the Bible. Everything that has happened and even today, there are prophecies that have been fulfilled. Read and read some more. Here's a website I just browsed.. check this out, maybe this will answer some questions. http://www.100prophecies.org/page1.htm
I'm not a fan of religion, I'm a fan of Jesus.

Answer 8

I think you should believe in what YOU think is right. Not what some religious expert or even your parents believe is right. Your beliefs probably will change, but I guess that's supposed to happen. Just remember to never compromise your true beliefs for someone Else's, and that whatever you choose if you don't practice what you preach than your not being a good christian or a good Jew.

Answer 9

Both cannot be right. Christianity teaches that Jesus is the only way to salvation.[1] Judaism teaches that Jesus was only a man, and nothing more.[2]

Answer 10

They can both be right in some ways. According to their beliefs, however, only one could have all the answers. Jews - Jesus was not the son of God, Christians - Jesus was the son of God. He couldn't be both. So they don't jive, my man. It's all about your convictions. Which one do you have faith in?