What's the status of Jesus among the messianic jews : ?

Question

Is Jesus the Messiah considered in strict jewish terms ( a man not a God) or He is considered the Second Person of Trinity as christians believe, and if so, what's the difference between messianic jews and christians ?

Answer 1

Messianic Jews, sometimes known as completed Jews, have the same belief in Christ as their gentile brothers and sisters do. A fact that most of us forget is that after Christ's ascension, the early church was made up primarily of Jews. Paul was the primary missionary to the gentiles who began forming churches some years later.

The difference between unbelieving Jews and completed jews--those who put their trust in Christ for salvation-- is that the majority of Jewish people believe in a conquering Messiah--one who will vanquish their foes and give them back their promised land.

Jesus is that conquering Messiah, but what they refuse to accept is that God put a gap of time between the Messiah who died for our sins and rose from the grave, and the SAME Messiah who will come again in power and glory. The Jews saw Jesus, who claimed to be the Messiah, killed like a common criminal, and so He couldn't possibly be the Messiah they hoped for.

The Messianic Jews see Jesus as both the Savior of the world, and the One who will one day come back in great power and glory. They should be embraced as brothers and sisters in Christ.

Answer 2

There is a fair bit of diversity in the Messianic Movement. Please keep in mind that all it takes to be considered messianic is to believe that Christianity is a Jewish sect, and then try to actually act out both, to one degree or another...Sort of.


So you can find a ton of diversity among messianics. Most believe Yehoshua to be both Messiah AND the 2nd person of the Trinity, in keeping with Isaiah 8, which teaches that the Messiah would also be G-d.
There are, however, a few who deny His deity. It's not common, but it does happen.

For the record, there are many messianic jews who do not believe the Torah and its 613 commandments MUST be obeyed as nearly as possible. Only some believe that.

The difference between Messianic Jews & Christians:
Messianic Jews ARE a type of Christian. Your question is like asking "what is the difference between Baptists & Christians," at least in my mind.
'Course, they ways the differ are a bit different from the ways baptists differ from presbyterians, since you can be a messianic and basically agree with the doctrine of either group, in theory. My point is that there is a huge box called 'Christians.' Inside that box is a bunch of boxes. One is called "Baptist" one is called "Pentecostal" and one is called "Messianic."

-Stephen

Answer 3

I've heard that Messianic Jews believe Jesus as the second person of the Trinity. The difference is that Messianic Jews still follow the Old Testament laws, whereas Christians don't.

Answer 4

Judaism.
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v·d·e
Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים, Yehudim; Yiddish: ייִדן, Yiden) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and from converts who joined their religion. The term also includes those who have undergone an officially recognized formal process of religious conversion to Judaism. The current Jewish population is over 14.5 million, the majority of whom live in the United States and Israel.

Answer 5

I am a Jewish believer in Christ.

I am also a fiercely proud Jew who believes in the deity of the Meshiach...

Answer 6

Messianic Jews are self-deluded Christians, while Christians are just deluded. Both please read Mark 12:29 and http://www.medmalexperts.com/POCM/getting_started_pocm.html

Answer 7

Same as any other Christian sect.