...and if they say Christ isn't the Messiah, then how do they explain the miracles and the Resurrection?
2006-10-01 02:29:31 · 10 answers · asked by Keops 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Here are some reasons why jesus isn't the messia
First of all, he must be Jewish - "...you may appoint a king over you, whom the L-rd your G-d shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set as king over you." (Deuteronomy 17:15)
He must be a member of the tribe of Judah - "The staff shall not depart from Judah, nor the sceptre from between his feet..." (Genesis 49:10)
To be a member of the tribe of Judah, the person must have a biological father who is a member of the tribe of Judah.
He must be a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon, his son - "And when your days (David) are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall issue from your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will make firm the throne of his kingdom forever..." (2 Samuel 7:12 - 13)
The genealogy of the New Testament is inconsistent. While it gives two accounts of the genealogy of Joseph, it states clearly that he is not the biological father of Jesus. One of the genealogies is through Nathan and not Solomon altogether!
He must gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel -"And he shall set up a banner for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." (Isaiah 11:12)
Are all Jews living in Israel? Have all Jews EVER lived in Israel since the time of Jesus?
He must rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem - "...and I will set my sanctuary in their midst forever and my tabernacle shall be with them.." (Ezekiel 37:26 - 27)
At last check, there is NO Temple in Jerusalem. And worse, it was shortly after Jesus died that the Temple was DESTROYED! Just the opposite of this prophecy!
He will rule at a time of world-wide peace - "...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." (Micah 4:3)
Have you seen a newspaper lately? Are we living in a state of complete world peace? Has there ever been peace since the time of Jesus?
He will rule at a time when the Jewish people will observe G-d's commandments - "My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow My ordinances and be careful to observe My statutes." (Ezekiel 37:24)
The Torah is the Jewish guide to life, and its commandments are the ones referred to here. Do all Jews observe all the commandments? Christianity, in fact, often discourages observance of the commandments in Torah, in complete opposition to this prophecy.
He will rule at a time when all people will come to acknowledge and serve one G-d - "And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, says the L-rd" (Isaiah 66:23)
there are still millions if not billions of people in the world today who adhere to paganistic and polytheistic religions. It is clear that we have not yet seen this period of human history unfold.
All of these criteria are best stated in the book of Ezekiel Chapter 37 verses 24-28:
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. they shall also follow My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Yaakov my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt and they shall dwell there, they and their children, and their children's children forever; and my servant David shall be their prince forever. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, which I will give them; and I will multiply them and I will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their G-d and they will be my people. Then the nations shall know that I am the L-rd who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary will be in the midst of them forevermore.
If an individual fails to fulfill even one of these conditions, then he cannot be "The Messiah." A careful analysis of these criteria shows us that to date, no one has fulfilled every condition.
Certainly NOT Jesus.
That is why Jews don't belive jesus was the messiah
2006-10-02 19:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by Mlsig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's DENIAL, after being accused of killing Christ. But
nobody killed Jesus Christ. He said He could have called up a legion of angels to protect Him.
Jesus laid His life down willingly.
Not to mention the fact Jerusle was an international city, and there were unboutedly Romans, Greeks, Persians, Syrians,
Ethiopians, Asians, and many more in the crowd that condemned Jesus.
However, the experience of Jesus, doesn't fit the teaching if
the Jewish faith. Christ is supposed to be a Warrior who
takes control over the Earth.
God doesn't change, but people do. And Paul said that prophesies will fail.
Perhaps, Christ had to come earlier than anticipated, beacause
of human things, like blocking out the Spirit. And just like
Elijah came before intended, Matheww 11. Christ had to come.
Maybe the Jewish Nation still awaits the Messiah we await,
at the Second coming.
2006-10-01 02:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by zenbuddhamaster 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christ (annointed king) is a nonentity in Judaism. There is nothing whatsoever about Jesus in Jewish texts. The "miracles" were magic and the resurrection isn't even accurate in your own Bible. Compare the differing versions!
The messiah will be a great human leader that will rise up when we are well on our way to the completion of God's creation and a state of perfection, i.e. peace on earth. In case you didn't know, the messiah's mission is peace on earth -- we have always had ample opportunity for redemption and "salvation." Look at the newspapers. Is there peace on earth, or even in "Christian" countries?
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2006-10-01 02:34:34 · answer #3 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Historically there were an awful lot of Jewish messiahs way back then, which had a lot to do with a sad mix of oppression and prophecy. As a people the Jews were probably getting just a little sick and tired of them. As for explaining anything you first have to believe it happened, otherwise I may as well ask you to explain Odin or Ra and the various miracles they were responsible for.
2006-10-01 02:40:41 · answer #4 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
messianic prophecies in judaism - not greater conflict - not greater dying - not greater manufacture of weapons - those are signs and indications that no-one can omit - jews of his day rejected jesus for obtrusive motives - bar kochba replace into theory to be the messiah yet he died - between chabad orthodox schneersohn replace into theory to be the messiah yet he died - none of those issues got here to bypass for the duration of jesus' lifetime - in judaism the messiah is an hassle-free and fully human guy, no longer the son of god (or interior the sense that all of us are infants of god, any human beings could be messiah) - that's no longer the messiah that motives those issues to ensue - that's god - the "2d coming" isn't something yet an excuse for jesus to have quite fulfilled not one of the messianic prophecies - if he did no longer fulfill the prophesies then he in simple terms replace into no longer THE MESSIAH - in judaism that's believed that the messiah would be hastened if all of us carry out "tikkun olam" - restore of the international - the messiah won't come to a broken international - the belief of messiah did no longer exist for the pagans of 2000 years in the past, so early followers of jesus redefined the belief to resemble pagan myths of horus, osiris, mithras, dionysis, and so on simply by fact it replace into much less complicated to transform them to a minimum of something they have been already attentive to - yet once you quite comprehend the history of each and every of the prohibitions of levitticus they boil right down to "that's what the pagans do - do no longer do those issues" (it extremely is obviously concerning 3000 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous pagans and has no longer something to do with neo-pagans of in the present day)
2016-12-12 18:23:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was just a man--------a teacher, who taught the Jewish faith.
Miracles? The resurrection? They were illusions of the people present, and of fanatical minds wanting to believe in something.
2006-10-01 03:41:25 · answer #6 · answered by Shossi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They believe that Jesus was a Prophet only and that the messiah will come..They don't see Jesus and the messiah they believe will come as the same..
2006-10-01 02:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by I give you the Glory Father ! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Magic like the early rabbis that did study of kabbalah. Golemns just a legend?
Jews love law and problems and how things should be fixed an a phoenix/antichrist is not one.
2006-10-01 02:35:08 · answer #8 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they deny the resurrection. Some believe He was just a good teacher.
2006-10-01 02:33:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mythological character just like all the rest -- so-called "miracles" were just fairy tales and never happened.
2006-10-01 02:57:56 · answer #10 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋