Does it bother anyone else that Jesus was supposedly Jewish and yet modern Jews reject him as the messiah?

Question

Besides "Jews for Jesus" who are a very small percentage of the overall Jewish population...

(sigh) It's sad i always have to follow my questions with things like: "I'm not anti-semitic." This is a fair question, don't read it as anything hateful....

For the record I'm no Christian.
I'm an Odinist but I'm very interested in the monotheistic faiths....

Answer 1

you would think that Jesus own people would know if he was the Messiah or not ;)

maybe they were on to something?

Answer 2

Yes it does bother me

However I understand why they feel that way. From the fourth century until the present time the Jewish people have been mocked, disenfrancized, and murdered by so called "Christians". During the time of the crusades there were many, many Christians that believed that if you killed a Jew you were guaranteed an exhaulted place in heaven. In the 1940's the Christian country of Germany killed six million Jews.

Would you become part of a religion that spued out so much hatred to you and your forefathers?

There are some encouraging happenings ocurring recently. The Pope has asked for forgiveness from the Jewish people.

One of the huge assignments that the Christian Church must tackle is:
First - Showing the Jewish people what true love is. (Herein is love, that a man would lay down his life for another. That is a Jesus quote.) Would you love a Jewish person that much? And then try to woo them to consider that Jesus of Nazarath is their Messiah?

Second - Remember, Christian, that when the Messiah comes, he will come to the Jew first. Christians will just be humble come-alongs

You asked the question. Remember that type of love can start with you and me.

Answer 3

No. Quite frankly the Bible says that the Jews had to reject Christ in order for the Gentiles, or non-Jews, to obtain salvation. Paul says, "Because of their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles." If the Jews had accepted Jesus in the first century, then the Kingdom of God would have come and been closed to the Gentiles of the world. Very few Gentiles then believed in the God of the Bible, so most Gentiles would not have gained salvation.
The Bible does say that in the future, all the Jews will believe once God opens their eyes and their hearts to the identity of their Messiah.

Answer 4

Well, look at it this way- we basically (christians, I mean) have the same beliefs- They just didn't think he was the messiah- so they just kept on living the same faith. We would have done it too, but we believe that Jesus is the messiah. Actually, once I heard it said that the most Jewish thing you can do is to become Christian.

Answer 5

Well, not only modern Jews, but Jews, by and large, have not accepted him ever throughout the centuries.

And for the record, no it doesn't bother me. It bothers me that some Jews do accept him instead of their own faith.

Answer 6

Not Just modern but all Jews through history.

Answer 7

Why should someone else's belief bother you? And is there a law what says that if a person shares another person's ethnic identity, they must believe that person is the messiah? If a person of European descent claims he/she is the messiah, am I obligated to believe them because I am of European descent myself?

Answer 8

Jesus did not fit the profile as the messiah. He did not complete the requirements to be called such.

Answer 9

Not at all! Jesus didn't come for them, they are not of His flock.

A person practicing his faith as a Jew is living under his convenant with God.

Jesus even said to the Jews of that time "you are not of My flock, that is why you do not believe"

Answer 10

it will change rpm cph 11 they will accept him part of gods plan just wait and see until then pray for the blessed jewish people