Why Do Jewish People Reject Jesus as Their Lord and Saviour?

Question

If God sent his only son then why do the Jewish people reject him? The God who sent Jesus is the same God of all men. He is the same God who lives on all mountains. He is the same God wrote his laws in the hearts minds of all men. Someone please explain why the Jewish people reject God's only begotten son?

Answer 1

We do not believe G-d has any physical children. To do so would be idolatry, which is a violation of the first two of our 613 commandments.
Additionally, Jesus did not fulfill any of the requirements for the Jewish Messiah.
Here are the requirements along with some additional info:
1. The Messiah is born of two human parents, as we said.But Jesus, according to Christian theology, was born of a union between a Human woman and God, rather than two HUMAN parents, as was Hercules, and Dionysis, as well as many other pagan gods.
2. The Messiah can trace his lineage through his human biological father, back to King David (Isaiah 11:1,10; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 34:23-24; 37:21-28; Jeremiah 30:7-10; 33:14-16; and Hosea 3:4-5). But Jesus's lineage cannot go through his human father, according to Christian theology, as Jesus's father was not Joseph the husband of Mary. According to Christian theology, Jesus's father was God.
3. The Messiah traces his lineage only through King Solomon (II Samuel 7:12-17; I Chronicles 22:9-10). But according to Luke 3:31, Jesus was a descendant of Nathan, another son of King David, and not a descendant of King David through King Solomon.
4. The Messiah cannot trace his lineage through Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, or Shealtiel, because this royal line was cursed (I Chronicles 3:15-17; Jeremiah 22:18,30). But according to both Matthew 1:11-12 and Luke 3:27, Jesus was a descendant of Shealtiel.

According to the Jewish definition of the term, the Real Messiah will make changes in the real world, changes that one can see and perceive and be able to prove because these changes take place in the real world. It is for this task that the real messiah has been anointed in the first place, hence the term, messiah -- one who is anointed. These changes, that one will be able to see and perceive in the real world, include:

1. The Messiah is preceded by Elijah the prophet who, with the Messiah, unifies the family (Malachi 4:5-6), which is contradicted by Jesus in Matthew 10:34-37.
2. The Messiah re-establishes the Davidic dynasty through the messiah's own children (Daniel 7:13-14). But Jesus had no children.
3. The Messiah brings an eternal peace between all nations, between all peoples, and between all people (Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4; Ezekiel 39:9). Obviously there is no peace. Furthermore, Jesus said that his purpose in coming was to bring a sword, and not peace (see Matthew 10:34, as referenced above.)
4. The Messiah brings about the universal world-wide conversion of all peoples to Judaism, or at least to Ethical Monotheism (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zechariah 8:23; Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 14:9,16). But the world remains steeped in idolatry.
5. The Messiah brings about an end to all forms of idolatry (Zechariah 13:2). But the world remains steeped in idolatry.
6. The Messiah brings about a universal recognition that the Jewish idea of God is God (Isaiah 11:9). But the world remains steeped in idolatry.
7. The Messiah leads the world to become vegetarian (Isaiah 11:6-9). It isn't.
8. The Messiah gathers to Israel, all of the twelve tribes (Ezekiel 36:24). Many of the ten lost tribes remain lost.
9. The Messiah rebuilds The Temple (Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 37:26-28). It hasn't been rebuilt.
10. There will be no more famine (Ezekiel 36:29-30). People starve to death every day.
11. After the Messiah comes, death will eventually cease (Isaiah 25:8). People die every day.
12. Eventually the dead will be resurrected (Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; Ezekiel 37:12-13; Isaiah 43:5-6);
13. The nations of the earth will help the Jews, materially (Isaiah 60:5-6; 60:10-12;
14. The Jews will be sought out for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23);
15. All weapons will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9,12);
16. The Nile will run dry (Isaiah 11:15)
17. Monthly, the trees of Israel will yield their fruit (Ezekiel 47:12);
18. Each tribe of Israel will receive and settle their inherited land (Ezekiel 47:13-13);
19. The nations of the earth will recognize that they have been wrong, that the Jews have been right, and that the sins of the Gentile nations, their persecutions and the murders they committed, have been borne by the Jewish people (Isaiah 53)

These Biblically based changes in the world are very real, very perceivable, very noticeable, and knowable. But the changes that Christianity claims were made by Jesus are not perceivable at all. They must be accepted on faith, and faith alone. How can one know that Jesus died for their sins, except by faith? How can one know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, except by the faith in the historical truth of the Christian's New Testament? There is no birth certificate. The changes made by the Messiah according to Judaism are very provable, but the changes made by the Messiah, Jesus, according to Christianity can only be taken on faith.

Even Christians recognize that none of the changes made by the Messiah according to Judaism as read in the Bible have not happened yet. This is why Christianity invented the idea of a Second Coming. The real Messiah has no need to come a second time to do those things he must do the first time around in order to actually be the Messiah.

Christians also believe that one needs a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, that one who does not have such a blood sacrifice will die in their sins, and go to hell, except for the sacrifice of Jesus.

This, too, is UnBiblical. The Bible describes blood sacrifices for the forgiveness of sin in the Book of Leviticus. But it is in Leviticus itself, in the middle of the discussion of the sin sacrifices, that we are taught that we do not need a blood sacrifice to be forgiven for our sins. It was very expensive for any family to offer an animal for a blood sacrifice. The offering of turtledoves and pigeons were the cheapest of offerings. If one could not even afford this cheapest of offerings, was forgiveness then granted only to the rich? In Leviticus we are told that one who sins can bring flour, which has no blood and no life as their sacrifice, and God forgives them!

But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Eternal: it is a sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. [Leviticus 5:11-13]

Furthermore, read the Book of Jonah. In Jonah, the People of Ninevah do three things in order to be forgiven by God. They fast, they pray for forgiveness, and they stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and God forgives them! This is exactly what we do on Yom Kippur, we fast, we pray for forgiveness, and, hopefully, we stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and God forgives us. And what book do we read on Yom Kippur afternoon? The Book of Jonah!

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Ninevah, by the decree of the King and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock taste anything; let them not feed nor drink water; but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not? And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did not do it. [Jonah 3:7-10]

Please notice that Jonah tells us that God saw their WORKS, their deeds, how they turned from their evil ways, and God forgave them. It does not say that God saw their blood sacrifice, they never offered one. It does not say that God saw that they had the right faith, but rather it says that God saw their deeds.

There are plenty of other examples that show that we do not need a blood sacrifice for our sins, in order for God to forgive us. (For example, the giving of incense in Numbers 16:47; the giving of jewelry in Numbers 31:50; and, for Isaiah, a live coal on the lips in Isaiah 6:6-7). However, if I can show only one time, as we find in the Book of Jonah, where God did not need a blood sacrifice, or a sacrifice of any kind, it proves that we do not need a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins.

Quite simply, we Jews invented the term, "messiah." When we are told by those of the Christian faith (which includes the "Jews" for Jesus and the Messianic "Jews" and the "Hebrew" Christians) that our definition, the Jewish definition of "messiah" is incorrect, it is like someone who does not speak English telling a person whose native tongue is English that the word "electrician" means someone who fixes the plumbing.

Answer 2

Because the whole G-d-in-human form is a non-Jewish concept, a baseless elaboration of the concept of the Messiah. The Messiah will not be G-d in human form, but that's not even relevant to the discussion, becuase Jesus did not meet any of the qualifications of being the Messiah, other than being Jewish...which would make him as likely a candidate as any Jew who ever lived (and a less likely candidate than any Jew alive today, since the doctrine of the Second Coming was only invented to explain how Jesus could have died without fulfilling any of the prophecies).

Some of the things that will take place during the reign of the Messiah include the rebuilding of the Temple, the ingathering of the Jews to their homeland, and the establishment of universal peace and brotherhood. Missionaries like yourself rely on mistranslations of Jewish scriptures, quotes taken out of context, and turning non-messianic prophecies in to messianic ones. We don't care if some guy tells us Jesus rode into town on a donkey - anybody can do that - or even that he performed miracles (the Torah explicitly warns us not to accept someone on a prophet purely on the basis of miracles). Is the world at peace?

Here's a question for you: Why are you so confident that you understand Jewish scriptures so much better than the Jews themselves? Have you read them in their original language? Do you know the first thing of G-d's laws? If you did, you would understand why Jews don't accept Christianity's claims. They don't actively reject him - he's simply not relevant, and we don't care. It's like, you can have Jesus - we'll take G-d.

If you REALLY want to understand why Jews don't convert to Christianity en masse, go to http://www.messiahtruth.com or http://www.jewsforjudaism.org - For a fuller explanation of who the Messiah is, and how we'll be able to identify him (and you won't have to "believe" in the Messiah when he comes anymore than you have to "believe" that the sky is blue - it will be that obvious from what he says and what he does), and why Jesus doesn't fit the bill, check out the following link:

http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/jews-jesus/jews-jesus-index.html

I have no problem with Christians practicing their faith. Most of the Christians I know are good neighbors, and all around decent people. But it's this arrogant, condescending attitude from some in the Christian community that just drives folks like me up the wall. If you can't understand why your questions (or to be more precise, the way you word your questions) would be offensive to Jews, then understanding Judaism is the least of your worries. Maybe try getting basic etiquette down first.

Answer 3

because the messiah that Judaism was, and still is, expecting, was *NOT* "his only son".

thats not what the messiah was ever supposed to be.

>>"Someone please explain why the Jewish people reject God's only begotten son? "<<

because to accept someone as "god's only begotten son" would be idolotry.

Many jews do believe jesus existed. but the bottom line is that he was NOT the messiah. he did not fulfill ALL the prophecys, and *ESPECIALLY* as you think jesus was, he was *NOT* the one judaism is, or was, waiting for.

GOD is the "Lord and savior" of the jewish people. God himself. no incarnating, no "begotten son"-ing, God himself, as he is, without a human sacrifice, without an incarnate form... does the job all himself.

the attached page might help you understand.

Answer 4

They don't read the New Testament which continues the Old Testament(Bible).
They in the Old Testament were wayting for MESIA,now they are still wayting?
In the New Testament Jesus says for them...John 5:45-47
....'But do not think I will accuse you before the Father.Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.If you believed Moses,you would believe me,for he wrote about me.But since you do not believe what he wrote,how are you going to believe what I say?'
Jesus is more than a prophet,is God,is our Savior.God comes on Earth and accept in silence ,to be umilated by evil,the Inocence was umilated by evil,and so was payed our sins.Each sin has a price.God become on earth in a simple form,in an poor place,Jesus was born near cows,for evil doesn't find He and destroy the plan of God Father.
The evil can;t imaginate , that, God born near cows.....and (Jesus) poor child life,when evil understand what happened,Jesus was strong to complete the plan of God,to pay the price for our sins and open the Heaven for mens,once again.The Christmas comes for can be happened
the Easter.Thanks for God in the Saint Trinity and for all Angels and
Saints .

Answer 5

Because they find the whole case as unconvincing as I do. The thesis is that God created Jesus to intercede with God on behalf of the sinners. Sorry, but that dog don't hunt.

Answer 6

here's a cool website about Jesus as the Messiah. OT prophecies/ NT fulfillment.

Browse through if you'd like.

http://www.konig.org/page6.htm

Answer 7

I'm a Muslims
dont believe that Jesus is the lord
or that he is the son of god
but i believe he is a prophet sent by god to earth with a holy massage

but i also believe that prophet Mohammad is the prophet and Islam is the religions to be followed

Answer 8

They rejected Him because Jesus didn't fulfill the messianic prophecies that they were looking for in their messiah!

Answer 9

Because they want a prophet that fight againts the Roman Empire using violance to free them from the Roman Empire

Answer 10

the only real answer i'm going to provide you is I dont choose human beings's religions. enable them to have confidence what they'll. It isnt any of my business enterprise besides. i'm going to not prefer to stay with their faith, yet that's as far as i will pass

Answer 11

Because they were MOST LIKELY raised by Jewish parents and indoctrinated into the Jewish faith just as you were MOST LIKELY indoctrinated into Christianity.