I'm a (sceptical) Christian and i always wondered why if Jesus was a Jew, and Jesus was in fact the son of God, why aren't we all Jewish? Surely if anyone knows the correct religion, it would be the Son of God Himself?
(I'm not trying to offend anyone, don't say that i'm going to hell or that i just need to have faith, please give a logical answer as best you can.)
2006-12-17 05:48:40 · 11 answers · asked by Craig 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it depends on the people, I am a christian and I have nothing against jews, I fact many of them I worked with , they are just as good as we are and then some Irene
2006-12-17 05:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by irene58_1944 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question.
I'm a Christian, and no. we don't think Jews go to Hell. No one can decide who goes to Hell but God Himself. No religion can or cannot say who will or won't go to Hell. Jesus was indeed a Jew. Good guy. Nothing wrong with Jews. Apparently, it took humanity so long to realize this that Hitler had a field day with the 'Jews are bad' idea. Wrongo. What I really don't get is why people pick on other people because they're different than themselves. I'm a Christian. Who cares if you're different? It's your choice what you believe in. I'm not going to hold it against you if you decide to be Jewish or Pagan or anything else. People who are that judgemental never learned to respect other people...including themselves. If a person cannot respect another's right to belive what he or she decides, he or she has never been okay with all of the decisions he or she has made. If people give you trouble for being Jewish or Christian or anything else, it's their problem, not yours.
2006-12-17 05:54:52 · answer #2 · answered by comitern9 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious? You have a lot of homework to do. Christianity and Judaism were still recognized as the same religion as late as the 3rd century AD, and many could argue that Orthodox Christianity is still a form of Judaism. Christians did not even build their own buildings until the middle of the 3rd century - and Roman sources from first several centuries often fail to distinguish between Judaism and Christianity. Rabbinical Judaism was quite open minded in the first few centuries AD, and it was not at all unusual for a Jewish sect to follow one particular man as the Messiah - Christianity was just more successful than most.
2006-12-17 05:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews don't go to hell. Hell is overclouded by the Christians at the moment. As far as Jesus is concerned he likes to meet Christians only on Sunday. Hell is not a place for him.
2006-12-17 05:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not know who is in hell, or who will go to hell. Salvation is through Christ, but it is for him to save who he will save. We don't get to make that call for him.
"I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd." John 10:16
The Vatican II council of the Catholic Church declared:
"The Church, therefore, cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God in His inexpressible mercy concluded the Ancient Covenant. Nor can she forget that she draws sustenance from the root of that well-cultivated olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild shoots, the Gentiles..... As Holy Scripture testifies, Jerusalem did not recognize the time of her visitation, nor did the Jews in large number, accept the Gospel; indeed not a few opposed its spreading. Nevertheless, God holds the Jews most dear for the sake of their Fathers; He does not repent of the gifts He makes or of the calls He issues."
2006-12-17 06:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by evolver 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians are followers of Jesus, Jesus was the prophesied messiah, many Jews did not believe nor accept Him as the messiah. Many many Jews have accepted Jesus and are Christians, whether Greek, Jew, or Gentile the only way to receive salvation is through the Cross.
2006-12-17 06:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you read the bible, you'll see that God got angry at the Jews and hardened their hearts, which is why most of them didn't accept Jesus as the messiah. Before the final wrath, He will soften their hearts, and they will believe. He is sending the 144,000 to help them. Jews aren't going to hell because they're Jewish. Jesus was Jewish, all the disciples and apostles were Jewish. The Jews are the chosen people, and God made many promises to them, and He keeps His promises. The bible also tells us that it will be the Jews who are closer to Him in heaven than the gentiles (physically), though we will all be included.
2006-12-17 06:03:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus' mom replaced right into a Jew. Jesus replaced right into a Jewish Rabbi. He broke away to initiate a clean faith, now thousands of years later human beings, would hate Jews depending on the thoughts of Jesus. difficult to trust that's authentic, that is so unfounded. Racism, Hate, Bullying, Blame, Hypocrisy... take your %.. those are the solutions.
2016-11-30 21:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus followed the commands of the Lord given to the patriarchs, and the Law given to Moses.
The Jews of His days on Earth and the Jews of today follow tradition and their own customs and rules more than what was given by God. So technically the word Jew for Jesus and the word Jew for those who call themselves as such are not synonymous.
John 8
39"Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did. 40As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41You are doing the things your own father does."
"We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself." 42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. 43Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? 47He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
2006-12-17 05:55:56 · answer #9 · answered by phoenix_slayer2001uk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know what I know? Nothing. Nowhere in the Bible does it say who or who didn't go to heaven or hell. You should do things because it's right and out of love, not for the expectation of a reward.
Do it because you love him, that is all.
Now I don't know who gets in or who doesnt' but I hope we all do, and if I wanted anyone in hell I wouldn't be a follower of Jesus, because he wants all to be saved. Right?
Dont worry about the reward or punishment, concentrate on love.
2006-12-17 06:29:35 · answer #10 · answered by eg_ansel 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋