2007-01-01 23:04:03 · 18 answers · asked by griff 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jews are awaiting a Messiah and Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah.
2007-01-01 23:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by Angel Baby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jews believe that there is a single, omnipotent/omniscient God; we do not believe that the messiah has come. We believe that when the messiah does come, that he will simply be a gifted human being, rather than a deity of any sort. Jews believe that the laws of Moses are valid for Jews only, but also believe that people of other faiths who are righteous people will have a place in the "world to come." We believe that all people are bound by the seven "Noachide" laws, but that only Jews are responsible for keeping the 613 laws specifically mentioned in the Torah. We do not believe in a heaven or a hell. We do not believe that Jesus was a messiah, a deity, a prophet, or anything other than a young Jewish man who tried to teach a simple form of Judaism, if indeed he ever existed at all.
Chiristians believe in a tri-partite God - a "father," "son" (Jesus), and "holy spirit." They believe that those who acknowlege Jesus as their savior will be with him in heaven at some point after death; they believe everyone else will go to hell for eternal punishment for their sins. They do not believe that they are bound by the laws of Moses.
2007-01-02 07:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ther's a big difference, first of all the basis of judaism (jews) traditions and beliefs are solely on the old testament. They do not believe Jesus is the son of God (Up to now they are waiting for the messiah) While Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, Our (the Christians) celebrations and beliefs mostly came from the New Testament. Jews believe that only the Jewish are to be saved while Christians believe in Universal savation which said that as long as you believe in God and Jesus as his son we would be saved.. Satisfied
2007-01-02 07:22:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an expert on the Jewish faith, but I believe that the Jewish faith does not believe that Jesus was the son of God or the long foretold Messiah in the scriptures. The new testament of the Bible proclaims this and explains how Jesus' sacrifice set us free from the law (sacrificing animals,abstaining from certain foods,the requirement of a priest to enter the Holy Temple to pray for the forgiveness of the people's sin for the year, etc.) We ,because of Jesus giving his life as the final perfect sacrifice, are no longer required to live by the law to be accepable in God's eyes, but our faith in His sacrifice is our salvation. Isn't it awesome to know that God loves us so much that he would create a perfect plan through His only Son to make it so easy for anyone to obtain eternal life?
2007-01-02 07:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by moose on the loose 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From a purely religious standpoint the main difference is that those that adhere to the jewish faith (most at least) do not acknowledge that Jesus (Jeshua to give him his Hebrew name) was the savior and messiah that had been foretold. The rest is based on the teahings of the New Testament, whch those of the Jewish faith do not recognize it as a sacred text. Beyond that the differences are superficial at best.
2007-01-02 07:08:57 · answer #5 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's the fact that Jews doesn't believe that Jesus is the son of God, he is not a messiah, just a prophet like Abraham.
For Christians it is the opposite....he is the messiah, the son of God...
In my opinion, Jews and Muslim, are pretty much a like...they both doesn't' believe that Jesus is the son of God, and have almost the same rites (don't eat pork).
It often look like the were part of the same family (tribe) and one day they had a disagreement, and the disagreement became a fight ...
anyways...just an opinion....
2007-01-02 07:13:47 · answer #6 · answered by megalura 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Main difference is that the Jewish people don't believe Christ was the son of God, but just a "great prophet." They are still awaiting the 1st coming of Jesus. They also have slightly different ideals and customs (not eating types of meat, circumsicion, etc.)
2007-01-02 07:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by Crizzle Gizzle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians think Jesus was the savior who was immacualtely conceived to save us from our sins by his death. The Jews see him as more of a plain human disciple and not the Messiah. Oh, and did I mention the Jews killed Jesus by crucifying him?
2007-01-02 07:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the main differences is that Jews do not accept Jesus' entry into the world as Lord and Savior. They still await His coming.
2007-01-02 07:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by Heavena 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of the Jews have not yet accepted Jesus as Messiah
I think they would if they looked at the Metatron and Jesus and try to look at the correlation between them.
2007-01-02 07:08:09 · answer #10 · answered by : 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋