2007-01-03 15:00:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes, the ones who believe in the idea of the messiah do, may he come speedily and in our days. belief in the messiah's coming is one of maimonides' 13 principles of faith. but a high percentage of jews thing the idea of a messiah is just fantasy or metaphor.
2007-01-03 15:04:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
They don't believe Jesus was the Messiah because he didn't bring about the end or Armageddon of the enemies of the Jews or false religion. In recent years, many Rabbis have commented that the Jews need to stress that when the Messiah comes, false religion will be destroyed, including the Christian cult.
What is funny is the similarity of their arguments to those made against JWs saying the Christ returned in 1914.
2007-01-03 23:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we certainly do!!!!
Christians identify Messiah with Jesus and define him as God incarnated as a man, and believe he died for the sins of humanity as a blood sacrifice. This means that one has to accept the idea that one person's death can atone for another person's sins. However, this is opposed to what the Bible says in Deuteronomy 24:26, "Every man shall be put to death for his own sin," which is also expressed in Exodus 32:30-35, and Ezekiel 18. The Christian idea of the messiah also assumes that God wants, and will accept, a human sacrifice. After all, it was either Jesus-the-god who died on the cross, or Jesus-the-human. Jews believe that God cannot die, and so all that Christians are left with in the death of Jesus on the cross, is a human sacrifice. However, in Deuteronomy 12:30-31, God calls human sacrifice an abomination, and something He hates: "for every abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods." All human beings are sons or daughters, and any sacrifice to God of any human being would be something that God would hate. The Christian idea of the messiah consists of ideas that are UnBiblical.
2007-01-04 01:21:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of us do, some of us don't. It's all personal beilef. It is said that the messiah will bring the jews back to their land, rebuild the third temple, and bring peace to the world, among other things.
Here's a link for reference
2007-01-03 23:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by Daniella D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. They used to but they are fed up now after all these centuries of suffering. Katlin is right that they have now, understood the Indian way of living, that is to sustain with total surrender to the Almighty God (Jehovah) who is within you and the best you can bring out from within yourself by penance and conviction is the divine strength. They will finally take care of the erring Muslims in the world who have divided the mankind into believers and Kafirs and target the latter for annihilation.
2007-01-03 23:15:36 · answer #5 · answered by Angel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The Jews do not believe Jesus was the messiah nor the son of god.
2007-01-03 23:03:01 · answer #6 · answered by dougfoster12 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They're "supposed" to be but when I ask my Jewish friends about it, they say they're not even aware of the prophecies. They don't usually teach it in temple from what I hear. As for Jesus, he's to complete the prophecies in his second coming. There hasn't been a single prophecy that he has contradicted.
2007-01-03 23:08:13 · answer #7 · answered by CK 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some still hoping and some not
2007-01-03 23:08:00 · answer #8 · answered by yusdz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not much point in it. Daniel's prophetic deadline came and went some 2000 years ago.
2007-01-03 23:05:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes..they leave a empty seat at dinner for Him..no joke.
2007-01-03 23:01:55 · answer #10 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋