I'm so confused!!!?

Question

I don't get it, Jesus was a Jew, right?
But then how do Jewish people don't believe that their Savior has come? And why do Catholic/Christian people believe in a person of another religion? They believe that their religion is the only "true" one but they believe in somebody of another religion? So confused, please help!
P.S. I'm no expert on religion so I could be wrong. I'm actually atheist but my whole family is either Christian or Catholic and the subject of religion and God comes up a lot so I would really like to know!
Thanxs!

Answer 1

Christianity is actually an off-shoot of Judaism. The majority of first Christians were Jews. And they accepted Jesus as the Messiah primarily based on His resurrection, but also because of His fulfillment of the Messianic Prophecies in the Tanakh (the Jewish Scriptures). It was in the later 3rd - 4th centuries that non-Jewish Christians started to separate themselves from their Jewish roots, unfortunately.

Answer 2

Okay wow you are kinda mixed up here. For starters, yes Jesus was a Jew. The Jewish Faith has been around for a long time, starting with Abraham. Jesus Crist began a whole new faith with similar beliefs as Judaism. His followers were the first Cristians and they began to spread his message after his death. (and lets get one thing strait, jesus was killed by a small group of Jews so it is not right to say 'the Jews killed Jesus' in reference to the whole Jewish people) Anyways, Catholic/ Christian people believe in Jesus because he began the religion.

Sorry this isn't the best answer because to fully answer questions like these takes paragraphs! Good luck! I hope I helped!

Answer 3

All of the first Christians were Jews. But Jesus as Messiah was never broadly accepted by the Jews. As such, they still wait for the Messiah. So, we Christians see our roots in Judaism (part of the reason why you hear the term Judeo-Christian). But there is a difference because Jesus came to fulfill the Law. As a result, it didn't take long for the Church to spring up as a separate identity. But if you read some of the New Testament writings, they talk about preaching in the Synagogues (which are Jewish) in the early days.

Answer 4

The Hebrew Messiah was predicted in terms that could mean a political, in-world return to sovereignty, but could also mean metaphysical things. The Jews of His time and today do not accept that Jesus fulfilled the predictions in the metaphysical ways.
Remember that being a Jew is at once a matter of heritage and religion.
Jesus was a Jew by heritage, not exactly religion....He transformed Judaism, but the many who did not accept His transformation are still Jews, and those who did are Christians (including Catholics).

How? We're humans, we love things to be confusing and complex!

Answer 5

"But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness" -Romans 1: 23 The Jews failed to comprehend the clear teachings of Old Testament prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah. They somehow overlooked the fact that the Messiah had to suffer and die for the sins of the world. They were expecting a Messiah of war to destroy their oppressors and restore the glory of Israel. But before that could happen the biggest and worst enemy of mankind -Jews and Gentiles- had to be destroyed and that enemy is sin, and death because of sin. As for the Roman Catholic Church, it has left the clear teachings of the Bible. The one true Church is the Body of Christ, as is evident from a reading of the New Testament. Equally evident is the teaching that all true believers in Jesus Christ make up the Body of Christ on Earth. This means that neither the Roman Catholic Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Anglican Church etc etc are the one and only true Church -the Bride and Body of Christ. To teach otherwise is a blatant contradiction of the Bible and what the Bible teaches.

Answer 6

I'm no expert either, but I believe that Jesus started a new religion,Christianity, he felt that the Jewish people had gone astray,but they refused to accept Jesus and follow his teachings so a new religion was born

Answer 7

Jesus isn't "another" religion. He is for all people. His word tells us that He doesn't like "religious" people. Since Jesus was physically born He had to born into some background. The Jewish people is who God chose. But He didn't come to save just them. He came to save us all.

Answer 8

Near as I can tell it's sorta like this, Jesus came along and declared Judaism null and void. Some people believe him and some don't. But those that believe him still keep the Old Testament around for the purpose of cherry-picking quotes when the moralize to those who don't agree with them.

Answer 9

Well actually the first Christians were Jews, the ones that did not become Christian & stayed with Judaism our us Jews of today.

Answer 10

It's all fiction, honey, so you can interpret it any way you want, just as Christians and Jews interpret their bibles to fit the particular situation. You can believe there is a God, yet not believe in the mortal men who make such a mess out of what should be pure faith.