Why do Muslims and Jews consider Jesus just a great prophet?

Question

Jesus said he was sent from God--He said he was the truth, the way, the son of God, the creator, that no one comes to the father but by him. Now he was either telling the truth, was insane, or a liar. How can they say he was another great teacher and not believe what he said?

Jesus clearly said he had to power on earth to forgive sins. It's not a question of misunderstanding what he said. Only God can forgive sin.

Answer 1

The Jews don't think he fullfilled the prophecies.

Muhammad was just including him as part of what he saw.

Christians and disciples knew what they saw when it happened.

Answer 2

Sin blinds peoples eyes to truth. Jesus healed more people then all the prophets combined. Jesus and John the baptist are the two kings spoke of by Isasah the prophet who would be cut of from the land. The jews are blinded untill the fullness of the gentles is completed. The muslins are blinded in hate. Jesus was not once called a prophet in the bible. If Jesus was not who he claimed to be then how is it he rose on the third day and was witnessed by 500 people. Ever since Jesus died on the cross the levitical priesthood has not operated. God finished it. Now Jesus is the only high priest.

Answer 3

Muslims view that Jesus the son of Mary the Messiah (peace be upon him) is only God's messenger because a monotheism cannot be a monotheism if it teaches the worship of more than ONE single divinity.

My brother, Abd77 once wrote:

It is interesting to note that in all the Bible and the Quran, only one religion is said to be approved by God, and this religion is Islam (Quran 5:30).

In the Bible we find neither the words “Christianity” nor “Judaïsm”.
Jesus actually never pronounced the words “Christian” and “Christianity” in all his life.
The word “Christian” was created long after Jesus’ departure, as the Bible clearly shows it (Acts 11:26).

Jesus never said he had come to create a new religion. If he had wanted to, don’t you think he wouldn’t have clearly said it, and named that religion, like the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad clearly did. But Jesus never did.

Jesus also never called to build churches (these places full of images and statues, which clearly contradicts God’s 2nd Commandment: “You shall make no image or representation of whatever is in Heaven or here on Earth.” Exodus 20:4). And Jesus taught in synagogues according to the Bible, i.e. places where like in mosques there are no images nor statues.

As for the word “Judaïsm”, it describes more an ethnic group than a religion (the descendants of Juda and by extension of his father Jacob), that’s why you find some people calling themselves “atheist Jew”. And how could someone think that God limited the knowledge of the Truth about the One True God to only one people and keep all the others ignorant. Yet Judaïsm rejects all non Jewish Prophets, it is not Universal contrary to Islam that claims that God sent Prophets to all peoples.

Now let’s see how Jesus really lived according to the Bible:
-Like Muslims, Jesus never ate pork (Moses’ law that Jesus taught, Leviticus 11:7,8)
-Like Muslims, Jesus taught and practiced fasting (Luke 5:35; Mat 4:2 and 6:16)
-Like Muslims, when Jesus met his friends or disciples, he said to them “peace be upon you” (Luke 24:36), “salam aleikoum” in Arabic
-Like Muslims, Jesus was circumcised (Luke 2:21)
-Like Muslims Jesus prayed with “his face onto the ground” (Matthew 26:39)

By the way, still according to the Bible, all Prophets prayed their face onto the ground:
Joshua fell his face upon the earth (Joshua 5:4)
Moses and Aaron fell their face onto the ground (Numbers 20:6)
Abraham fell on his face, and God spake to him (Genesis 17:3)
Jesus fell his face onto the ground (Matthew 26:39)

I don't know about you, but I've never seen a Christian pray the way Jesus did according to the Bible (his face onto the ground).

Surely by any standards, 1 + 1 + 1 cannot possibly equal to 1.

God knows best

Peace and Love

Answer 4

The question is C.S. Lewis' famous tirlemma. Quoted from "Mere Christianity" ...

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”

Answer 5

It is a matter of interpretation. It is often said that we are all the "sons of God" Muslims and Jews don't believe that Jesus was the Messiah. If you read the Jewish criteria for the coming of the Messiah, according to what was given to them by previous Prophets. For example; The Messiah is to come from the house of David, Mary was from the house of David, but in the Jewish tradition this is a paternal linage, Joseph was not from the house of David, and God would not be from the house of David. Another...All of the Tribes would return to Jerusalem from the four corners of the world, this has not yet happened. Jesus does not fulfill the criteria.

Answer 6

That's a difference between Muslims and Christians. Muslims say that Jesus is only a prophet. I always maintain the belief that God too magnificent to have sons to help Him to do is work. I also am with the idea that Jesus was sent to earth just like we all were to be viceroys of whatever it is we were sent to do.

Answer 7

Jesus said he was sent from God. Agreed. He was. He said he was the truth, the way, YES. Agreed. The son of God -- yes, agreed ... but then we are ALL sons of God. He said no one comes to the Father but by him ... Yes, he said that but he was speaking to the people of THAT time ... specifically to his disciples. Jesus was there to lead those who were ready to go back home. He was not speaking to all people for all time.

He wasn't insane, he wasn't a liar. He was telling the truth, and he was a great teacher/prophet, but most did not understand the truth he was speaking. It's not that people dont' believe what he said, it's there is controversy as to just exactly what message he was delivering. I have every respect for Jesus.

Answer 8

I thank Muhammed giving a thorough explanation. I'm not here to contradict him....but there is a point which has baffled me, even though I believe faithfully in Christ. \

Nicodemos and Josephus were both members of the Political Sanhedrin. With John the apostle they took Jesus down. At one point only those three are present at the tomb. Twelve hours pass before the Sanhedrin realizes Jesus is buried. They rush to pilate and demand a 'guard' at the tomb on Saturday morning.

The women have left at Friday at sundown.

Answer 9

Hey I am the son of God as well. Since we are God's children, that would mean that I too am the son of God and hey Jesus would be my step brother, my brother from another mother. Dude, he and I could hang out and shoot tequila and chase hotties, wake up with hang-overs and naked women.
You actually can be a good teacher but not say everything accurately

Answer 10

Where in the Bible does Jesus, peace be upon him, say "I am God"?

Note that "I am" is not the same as "I am God" and "Son of Man" and "Son of God" are both terms which have been used by and describing previous prophets, peace be upon them.

Jews do not believe Jesus to be a prophet.

Answer 11

No.All Muslim considered Jesus as a Messiah but not the son of god.
Jews considered Jesus as a Great Teacher(Rabbi)