2007-01-31 01:39:31 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So the answer is no, then? Maybe you should look into it.
2007-01-31 01:48:24 · update #1
I'm neither a Christian nor a Jew, and I know.
Jesus did not fulfill the "job requirements" for the Messiah, according to Jewish prophecy.
For Jesus to have been the prophesied "Messiah", he would have had to have been a human leader who would restore the Jewish monarchy, drive out the Romans, set up an independent Jewish state, and inaugurate an era of peace, justice and prosperity (known as "the kingdom of God') for the whole world.
Didn't exactly happen, did it?
2007-01-31 02:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The suffering during the Maccabean period became the most serious challenge to the old Israelite thinking. This time it was not the shared suffering of all the Jews, but only those who remained loyal to the Torah who suffered and died. Thus the ancient belief of Sheol, the underworld, which summarized the common fate of all the Jews, proved no longer satisfactory. The logic of salvation that focused only on corporate or collective survival was no longer sufficient. The fate of the individual who perished for the faith had to be addressed. It was through this situation that the idea of resurrection, which Robert Goldenberg calls "the most individualistic of all religious conceptions," was introduced into Judaism... Resurrection and apocalypticism were the Judaic answer to changing times
2007-01-31 01:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Born again atheist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Messiah was YHVH is Savior!--YAHOSHUA! Ex 23:13 tells us not to use pagan names! There are many reasons why the "Jews" rejected Him. They had stopped using the right name for the Almighty. They had some weird ideas about the Geneology of the Messiah. The leaders did not want to give up their power, even to the Messiah! See Rev. 2:9 and Rev.3:9!
2007-01-31 01:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Jews expected Jesus to be their King and Messiah in the physical dimension. To rule over them like King David did and defeat their enemies in the natural realm. The Jews have never realised that their Messiah has birthed a spiritual kingdom, the kingdom of God. John the Baptist and Jesus Himself when they walked the earth told the Jews, "Repent, the kingdom of God is at hand.' The Jews expecting the natural miss out on the spiritual, as it is happening now with those who do not believe in God.
2007-01-31 01:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by seekfind 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Several reasons, I'll only name a few.
1. They were not as familiar with the prophetic scriptures as they should have been. They could have easily followed it through to prove if He was or not.
2. They were looking for a King, a leader that would drive Rome out of Israel, and here comes this Jesus, preaching repentence and forgiveness.
3. A lie was made up when it was discovered that He had risen from the dead, and it was spread around. The lie was that His disciples had come and stole His body. There are several problems with that. The guards, being Roman, would have been put to death for their failure, yet they were allowed to remain alive to tell this lie. Also, it's hard to describe, but the stone which had been rolled away from the tomb's entrance would have been set into a channel of sorts, and at a slight angle. The stone had been more than rolled away, it was out of the channel. No group of 11 men could lift and move that. It would 've required equipment.
I recommend that you do some research on burial customs to confirm what I am saying. I can only tell, but you will need to do your own thinking, and your own original reading. Then, and I do mean then, you will know for yourself and be satisfied.
2007-01-31 02:08:34 · answer #5 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Jewish peoples and Christians await the same Messiah. Maybe the
Morning Star had to make an earlier appearence, due to spiritual wickedness we
create on this world? Who knows? The Jewish peoples await one who will
take control over things. That is the same Christ the Christains await at the Second Coming. Anything else is Vanity!
2007-01-31 01:50:08 · answer #6 · answered by Sadeek Muhammad 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
aPart of the reason for this was the long long wait that the Jewish people experienced from generation to generation,over this long time the very concept of the Messiah began to change, instead of the idea of the suffering servant of Isaiah, one who would by his death save the nation from it`s sins,He became to be regarded as a Warrior Messiah,who would free the nation from Roman oppression and subdue all other nations so that they would serve the Jews,when Christ turned out to be the complete opposite of this idea then He was rejected.
2007-01-31 01:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Jewish scholar Geza Vermes said, "If Jesus was the Messiah, where is the messianic age?" That pretty much sums it up.
2007-01-31 01:52:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because they believe that the Messiah would come and restore the nation of Israel and set up an earthly kingdom, when in all actuality prophecies of a Messiah speak of an eternal kingdom that will never see destruction.
2007-01-31 01:48:38 · answer #9 · answered by know it all 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To be perfectly honest, I think it's because they thought that the Messiah would come in splender and glory, not be born humble and lowly. It was a shock to see that the Son of God was a carpenter, not a prince dressed in riches.
I'm not Jewish, so I'm only guessing from comments I've read in the bible ("Is this not Mary's son, the carpenter?" and all)
2007-01-31 01:49:31 · answer #10 · answered by sister steph 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋