What is the jewish means of salvation if they dont believe in Jesus as their Messiah and they dont sacrifice animals anymore.
2007-02-16 01:30:43 · 4 answers · asked by rew115 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Did you know that most of the sacrifices had nothing to do with remediation of sin, and those that did only worked for unintentional sins and then only as the last step? Do you think God is so cruel that He creates a situation in which sacrifices can only be performed in one place and then allows that place to be destroyed with no alternative? Of course not!
The process of repentence, of which the sacrifice is the ideal final step in some cases, is how it's done. However, when there is no Temple and no sacrificial service, everything up to that point suffices. The prophets say in several places that God prefers sincere repentence to an insincere sacrifice. And we see several episodes in the bible when this has occurred...best example, the Book of Esther....and the Book of Jonah.
Where the problem lies is that the Jewish concept of salvation is a quite a different from the Christian version. And I have found that no amount of explanation can bridge the gap. Suffice it to say that in the 3300+ years since Sinai, the Jews have been without an Altar for more than half of that time and we're still here, outlasting all those who sought to destroy us. Our national salvation is assured through the covenants with the patriarchs and at Sinai. Our personal salvation is up to us....follow the law to the best of our ability and when we stumble, do sincere repentence in all its forms. When the final redemption comes and the Temple is rebuilt, we will once again be able to offer the sacrifices as God intended.
2007-02-16 01:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Hasitic friend of mine explained that it involves refraining from sin, and atonement. He said, however, that everyone eventually goes to heaven (and that even non-Jews go to heaven). There are, apparently, a wide variety of ideas about an afterlife in Judaism. Originally, the afterlife only involved something similar to the Greek Hades (which is a pale, shadowy place, not a place of torment). Some appear to believe in reincarnation.
2007-02-16 09:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you think Christianity was created.
2007-02-16 09:34:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS, THEY DON'T HAVE SALVATION
2007-02-16 09:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by setfreejn836 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋