Because Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah. While Jesus was a Jew, Jews don't believe that he IS the Messiah, just a very good prophet.
2007-02-16 16:10:49
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answered by FaZizzle 7
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Because Jesus came to be the Messiah for the Jews, and to get rid of the "law" that they lived by. Before He died and rose to life again, He had to show that He actually came from God the Father (and Is God the Son) and was to be the "continuation" of the Jewish faith. Being a Jew back then, was like being a Christian today, because that was the way to being with God. Jesus' "mother", Mary, and "father", Joseph, were holy followers of God (Jewish then), so God the Father picked them to raise Jesus. As Jesus grew up in his human form, He began to change things in the Jewish faith...and in the end of his life on earth, He changed it completely by dying and rising again to be our sin offering. The real Jews continued in their amazing faith, and became Jesus' followers....Christians. But, Jesus came, not only for the original Jewish people, but people who weren't already Jews could follow and love Him too. They didn't have to start following the Jewish laws and then start to follow Jesus...they could just recognize that Jesus is the way to true life and give their lives to Him.
2007-02-16 16:20:45
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answered by H M 2
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Jesus was a Jew. There were Jews who believed that He was the messiah but others who didn't. So to distinguish between the 2 groups, the Jews who believed that Jesus is the messiah came to be known as Christians.
2007-02-16 16:12:16
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answered by cocoa prinzess 2
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Jesus was a Jew because He was sent to save the Jews. When He was executed by the Romans, those who still believed that He was the true Messiah sent here to save them became Christians after His death. Those who are still waiting the return of the Messiah are Jews. They were all the same up until the death of Jesus. After His death, another religion or belief was adopted.
2007-02-16 16:12:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Dear Brother/Sister,
Jesus was born a Jew, since thousands of years before, it was prophesied that he would be born in the lineage of David, who was form the Shem's line, the second son of Noah whose origin is traced to Adam, whom God had created from out of dust of the earth. That is why it is said " Dust thou art and to dust thau shalt return" and that saying still applies to all human beings except Jesus, for He was born of the Father and after His cruel death and marvellous resurrection on the third day He arose from the dead and after being seen by His followers and the multitude, rose upto heaven to be seated at the righthand of the Father, from where He will come very soon to judge the living and the dead. All these facts were foretold by the Old Testament Prophets
So we see that He had to be born a human being in the womb of a young virgin by the Power of God and live among the humanity
irrespective of any ethnic identity, such as Jew, non-Jew, Samaritan etc.He walked and talked and ate with many non-Jews
much to the chagrin and hatred of the Jewish priests the leaders and the laity. No doubt He initially recruited a few disciples of Jewish regimen, and some were non- jews and publicans as well. To fulfil the prophesies He had to take a Jewish lineage and proved Himself to be universal. His last command is to preach and teach and practice the message of the Gospel to all creatures till the end of the ages. No discremination is meant or allowed on the basis of caste, creed, ethnic affinity or relationships, social parities etc.He is above all and in all, and we are enabled to breath and move in Him, praise and worship Him now and for ever.
As for my geniology, my great grand father Murugesan Pillai, was a famous magician. His son heard of the Name of Jesus and believed Him and so became the first convert/follower of Jesus.
Our children and grand children are non-Jews but we lovingly follow the Lord and seek to help others as He did when on earth.
So we see that it is a one-on-one relationship with Jesus and has nothing to do with our caste, creed, culture, ethnicity and social parities,and bonds which have become political exploitative bonuses.
Respectfully yours,
Sunsinghams
2007-02-16 16:57:13
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answered by Anonymous
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When He was on Earth many of His followers were Jewish. Evangelism efforts followed and went into all of society. I am not Jewish and my information may be flawed, but it's my understanding that since it was primarily Jews that crucified Jesus they want to claim that He wasn't the Son of God. Maybe underneath they feel bad that an innocent man/God was crucified by them. I think Jewish people think Jesus was a very good person but not God and Savior. Christianity teaches that Jesus is God and salvation is through Him only. I agree.
2007-02-16 16:26:49
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answered by Anonymous
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Ephesians 2:15 Through his body on the cross, Christ put an end to the LAW WITH ALL ITS COMMANDS AND RULES. He wanted to create one new group of people out of the two. He wanted to make peace between them.
Colossians 2:14 He wiped out the written Law with its rules. The Law was against us. It opposed us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.
Galatians 2:16 ...No one can be made right with God by obeying the law.
Galatians 2:21 ...What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!
Galatians 5:4 Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace... The ONLY verse that talks about falling from grace, and they did it by trying to follow the law!
Jesus said he didn’t come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. (Matt 5:17) The effect was the same. Once fulfilled it was no longer in effect. The very next verse, Matthew 5:18, looks forward to the time when the law would be set aside. "...Not even the smallest stroke of a pen will disappear from the Law UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED." This “UNTIL” clause reinforces the temporary nature of the law. It ONLY makes sense when we understand that it was to be set aside.
On the cross, Jesus' last recorded saying, "It is finished," is an important milestone. Because of Jesus life, Satan had been defeated. The law was finished and would no longer stand between God and mankind.
The 10 commandments along with the rest of the law ("commands and rules" from Ephesians 2:15) were "set aside" when they were fulfilled or completed at Jesus' resurrection. We are no longer bound by that law.
2007-02-16 16:10:05
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answered by Anonymous
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actually, jesus was an israelite. marys father was of the tribe of juda, the king line, and her mother was of the trive of levi, the priest line.
many of his followers are the decendants of the israelite family, however his salvation was offered up to whomsoever will believe upon him.
also, like america is has be infiltrated with non-americans so jerusalem was in the years before christ. although they may be classified as americans or jews, they may not have that countries best interests at heart.
2007-02-16 16:37:01
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answered by sodajerk50 4
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His followers were Christians because they followed him (Christ). Jesus wasn't exactly a Christian because that would kind of be worshiping himself, which is Satanism.
Ah.. maybe not, but I think he was raised Jewish but then developed/invented Christianity.. so maybe he was the original Christian. I think sometimes when people say he was a Jew they mean his race (?).
2007-02-16 16:12:28
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answered by spidermilk666 6
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It was a debate among early christians whether to require conversion to judism before one could become christian. Peter was the one in favor of allowing non jews to convert. I forget who settled it, but it was decided early in christianity to allow non jews to become christians.
2007-02-16 16:12:17
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answered by Anonymous
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