Jesus Christ came from Israel. So true? Why is it that many Jews are not christians themselves?

Question

Just confused that a messiah is not recognized by his own.

Answer 1

Many Jews do not know or study the Messianic prophecies,others are secular,others have just been told,since birth;'Jews don't believe in Jesus'.Others just simply do not believe.
http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/m_prophecies.shtm
http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch19/default.htm
http://www.bprc.org/topics/fulfill.html
http://www.messianicart.com/chazak/

Answer 2

Confused that a messiah is not recognized by his own, eh? Jesus was disappointed, but He wasn't surprised. As He Himself observed, only in his own town, and in his own community is a prophet not honored. What the people of His town were saying was this:

Mark 6:3
"Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles! Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, [ Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph] Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.

They knew Him too well to believe that He could be anyone special. The book of Romans talks about this topic extensively, addressing the very question you are asking. Paul (a Jew among Jews) wrote the letter to the Roman church, and expresses his heartache over the Jewish rejection of the Messiah they had been waiting so long for.

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Answer 3

May I rephrase the question by asking you if Jesus was born in Israel and was a Jew, why is it that all of you Christians are not Jews?
According to many Christians Jesus was a religious Jew. If he as you Christians claim was a rabbi, then he kept all of the Mitzvots, kept Shabbat holy on Saturday, abstained from eating pork, crustaceans, rabbits and other non kosher animals. He kept Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simhas Torah, prayed three times a day, and observed all other Jewish holidays, laws, and traditions. You Christians do not even follow in the way of your real God (as you claim Jesus was).
Besides of these short comings, let us not forget that those 300 prophecies that were fulfill as someone mentioned above, I am willing to bet that they were from the New testament. In reality Jesus was not the Messiah, because according to the Original Word of God i.e Torah nowhere does it says that Jesus would come twice, his birth is at question (if he is the son of God then how can he be from the kin of King David and if we trace by his mom...though from the family of David, but it is not important your tribe comes from the father. Finally, why would God impregnate a woman...is He Zeus or hypocrite to his own word, which states that adultery is forbidden.)
He did not fulfill any of the prophecies.
I bet that right now Jesus is sitting somewhere in Heaven and is saying, "Oy Vey, Veiz Mir, Oy Gavolt...they made me into a God, but yet they know nothing of the faith).

Answer 4

The early Christians were Jews.Most Jews rejected Jesus as the messiah.

Answer 5

Let me try it proverbially:

Let's assume for a moment that we are all Christians who wait for the second coming of Jesus, the Messiah.
Now let us assume for a moment that one day, in our time, an American guy named John Smith arises and claims to be the second fulfillment of Jesus. John Smith looks nothing like Jesus; he does many nice tricks and magics but somehow misses the part where he should fulfill his prophecies regarding his people. And not only does Smith not fulfill his prophecies, he also claims to be something very unchristian- he claims to be the son of both god and the devil.
While most of us, good and realistic Christian people, mock the ridiculous effort of Smith to repute himself as Jesus (because he is not the first one to do so!), Smith DOES manage to gain followers- the Smithers. Absurd, eh?
The Smithers wrote a third holly book about Smith, on which it is clearly stated that the second fulfillment of Jesus will be the son of the devil and so forth (surprisingly fits Smith perfectly, only too bad that it was written post factum)…
And many many years from now, a young curios Smither will post a question: "if Smith was Christian, why is it that many Christians are not Smithers? The Messiah is not recognized by his own".

Here is the Jewish perspective regarding Jesus: Jesus did not fit the descriptions of the Messiah, Jesus did not fulfill the prophecies of the Messiah, Jesus claimed (or was claimed) to be something very unjewish- the son of god. Thus, Jesus is not the Messiah.

Answer 6

During Jesus' earthly ministry, the Jews wanted an earthly King and were disappointed and angry that instead, He was meek and mild as a lamb --He didn't satisfy their expectations and was crucified. His Kingdom He spoke of was not of this world, but in Heaven. Just like anyone who (due to ignorance), does not believe in Jesus, the Jews rejected Him and some still do. The Bible states that in His own town, they did not accept Him. Jews, like any nationality have a choice to accept or reject Jesus. The Messianic Jews recognize Him!

Answer 7

According to scripture, Jesus met over 300+ prophecies of being Messiah. That's 100%. The Jews did not accept Him as being Messiah, in spite of Him fulfilling those prophecies and are still awaiting on their Messiah today. There are indeed Jewish people who have gone over to Christianity, they are called "Completed Jews", but those who still practice Judaism do not believe Christ to be their Messiah.

Scripture points out that the Jews will, in time, believe that Jesus is Messiah, but that day has not arrived yet.

Answer 8

its simple it is because Jesus did not meet the qualifications to be the Messiah.

The Bible sets down what things the Messiah is supposed to do. Jesus unfortunately did not accomplish those things.

that is why Christians claim that he needs to come a second time. The only problem with that is nowhere in the Bible before Jesus dose it say that the messiah is supposed to come more than once.

Answer 9

There are specific qualifications a person must meet in order for him to be a messiah. These must be fulfilled all of them in their entirety and before the person dies. If he doesn't, he's not a messiah. J*sus didn't do it. He's not messiah. Simple.

Answer 10

You really don't know how many Jews became Christians. It's very likely that those who did slowly abandoned their Jewish heritage over time, and how would you count them?