Why didn't Christians TOTALLY accept the Bible (OT) as TRUTH?!?

Question

If Christians--I mean the Jewish people who BECAME Christians-- TOTALLY accepted the Bible as the WORD OF GOD, and all that, then WHY didn't they accept the interpretation of EVERYONE who was Jewish had, when they said that Jesus, while a great man, was NOT the son of God.
I mean, if you TOTALLY believe the Bible, then you ought to believe the way most people who believe it interpret it, don't you?
Jesus MAY have BEEN the son of God (I am NOT disputing THAT, OK?!). What I am asking is: HISTORICALLY, they should have respected the rabbis at the time, shoudn't they have?! Why so much dissent?! If you GROW UP believing something (and without a TV or Internet), aren't you TOTALLY devoted to that belief?! Where did these people "get off" totally disregarding their own societal upbringing?! What caused that?!

ReNate,
Please learn how to COMPREHEND what you are reading before you open your terribly flawed mouth.

I'm not talking about Christians, rather I am talking abot Jewish people!

Answer 1

I didn't read all that. But I believe that humans tainted the word of God and made the 'rules' to fit their beliefs, not necessarily God's. Thats why I don't, as you say, accept the Bible as 100% truth.

Answer 2

Actually, the Jewish people believe in God the Father, but they do not believe that Jesus has been born yet. Therefore, they don't recognize the New Testament. That's really the only difference.

The Jewish pray and study the Old Testament, always. There have been 'some' that have turned to the New Testament, but when you take the amount, the average is very small. Catholics, Lutherans, Protestants, Church of Christ and others live by both the 'old and the new' Testament. We are practiced in and taught each.

The bible must be viewed by both old and new because it is cross referenced. But to be able to see and experience that, it is better to learn from a non-denominational Christian Church who makes the Bible teachings their specialty.

As far as the way the Jewish people see it in the Old Testament, they've studied it for so long that everything that is old, is actually new, except for the birth of Jesus. But you'd have to talk with a Jewish person who goes to synagogue every week and 'knows'.

Answer 3

"MOST" is a relative term. I don't think there has ever been a time when two people have interpreted the Bible or the Koran for that matter in the same way. We are human and all different.

Historically, they were already divided at the time of the coming of Jesus of Nazereth. Accoring to the NT- the rabbi's of the time were somewhat pious and the Jewish temples were dealing with corruption. That has, historically, been the reason all churches have been divided- people believe that the leaders are interpreting things and doing things the wrong way and they feel the need to break away and worship and believe in a way that is closer to what they believe.

As for interpretation of the prophecy, the prophecy said that many wouldn't believe that the person calling themself the Son of God was who he was. It also said that there would be many false prophets pretending to be the Son of God. Even with the same interpretation, whether people chose to believe Jesus of Nazereth was one of the other depended on the person, not the interpretation of the prophecy.

Hope this helps!

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Answer 4

The way I remember it -- Peter, John and the rest of the Apostles DID believe in the Old Testament and Jewish law. They thought, at first, they were a sect of Judaism following the teachings of their "rabbi", Jesus, just as the Essenes or the Zealots were Jewish sects. Early non-jewish converts had to become Jewish first. It was only later with the teachings of Paul that the early Christians began to have their own identity apart from Judaism. Also, with the conversion of many non-Jewish people to Christianity, the respect for Jewish traditions faded away.

Note -- if memory serves -- at the time there was a great deal of religious controversy between the Pharasees and the Sadducees and the Rabbis, among others, so there was already dissension within Judaism at the time Jesus was teaching.

Answer 5

The Bible leaves itself open to interpretation because of the amount of historical mistakes and supposed first person contradictions of the one event.
This relates to almost all the major events in The New Testament of the Bible.
Compare the Gospels of Matthew,Mark,Luke and John and you will easily see the foibles made.
There is a reason for this.
The gospels that are found the Bible, were not actually written by their supposed authors.
The oldest piece of manuscript which is a tiny piece of approx. two lines.Which is in the British Museum.
It was written 52 yrs approx after the death of Jesus. The majority of the Bible comes from 3rd. and 4th century authors.
Then it was translated a couple of times and the gospels edited diligently by monks in the employ of Constantine.
It was his mother Helena who was responsible for convincing him to gather together the manuscripts and create the Bible.
The Church then combined the gospels selected to be known as The New Testament.
But unfortunately the oldest of the gospels were the ones that were eliminated.
Including the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.
Together with a version of the Torah and other early Jewish tales,we know as the Old Testament, they were combined to make the Bible.

Answer 6

Ok. 2 things you're saying are flawed.

First off, there will ALWAYS be new and different ways for different groups of people to interpret the bible. That's why there are so many branches of Christianity, that's why Gay Rights has suddenly become a Religious thing. o.o;

Secondly, the bible, in at least a few areas, is meant to be a STORY that teaches men the ideals and morals that God wanted you all to have. Of course, that didn't work, because most of you took these stories as fact.

Answer 7

Jesus was a rabbi - and challenged the rabbis of that day, at
the age of 12, as He was teaching them in the Temple.

I TOTALLY believe the Bible, However, not everyone shares my
conservative views - so I will not go along with the crowd.

Jesus did not respect the rabbis of His day as they interpreted
the Torah to benefit themselves. And He called them on that -
and they did everything they could to silence Him.

Jesus WAS and IS the Son of God and He is alive today!

The tomb is empty! I have been there!

Answer 8

Well one reason they may have accepted the Bible as Truth was because of the 'crudsades'. It was accept it or be burned at the stake like Joan of Ark. Most people opted to live unlike Joan of Ark.

Answer 9

Well, not all Christians totally accept the Bible as truth because what is written is greatly subject to interpretation and also translation from original texts.

You make a broad sweeping conclusion which is terribly flawed.

Answer 10

It's not about truth, its about adherence. Truth is subjective, and whether or not one wants to accept the Divinity of Christ, has nothing to do with the scribes of Moses (the primary author of the Old Testament.
... The Old Testament is basically the Torah..
To adhere to it, is to be Jewish.

The first book of the Old Testament was written about 1480 b.C, while the last book of the Old Testament by Malachi, was written about 400 years b.C.

TORAH (The Law):
Bereishith (In the beginning...) (Genesis)
Shemoth (The names...) (Exodus)
Vayiqra (And He called...) (Leviticus)
Bamidbar (In the wilderness...) (Numbers)
Devarim (The words...) (Deuteronomy)

NEVI'IM (The Prophets):
Yehoshua (Joshua)
Shoftim (Judges)
Shmuel (I &II Samuel)
Melakhim (I & II Kings)
Yeshayah (Isaiah)
Yirmyah (Jeremiah)
Yechezqel (Ezekiel)
The Twelve (treated as one book)
Hoshea (Hosea)
Yoel (Joel)
Amos
Ovadyah (Obadiah)
Yonah (Jonah)
Mikhah (Micah)
Nachum
Chavaqquq (Habbakkuk)
Tzefanyah (Zephaniah)
Chaggai
Zekharyah (Zechariah)
Malakhi

KETHUVIM (The Writings):
Tehillim (Psalms)
Mishlei (Proverbs)
Iyov (Job)
Shir Ha-Shirim (Song of Songs)
Ruth
Eikhah (Lamentations)
Qoheleth (the author's name) (Ecclesiastes)
Esther
Daniel
Ezra & Nechemyah (Nehemiah) (treated as one book)
Divrei Ha-Yamim (The words of the days) (Chronicles)