Why the Jews don't acknowledge Jesus as the true heir of David?

Question

I'm not very good at Christianity history and I never understood this. I don't care about whose side is right, I just want to understand the reasons.

Answer 1

Simply put... The Jews do not believe Jesus was the Messiah. PERIOD!!

Answer 2

Jews believe that Jesus didn't fulfill some of the prophesies required for the Messiah.

On of the main ones is Jesus' lineage. The Messiah must be a direct descendant of king David. Jesus, is claimed to be conceived by God, not Joseph, meaning he was not a decedent of Davids.

There are several others, and you can find them on many Jewish sites using your question in Google

Answer 3

Why do people assume that the Messiah the Jewish people look for, and the Messiah they believe in aren't the same?
God doesn't change. But people do. Maybe Christ had to come back earlier to achieve some spiritual purpose. Just as Elijah already returned in the Time of Christ. And will come again as one of the Two Witnesses before the Great Day of The Lord!
The Messiah the Jewish people await ,and the Christ who will return in the Second Coming. Is the one who Will take control of this world, and install a peaceful government for a Time.

Answer 4

Over time, the Jews got it in their heads that the Christ would set up a physical kingdom on earth just as David & Solomon had.

Furthermore, when Jesus claimed to be the Christ, he didn't seek the approval of nor cater to the High Priest, Sadducees & Pharisees (Jewish religious leaders). In fact Jesus criticized them.

Jesus was born in a very humble way and from lowly parents -- not fitting of a king.

After the Jewish leaders convinced the Romans to put Jesus to death and He was hung on the cross, it just solidified their belief that Jesus could not be the Christ because it He had been He would never have allowed the Romans to kill Him.

However, if they had really been searching & watching for the Christ, they would have recognized the signs. The fulfilled Isaiah prophesies from some 800 years priors were clear.

Jesus continuously taught that he was supposed to die and that he kingdom was not an earthly one, but a heavenly/spiritual one. Jesus explained this to Pilate in John 18 ...

35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

What I find interesting is that there are even Christians today that are looking for Jesus to set up a physical kingdom. Was Jesus not clear in His words to Pilate ... I am a king and my kingdom is not of this world???

So either Jesus was a liar or He is the King over His spiritual kingdom. However, only people that believe the truth understands what Jesus said (end of verse 37).

However, not all of the Jews were unbelieving. The origins of Christianity were from the Jew first then from the Gentiles. After Jesus' death, in Acts chapter 2, thousands of Jews obeyed the Gospel and became Christians.

Hope this helps your understanding. Keep questioning, seeking the truth.

Think about it -- figure it out.

Answer 5

Well for one, they were expecting a conquering King that would re-establish their earthly independent kingdom. Secondly, if the NT is too be believed as accurate and infallible, Jesus is of royal descent but not the royal line, i.e. there would have been many others with a much stronger claim to the throne.

Just to explain a little clearer David's throne passed to Solomon and then to one of Solomon's sons, Jesus does not, according to either Matthew or Luke descend from this royal linage.

Answer 6

In order for a person to truly be the Messiah promised by God, this person must fulfill roughly 300 prophesies that prove who he is. Simply put, the Jews do not believe Jesus fulfilled these prophesies. Messianic Jews (who believe Jesus is Messiah) and gentile Christians DO believe Jesus fulfilled all prophesy.

This is it in a nutshell.

EDIT: "J.P.," you are incorrect. Only ONE genealogy is traced through Jeconiah: Joseph's (which is given in Matthew). This was given in order to prove that Joseph cannot be Jesus' physical father. This is also the reason why the virgin conception follows Matthew's genealogy of Joseph, because this shows God is Jesus' Father. Mary's genealogy (given in Luke) is COMPLETELY separate from Jeconiah.

http://www.jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/5_6/genealogy

Answer 7

Because Jesus failed the prophecies required of HaMosiach.

Further, both geneologies shown in the NT pass through Jeconiah (one directly, one through Jeconiah's descendants), and Jeconiah was cursed that his descendants would never be Mosiach, let alone HaMosiach.

One geneology (that supposed to be of Joseph) has no genetic ties to a virgin-birth Jesus. The other passes from David through Nathan, when HaMosiach must be born of a line that passes from David through Solomon.

So, if we hold the geneologies to be true, and even if we grant Joseph's lineage despite the alleged 'virgin birth', Yshua bar-Ysef was genetically and geneologically ineligable of any claim of Mosiach or of HaMosiach.

Answer 8

The Jewish leaders or power brokers didn't. Rejected Moses as well. Martin Luther was rejected by Pope. Most jews of that day did accept Jesus...but the 'Dick Chenys' didn't.

"It's better that one man should die, than an entire nation perish." High Priest of Jews (about Rome)

Answer 9

They don't believe he was the son of God. Just an ordenary guy spreading God's word. As for the whole Davids heir thing I have no idea what u are talking about. I was tought that Joseph his Dad was just a ordenary guy not related to any royalty.

Answer 10

The claim that Jesus is descended from David isn't entirely supported, or even somewhat.

It's like those people that claim to be descended from the first people aboard the Mayflower. It can't be verified.

Answer 11

because according to the bible, the messiah will rebuild the temple in jerusalem, bring back all the jews to israel, create everlasting world peace, destroy all weapons of war, cure all sickness and disabilities, bring every person in the world to know and believe in G-d, and a whole bunch of other things that jesus clearly did not do.