How can Christianity and Judaism be reconciled?

Question

If Jews the people of G-d shun the messiah (Jesus) G-d has promised them either:

1 The messiah was false
2. G-d has massively misled his chosen people (yeah right)

Which is it ? Why cant Xtians admit 1 is a possibility ? since 2 isn't and has led to massive anti-semitism

Why don't Jews accept Jesus as the Messiah?
http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_c/bl_jesus.htm

Messiah : The Criteria

Judge for yourself:
Did Jesus fulfill ALL these criteria?

http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/jews-jesus/jews-jesus-index.html

Who Was Jesus?

http://www.noahide.com/yeshu.htm

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/jewsandjesus.htm

Answer 1

If they could admit #1 is a possibility they would cease to be Christians. Not that Christians ever were Christians; they are Paulists, which is different. I wonder why Christians (Paulists) can't accept that Jesus might have been a "holy" teacher, a rabbi who brought new enlightenment to Judaism, and just know that it's enough to be revered and honored as a wise man -- but demigods are the stuff of mythology.

"Christians" don't understand that there is a fundamental difference between their religion and Judaism. Belief or disbelief in Jesus as a divinity is only the tip of the iceberg. With or without Jesus, Christianity and Judaism have entirely different GODS.

Answer 2

It is neither. Read Daniel 9. Daniel 9 is a messianic prophecy (sorry, dispensationalists) that prophesied the messiah would appear in 27 AD, be crucified 3.5 years later, and that the Jews would reject him . After 7 years passed (since Jesus' baptism in 27 AD), if the Jews continued to reject the messiah, their probation period would end and they would lose their coveted spot as the chosen people. This spot would be given to those who accepted the messiah (Gentiles) and, according to the book of Romans, the Gentiles would be grafted into Israel as spiritual Jews and take the promise. Nothing anti-semitic, this is simply what the OT has proclaimed.

Answer 3

There were over 300 prophesies in the OT that was fulfilled about Jesus. The Pharisees said Jesus couldn't be the Christ because he was from Nazareth. They didn't bother to find out where he was born, Bethlehem as foretold. They also rejected him because he healed on the sabbath and he said he could forgive sins.

The NT also says IF the Jews had not rejected Jesus then the Gentiles would not have been brought the gospel. So was it meant to be? Or did God know since they killed all of the prophets he sent they would also deny his son?
There are many Messianic Jews now and their number is growing. There were some Jews that accepted Jesus, many in fact, some were Pharisees IE Nicodemus.
The gospel of Matthew was written to the Jews, I wish more Jews would read it to find out the truth. Along side of Isaiah.
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Answer 4

Christianity began as Judaism for Gentiles. Their faith includes most of the Hebrew sacred texts. It is because any extremist faith splinters off into groups that antagonize each other. Jews began the One True Faith that makes all others False and Paths to Damnation crap. Pretty extreme. Too extreme to be true. If you weren't a Jew, you were going to Hell as far as they were concerned. Christ comes around and made Judaism for Gentiles. This p!ssed off the other Rabbis (yes, Jesus was a Rabbi) and they arrange for him to get killed. Of course you're the choosen people of YOUR OWN GOD. De De De. Does this make every single other spiritual path on the planet wrong. No. Look how Christianity has splintered into various factions that also antagonize each other. Look at the Sunni and Shea in Islam. Extremism breaks apart and makes itself it's own worst enemy.

Answer 5

i usually just tell christians that jesus is their messiah, not mine, but i admit it has more to do with trying to be non-argumentative than that it is really what i believe. i do think that there are some christians who really do lead helpful lives, and i know they base their morals on their christian faith. my parents are both christian, and in my official conversion essay, i was very clear that is is exactly the morals they taught me that led me to judaism. personally i could reconcile christian beliefs much more easily as just another way of understanding god if they simply said their holy book was what they call the new testament, and leave their misinterpretation of the torah out of it.

oh yeah, and the fanatics gotta quit trying to convert me and telling my 6 yr old he's going to hell, but other than that, we'd be cool.

Answer 6

Their hearts are hardened until the last Gentile Christian comes into Salvation. God is dealing with the Jewish people and has been for a very long time, but are they forsaken? Heavens no! They will one day recognize Jesus as the Savior in the Old Testament. A Christian should only love the Jewish people and never, never, never hate them. God forbids it. I don't think you can be a Christian and hate the Jewish people. You cannot know the Word of God and hate the Jewish people. Satanic people hate the Jewish people, but never should a Christian who follows the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob whose Son is Jesus Christ the Messiah.

Answer 7

How about:

3. The Chosen People blew it once again, and now need to deal with reality and accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah, just like everyone else, or face the eternal consequences.

Answer 8

When elijah the prophet comes He will restore all things;then the messiah will reconcile jew with gentile the proper way.

Answer 9

The first Saints were Jews. Saint Paul, the apostles, etc.

The jews constantly made mistakes in the bible, one more wouldn't be all that surprising.

Answer 10

Orthodox Judaism believed that a lamb was sacrificed for their sins.

If they read their torah and followed it they would understand that this lamb would come in the form of the son of God, and that JESUS was the LAMB OF GOD.