If its true that the Jews are still waiting for the Messiah & dont beliver in Jesus, why is that?

Question

I mean dont they beleive in Christ? dont they still beleive the Bible, the teachings of Jesus, what proof do they need

Answer 1

hmmm let's see Jesus didn't fulfill the prophecies for the Messiah. The very concept of him being divine violates every concept in Torah. Christian theology bears no resemblance to anything in Torah. Are you serious?

Answer 2

Jews do not believe in what Christian call as trinity. Jews are not alone in this view. One way of explaining is they have a "strict" definition to the word monotheism.

Christian theology include a concept called trinity, which is considered by Christians as a "mystery", and the trinity means there are three persons in One God. Christianity has found writings and interpretations that allow for the concept of trinity. To Jews God is unfathomable. They so revere the name of God that they refuse to even spell it with vowels or say the name of God. One reason could be that as humans, they understand how we could easily make mistakes and assumptions about the personality of God and may take God lightly - as in, in vain.

Basically, these beliefs can all be traced back to the written word- from the Bible as Christian call it, and Tanakh as Jews call it. If you noticed the Bible has two main parts - the old and the new testament. If you compare the Christian Bible Old Testament to either an Islam's Koran or a Jew's Torah, you will notice similarities. But I am afraid that is where the similarities end. Two different groups of people compiled the Bible, and the Tanakh (of which Torah is a part of). And the Jews do not have new Testament - which is the part that describes the life of Jesus. Here's a website for Torah: www.torah.org

As to how Jews view Jesus. Some view him as a prophet, teacher, a great spiritual leader, etc..

As with Christianity, Judaism has different denominations and some of them associate the coming of the messiah to what they call as Messianic Age - when the Messiah will establish a physical kingdom on Earth, some others believe that the coming of the messiah will gather the Israelites from all over the world into their promised land, Israel - the Holy Land and from thereon an era of peace will begin.

You might want to check some information on the history of Christianity under Rome's influence like at wikipedia you can search for keyword : Constantine who was the Roman emperor, check keyword Bible and Jewish Messiah. You'll learn that the Christian Bible may have more or less books depending on the Christian group using it.

Answer 3

Some Jews who do not know better, yes, are still waiting for the Messiah. One ought to understand the terminology of "coming back". From or where to? From the Diaspora back to Israel. The first time the Messiah came back was from Egypt back to Canaan headed by the Messianic leader Moses. The Jews lost their country to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and were carried away to exile for 70 years. At the end of that captivity, the Messiah came back to Israel for the second time by order of Cyrus the Persian King, whom Isaiah considered a Messianic leader. Then, at 70 ace the Jews lost Israel again and were dispersed into another exile of almost two thousand years. Now, and for the third time the Messiah is coming back to Israel in a movement that has been named "Zionism," headed by the modern Messianic leader Theodor Herzl. This coming back is still in the process, although modern Israel has been reestablished. Jews did not reject Jesus. They did reject and still do, the Christ of Paul, that has nothing to do with the Jesus of Nazareth. It's true that the majority of Jews don't bother checking the NT for the difference between Jesus and the Christ of Paul. So, unfortunately, they grow up hating also Jesus because of what Christianity has done to them throughout History. No, they are not waiting for some guy to come along saying that he is the Messiah. The learned Jews know very well that the Messiah is a reference to the Jewish people.

Answer 4

Jesus was to Judaism as Martin Luther was to Catholicism; Jesus was a reformer if the New Testament of the Christian Bible is to be considered gospel. The Jewish Holy Book does not, naturally, include the Christian New Testament. Jews may or may not believe that Jesus existed, but, in either case, they do not regard him as the Messiah since essentially he was protesting the practices of the Hebrews during his lifetime. His followers, as you may know, established a new religion in Jesus's name!!

Answer 5

The Jews rejected Jesus because He failed, in their eyes, to do what they expected their Messiah to do--destroy evil and all their enemies, in this case the Romans, and establish an eternal kingdom with Israel as the preeminent nation in the world. The prophecies in Isaiah and Psalm 22 described a suffering Messiah who would be persecuted and killed, but they chose to focus on those prophecies that discussed His glorious victories, not His crucifixion.

Answer 6

There is one belief that says, "For the Lord hardened their hearts [the Jews] for the Gentiles [anyone not Jewish] to be saved." God hardened the hearts of the Jews, so salvation can go to someone else. That someone else is us. Revelation I think says, "and when they shall see Jesus all the Jews will believe and be saved." That is when every person on Earth will see Jesus Christ in the end times. The Jews, though, are still God's people! God has never left them and never will! Why do the Jews still appear today even after the Holocaust? Why does the nation of Israel exist today?

Answer 7

Some do not believe that Jesus was the messiah. They are still waiting for one. They go by the OT. Not the NT.

Some believe that Jesus was the messiah. They are messiac jews.

Answer 8

The so called Messianic Jews are not Jews, they are Christians. Jesus does not fit the description of the Messiah. The Messiah is supposed to bring the kingdom of God on earth. That did not happen. Jews do not believe in original sin, we believe that people are born good, not with original sin. They sin later. We do not believe that good people of any religion will go to hell. We believe in a merciful, forgiving God. Because we do not believe in original sin we do not believe that the Messiah was supposed to die for our sins. The Messiah was not supposed to be the son of God, nor a savior. He is supposed to be a human being and was not supposed to die for our sins. We were not supposed to worship the Messiah. We do not have an intermediary between us and god. The first commandment is that we shall have no other gods before him. A son of God who is worshipped is another God and against a basic tenet of our religion. Our holy prayers translate to "one god", not a trinity. As a matter of fact there were lots of people who claimed to be the Messiah all through Jewish history. None of them brought the kingdom of God to earth. We believe in the Old Testament, not the New Testament. If we believed Jesus was the Messiah then we would be Christians, not Jews. We are not Christians, Buddhists are not Christians, Hindus are not Christians, etc., etc. Muslims see him as a leader like Moses, they also do not believe he is the savior.

Answer 9

We Jews know that Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies, did not have the personal background, characteristics or behavior to be a messiah. you see, we know what the messiah will be, and it won't be a demi god who dies for sins.

We have a tradition that the messiah, a human being, will come and lead us into the messianic age. No second coming, no supposed divine origin, and "messiah" -- meaning anointed as a king with specific oil. When it happens, everyone will know and there will be no denying it.

Anyone who says that there are Jews who accept Jesus doesn't realize that at that moment, those people deny their own Judaism.

Answer 10

Because Jesus did not fulfill the most important parts of the prophesy. New Testament writers invented the second coming to cover up that fact. Judaism was not expecting a new savior. They already had a savior in Yahweh and already had an everlasting covenant with him. In fact they are told that Yahweh is to be their only savior.

What they were expecting was a messiah, a King that would restore the Kingdom of Israel. Not a god-man who would start a whole new religion. In fact, the Jews were specifically warned what to watch out for in false prophets. One of the warnings was men who would teach strange new gods. The trinity of Christianity is completely strange and foreign to Judaism. They were also warned against anyone who taught against what had already been revealed by other prophets.

Answer 11

Jesus did not come the way They planed.
Jesus came to serve Gods will.
They looked for a rich man, that had great power in politics.
Jesus came to save the sinner,to free those that are bound.
Most Jews don't follow the New Testament.But many do.
We have a lot of Christians Jews in my church.<><