Jews for Jesus or Messianic Jews are not and never will be Jews. Their movement was created by Baptist ministers as a way to trick Jews into converting to Christianity. No Jewish authority recognizes them as Jews and I can't understand why Jews would buy into this garbage! Did they literally have no concept of their faith and traditions?
2007-03-28 05:08:37 · 28 answers · asked by Joe 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow, just to highlight the silly things said here first off--
"There are at least twelve thousand Jews who are believers in Jesus, they have a better concept of their faith and traditions than any of the other Jews."
Keep THAT coming, I absolutely LOVE it when Chr*stians tell Jews how to live Judaism. Tell me, have you ever read the Torah? Talmud? If you've read the OT you haven't read the Torah! Come on now, I KNOW you've been studying since you were small. Let's hear your wealth of knowledge!! What's niddah? What is the reason for it? Please.
"Most Jews who read the Torah and interpret it honestly will read Isaiah 53 and recognize that JESUS was the LAMB OF GOD come to die for the sins of God's people."
For one, Isaiah isn't in the Torah, genius. Secondly, anyone who reads the Tanakh in its original and untinkered with translation will find that there is nothing whatsoever that points to a Messiah. There is no criteria (the messiah will be this) however, it does warn about false messiahs...and J*sus fits every criteria on that one. Isaiah is actually speaking about the whole of Israel, not one specific person. You'd know that if you read it.
Finally, to answer Joe's question. I apologize for the rudeness before, but honestly, some people are just silly. I agree with you 100% Joe. Anyone who is born Jewish and believes in J*sus as messiah is an apostate, and unless they renounce their idolatry they will die an apostate, and their souls will die apostates. You're right, their movement was created by Xtian evangelists. Messianic "Jews," and especially their disgusting organization "Jews" for J*sus, focus on the old, lonely, and school-age Jews for conversion through coercion and lies.
They buy into it because they are human. Messianic "Jews" use unfair tactics to gain converts--let's take high school for instance. One tactic they use is the "snare" for real Jews--they pass out these little pieces of paper (flyers, they call them) no larger than the palm of your hand. In the upper corner is the print for "haderech" which as you know means "the way" in Hebrew. They advertise great events in large print, make it seem very interesting, and then in the tiniest print you can see, say it is a Messianic organization. This is how they get you to come at first. They do not talk about J*sus at that first meeting, or any other meetings after that until they see you are friends with the congregation and comfortable. Then they start introducing the crap.
They target school-age Jews, who are at a confusing age and willing to follow anyone who accepts them socially, elderly Jews for the same reason, and lonely Jews, for the same reason. They also target Jews that didn't have a strong Jewish upbringing and confuse them on the manners of the books. They use the badly translated and tinkered with books and then try and show those Jews that "you're wrong and we're right" though if that Jew had paid a little more attention in school they could easily show how manipulative the Messianics are being in showing them the texts.
Truly a disgusting practice.
Peace and I hope they keep themselves far from your family
2007-03-28 06:13:46 · answer #1 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
you acquire it incorrect. its no longer muslims, that is human beings from palestine that dislike jews. Palestine became an MuslimArab/ChristainArab u . s .. at the same time as Jews got here to Palestine, they moved the Arabs away to truly a small line strip of the country purely. Jews took over maximum human beings of the country and renamed it Israel/replaced the flag to the jewish image. Til in the present day, Arabs(palestine) and jews nonetheless strive against over the land. Palestine wouldn't have some thing to guard themselves, on account that jews are nonetheless planing to take the total u . s .. so that you won't be able to really say Muslims hate Jews. you may damage it down
2016-12-02 22:47:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand them. They pretty much follow the jewish traditions and customs but believe the Jesus was the messiah? Wouldn't that just make them Christians? Now I can understand if they just believed that Jesus was a prophet (like Muslims do) but saying that he was the messiah just makes them Christians that follow the jewish way of living. This world is just topsy turvy and is the reason I don't follow any religion. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I don't believe in a God but religion is to limiting.
2007-03-28 05:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by tauro5484 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was indeed a Jew and as such would have considered it blasphemy to have called himself divine. There is nothing whatsoever in any Hebrew text claiming that the messiah will be a human made into God.
The word "christ" means annointed, as in an annointed (human) king. Jesus claimed to be king of the Jews, not God Himself. The Romans would not have crucified him if he was claiming to be a god, but they could not let him threaten the human king they had assigned as king of the Jews!
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2007-03-28 08:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
people are becoming more ignorant, right before i deconverted from christianity i thought about becoming a Jew, but i ended up in yet another branch of chirstianity, a jew for jesus, yes i know what it was after the fact, but there are no synagogues in Texas, the christians scared off anything that is not christian.
Now im just a solitary Pagan, i realize its for the best that i stay out of the abrahamic three, they have thier own ideas about *what is moral and what is spiritual* and i have mine.
2007-03-28 05:14:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word Jew refers to a religion and a race of people. Jewish people can be Christians. Jesus was a Jew.
2007-03-28 05:12:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Christianity doesnt abide by the 603 commandments of Judism, so, wouldn't Jews for Jesus mean that a Jewish person still followed their Jewish traditions, but believed that Jesus was the Christ?
2007-03-28 05:19:03 · answer #7 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
You are way off base. This is the 1st time I am going to use a website referral....The scholarly text titled "The Ascendance of Messianic Judaism in the context of Hebrew Christianity" will answer your questions.
Type in "Messianic Jews History" scroll down & click on
Messianic Judaism with www.mcu.edu under this title...<>< <><
2007-03-28 05:39:48 · answer #8 · answered by Barbara J 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Actually they do...I went to a passover Seder with them and it was real honest to goodness Jews having a passover and showing how Jesus was seen in it. They have a very good idea of their faith and traditions. They see Jesus as Matthew did, a fulfillment of the Christ to come. All the people I met there were Jewish not Baptists or any other religion.
2007-03-28 05:16:26 · answer #9 · answered by Jan P 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
LOLOL...
you do know that Jesus was a Jew right???
and that ALL twelve disciples were Jewish too, right???
Come on, you must have known that until the apostle Paul started preaching to the Gentiles that ALL believers in Jesus were Jewish...right???
They didnt start calling them Christians until Rome began to accept the movement as legit. That was prob 100 or more yrs after Jesus died; prior to that CHristianity was considered another sect of Judaism....
lolol, now the jokes on who?
2007-03-28 05:14:32 · answer #10 · answered by zeke58 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋