or do they think that the isaiah reference was abused by early christians to support the gospel story, and that the bible never spoke of a coming messiah?
2007-04-04 14:38:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Two Jews = three opinions.
Some Jews are still waiting for the messiah (human king of Israel)
Some Jews believe the messiah is a metaphor for an era of peace and goodness on earth for all humanity.
Since the messiah will be a human king, all Jews can strive to BE the messiah. (The sole purpose of the messiah is to bring peace on earth for all humanity, regardles of race, creed, culture, etc.)
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2007-04-04 14:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As a Jew I can answer truthfully. First of all whoever that was that said that Jews believe Jesus was a prophet need to check his refferences. We believe that the text in Isaiah is the original and was not doctored by christians (see the Dead Sea Scrolls predating early christianity). The Messiah is a wholly Jewish concept. Even the word is Hebrew (Messiah = Mashiach = Annointed One). So yes, Jews believe in the coming of the Messiah.
2007-04-04 21:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by Darnental 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we believe in the concept of a Messiah. But we don't believe that Isaiah points to a Messiah. If you put the verses in context, Isaiah is actually talking about all of Israel.
2007-04-04 22:19:45 · answer #3 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews longed for the Messiah hundreds of years before Jesus was born. We pray daily that he will come, but so far he has not.
2007-04-05 11:13:22 · answer #4 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, all the lineage tracing the Messiah was destroyed when the Romans sacked Jerusalem in 70 CE.
The one thing that the pharisees never ever brought up was Jesus lineage. They knew for a fact that his family was in the line of Kind David.
So, how would they prove that their Messiah is the "Messiah"?
2007-04-04 21:49:56 · answer #5 · answered by Livin In Myrtle Beach SC 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes to a messiah, but the quotes taken from isaiah are not messianic in nature
http://members.aol.com/LazerA/moshiach.htm
2007-04-04 21:46:16 · answer #6 · answered by rosends 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they do believe there "will be" a messiah. They just don't believe he has already come.
2007-04-04 21:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by redglory 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They believe that Jesus was just a prophet and believe that the Messaih has yet to come.
2007-04-04 21:48:40 · answer #8 · answered by Nathan 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
we believe in a massiah
he must follow these criteriars
First of all, he must be Jewish - "...you may appoint a king over you, whom the L-rd your G-d shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set as king over you." (Deuteronomy 17:15)
He must be a member of the tribe of Judah - "The staff shall not depart from Judah, nor the sceptre from between his feet..." (Genesis 49:10)
He must be a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon, his son - "And when your days (David) are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall issue from your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will make firm the throne of his kingdom forever..." (2 Samuel 7:12 - 13)
He must gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel -"And he shall set up a banner for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." (Isaiah 11:12)
He must rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem - "...and I will set my sanctuary in their midst forever and my tabernacle shall be with them.." (Ezekiel 37:26 - 27)
He will rule at a time of world-wide peace - "...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." (Micah 4:3)
He will rule at a time when the Jewish people will observe G-d's commandments - "My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow My ordinances and be careful to observe My statutes." (Ezekiel 37:24)
He will rule at a time when all people will come to acknowledge and serve one G-d - "And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, says the L-rd" (Isaiah 66:23)
All of these criteria are best stated in the book of Ezekiel Chapter 37 verses 24-28:
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. they shall also follow My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Yaakov my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt and they shall dwell there, they and their children, and their children's children forever; and my servant David shall be their prince forever. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, which I will give them; and I will multiply them and I will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their G-d and they will be my people. Then the nations shall know that I am the L-rd who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary will be in the midst of them forevermore.
If an individual fails to fulfill even one of these conditions, then he cannot be "The Messiah." A careful analysis of these criteria shows us that to date, no one has fulfilled every condition.
2007-04-06 11:06:42 · answer #9 · answered by Mlsig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they belief.
Messiah is a Jewish concept.
2007-04-04 21:41:50 · answer #10 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋