Why won't Jews accept that Jesus is The Son of God?

Question

What about Him doesn't make you believe, specifically? Why couldn't Jesus be The Saviour that was prophesized? Doesn't He fit the bill perfectly? If you are Jewish, have you read The New Testement?

Christians, doesn't Jesus even give a few referances to The Old Testement about His coming?

Answer 1

As a people God chose the Jews so that His majesty and glory would be made manifest to the rest of the world. The first Christians were Jews, and the spread of Christianity in its early days was primarily due to messianic Jews. In fact, all the authors of the Christian bible, save one, were Jews who lived in the days before the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 CE.

But, like all other peoples, they (the Jewish people) are held to the same standards that God holds all peoples to. The Jew must acknowledge Christ as their means of reconciliation with a just God.

If Jesus did not fulfill biblical prophecy, if he is not the promised Messiah of Israel, if he was not born of a virgin, if he did not die for the sins of the world and rise from the dead, if he is not coming back as King of all kings to rule and reign here forever- then he is the Messiah and Savior of nobody. He is a false prophet and the writers of the New Testament were either deceivers or deceived. In other words, if Christ is not the Messiah of the Jews then He is not the Savior of the Christians.

For more information, see

http://www.realmessiah.com/answers.htm
http://www.jewsforjesus.org/answers

Answer 2

Well let's see...the messiah was supposed to be a son of David - descended from the house of David, the royal house of Israel - oh, and the messiah was supposed to save the Jews. Now, Jesus was Jewish but his followers have persecuted the Jewish people for more than two millenia so on that second score he doesn't really resemble the prophesied savior of the people of Israel. On the first point though there is a big problem. If Jesus was a son of the house of David he would not be some poor carpenter's son, he would be royalty, rich and powerful. A careful reading of the New Testament could show how Jesus might have been edited to appear a poor underdog, friend of wealthy Lazarus, hangs out with tax collectors etc. Still the Bible paints Jesus as relatively poor and powerless and so not likely to be the king
Strangely, it seems as if a lot of Jesus' followers have not read the Old Testament. If they had they would know this stuff.

Answer 3

Here why we don't believe that Jesus was the messiah in simple terms:
1) The dead were not resurrected
2) The Jews did not beome priests to the other nations
3) There is no world peace
4) The temple is not standing
5) There is no temple service
6) There is no parah adumah or its ashes to render us tahor
7) The messiah is from the House of David. your house/tribe is inherited from your father. Your father is your BIOLOGICAL father- there is no adoption in Judaisim to another father- if God is the father of Jesus- then Jesus cannot be from the House of David as God is not frm the House of David.

And no- the messiah does NOT proclaim himself- he will be recognised by his deeds- not by his claims- in other words, through doing the above he will be recognised as the messiah. On top of that- mashiach is a HUMAN being, with HUMAN parents- the idea of an anthropomorphised God going around and impregnating young woman is completely alien to Judaism- though it fits very nicely into the pagan religions of the time which had therr heroes being fathered by gods (ala Hercules and his daddy Zeus)

As for the Messianic "Jews"- sorry, but the entire Jewish world rejects you as nothing more than a bunch of Chrsitian sects using deceptive tactics to ensnare and convert the uneducated. The one thing that every Jewish denomination agrees on is this: Nobody who believes in Jesus is following Judaism. There is good news, however. If you were born Jewish - (assuming your mother Jewish and not a Messianic Jewess or that your maternal grandmother was at leats Jewish and not a Messianic Jew..) to repent from your folly is simple- just repent, go to mikveh and there ya go- welcome back to JUDAISM!

Answer 4

. First, you should be looking most carefully at those answers written ***by Jews***. Gratvol's is clearly one; mine is another. Jesus did not fulfill our description of who the Messiah will be; I have put links in below which give **authentic** translations and **Jewish** interpretations of our Bible. You are not required to believe anything of what is there, but this tells you why **we** believe the way we do.

Second--those people who accept Jesus are **not** Jews by anyone's definition other than their own. No rabbi that I know, from whatever branch of Judaism, nor any other Jew that I know or have heard of, would call such people Jewish. We believe in one G-d, and do not believe Jesus was the messiah. That's the way it's been for thousands of years. No one who does not believe at least this basic concept has the right to call himself or herself Jewish. Sorry, but that's just the way it is. I can call myself French but that won't help much when I get to Paris.

Answer 5

Christian doctrine, in particular the status of Jesus and the idea of the Holy Trinity, was decided at the first council of Nicea in 325AD. The council was called by Constantine who was a Pagan until he converted on his death bed many years later. Constantine had a very great influence on the outcome of the council because he wanted to promote a monotheistic religion in the Roman Empire.

Many texts that supported a view other than what has become known as the Nicene Creed, were destroyed at this time.

I can see no reason why the Jews, who's religion is far older than Christianity, should concern themselves with something decided in 325AD, supported by the burning of books, and promoted by a Pagan.

Answer 6

The very concept of a "son of God" is an foreign to Jewish theology and tradition.

Their is nothing in what you call the OT that mentions that God has a child. In fact it says that their is nothing like him and that God is a singular entity. As such any concept of a son of god in the Christian sense is automatically rejected.


As for the reason why Jesus was not the Messiah of the bible, that is simple. He did not do what was prophesied that the messiah would do.

Nowhere dose it say that the Messiah was here to atone sin or to "fulfill" the biblical covenant. I challenge you to find one verse in the OT that says the messiah will do so. Every verse you will point to dose not mention the messiah in any way shape or form.

In addtion this is what he did not do.
http://www.jewsforjudaism.com/jews-jesus/jews-jesus-index.html

Answer 7

The prophecies that are not occur when G-d returns were not meet when Jesus was here. The temple was supposed to be rebuilt, along with many other things. Because that did not happen at best a few Jews will say he was a profit.

And for the record- the messianic jews are not jews at all. They barely follow any of the laws given to them. The core of judaism is not followed by their belief system- they are not jews other then by blood.

Answer 8

Why would the Jews settle for Jesus? Jesus turned right into a con guy. it truly is why they are nevertheless waiting for his or her Messiah. The prophesy of the Messiah is an no longer conceivable idea that's meant to grant wish that an no longer conceivable imaginary buddy is actual genuine. lower than the circumstances, i'd ask your self why the guy who supposedly become despatched to maintain the Jews did not finished that, and become therefore kept away from by utilising almost all of his own people. Had Jesus been the Messiah, and fulfilled the prophesies of the Torah, they'd have gladly oftentimes occurring his godhood. do not overlook that he become stated as the King of the Jews by utilising the Romans, no longer the Jews. It become also the Romans who popularized Christianity by utilising combining it with the pagan cult of Mithra. -SD-

Answer 9

Oh my! YES, us Christians KNOW the prophetic books (or at least MOST Xians "SHOULD"!) Zech12:19! and Isaiah 53---these are so obvious, but the Jews do not attribute ISAIAH53 to Christ, they dance around it...."For the chastisement of OUR sin was upon HIM!"

All I know is that us Christians need to love and seek to witness to the lost, Jew & Gentile ALIKE! It will be a wonderful day when more and more Jews are Messianic! Its such a beautiful thing to see a Jewish man or woman--come to know Christ!!! The OT comes ALIVE....and they wonder, "How could I have not SEEN all of this?" Pray for the peace and salvation of ISRAEL, everyone MUST pray this daily!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!
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Answer 10

Do you actually read the OT? It sure seems like you don't... Have you read the Jewish bible? Why do you think Jews would be interested in the NT?
And how could Jesus reference himself in the OT? You're saying a man who hadn't been born prophesied his own birth?