Do the "Jews for Jesus" members believe that Jesus was the Messiah?

Answer 1

Of course they do.
Many people, Christians and some Jews as well, erroneously believe that just as one can be Black and Christian, just as one can be Oriental and Christian, one can also be Jewish and Christian. It is not true. The Jews are not a race. There is no genetic code passed from either mother or father to the child that makes that child a Jew. Even if all, or some, of the genetic code in a child could be proved to be of Jewish Origin, that would not make the child a Jew. Jewish law determines who is a Jew, and Jewish law is quite clear. If a person's mother is a Jew, and that person has not converted to another faith, then that person will be considered fully Jewish, so long as that person wishes to identify solely as a Jew. Although one cannot convert to become a member of a race, for example one cannot convert to become an Oriental or an African-American, one who converts to Judaism does, indeed, become fully a Jew. Similarly, if one converts from Judaism to another faith, one is no longer a Jew.

Answer 2

Jews for Jesus???? Jews believe the Messiah is still to come. Never heard of jews for Jesus...Jews believe in God, not Jesus...

Answer 3

They do- and that is why it is a CHRISTIAN movement and has nothing to do with Judaism. The fact is, that the majority of its members are not, and never have been Jews. They have used their deceitful tactics to get a few Jews to convert- but the majority of their communities are born Christians that have just moved across to a different Christian denomination. The entire Jewish world deems Jews foir Jesus/Messianic Jews/Hebrew Christians/Completed Jews or whatever other name they use to hide their affiliations as nothing more than Christians, and any Jew converting to them as guilty of apostasy as if they had converted to any other religion.

edit: Just a correction to what Inat says. Orthodox Judaism does not recognise that a person who converts to another faith looses their Jewishness. However, their is a big caveat to this- a Jew who is practising another faith is considered to be outside of the community. They may no longer be a member of the community, represent the community in any capacity, receive any community honours, receive any honours in a synagogue (such as being called to read from the Torah, open the ark, carry the Torah, lead the prayers), may not be a member of a synagogue, may not pray with the community - and if they die before they repent, they may not be buried in a Jewish cementary and the family does not observe the laws of mourning for the deceased- nor do they say kaddish for him. Their soul is considered to be punished by kares- excission- the permanent disassociation from the presence of God- the worst punishment a soul can receive- in addition, while Judaism believes in reincarnation so a soul can perfect itself- one punished by kares can no longer be reincarnated. Fortunately for the person who has left Judaism to follow another religion, it is easy to return. Just repent and come back- some communities require them to immerse in a mikveh as well, but that is not strictly necessary according to the Halachah.

Answer 4

Yes, they believe that Jesus fulfilled the Messianic prophecies of the Holy Scriptures.

Answer 5

Yes, but they are CHRISTIANS, not Jews. Jews CANNOT believe that Jesus is the mosiach - he did not meet any of the messianic requirements, and they'd be blatantly disobeying God if they did.

Answer 6

I think they call themselves Messianic Jews.

Answer 7

Yes they do. However they're Christians and they just haven't admitted it yet.

Answer 8

yes, they do, and yes, He was...He was, himself, a Jew-as were His disciples and followers...

Answer 9

I really don't know.