why don't jews believe that Jesus is the son of God?

Answer 1

Here is 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.
8) Human sacrifice is completely forbidden in Judaism- remeber God stopping the sacrifice of Isaac? The idea of a human being sacrificed is the opposite of anything from Judaism!
9) You have to atone for yourself! An essential part of the atonement process is being repentant. Someone cannot be repentant for you- you have to do it for yourself. ONly communal sins can be forgiven communally- not individual, private sins!

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 their heroes being fathered by gods (ala Hercules and his daddy Zeus)

NOTE ON MESSIANIC JUDAISM/JEWS FOR JESUS
Both of these are deemed as nothing more than Christian sects using deceitful means to convert Jews. EVERY Jewish denomination denounces these sects as Christians and nothing more. However, by Jewish law, once a Jew, always Jew- whether born or converted. Thus once a person is Jewish they are always judged by Jewish standards, and if they revert/convert to a different religion they are still considered Jewish by Jewish law. BUT, someone practising a religion other than Judaism is considered outside of the community, may not be a member of the community, receive any community honours, be a representative for the community, be buried in a Jewish cemetary, marry a Jew or be treated as a Jew for the purposes of the laws of mourning. However, since they never stop being a Jew- they merely have to repent, return to Judaism and go to mikveh in order to once again be a full member of the community.

Answer 2

Hi Schizzle, The answer to your question is a little complicated but hang in there and I'll try to explain.
The Bible records that right from the beginning in th Book of Genesis that mankind would be saved from the consequences of sin (death) by a Redeemer. Genesis 3:15 the redeemer is referred to as Seed meaning an offspring from the woman.
Right through the Old Testament there is the promise of a Messiah or Annointed One who would take away Israel's sins. The prophet Isaiah has great deal to say about it.
When we come to the time of Daniel in chapter 9 we find a prophecy made that actually foretells the time when this Messiah person would appear. Dan.9:24-27.
During this time the Jews had built up their own picture of what the Messiah would do when He came. According to prophecies in Zechariah He would defeat all of Israel's enemies and place Israel at the forefront of the nations and all the nations would come to them to seek God and worship.
When Jesus came on the scene, His ministry began in 27 A.D. with His baptism and He began to perform miracles by healing the sick and he preached about the Kingdom of God.
These were all messianic things and the ruling classes, the Sanhedrin, the Pharisees and the Saducees were waiting for Jesus to perform the biggy by throwing out the Romans who had occupied Palestine by this time.
When Jesus made the triumphal entry into Jerusalem riding on the donkey, this was a kingly act that Israelite kings had done for centuries and there was great expectation that Jesus was about to reveal Himself in the way they expected the Messiah to behave and call the men to arms, raise up an army and kick Rome's butt.
But Jesus didn't do that so most of the people lost faith in Him. The Pharisees had him arrested on false charges and Jesus went through 7 mock trials that were completely illegal and subsequently He was crucified.
Because Jesus was God in human form He could have saved Himself from the death on the cross. He could have used His divine power and slain all those who had belittled and scourged Him.
But He didn't. He remained on the cross and died as an atonement for the sins of the world and all who believe in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16.
Because Jesus didn't behave in the way the Jews had expected the Messiah to they denounced Him as a fraud.
Jews are now forbidden to read Daniel 9 in fact there is a curse on any Jew who does.
They had all the prophecies and even the Magi from the east knew of the predictions and came to Jerusalem seeking the new King but they missed the event and as a consequence the Jewish nation has passed from God's favour for Jesus told them that their house had been left to them desolate. This is recorded in Matthew 23:38 and Luke 13:35.
The promises that were to belong to literal Israel have now passed to Spiritual Israel represented by the Christian church.
Hope that this has been of some help to you.
H'chat.

Answer 3

They don't believe that Jesus fulfilled the proper requirements to be the Jewish Messiah, much less the son of God. This site explains it in detail:

http://www.jewsforjudaism.com/jews-jesus/jews-jesus-index.html

Answer 4

Because no man can be G-d.

"The Torah makes it clear that there is only one omnipotent, indivisible G-d: "The L-rd He is G-d; there is none else besides him" (Deuteronomy 4:35)." G-d is unique unto Himself, and does not consist of a trinity: "The L-rd He is G-d in heaven above and upon the earth below; there is none else" (Deuteronomy 4:39). JC himself accepted G-d's uniqueness: "And he (JC) said unto him, 'Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, G-d." (Matthew 19:17). How, then, could a mortal man-one who was born and who died on a cross-be a segment of an immortal, indivisible G-d? There is no concept of infinity possible if G-d is a man or a Trinity. The Torah states clearly: "G-d is not a man" (Numbers 23:19)."

Answer 5

> The Real Messiah b y Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
>
> Jesus subjected anyone who dared oppose him to the most awful abuse,
> curses and threats of dire punishment. When the Jews tried to defend
> their ancient faith, Jesus answered them by saying, (Matthew 23:33),
> "You snakes, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the
> damna­tion of hell?"
>
> Jesus did not limit himself to his immediate opponents, such as the
> Rabbis and teachers. He spoke against all those who dared not believe
> in him, branding them as outcasts, subject to divine punishment. We
> thus hear his pronouncement (John 3:36), "He who believes in the
> Son has everlasting life. But he who does not believe in the Son shall
> not see life, but shall suffer the everlasting wrath of G-d." He
> may
> have preached love, but it was a very restricted love. He thus said
> (John 3:5), "I surely say to you: Unless a man is born of water
> and
> the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of G-d."
>
> In contrast to this, the Rabbis, whom Jesus hated so much, did not
> place any such limitations on G-d's love. It was the Rabbis of the
> Talmud who made the statement (Tosefta, Sanhedrin 13), "The
> righteous of all nations have a share in the World to Come." They
> saw
> G-d's love as available to all people, and not only to Jews.
>
> An even stronger statement can be found in our Mid­rashic
> literature, where a rabbi declares (Tana DeBei Eliahu Rabbah 9),
> "I
> call heaven and earth as witnesses: Any individual, whether gentile or
> Jew, man or woman, servant or maid, can bring the Divine Presence upon
> himself in accordance with his deeds."
>
> The Jewish attitude toward non-Jews is most clearly expressed in King
> Solomon's prayer, where he says (I Kings 8:41-43), "When a
> stranger, who is not of Your people Israel, but comes from a distant
> land . . . turns in prayer toward this Temple, then listen to his
> prayers."
>
> The Rabbis who lived in Jesus' time taught (Avos 4:3), "Do not
> despise any man." They likewise declared (Baba Kama 38a),
> "Even a
> gentile who studies Torah is equal to a High Priest." These
> Rabbis saw
> G-d's salvation freely available to all men. Contrast this with the
> terrible sentence proclaimed by Jesus (John 15:6), "He who does
> not
> abide in me is thrown away like a withered branch. Such withered
> branches are gathered together, cast into the fire and burned."
> This
> terrible statement was later used by the Catholic Church to justify
> their practice of burning non-believers at the stake.
>
> One of the basic teachings of Judaism is (Leviticus 18:19), "You
> shall love your neighbor as yourself." This commandment is so
> important that Rabbi Akiva declared that it was the fundamental
> principle of the Torah. Even though this is openly stated in the
> Torah, written over a thousand years before Jesus' birth, many people
> still think of it as one of Jesus' teachings.
>
> A primary teaching of Judaism is expressed by the Psalmist many
> generations before Jesus. He declared (Psalm 145:9), "G-d is good
> to all, and his love extends over all His works." No distinction
> is
> made between Jew and gentile.
>
> Contrast this with the following event in Jesus' career (Mark
> 7:25-27): "A woman whose daughter was possessed by an unclean
> spirit heard of Jesus, and came in, falling at his feet. She was a
> Gentile, a Phoenician from Syria. She begged Jesus to drive out the
> spirit from her daughter. Jesus replied, `Let the children be
> satisfied first. It is not right to take the children's bread and cast
> it to the dogs."
>
> From the context, it is obvious that the "children" mentioned
> by Jesus refer to the Jews, while the "dogs" were the
> gentiles. These
> "dogs" must be satisfied with scraps from the table.
>
> Now compare this narrow view with a teaching of the much maligned
> Pharisees (i.e. rabbis). They declare in the Talmud (Gittin 61a),
> "We arc obliged to feed the gentile poor in exactly the same
> manner as
> we feed the Jewish poor."
>
> We can bring many such contrasts between Jewish and Christian ethics.
> In every case, the margin seems to be on the side of Judaism. Jesus
> may have taught many beautiful ideals, but unfortunately, he never
> seemed to be able to live up to them himself.

Answer 6

Because he isn't