How does Christianity relate to Judaism?

Answer 1

I am a christian. Before there were christian's there were Jews. They were God's chosen people, I don't know why he chose them lol,maybe he was bored. But when Jesus came he provided a way for gentiles (non-jews) to get into heaven. Every one who followed him became a christian. That is the shorted version if you have more questions feel free to ask me =)

Answer 2

Jesus was Jewish, and most of what he taught would fall under the heading of "basic Judaism" today, including the ethical concepts that Christianity espouses. Christianity claims that Jesus was the messiah; we who are Jews do not agree with this, and believe that a messiah is yet to come.

Answer 3

Christianity is basically Judaism plus the new testatment.

Judaism doesnt believe in the New Testament. They are still waiting for the savior, in essence.
Since they dont believe Jesus is our savior then he had no right claiming to fulfill the Mosaic laws and giving a new one.

Judaism and Christianity has a lot in common.

Answer 4

Judaism looks forward to the Messiah, or Redeemer of mankind, Christianity believes he has come-Jesus.

Answer 5

Judaism is the mother of Christianity. Christ was a Jew, as were his followers and his family. Christians accepted him as the messiah promised the Jewish people, but Jews of the time did not. During that time, you will note that the Jews were under a lot of persecution and their idea of a Messiah (savior, deliverer) was someone who was a military leader or at the very least, someone who had money and power to champion getting the Jews out from under tyranny of the various kings who had persecuted them. When Jesus came he was meek, pacifist. His teachings were enigmatic, and his message was not at all what the Jews of the day wanted to hear...and then he died after three powerful but very short years of ministry, and not everyone believed that he was resurrected, meaning they probably thought...well, what good is a dead messiah? In his teachings, many people thought that Jesus was actually disobedient to his own religion, even when he himself said he came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it. (Matt 5:17) What he did was honor the spirit of the law and many of it's practices...and corrected men on the ways in which their behavior was not altogether holy. Jesus taught that no one could uphold the entire law except himself, and this really aggravated the priests, who were very proud of themselves the way they made their sacrifices and followed their rituals as outlined in the law. Usually where Jesus got in trouble with the priests of the day was for staying busy on the sabbath, and for allowing people to say that he was the son of God, or for allowing it to be said that he could forgive sins (both these last two considered by others to be blasphemy). As far as Jesus goes, he reprioritized the Sabbath as created for man, not man created for the Sabbath, meaning that if something needs to be done on the day of rest, it gets done. As far as blasphemy, well, if Jesus was the son of God, well, then it wasn't blasphemy, was it?

It seems that early Christians were considered a sect of Judaism and were considered Jews. I'm not sure where the distinction is between Jews and Gentiles fits in, I don't think that these are religious as much as ethnic distinctions among the people of the time. It's also important to know that as Christians became more prevalent in later societies, they also meshed in with a lot of the previous cultures in the places they went. In the Middle Ages in England, for example, there was a lot of exchange between pagan and Christians ideals. They may not have agreed outwardly but they did influence each other.

Personally, I am a Christian hoping that more Jews embrace Jesus as their Messiah. The Christian scriptures include the Jewish Torah (Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut) which cover the creation, the fall of man, God's covenants with Noah and Abraham, as well as the Jewish Law and the building of the tabernacle. The rest of the Old Testament is Jewish history in the context of their local governments, and their evolution as a society and whether they were in or out of God's favor, as well as the Jewish Prophets who were describing the coming Messiah. Other books of the OT point to codes of conduct and daily living, such as the Proverbs. The New Testament opens with the Gospels which all give a history of Jesus' birth, ministry, and death. Then it moves to Acts which is the beginnings of the early church after Christ's death...leading into the ministry of others who are spreading the faith to other lands, Paul being one of the big ones. The last book of the New Testament is the Revelation, describing a vision of what is to come on earth and giving us a glimpse of the Resurrected Christ in heaven as he was for all of eternity (except for his time on earth) which is a glorious and powerful and very much the Messiah that the people were hoping to find.

It seems to me that where the Old Testament pointed to Jesus, the New Testament revealed him. In reading the Torah and the Jewish prophets like Isaiah, a Christian can't help but see that Jesus was exactly the person promised...it is even noted in Old Testament scripture that his own people would reject him, would not recognize him. I have always wondered if it wasn't Jesus they were looking for, then who would have fit the bill?

Answer 6

Judaism is required for Christian legitimacy. Without Judaism, or if Judaism is false, there can be no Christianity.
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Answer 7

The old testament from the Bible is from the Torah. Basically, Christianity and Islam rely heavily on many books from the Torah. This however, is disputed by purists, I must state clearly.

I do not wish to argue about it. Religion is a private affair between you and your God and nobody else. I believe God respects that. Any arguments, please take it to him.

Answer 8

It all started out the same - Both sects believe there was a Jesus - Christians believe he was the son of God - Jewish people believe he was a good man...where we split.
Also the current version of hell was not adapted until way way after this split. During the dark ages basically hell was "written in" -before that there was just one place for the undead .

Answer 9

it doesnt judaism is a cult, and God tells us in the bible to beware of false prophets.(the only way to the father(God) is thru the son(Jesus) and judaism does not believe Jesus was the son of God) so follow Jesus Christ and you cant go wrong my friend...

Answer 10

Christ was a Jew but they did not believe, only Christians did