I believe he was sent to jews, but if he is son of God why would he be designated as anything, unless he wasn't son of God?
2007-10-06 19:06:05 · 16 answers · asked by Richie Spice 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
according to some, he is son of God, why should it matter who his mother is. But apparently it does, so then obviously he is nothing more than a miracle birth, as a sign to the people, to show God's power, otherwise his heritage does not matter.
2007-10-06 19:17:29 · update #1
Do you not understand meaning behind question? If this is SON OF GOD, he is not bound by what his mother is, which according to most of you he is, and this does not sound like a person who is son of God, because if he was he would not be bound by any heritage.
2007-10-06 21:14:07 · update #2
His mother was Jewish...and so was His adopted father....
2007-10-06 19:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a practicing rabbi, and expert on the Torah. Read the New Testament - all the time people asking Jesus this and that about Torah.
Jesus - who represents the fulfillment of prophecy from the book of Isaiah for Christians - was Jewish because if he wasn't then he wouldn't be the Messiah. The Messiah has to be more than just Jewish, according to the prophecy, and Jesus did not fulfill those aspects. Christians believe that the unfulfilled portions of the prophecy will be fulfilled after Jesus returns, whereas Jews believe that the Messiah will fulfill 100% of the propehcy when He does come.
2007-10-07 02:12:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Christian" is a word invented by man, to describe someone who worships Christ Jesus as the Messiah. And who do you think the first Christians were? JEWS! That's right. But when the Christian movement began, people were taught that they did not have to be of Hebrew descent to be a part of God's "chosen people". Christianity invited all who were ready to receive God's kingdom, not only those who were genetically predisposed. And so Christians today encompass many different ethnic backgrounds and cultural differences, while the Jews of today still retain (more or less) an "ethnic" group. "Jewish" today tends to describe a person's heritage more than his religion.
2007-10-07 02:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by PharmGal82 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christ was born of a Jewish mother thus making Him Jewish. But His conception was of God making Him God's son.
He was sent to bring salvation to the Jews alone. But when they (as a whole) rejected Him then salvation was open to all men.
God told Abraham that he would give him a son. Because of their age Sarah tried to make that happen with her handmaiden. Man's effort so to speak. But God heard Hagar's prayers & honored Ishmael (the father of the Arabs). But the promised child was Issac. Before Abraham man worshipped many gods. Even Abraham worshipped lunar gods before the one true God revealed himself to him.
His calling was for him & his promised seed & descendents to teach the world of the one true God's ways & rules. They were chosen & protected for this purpose. That's why despite all the progroms, conversions & Holocaust no one has been able to completely wipe them out.
Out of Abraham's seed would arise the Messiah. That's why the Messiah had to be born a Jew but with God's seed. If the Jews hadn't rejected Him there would be no hope for the rest of us. The law was given to show us our sin & our hopelessness in trying to meet God's standard. So God became flesh so that He could die in our place - the spotless, sin free lamb.
When they rejected him it stopped the countdown to the end of times & ushered in the Time of the Gentiles. Salvation was now open to all. But God had made a promise to the Jews that He would never forget them & would return them from captivity back to the land He promised which is what happened in 1948.
God also made a promise to King David that his descendent would sit on that final throne. So Christ not only had to be born Jewish but a direct descendent of David, thus the tribe of Judah.
2007-10-07 02:35:23 · answer #4 · answered by syllylou77 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you heard of the Trinity yet?
And the name "Christian" came out of Christ, Jesus.
He was sent to the Jewish people because they were the ones who believed in God at the time.
He was considered the King of the Jews, also.
2007-10-07 02:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by redyoshi125 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because originally, salvation wasn't meant for 'gentiles'... it was only when jews denied jesus as the messiah that god decided to let the rest of the world in on salvation.
See how evil god truly is?...
2007-10-07 07:34:13 · answer #6 · answered by stevemeister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...your answer is in Scripture. God has chosen the Hebrew Nation to be His children... Scripture has set a place for the Messiah to come... Isaiah, Jeremiah and Mica (Hebrew Prophets) all clearly predicted His arrival and condition of His birth... God brought Yeshua (you know Him as Jesus) into the World in "the normal" way so He could be identified with.
Remember, Gods ways are not always "our" ways... His thoughts are not "our" thoughts...Our greatest wisdom is utter foolishness to God... (Read the Book of John) to gain a good understanding of who He is and what He's is about....
2007-10-07 02:15:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he was born to a Jewish mother. And Jewish law said that children born to a Jewish mother are Jewish.
Further, he was raised in a Jewish household. Grew up learning about Judaism and studying the Torah.
He wasn't JUST a Jew, he was the only perfect Jew.
2007-10-07 02:09:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Because his mother was a Jew. And he was born in a Jewish nation.
2007-10-07 02:20:51 · answer #9 · answered by aviana_snowwolfe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be more correct to say He is HEBREW, a descendant of those who came out of the wilderness. Most people replace 'Hebrew' with 'Jew' these days.
Regardless of that, He had the bloodline from both sides, whether you want to argue about His coming from a virgin/maiden or not.
2007-10-07 02:13:08 · answer #10 · answered by witnessnbr1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because jewishness is transmitted through the mother
2007-10-07 02:48:04 · answer #11 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋