Jesus was born Jewish, lived Jewish and died Jewish, if he comes back, won't he still be Jewish?

Question

Christians, does this bother you at all? Doesn't being Jewish have something to do with Jesus?

syntax error, you are wrong. Jesus didn't form a sect, he formed a following, big difference. Any teacher of his day would have had a following, as his Jewish tradition practiced. Any formalization of his teachings was done after his death. As well, who cares if I am an atheist asking this question? I spent 7 years formally studying for a pastoralship before giving it all up. The interest in asking such questions still lingers.

jessieju, are you telling me Jesus was able to fuflill the entire law. He was not a priest so he could not fulfill those precepts. He was not a woman and therefore could not fulfill the laws of menstration. He was also not a Levi, he could not fulfill these laws. Your perspective is an entirely Christian one with no understanding of the Law, which he would have followed because he was Jewish.

Annoyed, Jesus was not born into a faith, he was born into a people supposedly chosen by god. This is more than faith, it is a duty because he is Jewish.

Blessed, Paul was incorrect in his thinking. Jesus was of an anointed people, the Jews as god said so. I don't believe his death negated this more than human assignment, because he was Jewish.

Somebody, nope, does it bother you that I asked the question?

Honest Hannah, a Jewish god no less?

Dave C, fine except for the fact that god's expectations of those within and outside his people are entire different. To reconcile these differences under one banner when the dichotomy has been made does not make sense.

Hoseanna, this is a purely Christian perspective and has nothing to do with the fact that Jesus was Jewish. Furthermore, there was no need for a redeemer for humanity because, as Jewish tradition dictates, the Noachide laws were enough for any Gentile to be righteous before god.

To add, the so-called sacrifice of Jesus was a human one, something entirely forbidden within Jewish law and culture.

The point here is simple. People replace Jesus' Jewishness with Christian doctrinal applications. This is an insult to the man who was, well, a Jew.

Thanks for the link mo mosh, I will use it. I encourage everyone else to read it if given the opportunity.

audevide, thanks, this is one of the points I am trying to make here. Their savior is Jewish but ignore that essential aspect of his character. Are they not to imitate their savior?

Nina, not quite. Jesus, as a Jew, would have never replaced the Law. It was perfect as any good Jew would look at it. This is a Jewish perspective. Yours, again, is a purely Christian (or new age) perspective, trying to place modern thinking anachronistically to a specific cultural mileau. Jesus did not make any attempts to replace anything, period. He was critical of the religion of his time, but any so called replacement came afterward by his followers, especially Paul, who systematically worked to destroy the tradition as both Jesus and his early adherents (Jews) knew it. I appreciate your comments, they are just unsupported.

Answer 1

I think it does bother many. I often see derogatory comments towards Jewish faith in general. I am still amazed so many eat ham on Christmas. Jesus didn't.

Answer 2

Jesus is Jewish. It does not bother me at all. In fact, I am Jewish by adoption.

Why? Does it bother you that I'm Jewish?

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Not at all. Just asking. Thank you.

edit in response to comments to other answers:
I see from your additional comments that you yourself lack understanding of both the Jewish scriptures and of the person of Christ. Jesus fulfilled the need for justice under the Law as a sacrifice, an innocent paying for the crimes of others. There was no need to fulfill the laws concerning menstruation because that was never a crime. He also fulfilled the prophesies foretelling the appearance of the Christ. He was a Priest of the order of Melchizedek, King of Shalom (Prince of Peace) as well as a descendant of Levi. Blessed's assessment of the statement by the Apostle Paul is absolutely correct. God's expectations of those within and outside his people are exactly the same and demonstrated via conscience. You do have a conscience, do you not?

Answer 3

No, it does not bother me at all that Jesus was a Jew. Jesus was born into a Jewish family. That was God's promise and He kept it.

Jesus came here to free us from religions and to teach us how to have a personal relationship with God. He was a perfect example. He never asked us to become Jews, He asked us to have faith in Him and get baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

He gave us the new covenant. The new covenant is by grace. He gave us the new commandment. That is that we ought to love our God with all of our heart, and to love also each other. That does not take away the old law, it fulfills it.

Jesus started Christianity in the means that Christianity is not really a religion, it is a personal relationship with God. That is what Jesus taught us, to have a life changing connection with God.

Answer 4

I think there is one valuable
point that you are missing.
Jesus is now the Christ (Savior,Redeemer) He is also
God himself (who came in the
flesh of a human). Jesus is
no longer human!!! He just
took upon himself a human
body so He could know first
hand all the complexities of
what it meant to be a human,
He also had to die in the human body so that he could
be the payment for Salvation
for HUMANS.
Part of that salvation was to
overthrow the kingdom of the
enemy (the devil.) Long
theology: Adam and Eve gave
the world (that was given to them by God) to the enemy
(satan.) Satan ruled earth
all the years until Jesus paid
the price to buy it back again,
FOR HUMANS.
Earth now belongs to humans again. The devil has
NO RIGHTS to even operate
on this planet, but it is we,
humans who give him the right. We COULD have another garden of Eden, but
no. We have also been given
a free will, to either believe
or not believe. So now, the
only Garden that God can
give us is when we die.
He has made a place for us
with Him, in His home.
I am sore afraid that when
we leave this earth, the devil
will totally destroy it.

Answer 5

Yes, Jesus said that salvation was of the Jews (John 4:22). But He said that because the Messiah had come through the line of the Jews -- not because being a Jew was anything to be proud of or worshiped (John 4:21,23,24).

Jesus also said that all those whom believed on Him were of Abraham's seed. Do you think He was saying that only Jews would believe on Him? Not at all. He was saying that it doesn't matter what race you're descended from. What matters is in Whom you believe. All whom believe are heirs according to the Promise originally given to Abraham.

Answer 6

Nope. As the apostle Paul says, "we used to regard Jesus from a human point of view, but we do so no longer." He is God and Savior. When He returns, He will return as King of kings and Lord of lords but not to bear sin... this time He will judge it. Are you ready for His return?

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Answer 7

Sure it does have something with Jesus. We don't have a problem. Jewish as a people group or as a faith are two separate things.
He comes back as God.

Answer 8

Certainly.

Answer 9

Doesn't bother me a bit. Never has botheresd me. Without Judaism, We wouldn't have Christianity. When Christ returns, Things are going to be different.

Answer 10

Born a Jew,
Die a Jew