If as Jesus said He was here to save the Jews why is it they are the ones who didn't get saved?

Answer 1

God un-chose them!!!

Answer 2

It depends on who you talk to. Some believe he actually did save the Jews. In fact, Messianic (sp?) Jews do believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Others believe that because they didn't acknowledge Him, they weren't saved.

Also, keep in mind, when Jesus was born, there were no Christians; Christianity formed after, so if you think all who believed Jesus to be the Son of God were saved, then technically some Jews were, just not all.

Answer 3

Good Question
Jesus also said that the Jews are the chosen ones so in a way they are saved. Jesus chose to come to earth as a Jew, so only He knows the answer.

Answer 4

They were blinded in part until the number of the gentiles be come in. God is not done with Israel as a nation. The culmination of their salvation will be finished during the tribulation/great tribulation which will occur after the rapture and the anti-christ will come on the scene as a man of peace and will cause a 7 year peace treaty to be signed. Then in the middle of that seven years, the anti-christ will show his true colors, claim himself to be god and becomes the abomination of desolation and that is the kick off to the great tribulation. The mark will be fully in place and required. by the end of this 3 and a half years, Jesus will return on the mount of olives and He will gain the victory just as it is written.

Answer 5

One has to understand the reason the Hebrews (chosen people) did not accept Jesus.

What did God specifically say to the Hebrews within the commandments?

"Thou shall have no other God before me" Exodus 20

Remember, the ancient Hebrews were very religious and followed the commandment with total belief!

When Jesus appeared on the horizon and claimed to be God the hebrew people were somewhat offended.
Regardless, as to the countless miracles He performed the hebrews could not oppose their commandment that God instructed.

Now, where is the Gentile at this time?

The gentile is worshipping false pagan Gods without any hope of heaven.
What a great mystery to have both God and Jesus as one, here the gentile upon acceptance of Christ is also allowed to share with the hebrews a true and authentic God!

Remember, when the hebrew people approached Jesus during His sermon on the mount?
The Hebrews asked Jesus, "Why have you come to change the law"

Jesus replied: "I have not come to change the law, i have come to fulfill it"

Careful study of the latter verse would mean to allow the gentile the ability for salvation!

Why do so many people get this so twisted and distorted, it is all explained in the bible...

Answer 6

That is a very good question, Betty. My guess is that God sent him not for Jews but for European pagans, so at least monotheism would spread, and eventually when Islam would arrive, it would be readily accepted, as it was in much of the Middle East. With the Second Coming, the rest of humanity would embrace monotheism, and even Jews would have no choice but to accept Jesus and Islam.

Answer 7

Because they didn't believe that he was really who he said he was.
A few of them did I.E. the apostles
But they were persecuted and killed for believing
Also the apostles traveled to other country's Like Greece and England and Italy and Spain , To save themselves From the Jews,And while they were there they shared the message of Jesus that's why other people (besides the Jews ) became Christians

Answer 8

HE didn't say that. What HE did say is HE came to save the lost.

Mat 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Mat 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that [sheep], than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

Mat 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Answer 9

I'm not a believer or anything, more spiritual really, but I believe that life is all a test for everyone, to see how strong, weak, good, or evil we really are. Jewish people just happen to be the focal point of many trials. They are a strong group, however. Some are good some are bad, but people fail to recognize them as equals many times and consequently they get mistreated and misunderstood.

The best thing I can say to explain this is an analogy - Parents and their children. In the beginning, parents want to save, protect their children, but they realize their children have to learn, grow, and experience life hands on. Jesus can't just step in and say *I'm going to punish all who torment my children,* because doesn't the bible say that we are all God's children? It would be chosing sides, and that's not the type of person I feel he is after reading the stories about him. It seems to be like sibblings here, we fight, we hate, we try to kill, we chase, we lock away, but ultimately we are related as children, and in the end, we will be dealt with accordingly.

Jesus is simply waiting for his children to come home to deal out punishment.

Answer 10

In the Old Testament God told many Prophets that someday all nations would be brought to Him; Jesus was to offer it first to the Jews, they refused Him and Jesus was able to offer it to us as prophesied. :)

***This in no way means that God has forgotten, or changed, His promise to the Jews...

Answer 11

Jesus never said that, so I don't get your point, but I do want to point out that all of the early Christian were Jews, and Christianity was an off-shoot of the Hebrew religion