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Good question with a simple answer.

1) J*sus did not do anything the messiah is supposed to do. (One of these includes the fact that he cannot die before completing ALL of the tasks, which we all know J*sus did. There is no "second coming.")

Here is a short list of some prophecies:
Is there universal knowledge of one G-d? (Jeremiah 31:33, Zechariah 8:23, 14:9, 14:16,
Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 40:5, Zephaniah 3:9)
Were all Jews returned to Israel? (Isaiah 43:5-6, Isaiah 11:12, Isaiah 27:12-13)
Did he bring world peace? (Isaiah 11:6, Micah 4:3)
Were all weapons destroyed? (Ezekiel 39:9)
Did all warfare cease? (Isaiah 2:4)
Was the Temple rebuilt in it's place? (Ezekiel 37:24-28 Ezekiel 40-48, Isaiah 33:20, Micah
4:1)
Did he bring physical restoration to all who are sick or disabled in any way? (Isaiah
35:5-6)
Was he preceded by Elijah? (Malachi 3:23-24-- 4:4-5 in KJV)
Did the nations help the Jews materially? (Isaiah 60:5, 60:10-12, 61:6)
Does eternal joy and gladness characterize the Jewish nation? (Isaiah 51:11)
Are Jews sought for spiritual guidance? (Zechariah 8:23)
Is the Egyptian river dry yet? (Isaiah 11:15)
Do trees in Israel yield new fruit every month? (Ezekiel 47:12)
Did each tribe receive it's inheritance? (Ezekiel 47:13-14)
Is the enemy buried? (Ezekiel 39:12)
Did he accomplish these tasks without tiring or failing? (Isaiah 42:4)
Did death cease? (Isaiah 25:8)
Are the dead resurrected? (Isaiah 26:19, Daniel 12:2, Ezekiel 37:12-13)

Then no, J*sus is not messiah.

2) J*sus did everything contrary to what a Messiah would do. Most importantly, he did magic tricks/'miracles.' It is written that the messiah will not need to do them to prove he is messiah, and that the one who tries to claim he is messiah by doing those kind of tricks is a FALSE prophet.

Here is some good literature on the subject:
http://www.messiahtruth.com/response.htm...
http://www.moshiach.com/questions/topten...
http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/

2007-12-26 05:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 6 2

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.

2007-12-28 01:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 3 0

Some do. Yes Christ was a Jew. Light of the Messiah and Jews for Jesus are Christian Jews who bring the message of Christ to the Jewish people.

2007-12-26 12:37:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 3

Yep, Jesus was a practising Jew up until the moment he was killed by the Romans.

We do believe he existed. But we cannot accept him as messiah for one very good reason:

Jesus did not fulfill ANY of the criteria by which we can identify the real messiah, as detailed in the Tanakh - the 'old' testament.


'messianic jews' ARE CHRISTIAN.

No Jew accepts Jesus as messiah. The entire belief system surrounding Jesus is in DIRECT CONFLICT with core Jewish belief.

2007-12-27 19:44:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Christ was a Jew. You will have to read Romans 11:25. The Jewish people will be blinded until the end of the of the Gentiles, or the end of the church age. The church age will end and the rapture will take place, then not long after that the eyes of the Jews will be opened, just as Saul, Paul's, eyes were opened to the true savior.

2007-12-26 12:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 3

Yes, He was a Jew. And a lot of contemporary Jews DID believe in Him. But unfortunately, Christians didn't listen to Jesus when He said 'by their fruits will you know them', and so treated Jews very badly over the centuries. If I were Jewish, I probably wouldn't believe Christians, either.

Also, they don't like that some prophecies are STILL yet to be fulfilled. Can't say I blame them there, either.

2007-12-26 12:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 5 1

A point to reflect on the Jews were expecting a King here was this rabble-rouser preaching he was their messiah and from Nazareth! bad side of the tracks in those days! They missed it just like many miss it today. Look a what happened to Jesus-es followers after Crucifixion many died Peter a disciple died on the cross also however he refused to die like Christ he was crucified upside down. The question I have for you is would you die for a lie after Christ died would you die for a person who had not been who he claimed to be! Many others also died. Learn about it do some research it is the Truth!

2007-12-26 12:54:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 3

The bare fact that someone was a Jew means all Jews have to believe all of that person's claims, however outlandish?

Wow.

2007-12-26 12:40:30 · answer #8 · answered by mianmannoi 3 · 4 1

...Yeshua was a Jew... (you know Him as Jesus)... "Christ" or The Chosen One (is a title, not a person)... The Jewish people do believe in Yeshua but not as Messiah... "they" are still waiting for the Chosen One and not believing their own Prophets... There is, however, a fast growing group of Jews who have accepted the words of their Prophets and are "Messianic Jews"...clearly fulfilling Scripture where "Paul" explains that all of Israel will be Saved by Yeshua... Sadly, the Orthodox Jews, Reform Jews and several other sects of Judaism still reject their own Prophets... "Google" up Messianic Judaism to see for yourself... Shalom.

2007-12-26 12:46:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2 4

They believe that Jesus existed as a human being, but they don't consider him the son of God. That's the main difference between Christianity and Judaism.

2007-12-26 12:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by Alex H 5 · 4 1

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