I was wondering this today. Do you ever wonder if wow, what if the small group of jewish people 2000 years ago were wrong and rejected the real Mesiah God had sent to us. I mean the people had already been waiting a long time for his coming, and now it has been 2000 more years and he hasnt arrived yet??? Wouldnt that worry you a little? I am not Jewish but I am just wondering what my mind set would be if I was. I think I would prabobly be a little worried that maybe we did reject the real one.
2007-12-26 09:38:14 · 15 answers · asked by WildcatDemise 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The same question can go for you, your messiah has not returned in the last 2000 years.
What makes you so sure he was the real one?
2007-12-30 02:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure some Jews that are ignorant about their heritage have had their doubts.
but for those that know who the Messiah is supposed to be and what he's supposed to accomplish, then there's no way we'll ever believe Jesus was it. Of all the messianic prophecies he fulfilled the grand amount of... zero. Of all the characteristics the Messiah will have he also had... zero.
So I'm not very worried about my ancestors making a mistake.
And BTW, the Messiah will come by the year 6000. We're in the year 5768. So I'm not too worried that it's 2000 years after Jesus and the true Messiah isn't here. There's still quite a few years.
And St.Louis or whatever... No, I don't hate you because you dont' have to follow our laws. I love my Jewish life and the laws I live by. I'ts actually you that sounds like a hateful little anti-Semite.
2007-12-27 12:13:58 · answer #2 · answered by Lovemybabies 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not really. One thing we know about Jesus, if he had the potential to be the messiah, he was an abject failure and thus no further discussion is needed. Other have come (and gone) and done much more than Jesus and failed in the end...included in these are Shimon bar Kochba in the 2nd century CE and Shabbatai Tzvi in the 16th century.
Just having the potential for being the messiah is not enough....the messiah must actualize that potential and bring about the fulfillment of all the messianic prophesies in his lifetime. Even christianity admits Jesus failed on that score now needing a completely unbiblical and unprophesied 'second coming'.
2007-12-26 09:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First...JC didn't meet the criteria specified in the OT to be Messiah. Second I'd rather be looking forward to the coming of the Messiah than backward to a failed effort. Finally...Ever wonder why the Jews are sometimes referred to as the chosen people? The Jews are the living breathing penance for the Sins of humanity...their reward for all the persecution and suffering they've endured over the centuries is that in the "end of days" they'll ascend to Heaven FIRST and be the gatekeepers to Heaven. So no...the Jews aren't wrong. PEACE!
2007-12-26 09:47:20 · answer #4 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They never wondered this at all. Jesus never fulfilled any of the prophecies.
Also, the Messiah they wait for will not be of G-d, holy and such. It will be a real person-------a man of great love, strength, and the ability to lead.
Most Jews wait for this man. However, many Jews say it is not a man, but a time on earth when man has learned to live in peace with his fellow man---a Messianic age.
2007-12-26 09:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Shossi 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First answer is proper. Christ failed at life, not just at being the Messiah. He didn't even get the message of GOD to the Earth safely - his people decided to twist it into an idolatrous faith that worships the messenger? If I met Christ in a bar today, I'd buy the poor guy a drink for his troubles.
2007-12-26 09:48:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
They have things pretty well established. They believe that rabbis of hundreds of years ago knew better than we (it is almost like ancestor worship) and they have made a list of the requirements for the Messiah based on their (mis)understandings of Scripture. Out of like 12 requirements (according to them ) YAHOSHUA only fit about 5 of them, so they say no way. If you read Daniel, and his prophecy pointing out the time of the anointed, and the wise men, and Herod knowing the time had come, and John the baptist.....
2007-12-26 09:45:51 · answer #7 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
no.
The Messiah ben David must:
1. have the correct genealogy by being descended from King David and King Solomon,
2. be anointed King of Israel,
3. return the Jewish People to Israel,
4. rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem,
5. bring peace to the world and end all war,
6. bring knowledge of God to the world
He failed
Are you not just as worried that he has not returned?
2007-12-26 09:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
They know the truth. It is like the belief in Santa Claus. We know he is not real but we continue to go on with the game. The Jews refuse to accept Jesus as Messiah one because they offered Him over to be killed and two Jesus takes away their law, religion of Judaism, power of priest to control people, and their hope that one day a king of Israel will arise and defeat the world. Plus there is that acceptance thing of the Gentiles with God through Jesus Christ? They despise the fact the non-Jewish people can be justified with God and not have to follow the laws and rituals of Judaism. If a Jew does believe in Jesus as Messiah and converts to Christianity his/her family will disown him/her. They will count him/her as dead.
2007-12-26 09:45:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I'll answer that question if you will answer this question:
Who is really a Jew?
Read Romans 2:28-29
You see, in order for me or anyone who knows the scriptures to properly answer your question we have to know whether you are talking about a Jew who is one outwardly or inwardly.
2007-12-26 11:16:32 · answer #10 · answered by Henry C 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋