I know Muslims believe that a fake will come called the Dajal, and Jesus will kill it....
It's pretty obivous that Christians state Jesus will come back,
But what do Jews have on the opinion?
No offensive please, thanks.
2007-12-31 06:56:06 · 26 answers · asked by Moh-The-Man! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry, being a Muslim I should've clarified Islamic belief on Jesus. We don't believe he was crucified, but we do believe he is the Messiah.
Though our word 'Isa' is Jesus, and it is just an Arabic name for Jesus... Nothing more. Any more points I shall add..
2007-12-31 07:15:37 · update #1
Jews believe that Jesus was not who he claimed to be. Some go as far as to call it blasphemous to believe his cause, hence the reason I have many ex-jewish friends who were outcast by their relatives.
So no, they don't believe in the second coming. They're still waiting on the first coming of the messiah.
2007-12-31 07:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, and no. On the other hand, the Christian myth of an anti-christ COULD make them rebel against the true messiah because they might think he is the anti-christ. They are looking for Jesus to return, and when the messiah comes and does exactly what the messiah is supposed to do, but isn't Jesus - nor will Jesus or Jesus worship have any part in true worship to God in the rebuilt Temple - the Christians might assume he is the anti-christ and wage a futile war against his kingship, which they will lose if they try. The thing they will probably be looking for to be sure is for the messiah to claim he himself is God [which he - being a righteous Jew - will never do]. In no particular order, these are most of the main points of messianic prophecy that the Jews are looking for: All Israelites will be returned to their homeland (Isaiah 11:12; Jeremiah 33 :7-9) The ruined cities of Israel will be restored (Ezekiel 16:55) The Moshiach will be a man of this world, an observant Jew with "fear of God" (Isaiah 11:2) He will be descended from King David (Isaiah 11:1) via King Solomon (1 Chron. 22:8–10) Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance (Isaiah 2:4) He will take the barren land and make it abundant and fruitful (Isaiah 51:3, Amos 9:13–15, Ezekiel 36:29–30, Isaiah 11:6–9) He will be a messenger of peace (Isaiah 52:7) Evil and tyranny will not be able to stand before his leadership (Isaiah 11:4) The Sanhedrin will be re-established (Isaiah 1:26) The Temple will be rebuilt (Ezekiel 40) resuming many of the suspended mitzvot, "For My House (the Temple in Jerusalem) shall be called a house of prayer for all nations" (Isaiah 56:3–7) He will include and attract people from all cultures and nations (Isaiah 11:10) He will then perfect the entire world to serve God together (Zephaniah 3:9) Nations will recognize the wrongs they did Israel (Isaiah 52:13–53:5) The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23) The whole world will worship the One God of Israel (Isaiah 2:17) Knowledge of God will fill the world (Isaiah 11:9) Death will be swallowed up forever (Isaiah 25:8) There will be no more hunger or illness, and death will cease (Isaiah 25:8) All of the dead will rise again (Isaiah 26:19) Weapons of war will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9) Jews will know the Torah without having to study (Jeremiah 31:33) The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness (Isaiah 51:11) "He shall not fail or be crushed until he has set the right in the earth." Isaiah 42:4 [eta] @ Erwin, I strongly suspect the rabbi Netanyahu (if that WAS Netanyahu, he strongly resembled a young Bebe) was talking to was the Rebbe, who himself COULD have been the messiah if God would have allowed it. I can't be sure it was the Rebbe because the camera didn't show his face, but the voice sure sounded like his. Nothing that was said was suspicious in the least, but I would have liked "Netanyahu" to have asked what "the Rebbe" would suggest needed to be done to bring the messiah "today, if possible." And you need to learn how to post a link so it's a hot link. I don't know what you're doing wrong.
2016-05-28 06:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. For the Jews to believe that Jesus was the messiah would mean leaving Judaism and embracing Christianity. We have a detailed outline in the Tanakh of precisely HOW to identify the real messiah - the criteria listed proves that Jesus COULD not have been the messiah.
For us, he was just a young Jewish radical, and one of many. He does not feature in our theology at all.
To the person who said that Christianity 'expands' Judaism by adding Jesus - wrong. The two faiths are entirely contradictory to the point of being mutually exclusive.
Christianity does NOT 'expand', nor 'complete' nor 'fulfill' Judaism. Christianity does not get to define Judaism at all!
Also please do note: 'messianic jews' are NOT JEWISH. They are Christian. It is impossible to be Jewish and also to believe in Jesus as messiah. It is the equivalent of a person claiming to be a vegetarian while eating meat.
If you are interested in the specific reasons why we know Jesus was not the messiah, please free to post a separate question and I know we will be happy to answer.
2008-01-01 21:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is: NO. For the long answer, keep reading...
First of all, let me just say that Jesus plays absolutely no role in the Jewish faith. He just isn't a factor. Asking about the role of Jesus in Judaism is like asking about the role of Buddha in Christianity. Jesus was himself a Jew, but that's where the connection between Jesus and Judaism end.
The official Jewish stance on Jesus is that he is dead, and he is not coming back. His death disqualifies him as a candidate for the title of Messiah, especially since he died without fulfilling any of the key messianic prophecies, which include:
He must be a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon, his son.
He must gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel.
He must rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
He will rule at a time of world-wide peace.
He will rule at a time when the Jewish people will observe G-d's commandments.
He will rule at a time when all people will come to acknowledge and serve one G-d.
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When Jesus was killed and had failed to fulfill a single one of these prophecies, ALL of which must be fulfilled for someone to be acknowledged as the Messiah, it was confirmed for Torah-observant Jews that Jesus could not be the Messiah promised us by G-d. Christian apologetics, faced with this irrefutable obstacle to their (deceased) savior's messiahship, invented the doctrine of the "Second Coming," by which he would return at the end of days, judge the world, and THEN fulfill all the messianic criteria. But by that logic, there's nothing to stop us from making the same claim about any Jew, dead or alive. It's just that Jesus' followers had already made their bets, and felt obligated to justify their choice despite overwhelming evidence that they had chosen wrongly, because in Christianity, faith trumps logic - "credo quia absurdum" as it were.
I hope you didn't find any of that offensive - it certainly wasn't intended as such. But I can't help it if people choose to be offended by facts, which some invariably do.
Again, the official Jewish stance is that Jesus (along with a long list of other false messiahs) is dead and gone, and we await the coming of the true messiah, who will do all those things that would identify him as the messiah, without requiring any do-overs. May it be speedily and in our days.
I hope you find this information helpful.
2008-01-01 17:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just heard a Rabbi saying that Jesus is going to return and if you belive it you will have everlasting life. It was on a show called the Jewish Jesus, and yes it was a Rabbi, Skull cap and all!
2015-03-20 16:04:42 · answer #5 · answered by AlphaRaptor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They believe a savior is coming. He just has not got here yet.
2007-12-31 07:17:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jews believe Jesus was maybe a human prophet, but they do not believe His teachings about Christianity. They are still looking for the Messiah to come the first time, Jesus was an imposter, they think.
2007-12-31 07:04:20 · answer #7 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They don't believe Jesus is the Savior.
2007-12-31 07:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by Sweet Suzy 777! 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jews believe in the coming of the Messiah. They don't believe Jesus was the Messiah.
2007-12-31 07:02:10 · answer #9 · answered by punch 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the difference between jews and christians is that jews DONT believe in Jesus, therefor can't think that he will return...
2007-12-31 06:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋