Why don Jews believe in Jesus?
From: Laurie Summers – dsummers@sk.sympatico.ca 2/1/2000 I am a Christian, and I was just wondering why Jesus is denied as the Messiah, even though he fulfills every prophecy written regarding the Messiah. I am not writing to be rude to you, I have a deep respect and love for the Jewish people, and I know there are those who call themselves Christians, who have said and done terrible things in the name of Jesus. Thanks for taking time to read my letter. I hope to hear from you soon. THE AISH RABBI REPLIES: Thank you for your thoughtful question. It’s important to understand why Jews don’t believe in Jesus. The purpose is not to disparage other religions, but rather to clarify the Jewish position. The more data that’s available, the better-informed choices people can make about their spiritual lives. Jews do not accept Jesus as the messiah because: 1) Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies 2) Christianity contradicts Jewish theology 3) Jesus did not embody the personal qualifica
and (3) Are Jews a race? Let’s take the first of these: Why don’t Jews believe in an afterlife? The truth is that we do believe in an afterlife. However, the Hebrew Bible, which many mistakenly think describes the beliefs of Judaism today, hardly refers to any life after death. To the Biblical writer, the dead are gathered to a place called Sheol, the netherworld. This is merely a repository of corpses. Once the person dies, his or her life is permanently over. That is the end. However, after the Bible was completed and canonized, Jews began to develop three different ideas of what happens to us after we die. First, to this day, Orthodox Jews believe in the actual resurrection of the dead. At the end of time, when the Messiah comes, the dead will be assembled from the entire world and they will be raised from the dead near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Because Orthodoxy clings to a belief in resurrection, cremation is prohibited. To cremate is to deny the resurrection, according to Or
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons For 2,000 years, Jews have rejected the Christian idea of Jesus as messiah. Why? It is important to understand why Jews don’t believe in Jesus. The purpose is not to disparage other religions, but rather to clarify the Jewish position. The more data that’s available, the better-informed choices people can make about their spiritual path. Jews do not accept Jesus as the messiah because: 1) Jesus did not fulfill the messianic prophecies. 2) Jesus did not embody the personal qualifications of the Messiah. 3) Biblical verses “referring” to Jesus are mistranslations. 4) Jewish belief is based on national revelation. At the end of this article, we will examine these additional topics: 5) Christianity contradicts Jewish theology 6) Jews and Gentiles 7) Bringing the Messiah ——————————————————————————– 1) JESUS DID NOT FULFILL THE MESSIANIC PROPHECIES What is the Messiah supposed to accomplish? The Bible says that he w
Jews for Jesus Jewish Beliefs About Jesus And Jews For Jesus For 2,000 years, Jews have rejected the Christian idea of Jesus as messiah. Why? It is important to understand why Jews don’t believe in Jesus. The purpose is not to disparage other religions, but rather to clarify the Jewish position. The more data that’s available, the better-informed choices people can make about their spiritual path.
