What is the difference between a Messianic Jew and an orthodox Jew?
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Orthodox Jews accept the Talmuds and the oral Torah as authoritative for doctrine. They believe that rabbis have the authority to interpret the Torah according to majority rule. Some of them believe that Jesus was a good teacher. Most believe he was a heretic. \n\nMessianic Judaism is a branch of Christianity, which was a branch of Judaism at one time. Messianic Jews come in at least a million different flavors, but here are the major themes:\n1) Jews who have accepted Jesus (aka Yeshua) as the Messiah promised in the Torah.\n2) Gentile Christians who have adopted Jewish traditions, usually in an attempt to get closer to the Hebraic roots of the Christian faith. Sometimes--very rarely in my experience--they do so in an attempt to convert Jews to Christianity.\n3) They do not usually accept the Talmuds and the oral Torah as any more authoritative than any other Bible commentary.\n4) They do not usually accept the authority of rabbis to interpret the Torah.\n\n\n(Anyone who knows anything about 1st century Jewish traditions, please answer my question on partial days! Thanks!)
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You can find them here;\n\nhttp://www.konig.org/messianic.htm
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I'm not sure about the Orthodox ..But the difference between Catholics and Christians is that Christians don't worship or pray to Mary or the saints. Both believe Jesus is God.. they believe in the trinity being ONE GOD in three parts... Father-Son and Holy Spirit\n    Like you are made of 3 parts..body- mind  and spirit..but you are ONE person..like H20 is water-steam or ice ...but it is all still H20..that is God..Father-Son and Holy Spirit.\n      Also the other difference between Christians and Catholics is the Pope.\n       Christians believe he is just a man with no divine power.\n        Catholics believe he is Holy...making him divine or deity.\n       Also catholic priests and nuns cannot marry. Christian Pastors can marry
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Old Testament = Torah.\nTorah = Unchanged.\nTorah = Jewish.\n\nHope that answers your question.
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Peter was a Jew who staunchly upheld the old law to a fault. he expected all new converts, no matter their culture, to adopt Jewish ways. He critized Gentile Christians for not keeping a kosher diet. God used this vision to show Peter how he was being legalistic. That Jesus Christ accepts all races and cultures, and that the "letter of the law" was not what God had in mind.
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Judaism is what Jews believe to be the word of G-d. Christianity is what Christian believe to be the word of God
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Jews! Jesus was a Jew. \nChristianity came from a mix of Judiasm and Paganism...
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1: Jesus was not a Jew, he was a Muslim. so was a Muslim, just like any other prophet. \n2: there is no proof that Jesus was white and blue- eyed and i think that it is wrong and disrespectful for people to draw a picture of Jesus, even though, he was a prophet
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Jewish is a religion, but Jewish is also a race of people. Jewish is the newer word for Hebrew. Jesus is Hebrew/Jewish
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WWJD? He was 100% Torah-observant as He walked the earth; He kept the Sabbath holy, He celebrated the Feasts of the Lord, He ate only clean food, He wore tzitzit.... Yeshua the Messiah was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, taught as a Jew; His original followers were Jews. To claim that they were not Jews or Jewish is ludicrous! Even Paul was a Law-abiding Pharisee. The Bereans checked what Paul taught with the OT - the OT was the standard Paul had to meet.\n\nWhat is not Jewish in Christianity are the heresies which Emperor Constantine formalized for the Roman Empire and which his puppet Pope, Sylvester, claimed the authority & power to change God's Law and rubber-stamped the apostasy into canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. Unfortunately, when the Reformers tried to break away from the vain traditions of men, they were not successful; they failed by maintaining Sunday Sabbath, Easter Sunday, Christmas - things which the Bereans would not have accepted, things which Paul would not have accepted, things which the original disciples & apostles would not have accepted. Who thinks that God would ever accept those traditions?! (Hint: God has NEVER tolerated any paganism mixed in with His worship. Paganism is an abhorrent abomination to God.)\n\nYou cannot server two masters.... You can follow the path of Yeshua the Messiah, The Way, the Truth & the Life. Or, you can follow the path of a pagan emperor (until his death bed baptism - for whatever good that did, only God knows) and the traditions of Popes (& Reformers, et al).
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Well you can call any Christian church out there. I'd recommed the Catholics, seeing as they're the original Christian church. But in coming to terms with being a Christian, I want to share some words from someone alot smarter than me:\n\n"What a wonderful question! Here is my story; the story of another Jew, like yourself, who had asked this very same question many years ago:\n\n \n\nI grew up in an orthodox Jewish home in New York, and several years ago I came to believe that Jesus (Yeshua is the Hebrew way to say the Greek name Jesus) is truly the Jewish Messiah. Believing that Yeshua is the Messiah wasn't easy. I had many, many questions, and I spent months examining the evidences and seeking G-d's answers. During my journey, I constantly reminded myself of a very important verse from the Jewish Scriptures (the Tanakh). The Jewish prophet Jeremiah records the words of G-d, "And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13).\n\n \n\nThe Jewish Scriptures (The Torah, The Prophets, and The Writings, which make up the Tanakh or the Jewish Bible) paint a very clear picture of who the Mashiach (Messiah) will be when He eventually comes to the nation of Israel. In fact, there are over 300 prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures, which detail many facts about this coming Messiah/king. Here is just a sampling (and remember, all these verses come from the Jewish Bible):\n\n\nMessiah was to be born at Bethlehem: Micah 5:1.\nMessiah would be from the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:10. \nMessiah would present himself by riding on an ass: Zechariah 9:9. \nMessiah would be tortured to death: Psalm 22. \nMessiah would arrive before the destruction of the Second Temple: Daniel 9:24-27. \nMessiah's life would match a particular description, including suffering, silence at his arrest and trial, death and burial in a rich man's tomb, and resurrection: Isaiah 52:13-53:12.\n\n \n\nChristian prophecy is remarkably specific. In detail as to lineage, birthplace, time and lifestyle, Jesus matched the Messianic expectations of the Hebrew Scriptures. The record of this fulfillment is to be found in the pages of the New Testament. As you review the more extensive list of Jewish Messianic prophecies, allow G-d to speak to your heart and your mind as you seek HIS truth.\n\n \n\nInterestingly, the Jewish Scriptures paint seemingly two different pictures about the Messiah to come. For one, they talk about the Messiah who will come as the reigning King, who will usher in a period of unprecedented peace on earth. But many verses talk about the Mashiach who will be a suffering servant, who will suffer and die for the sins of the people. For many hundreds of years the rabbis believed that there would be two Messiahs, the King Mashiach ben David, and the suffering servant Mashiach ben Joseph. The rabbis, unfortunately, were not able to see that one Messiah would accomplish both missions.\n\n \n\nChristian prophecy was indeed fulfilled in the Jewish Messiah. Yeshua came to the "lost sheep of the House of Israel" 2000 years ago. He came as Isaiah chapter 53 so clearly states, to die and "suffer" for the sins of the Jewish people. He came to the nation of Israel, but was rejected. If the Jews would have accepted His "once for all" atonement for sins, Yeshua would have ushered in the Kingdom of Heaven at that point in history. But the Jews did not recognize Him. Even though they had the Word of G-d in their own Hebrew Scriptures, and more than 300 descriptions of who He would be when He comes, they missed Him. As a result, the Good News of God's Kingdom went forth to the Gentile world, and for 2000 years now both Jew and Gentile have come together in Mashiach, looking forward to His soon return as reigning King, just as the rabbis have always expected.\n\n \n\nAlthough the nation of Jews rejected Yeshua when He came, G-d has always, through the last 200
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This is an un-Biblical teaching that is one of the top reasons why I no longer watch John Hagee.\n\nBelievers in Dual Covenant Theology believe God has two plans of salvation:  one for the Jews and another for gentiles.  These folks believe Jews don't have to accept Jesus Christ as Messiah to be saved, even today.\n\nJohn Hagee was "called out" in public for this about 6 months ago by Jerry Falwell.  My memory tells me this had something to do with an article in an Israel news paper.  Pastor Hagee lied and stated he doesn't teach Dual Covenant Theology.  I know for a fact he did, because I heard him.  Interestingly, all the shows where he preached this no longer are in syndication.\n\nPeace.\n\nEDIT:  "Steph," you've misinterpreted my response.  You've also confused the Mosaic Covenant with the Messianic Covenant.  Dual Covenant theology does, in fact, teach Jews don't need Jesus; not now and not in the past.  I'm not saying I agree with it (I don't), but this is what folks who believe this teach.  Check it out.
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JEWS ARE ISRAELITES THEIR FOREFATHERS KNEW JESUS CHRIST EXISTED AND WAS WITH HIM. CHRIST WAS ABLE TO RAISED NUMEROUS PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD LIKE LAZARUS. IF YOU CAN PROVE CHRIST DID NOT EXIST YOU CAN PROVE THERES NO LIFE AFTER DEATH.
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Messiah does not mean messenger. I just love people who dont know Hebrew, dont know Judaism, writing as if they are experts.\n\nNo, there is no one that i have in mind who comes close to the description:::\n\nTHE MESSIAH IN JUDAISM:::\n\nHow have we Jews, who invented the term, always defined the term Messiah?\n\n1)The Messiah is born of two human parents, as we said.\n\n2)The Messiah must trace his lineage through his human biological father, back to King David (Isaiah 11:1,10; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 34:23-24; 37:21-28; Jeremiah 30:7-10; 33:14-16; and Hosea 3:4-5)\n3)The Messiah traces his lineage only through King Solomon, and cannot be adopted into the Royal line (II Samuel 7:12-17; I Chronicles 22:9-10)\n\n4)The Messiah can not trace his lineage through Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, or Shealtiel, because this royal line was cursed (I Chronicles 3:15-17; Jeremiah 22:18,30).\n\nFurthermore, according to the Jewish definition of the term, the Real Messiah will make changes in the real world, changes that one can see and perceive and be able to prove because these changes take place in the real world. It is for this task that the real messiah has been anointed in the first place, hence the term, messiah -- one who is anointed. These changes, that one will be able to see and perceive in the real world, include:\n\n1)The Messiah is preceded by Elijah the prophet who, with the Messiah, unifies the family (Malachi 4:5-6)\n\n2)The Messiah re-establishes the Davidic dynasty through the messiah's own children (Daniel 7:13-14)\n\n3)The Messiah brings an eternal peace between all nations, between all peoples, and between all people (Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4; Ezekiel 39:9)\n\n4)The Messiah brings about the universal world-wide conversion of all peoples to Judaism, or at least to Ethical Monotheism (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zechariah 8:23; Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 14:9,16)\n\n5)The Messiah brings about an end to all forms of idolatry (Zechariah 13:2);\n\n6)The Messiah brings about a universal recognition that the Jewish idea of Gd is Gd (Isaiah 11:9)\n\n7)The Messiah leads the world to become vegetarian (Isaiah 11:6-9)\n\n8)The Messiah gathers to Israel, all of the twelve tribes (Ezekiel 36:24)\n\n9)The Messiah rebuilds The Temple (Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 37:26-28)\n\n10)There will be no more famine (Ezekiel 36:29-30)\n\n11)After the Messiah comes, death will eventually cease (Isaiah 25:8)\n\n12)Eventually the dead will be resurrected (Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; Ezekiel 37:12-13; Isaiah 43:5-6);\n\n13)The nations of the earth will help the Jews, materially (Isaiah 60:5-6; 60:10-12;\n\n14)The Jews will be sought out for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23);\n\n15)All weapons will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9,12);\n\n16)The Nile will run dry (Isaiah 11:15)\n\n17)Monthly, the trees of Israel will yield their fruit (Ezekiel 47:12);\n\n18)Each tribe of Israel will receive and settle their inherited land (Ezekiel 47:13-13);\n\n19)The nations of the earth will recognize that they have been wrong, that the Jews have been right, and that the sins of the Gentile nations, their persecutions and the murders they committed, have been borne by the Jewish people (Isaiah 53)\n\nThese Biblically based changes in the world are very real, very perceivable, very noticeable, and knowable. The changes made by the Messiah according to Judaism are very provable.\n\nThe changes made by the Messiah according to Judaism as read in the Bible have not happened yet. \n\nQuite simply, we Jews invented the term, “messiah.” When someone starts doing ALL of these things, then we will have someone in mind.............
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If you want a full answer, you have to visit "Judaism 101" at www.jewfaq.com
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both jews and christians believe in jehovah, the god of the bible...they differ in who they think the messiah is...or who jesus is...in relation to the father God, jehovah\n\nmuslims believe in one god , allah, but he is not jehovah.  allah opposes jehovah.
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it is the name of the religious, social and political debate on the exact definition of which persons can be called Jewish. As Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, a religion, an ethnicity, and a culture, the definition of who is a Jew may vary, depending on whether a religious, sociological, or national approach to identity is used. "Who is a Jew?" has also become a well-known rhetorical question within Judaism, referring to a cultural and religious battle to define who can be described as truly being a "Jew" and what the "correct" definition for being "Jewish" actually is.\n\nThree basic disputes\nThe controversy of "who is a Jew" concerns three basic disputes:\n\nThe North American Reform movement has changed some of the traditional requirements for a Jewish identity in ways that are unacceptable to more traditional movements in two ways: (1) Children born of just one Jewish parent - regardless of whether the father or mother is Jewish - can claim a Jewish identity. A child of only one Jewish parent who does not claim this identity has, in the eyes of the Reform movement, forfeited his/her Jewish identity. By contrast, the traditional view is that any child born to a Jewish mother is Jewish, whether or not he/she is raised Jewish, or even whether the mother considers herself Jewish. (As an example, the grandchildren of Madeline Albright (who was raised Catholic and was unaware of her Jewish heritage) would all be Jews according to halakha (traditional Jewish law), since their mother's traceable female ancestors were all Jewish (Dr. Albright only has daughters). (2) The requirement of brit milah has been relaxed, as has the requirement of ritual immersion. (Conservatism also permits conversion without circumcision in the case of hemophiliacs.) \nThe Orthodox movements assert that non-Orthodox rabbis are not qualified to form a beit din, and are generally restrictive in their willingness to accept the ruling of a beit din with whom they are not familiar. This has led to the fact that non-Orthodox conversions are generally not accepted in Orthodox communities. Since Orthodox Judaism maintains the traditional standards for conversion -- in which the commitment to observe Halakha is an absolute requirement -- non-Orthodox conversions are generally not accepted in Orthodox communities because the new movements perform conversions in which the new convert does not undertake to observe Halakha as understood by Orthodox Judaism. \nA third controversy concerns those who no longer consider themselves Jewish because they no longer practice Judaism, do not accept or follow Halakha, or now adhere to another religion. Nonetheless, all Jewish denominations would still consider such a person to be a Jew if he otherwise met their definitions. \n"Ethnic Jew"\n"Ethnic Jew" (also known as an "assimilated Jew," see cultural assimilation) is a term generally used to describe a person of Jewish parentage and background who does not actively practice the Judaism but still identifies with Judaism and/or other Jews culturally and fraternally. The term "ethnic Jew" does not specifically exclude practicing Jews, but they are usually simply referred to as "Jews" without the qualifying adjective "ethnic". See: Ethnic group.\n\nThe term can refer to people of diverse beliefs and backgrounds due to the complex concepts of what makes a person "Jewish". The term "ethnic Jew" may be a misnomer since "ethnic" often carries a racial connotation that doesn't fit the diversity of Jews worldwide. Since "ethnic Jew" is often used to distinguish non-practicing from practicing ("religious") Jews, a more precise term might be "secular Jew."\n\nThe term sometimes can refer exclusively to Jews who, for whatever reasons, do not practice the religion of Judaism, or who are so ca