Do JEWS and HEBREWS believe in Jesus?
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Okay... let me start off by stating that "Jews" and "Hebrews" are one and the same. They are an ancient people, and "being Hebrew" is both a religion and an ethnic group. Those who have Jewish descent but are not "religious" are called "secular jews". A person can also be of the Jewish religion without being born a Hebrew.\n\nAs to whether or not they "believe" in Jesus, it is a complicated matter. Almost all people of the Jewish faith believe that there once was a rabbi named Jesus. The true issue is whether or not he was the Son of God.\n\nThe Old Testament does not make mention of Jesus by name, because by the very nature of the Bible, the Old Testament is mainly about the times before Jesus; it is about the history of the Jewish religion. There are many passages in the prophetic books of the old Testament that makes mention of a "Messiah" or "Savior" of the Jewish people. The coming of the Messiah was to mark the victory of the Jewish people, bring them back to the former glorious days of King Solomon. This Messiah was said to be a King of Kings, and would lead the Hebrew people out of the bondage of their enemies.\n\nEnter Jesus. His time was during the Roman Empire, when Rome had overtaken the Middle East, and has captured Jerusalem. The Hebrew people were under the rule of a pagan king, and there was a small but determined group called "Zealots", that prayed for the coming of the Messiah to lead them out of their captivity. When Jesus comes on the scene, He preforms miracles, and tries to teach the people how to live better lives. He tells people to love their neighbors and to treat others as they'd like to be treated. Jesus proved His divinty time and time again, yet still even His disciples were unable to fully believe.\nThe Jewish leaders of the time could accept that a poor rabbi from a nondescript part of their nation was the foretold Messiah. Why, he was not a great king... how could He ever lead them to victory over the Romans? And so, they begin to plot to have Him killed... He is disrupting their people... causing a revolt, some say. It is not He that is bringing the glory and attention to Himself, it is the people, witnessing to others about the miracles He had done for them. Blind men could see, dead were raised to live again, and food was made from near nothingness. It was all too much. He had to go.\n\nFor those who do not understand the Jewish religion, it is difficult to fully appreciate the sacrifice that Christ made on the cross. It might all seem like a gory, twisted sotry. But in the Hebrew faith, there was no atonement for sin except through the spilling of blood. If you stole something, you must sacrifice something for forgiveness. Typically, it was the purest, whitest lamb or animal one possessed. By this shedding of blood, one was forgiven their transgression. However, the sins of the people had become too great for lambs to pardon, and a larger sacrifice was needed. That sacrifical lamb, that pure innocent life, was the Son of God, Jesus Christ.\n\nTo this day, most Hebrew people are still waiting for the coming of their Messiah. It is in this point that Christianity branches off from Judism. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Messiah. Jewish people do not accept His divinity. That is the critical difference.
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Judaism does not accept that Jesus was the son of god or the Messiah. They do not accept the New Testament as the word of God. \n\nThere have been and are Christian Jews most notably Jesus himself, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and the 12 Apostles. Christianity began as a Jewish sect.
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The Messianic Jews meld Christian theology with Jewish traditions. They consider themselves Jews who believe in Jesus Christ but mainstream Jewish denominations do not consider them such.\n\nThey attend church on Saturday, the seventh day of the fourth commandment, and they meet in synagogues.
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Both Jews and Christians believe in reincarnation.  Scripture says Moses and Elijah will come back from the dead and preach in the streets of Jerusalem before the last day.  Does that mean you and I will come back from the dead in another life.  No.  The religion that believes this is called Zoastrianism.  Go to Wikipedia.com for more on this religion.  Kindest regards.
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Hi,\nAs a Jewish believer in Jesus, let me give you my perspective.  In a nutshell, most Jews aren't willing to consider Jesus to be the Messiah because (1) there has unfortunately been a lot of anti-Semitism carried out under the banner of the Church - one of the biggest reasons - (2) many Jewish people consider putting faith in Jesus to make them traitors to the Jewish people - going over to "them" instead of "us" - this is true regardless of whether someone is Orthodox or secular.  We're raised to think that if we become Christians / Messianic Jews / whatever term you like, we've stopped being Jewish.  Not true, but that's the sentiment in most of the Jewish community.\n\nAbout atoning for sin - well, most Jews today are no longer traditional and sin plays about as big a role as it does for anyone else in modern society - very little.  For those who recognize that they do need to atone for sin, in Judaism sacrifice has been replaced by repentance, charity, and fasting.\n\nHave you ever checked out www.jewsforjesus.org, you can find a lot of material there to help you understand.\n\nOh and by the way, about the prophets and the Messiah - the majority of Jewish people today would not consider it to be "God's Word".  The Orthodox (10%-20% of Jewish people) believe God gave an "Oral Law" alongside the Written Law and therefore the Bible (Written Law) needs to be interpreted in accordance with the rabbis (Oral Law).\n\nHope this helps,\nRich
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The Messianic movement is a fraud.  It started many years ago with an organization call Jews for Jesus.  This organization tried to convince Jews that you coud accept Jesus as your lord and savior, and still remain a Jew.\n\nThis is, of course, rediculous on its face.  WHen you accept Jesus as your lord, you are by definition a Christian, and since the Jewish people deny Jesus as both Messiah and G-d, you cannot be called a Jew.\n\nToday the actual goals of Jews for Jesus is well known.  Their agenda is to convert Jews to become evangelical Christians, and to remove anything Jewish from their beliefs.  This agenda ws documented in secret memoranda by the leaders of Jews for Jesus.  So today, many of the mainline Christian denominations do not support Jews for Jesus with fubds.\n\nThe Messianic movement has tried to take it's place.  They as well claimm that you can accept Jesus and still remain Jesus.  In the Messianic movement the entire Tanakah (the Jewish bible) is reinterpreted to fortell the coming of Jesus.  These people will tell you that there are litterally 1000 prophecies relating to Jesus in the Hewish bible (what they call the old testament).  THis is a croc!\n\nI have always asked myself this question.  If Christians are so convinced that they have the one truth of G-d, then why do they use these deceptive organizations to try and trick Jews into converting?  G-d would never approve!\n\nWhat does this subterfuge say about Christianity?  Nothing positive!!
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No we dont. I believe in Jesus as son of God, hence Christian. If I were Muslim Id believe him a prophet, and if I were Jew, I would not believe in him at all.
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no, all christians donot have jewish roots. the christian faith does. jesus was born jewish and raised jewish  and had followers from the jewish faith.   basically,  christians have converts from the begining and some were jewish and some were pagan and there are and where others.
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The basic beliefs of Christianity about Jesus are against what the Bible says, and so Real Jews cannot believe in Jesus at all.\n\nThe Christian understanding is that the Messiah, Jesus, died for the sins of the people. The messiah is supposed to be a human sacrifice that is the blood sacrifice necessary for the forgiveness of sin.\n\nBut we are taught in our Torah that no one can die for the sins of another. In Deuteronomy 24:16 it specifically says this:\n\nDeuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not \nbe put to death for the children, neither \nshall the children be put to death for\nthe fathers: \nevery man shall be put to death for his \nown sin (eesh b’chet-o yumatu).\n\nIn Exodus 32:30-35, Moses tries to offer himself to atone for the sins of the people. To be written out of Gd's book, means to be written out of the Book of Life, which means Moses was asking to die for the sins of the People. Gd's response is No, it does not work that way, each man dies for his own sin:\n\nExodus 32:30-35 And it came to pass on the \nmorrow, that Moses said unto the people, \nYe have sinned a great sin: and now I will \ngo up unto the Etrnl; perhaps I shall make \nan atonement for your sin. And Moses \nreturned unto the Etrnl, and said, Oh, \nthis people have sinned a great sin, and \nhave made them gods of gold. Yet now, if \nthou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, \nblot me, I pray thee, out of thy book \nwhich thou hast written. And the Etrnl \nsaid unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned \nagainst me, him will I blot out of my \nbook. \n\nThe whole of chapter 18 of the book of Ezekiel is about this idea, that no one can die for someone else's sin. Further, this chapter of Ezekiel teaches us that all we have to do for Gd's forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd will forgive us:::\n\nEzekiel 18:1-4; 20-24; 26-27 .....Behold, all \nsouls are mine; as the soul of the father, so \nalso the soul of the son is mine: the soul \nthat sinneth, it shall die. Eze 18:20 The soul \nthat sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not \nbear the iniquity of the father, neither shall \nthe father bear the iniquity of the son: the \nrighteousness of the righteous shall be upon \nhim, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be \nupon him. But if the wicked will turn from all \nhis sins that he hath committed, and keep all \nmy statutes, and do that which is lawful and \nright, he shall surely live, he shall not die. \nAll his transgressions that he hath committed, \nthey shall not be mentioned unto him: in his \nrighteousness that he hath done he shall live. \nHave I any pleasure at all that the wicked \nshould die? saith the Etrnl Gd: and not that \nhe should return from his ways, and live?.... \nEze 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away \nfrom his righteousness, and committeth \niniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity \nthat he hath done shall he die. Again, when \nthe wicked man turneth away from his \nwickedness that he hath committed, and doeth \nthat which is lawful and right, he shall save \nhis soul alive. \n\nSo, the Bible is clear, no one can die for the sins of another, and this means that Jesus cannot die for anyone else's sins.\n\nChristians also believe that one needs a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, that one who does not have such a blood sacrifice will die in their sins, and go to hell, except for the sacrifice of Jesus.\n\nThis, too, is UnBiblical. The Bible describes blood sacrifices for the forgiveness of sin in the Book of Leviticus. But it is in Leviticus itself, in the middle of the discussion of the sin sacrifices, that we are taught that we do not need a blood sacrifice to be forgiven for our sins. Offering a blood sacrifice was an expensive thing to do for the family offering the animal. Was forgiveness then, to be only for the rich? No, because if one could not afford a blood sacrifice then one who sins could bring flour, which has no blood and no life as their sacri
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not at all/ I STRONGLY believe that Jesus was  a kabbalist...\ncause the way he teaches in his parabels...\nand kabbalah is not a religion...\nplease learn all u can and then take your own conclusions...and dont be asking in here about kabbalah to people that dont even know, that  is not a RELIGION....\n\nKabbalah is the mystic of jewish is metaphisical teachings about our relation with the creator/creation and the cosmos...\n\nCause Kabbalah comes from the ''jewish people", therefore any cristian  will tell u that is not good,but the one in higher places, like a pastor or reverend know about KABBALAH but they wont include this for u to read/as even rabbi dont encourage all of their follower to read about kabbalah, and they have some reasons, not to....all related to mantain power.\n\nREMEMBER SOMETHING JESUS WAS ALSO JEWISH, he was born like one, live and learn like one, and die like one....and he was killed cause he came to UNITY US as one with THE ALMIGHTY, and let us know that he was our father our creator, that we were all brothers and sisters, love each other as you love yourself, is all about unity between men and his creator....but that was not good for the church where he was born at that time, so they did everything to kill him. SAME thing will do any church today to prohibit not to be united.Theres no need for more division between humans,JESUS never came here to make another religion, but at sometime it was convenient to unity the "roman empire"  divided by jesus followers and the ones who believed in many gods; so they saw the expansion of jesus followers and they took advantage of this to create one and one belief wich they spread thru the world known back then;  by force, how? with the cruzades...killinb people, towns, village and made them surrender into being catholic....this is no mistery for anyone who knows about history and dont want to be a fanatic....theres no ofense on talking about things that did happened the first "catholics" killed in the name of jesuscrist, just like DAVID and many prophets did in the old testament, they would go into a village kill the men, keep the woman and the animals, that is biblical knowledge, read it....\n\nWHATS important here is not to keep on dividing us, humans, anymore...because of religion, knowledge, race, believes, languages, politics, sexual preferences, profesion, social status, etc., etc.  Is about knowing what happened and dont repeat the same mistakes......again.\n\nWe are already divide AND  one of the many teachings of  KABBALAH wich means '"REVELATION" is precisely about knowing the POWER OF ONE, not many....remember what makiavelo said: undivided you shall win...thats a strategy of how many wars were won...lets dont continue this.\n\nJESUS  was taught with many books  as part of growing as a jewish man; those books today... where are they???they were burned in the inquisition by the catholic church....was the zohar one of them???? AS CRISTIAN AND BEING TAUGHT TO BE LIKE HIM WHY DONT WE LEARN HIS RELIGION TO BE JUST LIKE HIM WITH THE NEW KNOWLEDGE, HE SPREAD, WHY DONT WE READ THE TALMUD OR THE MISHNA, if we want to be like him....SORRY to say theres being to manipulation in the name of JESUS. And that is SAD.\n\nRead about history and make urself rich on knowledge that way you dont have to ask people who  know less...seek, and youll get answers....who said that????JESUS......be carefull of blinds guiding blinds....who said that???????JESUS...\n\nTHE KABBALAH is not something you read just like that. Is a higher wisdom that wil reveal itself as u are ready.\n\nthe ZOHAR or Book of Splendor is the main source about Kabbalah teachings.
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I have absolutely no trouble believing in the Law of the Jews.  It is the Older Law.  If Jews choose NOT to believe Jesus was the Messiah, it does not effect my beliefs.  (Yes, I have studied Judaism)\n\nI believe in Bible so far as it was correctly translated, remembering that man compiled the pages and authorized the translations and men can make mistakes.   That the Lord does not always interfer with the activities of man and much faith is needed in this world.  (Yes, I have read the Bible)\n\nI have no trouble believing that the Angel Gabriel brought down laws for the people of the Middle East to Prophet Muhammad.   It also does not effect my own beliefs.  (Yes, I have read the Qu'ran)
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Jesus came to the world first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles.\nThe only thing that holds Jews back is there lack of belief in Jesus.\nChristians do not ignore the teachings and the rules that God laid out for His people; the children of Israel.  We are, after all, adopted into His family once we accept Christ.\nChristians acknowledge both the old and the new testament.  We teach and learn out of the old and new testament.\nAfter all, it is very difficult to completely understand then new testament until you have read the old.\nI have never been to sure about the holiday of Hannukah, or what purpose is behind it (how it is Biblically grounded) but my church acknowledges the old testement originated practice of the holy convocation every year.
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Jews do NOT consider Jesus a prophet.  In fact, to Jews, Jesus didn't even exist!  "Jew for Jesus" are not Jewish, they are evangelical Christians working for Satan!\n\nDo you know that there is not a single historical document that mentions Jesus.  The only place you find Jesus mentioned is in the Christian Gospels, which is strictly a faith document.\n\nIslam considers Jesus a prophet, but considers that Mohammad was the "final" prophet.\n\nJews listen to G-d.  G-d gave Jews clues (prophecies) to determine who the messiah would be, and Jesus did not meet even one single messianic prophecy!
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WELL I AM JEWISH AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A GOD BUT FOR THE CHRISTIANS BELIEF ON JESUS.. WELL I DO NOT HAVE A CLUE
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No. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, \n\nAbout Judaism: "The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God's revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews "belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ"; "for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."\n\nAbout Islam: The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day.\n\nAbout other non-Christian religions: All nations form but one community. This is so because all stem from the one stock which God created to people the entire earth, and also because all share a common destiny, namely God. His providence, evident goodness, and saving designs extend to all against the day when the elect are gathered together in the holy city.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Yes, I have. I think it's completely wrong to think that the Jews have to keep the law while we have to believe in Jesus. Jeremiah 31 says that God would make a completely new covenant with the Jews that would be different than the one he made when he brought them out of Egypt. Therefore, there is only one true covenant, and that's the New one --- Christianity.
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The Jewish 'bible' is the Christian Old Testament. We recognize Moses and Abraham and basically everyone in the Old Testament as true men of God. We differ on the person of Jesus Christ. The Jews, overall, reject Him as the true messiah. Whereas Christians believe He's the one that was to come. We're both monotheists, meaning, we believe there's only one true God. Unlike Hindus who believe in many gods.