Greeks wanted proof of God.  what did Jews want?
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Jews were expecting a King, a man of great wealth to come.  When Jesus came, born as a poor human carpenter son, they didn't except him as the messiah.  Jews today are still waiting for the Messiah to come.  Thats whats taught to them. It was hard for them in the old testament to believe in something they couldn't see or touch.  That is why God sent his son down.  Jesus is God in human form.  There is only on God, just in three seperate forms.  God, Jesus and the Holy spirit.
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He didn't make it Holy for one group of people. Read Genesis chapter 1. He created the universe in six days (well, we don't know what a "day" was back then, so it might have been much longer...who knows?), and on the seventh, he rested and made it Holy--for everyone! Not just the Jewish people--also for the Gentiles. Now, the Jewish population are God's chosen people, but that does not mean that the Sabbath was created ONLY for them to recognize.
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paul when he had that vision was being shown by God about cornelius. it wasnt about food. jews treated gentiles(non jews) very unclean much like pigs and dogs. cornelius was a believer ofGod and God tried sending paul to him, but paul being a jew wasnt about to defile himself. God showed him through the animals that only God can say what is clean and unclean
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it seems Jewish people were
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see, the whole points of Judaism (or a big part of it) is the fact that it is the exact same thing as it was hundreds of years ago.  it NEVER changed.  the proof is that the thousands of Jews that were at the giving of the torah and it would be hard to convince all those thousands of people, as witnesses, to change it suddenly.  but if you mean how it looked like etc., dont ask me.  hope this helps..8)
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"The Jews"? What cretin since the authors of the forged "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and Hitler thinks that "Jews" constitute a unitary entity?\n\nCan the Lutherans handle themselves? The Unitarians? The Greek Orthodox? The Baha'i?
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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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This is true. :) Matthew (Levi) did [seem to] want to prove to the Jewish that Jesus was actually the Messiah, thus all the Old Testament stuff.\nI would guess an original Hebrew copy cannot be found because of the persecution. The Greek copies were probably made prior to the Hebrew version being destroyed. The copies were likely sent out to others, while the copier, I would imagine kept the original for himself to use. Only specualtion, of course.\n\n***\nOh, and borrowing heavily from Mark? Probably because the gospel was written a time after the events occured. He may have wanted to keep his facts straight. Or it could have been a coincidence, seeing as there were writing about the same thing.
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I know it's not directly related to the question, but it's useful to realise that the Greeks' view of God had a huge impact on the monotheistic faiths. I'm currently reading A History of God by Karen Armstrong, which details how the Greek philosophers' attempt to define God affected early Christianity as well as Islam and Judaism. Fascinating.
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That's so funny.  I don't understand why people don't believe that you are god, shouldn't they just have faith that you are?  Why are they asking for proof from you?  They never needed proof before.
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The law was given to the Jewish people, not to everybody. God chose the Jews to be His people. He wanted to be their king and the law was their constitution, so to speak. The only true theocracy in history! Later, the people asked for an earthly king but the law remained and is still a part of God's covenant with the Jewish people today.\nwhen Jesus came, He observed the law and even more, He fulfilled it. Does that mean it is no longer valid? \nNo, it's still valid. But it's still a covenant between God and the Jewish people. \nWhen the gospel was first preached to Gentiles, some Jewish believers taught, that all Gentiles have to become circumcised and follow the Mosaic law if they want to be followers of Christ.\nThe whole matter is discussed extensively in Acts 15. In the end, the apostles agreed, that Gentiles should not be subject to the law, but that they should be given the following guidelines: abstain from blood, from animals that have been strangled or sacrificed to idols and from sexual immorality. So why do Christians not follow these rules? Because they were not given as a law by God but rather as guidelines by the apostles. \nSo, yes the mosaic law still stands but Gentiles are not required to keep it.
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my bf is atheist.  he's jewish and doesn't believe in anything more powerful than himself.  SO, one day when he won on a scratch ticket about 500 bucks he yells,  "there is a GOD"  now he believes.  What a weirdo but it's true.\n\nI have always believed in GOD and nothing can change that for me.
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People created god out of a need to answer unanswerable questions. We used to have dozens of gods (Rome and Greece, etc.) but simplified it down to one to help with all the memorization.
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A hardy love for Matzoh balls? (Kidding.)\n\nI would imagine if a person finds Judaism an authentic and convincing religious path, and was willing to adapt to the difficulties of being observant, that would be reason enough.
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Jews believe in God, the same God that christians worship, the God of Abraham, the God of Moses, etc.  They believe in sin and in forgiveness.  The day of atonement is the day to seek forgiveness for sins.
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The area around where this happened was divided into different ethinic groups and actually seperate countries, & the Jews where not the majority at all. So the Swine probably belonged to some Greeks or others. However it is more then likely that the whole story is an allegory and bull$hit. Surely an intelligent talented pig like yourself does not believe in demons or miracles and are aware the Bible is 90% lies, and as a pig you know you have a strong sense of self preservation. There is no such thing as Kosher bacon either.
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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.