are Jews today not bound to old testement law?
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sacrifices are not neccesary for the temple is gone for now (the real messiah will see it rebuilt) and jews follow the 613 laws of torah the best that they can. Yes the laws of the torah (the old testiment is christian, not jewish) the tanakh is jewish, correct, and unchanged are still aplicable to all jews.
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I believe that Jesus did not put away with any part of the Mosaic law (Read Matthew 5,17-18).\nGentiles however, were never required to keep the law. \nSome of the first believers ( who were mostly Jewish), taught that all Gentile believers should become circumcised and start following the law. Peter (also a Jew) and some others opposed this idea. In the end it was decided that Gentiles need not live according to the law given to the Jewish people. They were given four rules by which they should live. These rules were not commandments given by God however, that's why Christians today don't live by them. You can read all this in Acts, chapter 15.\nFor Christians there is basically no law as such. They are to love God with all their hearts and their neighbors as they love themselves. By following these two commandments, we will keep from sinning. Paul says in his letter to the Romans that we become slaves to righteousness. \nI believe that for Jews (even for those who believe in Jesus), the law still applies.
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1)there is no such thing as 'Jewish blood.' A person can convert TO Judaism, and is therefore a Jew, and a person can convert from Judaism to another faith and is no longer a Jew. Jews define who is a Jew, not the wannabe-Jews.\n\n2)'clean' and 'unclean' are a bad translation. better would be something like, 'they will be considered gross to you,' or 'disgusting.'\n\n3)to answer your question, they are still relevant today TO JEWS. Jews were at Sinai, Jews received the commandments, and Jews were the ones commanded. \n\nPlease see http://WhatJewsBelieve.org
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No Jews can trace their lineage back that far, due to the destruction of Jerusalem around A.D. 70. If he claims to be descended from Ishmael or Esau, though, I suppose that may be possible. But I doubt it.
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chosen for what?\n\nchosen to accept the torah and the laws, and to honour them, yes. \n\nchosen to be the only one G-d loves, no. jews believe that G-d loves everybody, jewish or not, and that G-d does not require a person to be jewish in order to "get to heaven."\n\nso while we do believe G-d chose a group of people, the jews, to be his representatives and to follow his laws, we don't believe that a person who is not a jew and who does not follow his laws is condemned. there is nothing in our scriptures to say that non-jews are eternally condemned, and in addition to that jews tend to have an extremely high opinion of G-d and we would have a bit of a theological problem if G-d, who we say is all-loving and merciful, started to damn all the non-jews to eternal punishment. jews don't get any special priveleges for being jewish, and non-jews aren't in any trouble for not being jewish. in fact they have an easier time of it, because G-d expects them only to follow 7 easy laws, whereas jews have to follow 613.
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Unlikely.  Judaism is not  as condemnatory of pre-marital sex and babies born out of wedlock as Christianity is.  In fact, strictly speaking their is no prohibition against pre-marital sex in the Torah, the ban was instituted by later Rabbis to prevent shame coming onto a woman or the appearance that she was a concubine or prostitute.\n\nSo the fact that Jesus was not Joseph's son would not have been viewed as a big deal at the time- the common assumption may well have been that the father was a Roman soldier since rape by Roman soldiers was a common occurence.
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Jews are only allowed to make sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem. Since there is no temple at this time, they do not sacrifice.
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The Fundemental differences are only slight.\n\nJews, in theory, still obey the law of Moses... most don't and there are hundreds of diferent types of jew.  They are awaiting a messiah to recommence the kingdom of david on Earth.\n\nChristians believe this messiah has been and gone and was called Jesus - who was God, or the son of God.  As such, unlike jews, Christians believe in an afterlife in the here and now. As in, you go straight to heaven when dead. They believe he brought a new covenant and was not only a Jewish messiah, but for all people.\n\nMuslims believe that Jesus was a Messiah, but not God. They believe in an Afterlife in the here and now, but believe that Muhammad was the last of the prophets.  he was needed because Jews and Christians allowed their holy texts to be altered, and a new unchangable text was needed - the Quran. (Koran). They also believe that the best way to live a life is to follow the example, or sunnah, of any prophet, but especially that of Muhammad - the seal of the prophets.
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homosexuality has been around since before the bible was even a foot note society is accepting this more and more. Christians Jews everybody. it becoming one of those things that just doesn't matter if its in the bible or not live how you want and be happy and don't listen to these little pricks who think differently
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Leviticus is the Jewish law.You are not supposed to follow these laws because you are under grace & not the law.Although much of the Old Testament doesn't apply to us we can see types & pictures all through it.For instance in Isaiah you can see Christ.He tells of His death burial & resurrection.Also of the suffering that Christ would go through.Of course this is all through the Old Testament.
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Traditional Judaism unquestionably believes in the World to Come, that is to say the afterlife with G-d.  There are numerous references to the idea throughout Jewish texts.  There is much less support for the concept of Hell, rather the punishment is to lose one's place in the World to Come.  \nJews and non-Jews can earn a place in the World to Come, Jews through the mitzvah system, while non-Jews are expected to observe the seven laws of Noah which were given to everyone. Not to worship idols, not to blaspheme G-d, not to kill, steal or commit incest or other serious sexual immorality, not to eat the flesh of a living animal, and to establish courts of law.\nSome of today's liberal Jewish thinkers have abandoned this belief, but not everyone.  It remains solidly part of Jewish thought.
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Jews believe and still follow old testament (also follow the law of Moses).\n\nThey do not believe Jesus was the true Messiah because he was born of Mary, NOT Joseph.  Joseph is the one that is a descendant of David of which the messiah is promised.  Mary, isn't a direct descendant of David, she just married into the family.  Since David didn't really have anything to do with this child (other then raise him), they don't believe Jesus was the messiah so they don't follow the new testament.  Some may believe that the New Testament is simply stories of a very blessed man, but not the messiah.
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no, at least not among ashkenazic jews (european descent, about 80% of jews). the rabbis passed edicts forbidding it a very long time ago. in some sephardic communities (iberian and sometimes arabic and persian descent) there are no rabbinical laws against it but i don't know if they actually do it.
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You know, I never realized this until the last year or so, and see how old I am! A bit dense, I guess. I feel like some of this goes back to the U.S. being so Christian and religiously based. They probably feel like the Jews are still 'gods' chosen people, and want to protect and be in league with them.\nIn a way, I undestand wanting to protect helpless people. However, Israel is not a helpless country any longer, probably more powerful than a lot of other countries.
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It isn't.  The Jewish bible and its precepts were far more influential in the development of Western civilization.  Just look at all the universities with Hebrew lettering in their official seals.
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I don't know. However, seeing that most Christians read and study the bible, including the Old Testament, even if they don't still follow it, it's still important to them, and so is it's main subject, the Jews. I believe that even if they don't consider the Israelis god's chosen people anymore, they still consider them important in some way.
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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