Question:
Why do Jewish people refuse to accept Jesus as their Lord?
?
2011-05-13 07:04:48 UTC
Doesn't the connection between the old testament and new testament prove Jesus to be the messiah and the Jewish people should submit to Jesus?
Twenty answers:
Still Crazy After All These Years
2011-05-13 09:29:08 UTC
Reasons Jesus was NOT the Jewish Messiah:



Divine birth/divinity (the Jewish Messiah will NOT be divine. He will be human.) G-d cannot become human: Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 44:6, Hosea 11:9, Ezekiel 28:2, Numbers 23:19



Performing Miracles – the Jewish Messiah will NOT perform miracles but will accomplish them



Taking on the sins of others: no one can take on the sins of others: Deuteronomy 24:16, Exodus 32:30-35, Ezekiel 18:1-4, 20-24; 26-27



Breaking the Sabbath – the Jewish Messiah will be observant.



Sacrificed/Rising from the dead: G-d rejects human sacrifice and blood sacrifice is NOT an absolute requirement for the absolution of sin – Deuteronomy 12:30-31, Jeremiah 19:4-6, Psalm 106:37-38, Ezekiel 16:20, Leviticus 5:11-13, Jonah 3:10, Leviticus 17, Leviticus 5:11-13, Numbers 16:47, Numbers 31:50, Isaiah 6:6-7, Jeremiah 7:22-23, Psalm 51:16-17



Prophecies Unfilled – the Jewish Messiah will accomplish ALL the prophecies in one lifetime.



The Jewish Messiah cannot trace his lineage through Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, or Shealtiel, because this royal line was cursed (I Chronicles 3:15-17, Jeremiah 22:18, 30). But according to Matthew 1:11-12 and Luke 3:27, Jesus was a descendant of Shealtiel



Communion – the ‘last supper’ – No Jew would ever call upon followers and fellow Jews to even symbolically consume blood and flesh.



Jesus is worshiped – the eternal covenant between G-d and Jews is that Jews will worship G-d and only G-d and G-d does not become a man. Numbers 23:19, Hosea 11:9, 1 Samuel 15:29, Job 9:32-33, Ezekiel 28:9, Hosea 4:15, Malachi 3:6



thanks to What Jews Believe website, Mama P and Aravah
grnlow
2011-05-13 20:10:26 UTC
Yes Jesus did fulfill all the prophecies that applied to the Messiah. But if the Jewish clergy were to admit that, then their power and prestige would end. They would have to submit to Jesus. That they would never do.



See how Jesus expressed the trouble with that clergy in his time at Matthew 23:1-12.



"Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying: 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the seat of Moses. 3 Therefore all the things they tell YOU, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds, for they say but do not perform. 4 They bind up heavy loads and put them upon the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to budge them with their finger. 5 All the works they do they do to be viewed by men; for they broaden the [scripture-containing] cases that they wear as safeguards, and enlarge the fringes [of their garments]. 6 They like the most prominent place at evening meals and the front seats in the synagogues, 7 and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called Rabbi by men. 8 But YOU, do not YOU be called Rabbi, for one is YOUR teacher, whereas all YOU are brothers. 9 Moreover, do not call anyone YOUR father on earth, for one is YOUR Father, the heavenly One. 10 Neither be called ‘leaders,’ for YOUR Leader is one, the Christ. 11 But the greatest one among YOU must be YOUR minister. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."



With so many problems, is it any wonder why they do nothing in line with either the true God or the Messiah he promised?
anonymous
2011-05-13 15:55:31 UTC
To address what some have stated above as their reasons for not accepting Jesus as the Messiah:



"Divine birth/divinity (the Jewish Messiah will NOT be divine. He will be human.) G-d cannot become human"

-- The Bible does not actually teach that God became human. It teaches that God transferred the life of his first creation, his only-begotten Son, into the womb of a virgin, so that he could be born as a human, an equal to Adam. (Luke 1:26-56; John 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:22, 45, 47)



"Performing Miracles – the Jewish Messiah will NOT perform miracles but will accomplish them"

-- Where is this belief noted in scripture?



"Taking on the sins of others: no one can take on the sins of others"

-- For what reason, then, was the Messiah promised? Was it not to take away the sin of the world? Was it not to be the fulfillment of the Mosaic Law covenant, the sacrifice that would do away with the need for the blood of animals to temporarily atone for sin?



"Breaking the Sabbath – the Jewish Messiah will be observant."

-- Of course Jesus observed the Sabbath until he became anointed with God's spirit and began his ministry. However, as God's Son, and the Messiah, he was "lord of the Sabbath." He performed much of the work God had commissioned him to do on the Sabbath, including many miracles that were a foregleam of what God's Kingdom would accomplish in the 1,000 year Millennial Rule of Christ, a time of rest such as has not yet been seen. (Matt. 12:8; Col. 2:16, 17; Rev. 19:16; 20:6)



"Sacrificed/Rising from the dead: G-d rejects human sacrifice and blood sacrifice is NOT an absolute requirement for the absolution of sin"

-- Deut. 12:30, 31, Jer. 19:4-6, Ps. 106:37, 38, & Ezek. 16:20 were references to the horrible practice other nations had of sacrificing their children to false gods. Of course God did not want that to happen. There is a difference, though, between humans sacrificing their own children and God sending his first creation to be born and die as a human for that specific purpose.

- Lev. 5:11-13 explains the provision God lovingly made for those who could not afford to make animal sacrifices, to instead sacrifice some of their flour. Lev. 17:11 brings out that the atoning value of an a sacrificial animal was in its blood, but this provision showed God's consideration of the limitations of some of his followers. The sins of the entire nation, including those who had to make use of that provision, were covered by the blood of the animals presented to God on the annual Day of Atonement. (Lev. 16:29, 30) (shrunk this portion of answer in order to make answer fit length required by Yahoo... if anyone has questions, though, my email is open)



"Prophecies Unfilled – the Jewish Messiah will accomplish ALL the prophecies in one lifetime."

- Again, no scriptural references. Many, many prophecies in the Bible have dual/greater fulfillments, and this was the case with many of the prophecies pertaining to Christ.



"The Jewish Messiah cannot trace his lineage through Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, or Shealtiel, because this royal line was cursed (I Chronicles 3:15-17, Jeremiah 22:18, 30). But according to Matthew 1:11-12 and Luke 3:27, Jesus was a descendant of Shealtiel"

- The decree at Jer. 22:30 barred any descendant of Jehoiachin from sitting upon the throne of David in Judah. The Messiah was to rule from the heavens, not from Judah. None of Jehoiachin's descendants ever ruled from earthly Jerusalem.



"Communion – the ‘last supper’ – No Jew would ever call upon followers and fellow Jews to even symbolically consume blood and flesh."

- That is why "Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said: 'This speech is shocking; who can listen to it?'” (John 6:60) Those who became disheartened so easily were not blessed with a full understanding, they never came to appreciate the rich symbolism of Jesus' words.



"Jesus is worshiped – the eternal covenant between G-d and Jews is that Jews will worship G-d and only G-d and G-d does not become a man."

- Again, God did not become a man. That is a false teaching of Christendom. Jesus directed all worship to go to his Father, which much of Christendom ignores. (Luke 4:8; John 4:23, 24) Hebrews 1:6 speaks of angels 'worshiping' Jesus, but the word used is proskyneo. That word means to render homage, an act of reverance. Those acts were performed by Jacob toward Esau (Gen. 33:3), Joseph's brothers before Joseph (Gen. 42:6), but those were not acts of worship, simply acts of profound respect, which of course is due the Messiah.
anonymous
2011-05-13 07:06:25 UTC
Because Jesus is a false messiah. If Jesus were the actual messiah:



1. The world would worship the One God of Israel (Isa 2:17)

2. The Jews would know the Torah without Study (Jer 31:33)

3. The knowledge of God would have filled the world (Isa 11:9)

4. The Sanhedrin would have been re-established (Isa 1:26)

5. The worlds weapons would have been destroyed (Eze 39:9)

6. There will be an ingathering of the exiles (Isa 11:12)

7. We would of witnessed an end to hunger, illness and death (Isa 25:8)

8. The dead would have been resurrected (Isa 26:19)

9. The world would have turned to Israel for spiritual guidance (Zec 8:23)

10. Evil and tyranny would have ceased to exist (Isa 11:4)

11. Israel would have turned from a barren to fertile land (Isa 51:3, 11:6-9, Amo 9:13-15, Eze 36:29-30)

12. The Jewish people would be experiencing eternal joy (Isa 51:11)

13. The Nations would have recognised the wrongs they had done to Israel (Isa 52:13-53:5)

14. The ruined cities of Israel would have been restored (Eze 16:55)

15. All of mankind would have been given the desires of their hearts (Psalms 37:4)

16. There would be a Temple (Eze 40)
anonymous
2011-05-13 07:26:42 UTC
The bible doesn't prove anything. It's just words on paper written by people.Jewish people don't believe Jesus was the messiah, they are still waiting.Why should they "submit to Jesus."? That's your belief not theirs.
anonymous
2011-05-13 07:12:29 UTC
Read Romans chapter 11:16-36



It is for your sakes that Israel did not immediately embrace Jesus because if they did then the apostles would not have went out amongst the nations and you would have never heard the gospel. Jesus did not come to set up the messianic age the first time but instead to regather the "lost sheep of the house of Israel". Actually those Christians that are friendly toward the Jewish people are Ephramites.





Romans 11:28-31 (New American Standard Bible)



28From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies FOR YOUR SAKES, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; 29for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, 31so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.
anonymous
2011-05-13 07:14:37 UTC
Because they're not as gullible as Christians. The only connections between the OT and the NT are those fabricated by Bronze Age trolls looking for justification and authority, much the same way modern-day trolls cite garbage on the Web.
alan h
2011-05-14 14:12:30 UTC
There are more Messianic Jews now than ever before.
Kevin7
2016-07-20 08:17:53 UTC
We Jews do not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.,we believe he did not meet the criteria of the Messiah
Mindy
2011-05-13 10:32:26 UTC
The Jewish people as a whole FAIL to understand that the holy scriptures point out that there are TWO "comings" of God THE Almighty's Messiah as can be seen from the Hebrew Scriptures themselves at Daniel 7:13, 14 and Daniel 9:24-26, shown in the following link: http://bit.ly/jCSxUg



The progressive nature of God’s purpose was to reveal the Messiah SLOWLY to His people by means of the prophets who spoke His Word. The Jewish people as a whole FAILED to remain close to the Word of God and got so caught up with "tradition" as well as the ways of the surrounding nations around them, that because of FAILURE to stay solely in the Word of God, when the Messiah showed up for his first "coming"... As a whole, the nation of Israel didn't even RECOGNIZE him.



When Jesus taught, the time was near when God allowed the second temple to be destroyed (the first one was destroyed by the Babylonians due to guess what? Their UNFAITHFULNESS to God's Word), NEVER to be rebuilt (if the Jewish people are still under the Mosaic Law, WHERE is there altar for ANIMAL SACRIFICES that God THE Almighty REQUIRES as part of the Law of Moses?).



Jesus (who was Jewish) emphasized NOT the destruction of the Mosaic Law, but rather, the FULFILLMENT of the Mosaic Law and of the Prophets and the glorious future to which these would direct persons with faith: http://bit.ly/j1LGo6



It is most definitely true that Jesus of Nazareth DID NOT fulfill ALL of the Messianic Prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures... Yet. However, the overwhelmingly MANY ones that WERE FULFILLED in him as part of the first "coming" of the Messiah, leaves absolutely, positively NO ROOM for doubt in the minds of sincere readers of the scriptures whose hearts are inclined to the righteousness of God that Jesus of Nazareth MOST DEFINITELY was and is the Messiah, the Christ.



The following Messianic Prophecies were FULFILLED in Jesus and Jesus alone:



#1)

EVENT: Born of the tribe of Judah

PROPHECY: Genesis 49:10

FULFILLMENT: Luke 3:23-33

http://tinyurl.com/4nrjbmq



#2)

EVENT: Born of a virgin

PROPHECY: Isaiah 7:14

FULFILLMENT: Matthew 1:18-25

http://tinyurl.com/4kahno2



#3)

EVENT: Descended from King David

PROPHECY: Isaiah 9:7

FULFILLMENT: Matthew 1:1, 6-17

http://tinyurl.com/4b4slwx



#4)

EVENT: Declared by God Almighty Himself to be his Son

PROPHECY: Psalm 2:7

FULFILLMENT: Matthew 3:17

http://tinyurl.com/4wfxkys



#5)

EVENT: God's Messiah not believed in

PROPHECY: Isaiah 53:1

FULFILLMENT: John 12:37, 38

http://tinyurl.com/4bfcro7



#6)

EVENT: Entered Jerusalem riding an a s s

PROPHECY: Zechariah 9:9

FULFILLMENT: Matthew 21:1-9

http://tinyurl.com/4odm6bk



#7)

EVENT: Betrayed by a close associate

PROPHECY: Psalm 41:9

FULFILLMENT: John 13:18, 21-30

http://tinyurl.com/4drhf7h



For more of the Messianic Prophecies that were FULFILLED by Jesus of Nazareth's first "coming", feel free to carefully review the information in my answer in the following 'Yahoo! Answers' link:

https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20110220093428AAe1rwr
?
2011-05-13 07:07:52 UTC
Shouldn't the messiah have been called Immanuel?
Hatikvah
2011-05-14 13:17:15 UTC
In our story, the question "What does it mean to torture and murder God?" makes no sense. In our story, God is not a person, not incarnate, not made of flesh and blood. In our story, no one who walks the face of the earth is divine. As it says in the Book of Ecclesiastes: "There is no person who has walked the face of the earth and has done good and who has not sinned." In our story, the struggle is against apotheosis, making of anyone a god. In our story, no priest, patriarch, rabbi is worshiped. In our story, we do not even know where Moses was buried, lest his burial place become a shrine. In our story, God is not visible, not mortal, not victim, not capable of being killed. In our story, God is not a sacrifice; we bring sacrifices in the name of God. In our story, when Abraham believes that God would have him sacrifice his son Isaac, the angel of God intervenes: "Do not raise your hand against this child or do anything to him." In our Passover story, the name of Moses is not to be found in the haggadah, lest we deify a human being. This is our affirmation, not our rejection.

We are asked why we do not accept a savior to save our souls from the burning coals of perdition. This question makes sense from the point of view of their story, which is based on the belief that every human embryo is stigmatized by an original, involuntary sin, like DNA, inherited from conception. In their story, sin is supernatural and therefore cannot be overcome, erased, or expiated by human efforts. In their story, vicarious atonement, the death of God's son, can wipe out my sins. In our story, no sin is original; no sin is supernatural. My sins are not inherited; they are of my doing, and I am responsible for expiating my transgressions. No one else can suffer for the hurt I have inflicted on others; it is I who must bind the wounds.

We must respect the uniqueness of each other's story, but we ought not impose our story upon the other. Am I to respond to the question "Why did you reject Jesus as the son of God?" with "Why did you reject the tradition of Moses? Why did you reject the mother faith?"

When others impose their story upon us by speaking of saving our souls from perdition, it comes from the belief that souls must be saved, that extra ecclesia nulla salus, "outside of the Church nobody is saved." In our story, no one who lives a good and decent life is excluded from the world to come. In our story, hell is not an eternal torture for people who don't believe. In our story, hell is here on earth--starvation, slavery, genocide, prejudice, hatred. In our story, Rabbi Jacob teaches that "one hour of repentance and the practice of good deeds are better than the entire world to come" (Talmud, Ethics of the Fathers 4:22). In our story, the sages declare: "I call as witnesses heaven and earth that be it an Israelite or Gentile, a man or a woman, only according to the deed does the Holy Spirit rest upon him" (Tanna debe Elijah Zutta). In their story, souls are saved. In our story, lives are to be saved.

Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis is spiritual leader of Valley Beth Sholom in Encino, California and the author of Finding Each Other in Judaism: Meditations on the Rites of Passage from Birth to Immortality (URJ Press).

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anonymous
2011-05-13 13:27:10 UTC
Because he isn't our lord. He's just some guy who is Jewish. It's like why don't you ask me to be the lord? because i'm just another orthodox jew, like he was. except jesus created christianity. our lord is Hashem. for now and always.



שְׁמַע | יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְיָ | אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְיָ | אֶחָֽד



Hear, O Israel, The Lord is our G-d, The Lord is One.
e w
2011-05-13 07:07:36 UTC
Ancient writings by primitive men don't prove anything.



Most of the problems in the world today are caused by people trying to impose their own beliefs on others.



They have their religion, you have yours. Just try to follow your own religion, and don't judge others, the way that your religion commands you.
terry_vodka
2011-05-13 07:16:39 UTC
Urm wd ya accept Durga Maa as yours
anonymous
2011-05-13 07:06:56 UTC
Why don't you accept Zeus as your lord ?
Egareitteb
2011-05-13 07:06:29 UTC
Unfulfilled messianic prophesy, perhaps?
anonymous
2011-05-13 07:10:51 UTC
what connection he did not fulfil prophecies.
soup
2011-05-13 07:06:14 UTC
makes non the wiser
?
2011-05-13 07:05:51 UTC
Pride.


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