Questions for Orthodox Jews, which reveal the Messiah:

[BABerean2]

Every year thousands of modern Orthodox Jews die without Christ.

During my lifetime the Church has done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with Orthodox Jews. Various forms of Dual Covenant Theology are part of the problem.

If we really love them we should be willing to ask the following questions which reveal the true identity of the Jewish Messiah.


Do you believe what is written in the Hebrew scriptures?



Who is the "seed of the woman" who bruises the serpent's head in Genesis 3:15?



Who is God's "son" in Psalm 2?



Who is "the suffering servant" from Isaiah chapter 53?



Who fulfilled the "New Covenant" promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34?



Who is the Messiah found in the timeline of Daniel chapter 9?



Who is the only person who fulfilled the Hebrew scriptures found above?



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[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Do you believe what is written in the Hebrew scriptures?



Who is the "seed of the woman" who bruises the serpent's head in Genesis 3:15?



Who is God's "son" in Psalm 2?



Who is "the suffering servant" from Isaiah chapter 53?



Who fulfilled the "New Covenant" promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34?



Who is the Messiah found in the timeline of Daniel chapter 9?



Who is the only person who fulfilled the Hebrew scriptures found above?



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I know Rabbinic Jews consider the answer to most all those questions is Israel (son and suffering servant).

 

[BABerean2]

I know Rabbinic Jews consider the answer to most all those questions is Israel (son and suffering servant).

How do they handle the other questions?

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[Dave-W]

How do they handle the other questions?

Questions like that will have very little effect on a religious Jew. (Orthodox, Conservative or Reform) The rabbis have had almost 2000 years to formulate and hone their replies to deflect the answers you think are obvious.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

How do they handle the other questions?

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Rabbinic Jews still await the Moshiakh. The new covenant has not been established yet but will be with the coming of the Moshiakh and the rebuilding of the Temple.

 

[tampasteve]

As others said, there are answers from religious Jews for these questions. The ones that cannot answer are not studied enough. When I was searching I found alternative answers to the "Christian" ones you are looking for - some of which make a lot of sense and lead one to think that maybe the typical Christian answer is wrong, or one of two that could be right. It is not unusual to have more than one correct answer in the Jewish scriptures. It is a mistake to think that Jesus/Yeshua is always the answer and can be read into any prophesy, or just any verse - this is a loosing argument with any studied follower of Judaism.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Questions like that will have very little effect on a religious Jew. (Orthodox, Conservative or Reform) The rabbis have had almost 2000 years to formulate and hone their replies to deflect the answers you think are obvious.

All you need to do is watch Rabbi Tovia Singer's YouTube videos...

 

[tampasteve]

All you need to do is watch Rabbi Tovia Singer's YouTube videos...

Yes, exactly, his videos answer all of these questions in a very convincing manner.

 

[BABerean2]

As others said, there are answers from religious Jews for these questions. The ones that cannot answer are not studied enough. When I was searching I found alternative answers to the "Christian" ones you are looking for - some of which make a lot of sense and lead one to think that maybe the typical Christian answer is wrong, or one of two that could be right. It is not unusual to have more than one correct answer in the Jewish scriptures. It is a mistake to think that Jesus/Yeshua is always the answer and can be read into any prophesy, or just any verse - this is a loosing argument with any studied follower of Judaism.

Are you saying we should not ask these questions, or should we have the courage to ask them like the man in the video did?
Do you believe it is a waste of time?

What did the Apostle Paul do?

Act 28:17 And it came to pass after three days that Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. So when they had come together, he said to them: "Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
Act 28:18 who, when they had examined me, wanted to let me go, because there was no cause for putting me to death.
Act 28:19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.
Act 28:20 For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."
Act 28:21 Then they said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you.
Act 28:22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere."
Act 28:23 So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.
Act 28:24 And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

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[BABerean2]

Rabbinic Jews still await the Moshiakh. The new covenant has not been established yet but will be with the coming of the Moshiakh and the rebuilding of the Temple.

And how would you respond to that claim?

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[tampasteve]

Are you saying we should not ask these questions, or should we have the courage to ask them like the man in the video did?
Do you believe it is a waste of time?

No, I am saying that we need to be prepared for the fact that these questions have answers from a Jewish perspective too. You (and the person in this video that has been passed around many times before) pose the question as if the only possible answer is Jesus, and that just is not the case.

But it is even better to have a dialogue with someone on what our answers look like and what theirs looks like too. As I said, often times there is more than one answer to these questions and the scriptures in question.

 

[Dave-W]

What did the Apostle Paul do?

He lived a Jewish life and what the rabbis in Rome saw was a very devout Jew telling them about the Messiah. Note what he said in verse 17:

17 After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

"customs of our fathers" means he kept to the oral tradition as well as the Torah. If honest religious Jews are to come to faith in Messiah, it has to be from seeing and wanting something they recognize as their own, and not some pagan substitute. (how christianity is viewed)

 

[tampasteve]

And how would you respond to that claim?

In agreement with them. I await the messiah's coming (return) and the rebuilding of the Temple.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

And how would you respond to that claim?

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Probably the same as you I would say I await Him too and may He come quickly in our time

 

[ralliann]

And how would you respond to that claim?

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I would be curious as to why they believe a new covenant is needed.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

I would be curious as to why they believe a new covenant is needed.

The New Covenant is with Israel and Judah, all 12 tribes. He would place the Torah in our hearts and everyone will know Him.

 

[ralliann]

In agreement with them.

??? You would agree that the new covenant is not established yet?

 

[ralliann]

The New Covenant is with Israel and Judah, all 12 tribes.

Again I would ask them why a new covenant was needed.
The temple was already rebuilt once, no new covenant is needed for that. So I would be curious what they would say.

 

[BABerean2]

The New Covenant is with Israel and Judah, all 12 tribes. He would place the Torah in our hearts and everyone will know Him.

Is there any part of Jeremiah 31:31-34, which you view as not yet fulfilled?

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[BABerean2]

In agreement with them. I await the messiah's coming (return) and the rebuilding of the Temple.

Mat 25:1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Mat 25:3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
Mat 25:4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 "And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
Mat 25:7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
Mat 25:8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
Mat 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 "Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!'
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.'
Mat 25:13 "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.


2Th 1:7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Th 1:9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
2Th 1:10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.


1Pe 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
1Pe 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHIEF CORNERSTONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS, AND HE WHO BELIEVES ON HIM WILL BY NO MEANS BE PUT TO SHAME."
1Pe 2:7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE,"
1Pe 2:8 and "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1Pe 2:10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

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