These are some of the reasons Jews reject Jesus being the Messiah.
• Jews don’t believe in the Trinity. There is only One God, not three. The first commandment is to worship only One God; therefore, to believe in Yeshua is idol worship.
• God doesn’t have a son. The virgin birth was a pagan story before the time of Yeshua, and the writers of the New Testament took this story from Greek and Egyptian mythology.
• The Messiah isn’t divine: he is a just a man, and he certainly doesn’t die for one’s sins. We repent for our sins; a man can’t take them away. Only God can take them away.
• Jews believe the Messiah will come once, not twice. He doesn’t come and then return again.
• If Yeshua were the Messiah, then the Jewish People would have recognized him 2000 years ago. Even today, Jewish people do not accept him as Messiah. When the Messiah comes, we will recognize him.
• When the Jewish Messiah comes, there will be peace on earth, and the Lion will lie down with the lamb. Today, there are wars going on all around the world. It is clear the Messiah has not yet come.
Jews should use their own scriptures to test Christ, not Christian doctrine and traditions. How many Christians have tested Christ or how many Atheists have tested Christ?
If I were asked my advice to the Jews would be this:
The New Testament may not be accurate in every aspect, there may be editing and mischief; two thousand years ago the OT was certified valid by the fulfilment of Prophesy in Christ and by the destruction of the temple in 70 AD., and then by the apostles who said all scripture is inspired by God. The NT should always be interpreted to be consistent with and be tested against the OT; the OT is the authority that validates the NT. Most Christians project a false Christ and a false New Covenant.
The Trinity is a forced compromise by a Roman leader on Church fathers who couldn’t agree on a definition of God at the Council of Nicaea, its awesome nature is such that no one can understand it. Allegedly the Trinity is one God that manifests Himself in at least three unique ways. I don’t believe in the doctrinal nonsense of the Trinity but I believe in the Father who is the authority and the son who is the teacher and the Holy Spirit who appears to be God’s communication system.
What do the Jews mean by “God does not have a son”? Daniel is the only OT Prophet to mention “the son of God (son of el-aw or el-o’-ah)”, but “the sons of God” appears seven times in the OT; Gen 6:2; Gen 6:4; Dt 32:8; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7; Ps 82:6.
Ps 82:6 is interesting; Psalm 82:6 (ASV)
6 I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.
I am not sure who David is referring to, all Israel or only the Judges but David said, ”Yea are all Elohiym”; it was Elohiym who made man in their own image; Moses is referred to in the Talmud as Elohiym Moses.
I view the coming of Christ as a single event; where He is the first and the last to enter life and to borough a Dispensationalism term, with a perceived interval of 2000 years in between; He was cut off in the middle of the week and still has half a week to go.
I believe Jesus should be tested against the OT and Paul also should be tested against the teachings of Christ. Can it be shown that the book of Daniel is false; because this is the only book that places a time table on prophesies. It is Daniel who delivers the ultimatum; Daniel 9:24 (KJV)
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
It appears the Jews failed this ultimatum and Jesus said the kingdom of God has been taken from you; the writer of Hebrews said the Law failed not the Jews; it would appear at this time the Jews were not Elohyim.
Useful for testing Jesus:
Messiah in all the scriptures: http://www.thebookwurm.com/amh_tc.htm
Christ in All the Scriptures
by A.M. Hodgkin
II. Christ in the Pentateuch
1. Genesis -- Genesis is in many respects the most important book in the Bible. Almost all the truths of God's revelation are contained here in germ.
''In the beginning God.'' The very first word gives God His right place.
''In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth... And God said-- Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness'' (Gen 1:1,26). Here we have the verbs created and said in the singular, the name of God in its plural form-- Elohim-- and the plural pronoun Us. [Compare the following passages:]•''In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made'' (Joh 1:1-3).
•''The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting from the beginning, or ever [ie., before] the earth was. When He prepared the heavens, I was there... when He appointed the foundations of the earth.'' (Prov 8:22-29).
•''Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world,'' Jesus said to His Father when He was about to lay down His life for us (Joh 17:24).
Thus, in the beginning of all things, we see our everlasting Saviour, the Son of God, ''whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds'' (Heb 1:2).
Genesis is ''the book of beginnings,'' as the name implies.1.The beginning of Creation--
The account of creation reveals the unity, power, and personality of God. It denies atheism-- in the beginning God.
It denies polytheism-- one God, not many.
It denies pantheism-- God is before all things and apart from them.
It denies materialism-- matter is not God.
It denies the eternity of matter-- in the beginning God created it.
It denies fatalism-- God, here as everywhere, acts in the freedom of His Eternal Being.
'' 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.' In that simple statement, we have the Bible declaration of the origin of the material universe; and it is one in which faith finds reasonable foundation. Interpretation of method may vary, but the essential truth abides. In its dignified and sublime statement, reason may rest as it cannot possibly do in any theory which leaves God out of the question and then finally declares that the first cause was more or less the result of accident, or the existence of laws without mind, or of order without thought.'' [The Analyzed Bible, G. Campbell Morgan, DD]
''As time goes on and thoughtful men come to know about the truth of this marvellous universe in which we dwell, they approach closer and closer to Moses' record. Never, perhaps in the history of scientific investigation, did Genesis 1 stand out so solidly and triumphantly as now.'' [Outline Studies in the Books of the Old Testament, W.G. Moorehead, DD]
If the harmony is not yet seen to be complete, it is because we have still so much to learn. The theories of Science are continually changing and may clash with Scripture, the ascertained facts never do. In the same way our interpretations of the Bible may clash with Science because we may not interpret it aright, but the Divine record in Scripture will one day be seen to agree absolutely with the Divine record in nature. Meanwhile, it is remarkable how one scientific discovery after another is proving the accuracy of the Scripture statements, clothed as they are in exquisitely simple language...............
These matters cannot be proved in legalist sense but it can be determined certain things are false. The book of Daniel is the only book Christ referred to by name and it is Daniel who establishes Jesus as Messiah. If Christ wasn’t the Messiah then there should be other contenders and there were not any.
• Jews don’t believe in the Trinity. There is only One God, not three. The first commandment is to worship only One God; therefore, to believe in Yeshua is idol worship.
• God doesn’t have a son. The virgin birth was a pagan story before the time of Yeshua, and the writers of the New Testament took this story from Greek and Egyptian mythology.
• The Messiah isn’t divine: he is a just a man, and he certainly doesn’t die for one’s sins. We repent for our sins; a man can’t take them away. Only God can take them away.
• Jews believe the Messiah will come once, not twice. He doesn’t come and then return again.
• If Yeshua were the Messiah, then the Jewish People would have recognized him 2000 years ago. Even today, Jewish people do not accept him as Messiah. When the Messiah comes, we will recognize him.
• When the Jewish Messiah comes, there will be peace on earth, and the Lion will lie down with the lamb. Today, there are wars going on all around the world. It is clear the Messiah has not yet come.
Jews should use their own scriptures to test Christ, not Christian doctrine and traditions. How many Christians have tested Christ or how many Atheists have tested Christ?
If I were asked my advice to the Jews would be this:
The New Testament may not be accurate in every aspect, there may be editing and mischief; two thousand years ago the OT was certified valid by the fulfilment of Prophesy in Christ and by the destruction of the temple in 70 AD., and then by the apostles who said all scripture is inspired by God. The NT should always be interpreted to be consistent with and be tested against the OT; the OT is the authority that validates the NT. Most Christians project a false Christ and a false New Covenant.
The Trinity is a forced compromise by a Roman leader on Church fathers who couldn’t agree on a definition of God at the Council of Nicaea, its awesome nature is such that no one can understand it. Allegedly the Trinity is one God that manifests Himself in at least three unique ways. I don’t believe in the doctrinal nonsense of the Trinity but I believe in the Father who is the authority and the son who is the teacher and the Holy Spirit who appears to be God’s communication system.
What do the Jews mean by “God does not have a son”? Daniel is the only OT Prophet to mention “the son of God (son of el-aw or el-o’-ah)”, but “the sons of God” appears seven times in the OT; Gen 6:2; Gen 6:4; Dt 32:8; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7; Ps 82:6.
Ps 82:6 is interesting; Psalm 82:6 (ASV)
6 I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.
I am not sure who David is referring to, all Israel or only the Judges but David said, ”Yea are all Elohiym”; it was Elohiym who made man in their own image; Moses is referred to in the Talmud as Elohiym Moses.
I view the coming of Christ as a single event; where He is the first and the last to enter life and to borough a Dispensationalism term, with a perceived interval of 2000 years in between; He was cut off in the middle of the week and still has half a week to go.
I believe Jesus should be tested against the OT and Paul also should be tested against the teachings of Christ. Can it be shown that the book of Daniel is false; because this is the only book that places a time table on prophesies. It is Daniel who delivers the ultimatum; Daniel 9:24 (KJV)
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
It appears the Jews failed this ultimatum and Jesus said the kingdom of God has been taken from you; the writer of Hebrews said the Law failed not the Jews; it would appear at this time the Jews were not Elohyim.
Useful for testing Jesus:
Messiah in all the scriptures: http://www.thebookwurm.com/amh_tc.htm
Christ in All the Scriptures
by A.M. Hodgkin
II. Christ in the Pentateuch
1. Genesis -- Genesis is in many respects the most important book in the Bible. Almost all the truths of God's revelation are contained here in germ.
''In the beginning God.'' The very first word gives God His right place.
''In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth... And God said-- Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness'' (Gen 1:1,26). Here we have the verbs created and said in the singular, the name of God in its plural form-- Elohim-- and the plural pronoun Us. [Compare the following passages:]•''In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made'' (Joh 1:1-3).
•''The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting from the beginning, or ever [ie., before] the earth was. When He prepared the heavens, I was there... when He appointed the foundations of the earth.'' (Prov 8:22-29).
•''Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world,'' Jesus said to His Father when He was about to lay down His life for us (Joh 17:24).
Thus, in the beginning of all things, we see our everlasting Saviour, the Son of God, ''whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds'' (Heb 1:2).
Genesis is ''the book of beginnings,'' as the name implies.1.The beginning of Creation--
The account of creation reveals the unity, power, and personality of God. It denies atheism-- in the beginning God.
It denies polytheism-- one God, not many.
It denies pantheism-- God is before all things and apart from them.
It denies materialism-- matter is not God.
It denies the eternity of matter-- in the beginning God created it.
It denies fatalism-- God, here as everywhere, acts in the freedom of His Eternal Being.
'' 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.' In that simple statement, we have the Bible declaration of the origin of the material universe; and it is one in which faith finds reasonable foundation. Interpretation of method may vary, but the essential truth abides. In its dignified and sublime statement, reason may rest as it cannot possibly do in any theory which leaves God out of the question and then finally declares that the first cause was more or less the result of accident, or the existence of laws without mind, or of order without thought.'' [The Analyzed Bible, G. Campbell Morgan, DD]
''As time goes on and thoughtful men come to know about the truth of this marvellous universe in which we dwell, they approach closer and closer to Moses' record. Never, perhaps in the history of scientific investigation, did Genesis 1 stand out so solidly and triumphantly as now.'' [Outline Studies in the Books of the Old Testament, W.G. Moorehead, DD]
If the harmony is not yet seen to be complete, it is because we have still so much to learn. The theories of Science are continually changing and may clash with Scripture, the ascertained facts never do. In the same way our interpretations of the Bible may clash with Science because we may not interpret it aright, but the Divine record in Scripture will one day be seen to agree absolutely with the Divine record in nature. Meanwhile, it is remarkable how one scientific discovery after another is proving the accuracy of the Scripture statements, clothed as they are in exquisitely simple language...............
These matters cannot be proved in legalist sense but it can be determined certain things are false. The book of Daniel is the only book Christ referred to by name and it is Daniel who establishes Jesus as Messiah. If Christ wasn’t the Messiah then there should be other contenders and there were not any.
