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God has given us the answer in the Bible. Kindly read and study Romans chapters 9 through 11. Also 2 Corinthians 3.Just wondering. All theories welcomed.
Just wondering. All theories welcomed.
Just wondering. All theories welcomed.
If you were looking for doctrinal reasons (which I'm assuming you were), I found this:
"Rabbis, religious leaders and religious followers will respond to this question that Jesus cannot be the Messiah because he did not fulfill the job requirements. 'Judaism does not believe that Jesus was the Messiah because He did not fulfill any messianic prophecies. "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore" (Isaiah 2:4).' Far from establishing world peace, Jesus himself said he came to divide 'father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother' (Luke 12:53, ESV). In fact, there has been more bloodshed in the name of Jesus rather than peace. How can anyone argue that Jesus is the promised Messiah according to the Jewish Scriptures?"
This looks like an interesting thread on it:
Why Jews Don't Believe In Jesus
The Messiah will become the greatest prophet in history, second only to Moses.
2) Jesus Did Not Embody the Personal Qualifications of Messiah
A. Messiah as Prophet
The Messiah will become the greatest prophet in history, second only to Moses. (Targum – Isaiah 11:2; Maimonides – Teshuva 9:2)
Prophecy can only exist in Israel when the land is inhabited by a majority of world Jewry, a situation which has not existed since 300 BCE. During the time of Ezra, when the majority of Jews remained in Babylon, prophecy ended upon the death of the last prophets – Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
Jesus appeared on the scene approximately 350 years after prophecy had ended, and thus could not be a prophet.
Why would they think their Messiah would be second to Moses though?
Just wondering. All theories welcomed.
If you were looking for doctrinal reasons (which I'm assuming you were), I found this:
"Rabbis, religious leaders and religious followers will respond to this question that Jesus cannot be the Messiah because he did not fulfill the job requirements. 'Judaism does not believe that Jesus was the Messiah because He did not fulfill any messianic prophecies. "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore" (Isaiah 2:4).' Far from establishing world peace, Jesus himself said he came to divide 'father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother' (Luke 12:53, ESV). In fact, there has been more bloodshed in the name of Jesus rather than peace. How can anyone argue that Jesus is the promised Messiah according to the Jewish Scriptures?"
One of the problems is that they have been misled by their rabbis. According to at least one of the ancient targums (translations of Torah from Hebrew to Aramaic and commentary on it), there would be TWO Messiahs, (Messiah Ben Joseph--the suffering servant/lamb of God and Messiah Ben David--the conquering king) not, as we know it, One, who visited twice