I’m not real informed about religion. I never “got it” why Jews don’t accept Christ as Savior. I’ve always wondered if it’s more involved in preserving Jewish culture than in any religious analysis.
“I am not real informed about religion. I never “got it†why Jews do not accept Christ as Savior. I have always wondered if it is more involved in preserving Jewish culture than in any religious analysis.” [modified by Ancesthnr to eliminate contractions, so as to make it more readable without all of the garbage symbols that have appeared on FR lately].
a) Jews don’t pray to or worship human beings, they only worship the one true G-d (known to Christians as “the Father”).
b) Jesus didn’t meet the genealogical requirements (i.e. he had to be descended from Solomon on his father’s side, and the Christian bible emphasizes that Joseph was NOT his father (and, in any case, Joseph himself wasn’t descended from Solomon on his father’s side). Further, and more telling, because Joseph descended from Jeconiah (Mat. 1:11) he fell under the curse of that king that none of his descendants could ever sit as king upon the throne of David. (Jeremiah 22:30; 36:30). Mary’s genealogy cannot be used, because Jewish tribal identity passes through the father; however, even IF it could be done, Mary descends from David’s son Nathan (Luke 3:31), not David’s son Solomon. Alternatively, Mary is descended from Shealtiel and Zerubbabel (Luke 3:27), who are themselves descended from the cursed King Jeconiah (also known as Eliakim).
3) Jesus didn’t meet the “job requirements” of being the promised Messiah on many different levels. He didn’t rebuild the Temple (it already stood when he was alive), bring the exile of the Jews to an end, bring universal peace, restore Jewish law and a host of other things. In fact, shortly after his death (in historical terms), the Temple was destroyed, the Jews were dispersed by the Romans, peace didn’t reign (when has it, ever?) and Jewish law COULD NOT be observed (not in full without the Temple). Above all, the Messiah doesn’t get killed because he has the ultimate in protection. Jesus didn’t meet those requirements, and THAT is why the Jews rejected and continue to reject him.
I, too, am no scholar in these matters. More detail is here:
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It’s about preserving something exclusive
And it’s got few rules if you’re born in it
Unless you choose to act on them
Being for instance a Southern Baptist or Assembly of God has rules and expectations