[donmeaker]

Back when I was a Christian, it was taught that Christians owe a debt of gratitude to the Jews. Jews were the one people who through G-d’s grace, and their own study of Torah, were holy enough that G-d could send his Messiah.

[Bommer]

Back when I was a Christian, it was taught that Christians owe a debt of gratitude to the Jews. Jews were the one people who through G-d’s grace, and their own study of Torah, were holy enough that G-d could send his Messiah.

This is true, only because the Jews were Monotheistic and did indeed worship the one true God that promised them that he would deliver them a Messiah. Then when God fufilled his bargin of delivering a Messiah, the Jews (with the exception of his deciples and followers) promptly rejected him.

As far as Ann comments that Christians "just want Jews to be perfected," i.e., to accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior, what harm is done to the Jewish faith? In the end, all knees shall bend and all tongues will proclaim Christ as the son of God! Philippians 2:9-11

[LetMarch]

Yes, even Jesus Himslf taught; “Salvation is of the Jews.” (John 4:22) We often forget at the beginning of the church, they all were Jews, and so were all the apostles.

[familyop]

"Back when I was a Christian, it was taught that Christians owe a debt of gratitude to the Jews. Jews were the one people who through G-d’s grace, and their own study of Torah, were holy enough that G-d could send his Messiah."

...same here. Far fewer of them teach that now. Some of them say the opposite.