Sunday, February 5, 2012

Why don’t Jews believe that Jesus was the messiah?


Why don’t Jews believe that Jesus was the messiah?

Maimonides writes (Laws of Kings 11:4) the criteria for identifying the messiah: "If a king will arise from the House of David, diligent in Torah study and the fulfillment of mitzvahs - of the written and oral law – like David his ancestor, and will compel all the Jews to go in its [the Torah's] path . . and builds the Holy Temple and gathers the Diaspora [to the land of Israel], this is certainly the Messiah."
Jesus did not fulfill any of the basic duties of the Messiah.
Additionally, the Bible is replete with prophecies about the Messianic Era (see for example Isaiah 11) which were never realized.
To put it in simple words: If Jesus is the Messiah and this is what Redemption is all about -- who needs the Messiah? The Messiah I await will fulfill all the promises of world peace and global monotheism which are vividly described by the prophets.


http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/227,350/Why-don-t-Jews-believe-that-Jesus-was-the-messiah.html

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