Ask the Rabbi: Can Jews Believe in Jesus?

This is what is wrong with Jewish thought, a Jew can believe in NO God and be considered Jewish, but one that see from the OLD testament scripture the messiah as Jewish all of a sudden looses their Jewish blood and culture. I was born and raised in a Jewish home, not a lot of religion, a lot of culture and folk lore. They were and have always been accepted as Jewish, and I was kicked out of the family unit and my culture for a belief in a loving saving creator that saved me from sins, 2000 years ago. At the time this was done, I was more of an active Jew than my entire family. Over the course of life and 28years, I am still am culturally Jewish, but not actively. The fighting for acceptance got too much to be able to go on. I gave up the fight years ago. I believe that the decision of the Rabbi’s to hold such a line on this has driven Jews from the circle of life. So my daughters are now more gentile than Jew and lost their culture, their history and family ties. They never were allowed to see their cousins. Thank God for Face book they now are getting to know each other. Such a loss to all sides. This hurts our race more than helps it, a generation and a leg of our life is now lost to the Jewish community, over a belief that at least connects to Abraham. I know girls who live with men, have multiple partners of different sexes and yet they are considering more moral and more Jewish than those who see Jesus as the Messiah foretold. Something very wrong with this, so my advice to the question is , GOD is the only judge, if you want to maintain your Jewish Culture and your family, talk to God and Jesus and let everyone else live in the dark. You will be safe and saved. The only problem is what to teach the kids, yes, that is always the problem.

Lost from the family

I agree that this is what is wrong with Jews today. As a child of a mixed family, Catholic & Jewish, while I loved my Jewishness, I left it all behind b/c I was considered an “unacceptable’ Jew. For years I struggled to find my roots, and kept up with my Jewishness secretly. I was never comfortable in my spititual skin and roamed from new age to wicca to christainity and never found the truth. Then… one day I was invited into a Messianic Jewish synagogue and it changed my life.

Being Jewish is so important to me. Have I also figured out who the Messaih is? Yes I have and I agree with both comments, open the doors and let us in. We are not heretics, we are Jews. If you study the Old Covenant you can see the footsteps of the Messiah on every single page.

It is sad that so many of us are lost to Judiasm. Like Ellen Dee, my children are lost to their Jewish Heritage. I grew up in a Reform synagogue which was no better than the churches I attended because I could not go into a synagogue. I encourage all of those lost Jews who are questioning to visit a Messianic synagogue, sit under a Rabbi who knows Yeshua as the Messiah. It is a wonderful feeling being home again! It is wonderful to use my Messainic Siddur and speak Hebrew again. It is wonderful to finally be comfortable in my spiritual skin! Even my my Baptist husband of 43 years is coming and loves it.

I am a Seventh Day Adventist christian, I was baptised at the age of eleven and have been observing the sabbath since. I believe that it is god’s holy day of rest established at the foundation of the earth. The Sabbath day instituted during the creation week was to be observed by all mankind. Our Massiah was crucified for all mankind. There are some things which I do not understand as a christian and would need my Jewish friends to clarify for me ( for example the interpritation of the jewish words make passages clearer, since the English language may be limited in meaning. ) Also in the context which Messiah used to explain or teach, I would need explanation of jewish history at that time. So I feel that the breaches are being filled. We need each other christians and Jews to understand fully Massiah’s redemption plan. Christians were not called christians after Massiah was crecified it was a name given them because they were followers of Yeshuah (s) They were Jews taking the light which was given by Messiah. I do not subscribe to the fact that we are not redeemed. The Kingdom which was set up was not of this world. It was more spiritual than physical. That is the reason for the spread of the gospel to every country of the world. And remember that the devil is still out there seeking to distroy that kingdom. He is still there trying to distroy bothe Jews and Christians. Many Christians were killed for the gospel the same way the Jews were killed. Those are the two witnesses of God that satan is trying to distroy because he knows that when the Physical sons of Abraham and the spiritual sons of Abraham (christians )come together and the truth is revealed and accepted then will Massiah return. The bible states that the christians will learn form the Jews and the Christians would teach the Jewa of Massiah. He will gather the children of Abraham back to Jerusalem and the Christians will be responsible for doing so. It is already happening. We are looking for the same Massiah. Who said I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also. We all have to claim the faith of Abraham for he too knew that God had made a covenant with Him. Abraham had to be willing to sacrifice his son the same way God sacrificed his son. We all have eternal life through the shed blood of Jesus Christ shed on calvary,

God bless as we look forward to the coming of the Lord of this universe

This is NUTS!

Jesus, the Messiah never claimed to replace Judiasm, but explains in his parable of the olive tree, the olive tree being Judaism, and believers of the messiah being an olive branch that was grafted onto the main Olive tree..there for that later following named christianty was to follow Judiaism and at the same time came from it and fed from it…many christians have forgotten or are ignorant of this foundational teaching by the messiah. The whole of christianity was supposed to be a branch of Judiasim not replace it.

My father a jewish born christian always said to me ‘You cannot convert a Jew’ its just impossible, once a Jew always a Jew even if you chose to believe in the Messiah or not…..

The early church consisted of mostly Jews, as did everyone of the apostle/diciples they were all Jew….Christianity comes from the line of King David, fact.

Fact my Father is Jewish my mother is not…..I feel robbed of my Jewish birthright, what makes it harder is both my parents would not have been accepted into an orthodox Jewish synagogue as they were belivers of the Messiah…how many more thousands maybe 10’s of thousands are out there that are like me….thought of as unacceptable?

this is extremely interesting! my sister is a fanatic born-again, a total fanatic. i am a full-blooded Jewish person; and so is she. i love G-d with all my heart; and talk to him every day, pray to him every day. i was raised to focus on life, try to be a person G-d would approve of, ask for forgiveness, work hard, help people, try to make a difference; love my mom and dad. and boy, have i made mistakes!! but i pray and hope G-d forgives me. do i know or have a guarantee where i’m going after death? no. i don’t want to know. that’s up to G-d. it’s called faith. maybe it’s ignorance on my part, but i’ll stay ignorant.

I grew up in a very traditional orthodox Jewish home. At this point in my life, I consider that I’m accepting of all thought and willing to hear many different opinions representing many different beliefs. However, I could not possibly accept that a Jewish person, practicing or not, could or would be comfortable believing Jesus to be the messiah. Even if I were to accept that someone who considers him/herself Jewish would go in that direction, I know without any doubt that it would not ever be possible for me to accept Jesus as my messiah.

You people in the comment section obviously don’t understand the severity of believing in a lie, the lie of xtianity. The Jesus of the nt is not even the real person who lived and died in that time period. You want to believe the writings of people who re wrote and twisted the Tanach? Think people. Judaism was given the truth by G-d himself. G-d sent prophets whom we were able to discern as true. You’re going to water down the faith so that you can include fiction?

Xtians think this man is god. They trust him for their “salvation” instead of G-d. They daily violate the law to have one G-d and to recognize him only. They think this man fulfilled prophecies we know were fulfilled by other historical people in the past. You seek to join with a people who are out to convert you away from Judaism, which G-d says is a horrible thing to do? We are a light to the gentiles, not the other way around. We were chosen to keep the faith not mix myth with it and destroy it from the inside out.

for attention of Divorah,the messiah never sought to manipulate anyone away from judiaism quite the reverse….have you read the teachings of the NT? and the messiah does not nor does the NT claim anywhere that the messiah replaces G-d….Jew and Christian alike overlook these issues with assumtion, as christians through the ages lost sight of the fact that it is Judiaism first as a foundational way of life same as yourself and the belief in the messiah and his teachings as branch of Judiaism, fed all by G-d, the creator the very same G-d that is in Genisis. I find it grieving to my soul when you say that they are not the one and the same….my whole identity of self and entire upbringing has been with a strong knowledge of G-d the creator of all, the same as yours and I was taught my whole life to have nothing but the utmost respect for g-d’s chosen people and thankful that a messiah did come along that opened the door to gentiles like myself. I think you should embrace and be happy that there are christians out there brought up like myself with that strong foundation and respect for ‘Our’ G-d…and not anti-semitec like many secular christians that I know.

I used to watch spiritual television as a Jewish person, having read both testaments. One nite, I felt sad that the holy gohost did not fall upon me, only others on T.v. That night I had a dream where the holy spirit fell on me as a cyclone going 1000 miles an hour which completely pinned me down. THe messiah said to me, “Do not worry I am Jewish. Do not listen to the pharisees.”
Having that experience, I know that he IS the messiah and he is Jewish. It is a lie to deny him
as the Jewish Messiah. At the time I did know about the pharisees who Jesus despised, those that follow the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law.
Stop being pharisees and realize that what was predicted in Isaiah 53 is the truth, not a lie.
I am a completed Jew.
In heaven, I have read by he who was given the urin and the thummin, that there are layers in heaven, those who believe in God only, the that believe in Jesus only, and the higher level that believe in both.
Don’t follow the lies we were told by our ansestors, I cannot deny that I was visited by the holy ghost or spirit. Please I beg you not to be a pharisee.
Those that believe in both are completed Jews.
And I know he will come again and All Jewish people will understand then.
thanks. Let us pray for all Jewish people to understand. If they ask the question seriously, they will be visited alsol
Glad I am very Jewish. Mar

The only Messhiach in this world is the American dollar.

Bryna and Devorah are right, and the rest of you are confused ducks in a mud puddle.

The rabbi has it right, and all the consternations expressed here are utterly foolish beyond belief, IMO.

My family suffered exile from Israel to Iberia, and then forced conversions and the Inquisition, and then some were taken in the Shoah, to do what at the end?

It is not to capitulate to a false prophet, that is for sure. It is to live peacefully in Israel, in spite of all difficulties doing so, and in spite of all opposition from the nations, especially those who try to convert us away from our faith with lies.

Valerie:

Your faith in the Torah of Hashem is not misplaced, and you have avoided capitulation to the missionaries, so you passed that test, and you need to continue and do as many mitzvot as you can find to do before the lights come on and redemption hits the world like a lightning bolt.

The first Christians were Jews who accepted Jesus as their messiah, therefore, by definition, a Jew who believes in Jesus is no longer Jewish but Christian. Yes, they still have Jewish blood. But their beliefs have ceased to be in line with Judaism.

Also Jesus said he came to replace what had come before, not add to it. Therefore if you believe in Jesus you shouldn’t be also saying that you’re Jewish.

A small clarification. Christianity believes that the messiach has come as Yashua and that a spiritual Kingdom of Heaven where G_d rules in the hearts of men, has indeed arrived. However we also believe that The physical Kingdom of Heaven is yet to come. Despite the horrendous acts of my (not national, but yet spiritual) ancestors and yes ignorant siblings, (most of Whom I try to forget). Our text does not separate us from our brothers the Jew. But gives a roadmap from where we are to what we both believe to be the end result. a few variations and a few clarifications are there but the story holds true.

la diferencia basica es presisamente que nosotros estamos esperando al mesias,

y esta es una diferencia importante , si es la gran cosa, es la base de nuestra fe, si crees lo contrario entonces empesaras a dejar de observar las leyes de la torah …
y tus hijos tampoco lo haran….
El bendito sea su nombre nos dio la Torah …por otro lado revisa con criterio la historia de Jesus y veras las incongruencias , solo recuerda que fue escrita por hombres 200 años deapues de que sucedio, el sudario de turin es falso ….Jesus fue utilizado por la iglesia catolica para manipular a sus deguidores

ya viene Hanukah!!!! relee el milagro y dime cambiaras algo auntentico por navidad fabricada por hombres??

ESTOY SEGURA QUE NO

Ich zog, vu bistu geven ven di yugnt is geven uhn dos lebn is geven tsuker zis,
Haint bistu doh uhn di kayach is nitaw uhn dos lebn iz gevorn azay mees.

Perhaps the real question should not be the comparison of Jews and Christians today, but “what did it mean to be Jewish, or believe in Yeshua/Jesus 2000 years ago?” Orthodoxy today had many new tradtions, no one wore black suits two millenia ago. The quote”christians” of the first century did not have that title. They were “G-d Fearers”. They forsook pagan life to attend synagogue, within the synagogues where Jewish people kept Torah but spoke of the messianic references of Isaiah and Psalms as also being available to the goy/gentile. It was only after Emporer Constantine that the Roman world sought to oppose Judaism by worshiping the Jewish Messiah on Sunday, the “venerable day of the Sun”, and made Christianity a replacement theology–as if one can go through scripture and say that wherever it said Israel was G-d’s chosen people, cross it out and insert the word “church”. I know of Messianic Synagogues. Half the people there are Christians who understand that G-d is the G-d of Israel, and they wish to be G-d Fearers, worshiping with the Amidah, Kaddish, and rejecting man’s religion for what G-d established from the beginning. Jews don’t wish to be part of a religion that calls them Christ killers. But Hashem wrote the scriptures, He wrote Psalm 51, not man. He wrote that Yeshua would be a light to the nations (goyim as well as Israel?) in Psalms, as well as the fact that His covenant with Israel is everlasting. Accept the whole truth, ignore what man has done with ‘truth’ after the 1st century.

I was born into a Catholic family, was a good believing observing Catholic. Around age 13 I noticed some problematic issues with their doctrines and asked serious questions and in 4 questions got our pastor into a logical corner that he couldn’t get out of. At age 15, since the Catholics didn’t seem to have answers I tried the local fundamentalist church and became a born-againer – until I started asking questions regarding their doctrines and they got upset because I pointed out flaws in their doctrines vis a vis their NT. After that I was an agnostic for a few years and discovered Judaism and now I’m an Orthodox Jew. I have thoroughly researched t he subject of Jesus as the supposed messiah and came to the conclusion that the so-called prophesies that point to Jesus are mistranslated, out of context, some prophesies claimed by the NT do not exist in the Hebrew Bible, and nearly all are trivial in that they “prophesy” trivial events that are meaningless. OTOH, the REAL prophesies, like making world peace (Isaiah chapter 2) are relegated to the second coming. The fact is that Jesus didn’t fulfill the most important prophesies, and the Xtians explain that by having INVENTED the Second Coming. Yep, they INVENTED IT because the notion of a Second Coming only exists in the New Testament not in the Hebrew Bible. If it was a real prophesy of the messiah it would be in the Hebrew Bible, not in just in the NT. So the Xtians invented it to cover up the failure of Jesus as the messiah and those with simple faith, unquestioning faith like simple sheep, that he’ll come back later. But heck, if JESUS GOT A SECOND COMING THEN WHY CAN”T YOU, OR I?? If he gets a second chance then so can my grandmother. She wasn’t Jewish, and wasn’t a man, and wasn’t from the seed of David, but why is that a problem? My Granny will have a Second Coming and all that will be corrected the 2nd time around! Just have faith in my Granny Messiah! But why do some Jews get attracted to Xtianity? Simple. Because their hearts are deceived as God warned the Jewish people in Numbers 15:39. So get your thinking on straight, don’t let your feelings take over. Realize what i did after investigating Christianity from the inside: The Jews Are Right! Jesus could not possibly be the messiah!

Thank you, and may God bless you with wisdom!

For those interested, a new book came out last month about Judaism and how it relates to Catholicism:

Yes, you can accept Yeshua as your messiah and savior and still “be jewish”. Some call that becoming a “completed jew”. Embrace your messiah Jesus and enter into your reward. Check out Sidroth.org to hear more from a jewish man who embraces Yeshua fully and would never look back.

I AM A JEWISH BELIEVER! PLEASE HERE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY!

Sid’s Story
My name is Sid Roth. I am a Jew. Both of my parents were Jewish. I have Israeli and American citizenship. I attended a traditional synagogue where I was bar mitzvah.

Like most American Jews, I found organized religion irrelevant to my life. I was proud of being Jewish, but bored with religion.

To be honest, my god was money. My goal was to be a millionaire by age 30. By 29, I had graduated college, was married, was the father of one daughter, and was an account executive for Merrill Lynch. Although I had a wonderful life and career, I felt I was a failure because I was not a millionaire.

I did something I am not proud of. I left my wife, daughter and Merrill Lynch and went searching for happiness. My search led me to Eastern meditation, the New Age. During this search, I almost lost my mind. Life was too difficult.

A Christian businessman challenged me that my Jewish Bible condemned my occult practices and told me that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah that my Orthodox Jewish upbringing had carefully hidden from me. I was stunned.

So I began to read the Jewish Scriptures for myself and I got the shock of my life. What he had said might well be true. No sooner had that thought formed in my mind than the New Age spirit guide that I had surrendered to began to curse me from inside that same mind!

Previously, I thought I controlled this New Age spirit guide, but I now knew that was not true. I had a power, a strong power, and it was evil.

I went to sleep that night so full of fear, I wanted to die! In desperation I prayed, “Jesus, help!” I still did not know if Jesus was real, but I had nowhere else to turn.

The next morning when I woke up, I knew immediately that the evil that had been inside of me was gone! Even my fear was gone! I knew it was that prayer I had prayed the night before! In place of fear and desperation, I had a tangible peace and feeling of love that I had never experienced before. And I knew that Jesus was real.

Not only did He reach down to save me and restore me to my right mind, but He also restored my marriage and gave me back my wonderful wife, Joy, and my precious daughter, Leigh. My entire immediate Jewish family, including my father, mother, sister and brother-in-law, came to know Jesus. And since 1972, I have devoted my life to telling Jewish people Jesus is our Messiah!

Patti:

Sid Roth is infamous for attempting to destroy Jews by taking them away from the Torah. Take your “completed Jew” argument and walk away.

Take Sid Roth with you. He wasted his life, but that is not a reason anyone else ought to.