Is the world at peace right now? Has it ever been since the coming of Jesus? There are many reasons Jews do not accept Jesus as the messiah. I'm not going to go into all of them now but I will make a couple points. I think the biggest one is that the messiach will mark the coming of Ein Sof, the healing of the world, where nation shall not fight against nation, swords shall be beaten into plowshares, etc.
Another sticking point is the whole idea of the divinity of jesus and the necessity to believe in him as such to be 'saved' from some kind of hell. Personally, that whole concept does not make much sense to me. Judaism does not compel any particular belief in the hopes of future reward. I try to do good for the sake of bringing myself closer to HaShem in this life, to do my part in making this world a better place.
I do not deny that Jesus was not a good person, and I could possibly be convinced of his prophethood, but I can't be convinced in his divinity or his claims to being messiach.
goodjewishboy,
The Jews were in the most favored position possible. They were in a covenant relationship with God. Every person born into the Jewish nation was automatically one of God's chosen people.
Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures there were many prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah, dozens, in fact, Deut 18:15,18, Isa 7:14, 9:6,7,11:1-9, and many in Psalms. At the time Jesus came to be baptized the people were waiting for the Messiah,because they had discerned the time was right from reading Daniel's prophecy at Dan 9:24-27, Luke 3:15.
Several times it is recorded that on the testimony of two or three every matter would be decided, Deut 17:6,19:15.
All the men that wrote the Greek scriptures were Jews, many more than what is required to decide a matter. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Jude, were all Jews. Why do you not obey your own laws, and at least look into whether God sent His son to earth as the Messiah. If Jesus was not the Messiah, when do you expect him to come???
Mathematicians have put the odds of Jesus fulfilling ten of the prophecies recorded. The odds were astronomical. The odds of a man fulfilling the prophecies Jesus fulfilled are impossible.
How could a man determine before birth where he would be born, Bethlehem,when he would be born, and be born to a virgin, Isa 7:14, Matt 1:23.
Jesus himself said; If he had not done things that no one else had done, the Jews would have an excuse, John 15:22-24.
It would be very wise on the part of all Jews to look into Jesus' credentials, because the Bible says that God has given ONE NAME to men, by which they MUST get saved, Acts 4:12.
The Bible says that ONLY by Jesus' sacrifice can be saved from his sins. This means that no Jew has a chance to be forgiven of their sins, because they do not believe that Jesus was the Christ, Matt 20:28, Acts 13:38,39.
The Bible makes the point that God Himself stepped in to show that Jesus was His son, by giving Jesus ability to do powerful works, as healing, bringing back from the dead, Acts 2:22. Jesus himself was resurrected from the dead, and this is testified to by many more Jews than the requirement of two or three, as stipulated by the Mosaic Law, that you say you follow.
When something as important as everlasting life or everlasting death is at stake, it is very wise to look into the Bible to make sure, as the Bible itself says, 1Thes 5:21, Phil 1:10.
