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What was Jesus attitude towards Judaism?
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esmith
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Well he was Jewish and he taught his interpretations of the Jewish faith. I can not see him as anti-Jewish; However, it appears from the Synoptic Gospels that he disagreed with what was going on in the Temple. Anti-Jewish came after his death from the teachings of the proto-orthodox Christians. If you remember your history, Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire and those of the Jewish faith were not. It is suspected the reason for this is that the Christians "debunked" the Roman Gods and the Christians were a "new religion" whereas the Jewish faith was an ancient faith and the Romans respected that. The Christians then needed to prove that they superseded the Jewish religion. Now I am not saying that this is "fact" it is just what I have read from various sources.
I got a little off the point of your question, but just thought it might shed some light on the question.
I got a little off the point of your question, but just thought it might shed some light on the question.
esmith
Veteran Member
The Synoptic Gospels are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
fahrenheit
Member
Actually John is not considered part of the Synoptic Gospels.
As to the OP, Jesus was Jewish and certainly held Israel as God's chosen people. In fact there is not many examples of Jesus teaching to a gentile (non Jewish) audience, other then to large crowds of people filled with anyone who would listen. He preached in the synogogues and quoted scripture from the Torah, his message was essentially for the Jews. It was Paul and the other Apostles that brought His message to the gentiles.
The only issue that Jesus had was the way many Jews were living their lives, believing that they were following the law more than actually living for the Lord.
esmith
Veteran Member
For some reason I wrote John, notes were setting right in front of me.
fahrenheit
Member
Any feelings of anger towards Jewish people have no basis, but theres nothing about your statement that is correct.
fahrenheit
Member
No, he didn't. He wanted a lifestyle, and through our own weaknesses and corruption we have turned it into a religion.
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
he promoted judaism 100%
What he was against was how the teachers of that time had twisted the mosaic law and added their own rules to the laws that Jesus believed were perfect because they were given by God. He did not believe in the 'oral' laws and was not convinced that these 'oral' laws had been given to moses.
Jesus teachings went back to the fundamentals of the mosaic law and denounced the oral laws that were being promoted.
smoothcriminal12
Member
Jesus was Jewish. The point of the Mashiach was not to start a new religion, but that is what happened.
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
pretty much no to all 3 questions.
some of his followers tried to make him a king, but he refused. he told them "my kingdom is no part of this world" because he was to be the king of the heavenly kingdom of God.
Rather then wanting the Romans to leave, he showed the jews a coin with Ceasars image on it and them to "pay back Caesars things to Caesar" which meant to obey Romes authority.
The only government Jesus was concerned about was Gods kingdom government. He promoted it by saying "the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near"
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
no.
the Jews are descended from Noahs son Shem, while the Canaanites descended from Noahs son Ham.
waitasec
Veteran Member
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
yes, we are all descended from Noah
there are 3 main branches of the human family, they are semites from Shem, hamitics from Ham, and the Aryans who were from Japheth.
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
Ham was the father of four sons, Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. (Ge 10:6; 1Ch 1:8) From these came the Ethiopians, Egyptians, some Arabian and African tribes, and the Canaanites.
And from Jepheth came the Aryan or Indo-Europeans... some of his descendants headed
east into Central Asia and westward through Asia Minor and there is also an arabic tradition, whether its true or not i dont know, that states the chinese people came from Jepheth.
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