If Jesus was a Jew why are those who follow his teachings not also Jews?

Christianity started as a Jewish cult; believing Jesus was the Messiah.

There are still some messianic Jews today, who accept Jesus.

But the majority did not, & expelled Christians from their synagogues.

They spread out from Jerusalem when Romans destroyed the Temple.

Christianity spread among the Greeks under Paul's influence.

Finally the Roman empire accepted Christianity as a valid religion.

Rome became the main centre of the Catholic Church until today.

answer: You are incorrect on many levels - Jesus was NOT a rabbi - there was no such official title at the time. There were teachers and priests. Jesus was Jewish and died a Jew. Then his followers and Paul declared him divine - that formed a NEW and totally separate religion.

"Messianic Jews" are NOT Jewish, they are Christians. Very few were ever Jewish (having a great grandparent who was Jewish or some other silly claim doesn't make one a Jew). Twisting Jesus into Jewish rituals and holy days doesn't make someone Jewish - it makes them dishonest or misled.

"messianic jews" aren't Jewish, aren't recognized as Jewish and are denounced by Jews and good Christians alike.

They are NOT allowed burial in Jewish cemeteries and are NOT considered Jewish by Israel when considering immigration to Israel.

Christian beliefs are incompatible with Jewish ones. They are separate religions that CANNOT be merged.

Jesus followed Torah law, but spoke against Rabbinical law. He still practiced and respected the covenant between God and Judaism (613 commandments). Jews believe that Rabbinic law is a fence around the Torah; it explains in detail how to perform a commandment when the Torah is too vague. This is why the Pharisees did not agree with his sermons.

Paul was the catalyst for the separation of Jesus' followers from Judaism. He declared Jesus the messiah, said that Jesus was the "literal" son of God, and declared the Torah law obsolete. Judaism was based on the 613 commandments that God gave to the Israelites on Mt. Sinai, and to turn away from them is turning away from Judaism.

Messianic Judaism is not accepted by any legitimate Jewish branch or organization. It was created and funded by Evangelical Christians. No jew can believe that Jesus is the messiah, and still remain a jew. It only encourages a jew to transgress halacha (jewish law).

Robert M wears tin foil on his head!

The theory that the Jews completely rejected his teachings is a false impression. Jesus taught a sort of Judaism and his disciples have been Jewish with the obtainable exception of Luke. in the commencing up "Christianity" replaced right into a sect of Judaism even if it replaced into regarded down upon as heresy with the aid of the extra mainstream sects of Judaism of the day. The Jerusalem council (Acts 15) happens 14 years after Paul's "conversion" (Galatians 2:a million) and a minimum of that long after the crucifixion however the main argument seems to be no rely if or no longer the gentiles who have been turning out to be "believers" must be required to transform to Judaism. take a look into Acts 15:5, if this replaced into no longer the case what distinction might it make what the Pharisees theory? At this component "Christianity" replaced into nevertheless made up frequently of Jews and replaced into nevertheless a sect of Judaism, the split got here quite a few years later probably around the time of the Bar Kochba rebel (around 167AD?) Christianity at present has little in basic with Christianity 2000 years in the past, this just about constantly creates a extensive subject with be responsive to-how a question of this nature. ( i detect Paperback and L'Chaim's solutions to be very insightful in this occasion)

The answer to this question is those who follow Jesus' teachings are Jews also even if they don't want to accept it.

Romans 2:28-29 - "For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical. No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people."

The problem between Christians and Jews is that Jews don't accept Christ and therefore don't want to let go of the system of ceremonies in the Torah, which is a figure of Christ, the fulfillment in heavenly sanctuary, not earthly.

Colossians 2:16-17 - "Therefore, let no one judge you in matters of food and drink or with respect to a festival, a new moon, or Sabbath days. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ."

Hebrews 8:5 - "They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."

Hebrews 9:24 - "For the Messiah did not go into a sanctuary made by human hands that is merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence on our behalf."

I hope that answered it.

His teachings were quite different than the Jewish teachings, even blasphemous compared to Judaism. Still, his teachings do go hand in hand with a lot of the Jewish teachings, and some Jews do recognize Jesus as the messiah, yet don't call theselves Christians.

Messianic Jews aren't Jews, dear. Open your eyes, they're Christians.

Jesus was a Jew, you don't see us following him around calling him God, do you? Why the hell would that make us Christians?

What do you know about Orthodox or Conservative Jews? There's no difference between any of us NONE of us believe in Jesus.

I'm sorry, but I find this question disturbingly ignorant.

Jews do not accept that he was the Messiah, who will save us all, nor do we view him as the Son of God. Since there were people who believed those things to be true, they created a new religion. It was primarily Paul who established the early church.

Christianity, rightly taught, respects that Judaism is its foundation, as seen in its use of the Old Testament. The Christian view is that it is a holy book, just not enough.

Assuming he existed, which one cannot prove:

He was not a practicing Jew. He flagrantly violated the tenets of Judaism.

"Messianic Jews" are not Jews. They are Christians in Jewish drag.

He was not a rabbi, never having received ordination (even the Christian bible makes no mention of this).

So all in all, he was a failure as a Jew.

Jesus was a jew but he established a new church and that church accepted Jews and gentiles into it. The early church was considered a Jewish sect but eventually because there were so many differences it evolved into a new religion.