What bothers you about what Jesus taught? I'd especially be interested in understanding the Jewish perspective.
I'm having doubts about Jesus being the Jewish Messiah, because it doesn't make sense to me that if he was the Messiah Israel was praying for and eagerly awaiting, why did the movement he started lead to such anti-Semitism and persecution of Jews?
I'd assume the Messiah would exalt Israel, not argue with Jewish authorities, be executed as a criminal, and found a Church that brought about some of the worst anti-Semitism.
So what bothers you about Yeshua of Nazareth? Please explain why or why not he is the Messaiah. Thanks.
I'm praying that God will give Israel the Messiah they are expecting. It seems the time is ripe. He sounds like an amazing person. I hope and pray God isn't going to let his chosen people wait in vain.
Although I find Jesus quite blameless, He didn't fulfill enough prophecy in my opinion. He defied the law. The movement he started did away with much of the law. He also said he could forgive sins and that he and the Father are one, and those who see him see the Father, making himself equal to God. Is the Messiah supposed to make such claims about himself?
Please, if you feel inclined, join me in prayer that God gives his people the Messiah and Temple they are hoping for. Easy is this for God to do.
A big problem is no one does any research. I am a scholar and therefore I make a habit of doing research. The reason I mention this is because based on scholarly research there is good reason to question the accuracy of the gospels. I believe Jesus was the Messiah. As God, Jesus gave testimony to his chosen people, but after his murder the true story was rewritten, and rewritten so many times that the real story was lost. I have posted about this several times, but everyone ignores my postings, they want to believe "fairyland gospel stories." The facts are Jesus was God, God is a duality, there is no son of God, Christianity is based on false ideas, and Jews ignored Jesus, mostly because He was too blunt, he didn't play religious game. He kept talking about His heavenly kingdom, everyone wanted earthly treasures. Read those prior gospels about Jesus sayings, those gospels reveal the truth about Jesus. Oh, yes, no one does any research!
The Old Testament makes prophecies about the Messiah, it happened but stories were distorted until we have what religious leaders wanted from a new religion. It can't get any better, the son of God is crucified for humankind, and whoever believes it is saved. Wow, such an easy path to salvation. Religious leaders, many religions, Vatican City and other Christian centers have reaped enormous benefits from those many lies. If the gospel authors were alive today they would probable be successful screen play writers, they were great writers of fiction.
No one does any research!