Michelle S: How is Christianity a continuation of Judaism? How is it a break from Judaism?
How is Christianity a continuation of Judaism? How is it a break from Judaism?
Answers and Views:
Answer by okie dokie
think of jews as old testament christians.
They don’t believe in Jesus- this is the major difference,
they are similar in that they both believe in something false, but differ in which false teachings they each believe.
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Old Testament-= Jewish Scriptures
Jesus was a Jew. The ones who followed Jesus (Christ) were Christians.
Same Abrahamic God, same ancestors
@ Celtic Runes- you are incorrect. Noah story, Abraham, Moses….well EVERYTHING prior to Jesus is actually accepted as part of their religion.
Answer by ChrisJudaism cannot get anyone into heaven, because judaism rejects the truths that JESUS is God, Messiah, and Savior.
Jewish people also need to believe in JESUS for His free gift of eternal life in heaven, to get into heaven.
The TRUTH is that JESUS is God, and only JESUS offers a free gift of salvation by faith alone in Jesus without works.
Every other belief system forces you to try to “earn” heaven, or to ignore heaven (like atheism)
But nobody can “earn” heaven, and ignoring heaven just leaves the person unsaved and on the way to hell.
The truth is that the death and blood of Jesus is the only acceptable SACRIFICE and PAYMENT for our sins, and we are all sinners. JESUS died on the cross and shed His blood, for our sins. Nothing else pays for any of our sins. All the good deeds in the world won’t pay for even ONE of our sins. All the “living a moral life” won’t pay for even one of our sins. No “religions of the world” can pay for anyone’s sins.
The truth is that Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins, and then Jesus rose from the dead. That is why Jesus had to die on the cross, because there is no other way for us to be saved. You must believe in Jesus for His free gift of salvation, to be saved! John 3:16! 😀 That easy to get into heaven!
The truth about Jesus is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to hell, is by believing in JESUS for His free gift of eternal life in heaven, believing in faith alone that Jesus, who is God, died on the cross for all our sins as FULL PAYMENT for all our sins, and then Jesus rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Believe in Jesus for His free gift of salvation, and you will be in heaven, no matter what! John 3:16, John 6:47! 😀
Jesus is God, and Jesus loves you so very much! 😀 And the Trinity is true!
Salvation is a FREE GIFT that happens in a split second when you believe in JESUS for His free gift of salvation! It is impossible to lose or “leave” salvation (John 6:39-40, John 10:28, 1 John 5:13).
Please pray now: “Jesus, I believe that You died on the cross to pay for my sins and that You rose from the dead, and I thank You for eternal life!” You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die! 😀
The ONLY WAY to get into heaven, is by believing in Jesus for His free gift of salvation! John 14:6, Acts 4:12, John 3:16!
Answer by gertystorrudRead: Romans 10: 11, 12 as well as Galatians 3:26-29 for starters. 😉Answer by Celtic Runes
It is not a continuation of Judaism in any way whatsoever.
It is a complete break from Judaism in that it rejects Jewish law (although Jesus said not to; Paul won on that one).
It is a complete break from Judaism in that it is based on the principle of a human being as sacrifice, which is called “abhorrent” by God in the Hebrew Bible.
Christians believe it is a continuation, but really the only connection is that they believe in the concept of a messiah….however: (a) Jesus was not it – he did not fulfil the messianic prophesies; and (b) there is a lot more to Judaism than just having or looking for a messiah, and Christianity does not hold on to any of the other parts of Judaism aside from perhaps the 10 Commandments.
EDIT: Christians may accept the stories about Noah, Moses, etc, as being from God in some way, but that does not mean they accept them as part of their religion. Christians specifically reject following the laws that were given to Moses.
Answer by Aravahanswer: it isn’t. It is a totally separate and incompatible religion and few Christian beliefs originate from Judaism. On the other hand, they worship G-d, always a good thing. They have a different covenant and it’s disrespectful to claim Christianity is a “continuation” of Judaism. It isn’t.
JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says that no human can ever die for the sins of others
CHRISTIANITY
– says that Jesus died for the sins of mankind
JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says that all humans are born pure, and innocent
CHRISTIANITY
– some say that all humans are born with ‘original sin’.
JUDAISM
– says that G-d would never allow/enable a ‘virgin birth’
CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM
– says that Mary gave birth, though a virgin
JUDAISM
– says that no man gets a ‘second coming’
CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM
– says that Jesus will have a ‘second coming’
JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says that every human should speak directly to G-d
CHRISTIANITY
– Jesus claims in the ‘new testament’ that the ‘only way’ to G-d is via him
JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says G-d is one, indivisible, cannot be separated into three aspects/incarnations
CHRISTIANITY
– some sects speaks of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
JUDAISM
– says that we are ALL equally G-d’s children
CHRISTIANITY
– says that Jesus was ‘god’s son’ above all others
ISLAM
– some Muslims claim that the prophets are perfect and have never sinned, others believe the prophets sinned and repented
JUDAISM
– has no concept of ‘hell’
CHRISTIANITY
– *some* Christians believe non-believers go to ‘hell’
ISLAM
– most Jews and Christians and all non-Jews/non-Christians go to hell though some state that only Allah knows who will end up in hell
JUDAISM
– has no ‘devil’, the Jewish ‘Satan’ is just an ordinary angel, under G-d’s control
CHRISTIANITY
– describes ‘Satan’ as a devil and ‘fallen’ angel
ISLAM
– Satan was a jinn created from fire
JUDAISM
– the ‘messiah’ will be a normal, mortal man who must fulfill all the Jewish messianic prophecies in one normal, mortal lifetime
CHRISTIANITY
– Jesus was the ‘messiah’ and will fulfill the prophecies when he ‘returns’
ISLAM
– believes Jesus was a prophet, not a “son of G-d”. Mohammad is the last prophet
JUDAISM
– says that the righteous of ALL faiths will reach ‘gan eden’ or ‘garden of eden’.
CHRISTIANITY
– some Christians insist that only those who ‘know Christ’ can reach heaven
ISLAM
– some Jews and Christians will reach Paradise, Muslims reach paradise and have it better than Jews and Christians. Many Muslims believe that G-d judges all equally.
JUDAISM
– forbids Jews from trying to convert anyone to Judaism
CHRISTIANITY
– believes in actively ‘witnessing’ and encouraging people to convert to Christianity
ISLAM
– all must convert to Islam or pay a fine to remain Christian or Jewish and live as 2nd class citizens (all others must convert or die)
JUDAISM
– The Torah remains unchanged
CHRISTIANITY
– differences from the original Torah
ISLAM
-claims the Torah and Christian bible were corrupted (with no proof)
JUDAISM/ISLAM
– no concept of original sin
CHRISTIANITY
– some sects of Christianity believe in “original sin” to justify the need for a savior. Others believe that humankind cannot keep from sinning and requires a savior to cleanse them.
Thanks Paperback for the majority of this with some tweaking by Qua Patet Orbis and Myself.
Answer by MuldahChristianity is a continuation of the great faith of Abraham. The first century Jews really missed the boat on this one. They thought that Judaism was a pedigree with Abraham as their father. Wrong! God loved Abraham for his great faith. It had nothing to do with his flesh.
Paul explains it
Rom 9:1 In the presence of Christ, I speak with utter truthfulness–I do not lie–and my conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm that what I am saying is true.
Rom 9:2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
Rom 9:3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. [fn] I would be willing to be forever cursed–cut off from Christ!–if that would save them.
Rom 9:4 They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s special children. [fn] God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave his law to them. They have the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
Rom 9:5 Their ancestors were great people of God, and Christ himself was a Jew as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. [fn]
Rom 9:6 Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to the Jews? No, for not everyone born into a Jewish family is truly a Jew!
Rom 9:7 Just the fact that they are descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” [fn] though Abraham had other children, too.
Rom 9:8 This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. It is the children of the promise who are considered to be Abraham’s children.
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Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Mat 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Mat 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Answer by ✡mama pajama✡Celtic Runes and Aravah before me have given accurate information. I’ll also provide a reference to help you understand from a Scriptural perspective the incompatible differences in the doctrines between the two religions.
It may help you to learn about the origins of Christianity to begin to see the irreconcilable differences in the two religions.
The replacement theology of the Christian religion and it’s Old and New Testament are irrelevant to Judaism. The core doctrine of Christianity’s New Testament began as an attempt to negate the Jewish people as a separate covenant nation and assimilate them in Roman occupied Judea and the Galilee, and for syncretism of beliefs of the Hellenized Jews and Romans living there. Its holy texts and precepts depend on turning the beliefs of Judaism topsy-turvy in many regards. It is so very different from the concept of the nature of God to the manner that humans relate to God and to each other.
Christianity borrowed words, phrases, and many of the stories of the ancient Hebrews, but reassigned to them meanings that are MUCH closer to the Romanized and Hellenized concepts of Roman occupied Judea. Religion and politics were inseparable in the ancient world, kings usually represented incarnate manifestations of their gods on earth. Polytheistic believers across the ancient Levant were accustomed to their political leaders telling them what gods were to be venerated during their rule and which deity their ruler was representative of in human form. Adding a new deity or giving a new name to an ancient deity whose belief was already established was how the conquering peoples assimilated their conquered. Tanakh recorded that any time such a practice of a Jewish king telling the Jews that they were to worship a foreign deity, the entire Jewish people suffered and did so at the very hands of the people whose deity they had left God to serve. That lesson is told right in our Jewish Bible in several dramatic narratives, the same one the Christians have as an adaptation of their Old Testament, yet they rarely see this in the story because their New Testament does not focus on the contextual meaning of the narrative, but imposes redefined meanings to support it’s dogma, often using topsy-turvy meaning to words and changes translations of phrases in a number of other places.
Early Christian leaders did not want their flock to know the Paschal lamb represented a false man-god of Egypt, so they changed it into a sacrifice for sin to justify human sacrifice (or deicide depending on whether or not they are calling Jesus God in human form). Sin sacrifices are explained in detail in many places, and having nothing to do with the Passover sacrifice. Exodus makes no reference to the use of the Paschal lamb’s blood for expiating sin. Rather, it describes the blood on the door as an act of defiance to false gods and allegiance to the God of Israel. The sacrifice to God showed the Egyptians that the life force (blood) representing their deity was spilled by the Hebrew slaves and their god was powerless over the God of Israel to do a thing about it. It was an act of rejection of the gods of Egypt and alliance to the God of Israel, and that’s in the Torah in Exodus in context. Rather than show that Isaiah was slamming a man for calling himself a man/god representing Venus, Christian dogma personifies and makes a proper name from their Latin translation’s word for star and turns that story into something about a fall of angels (no where mentioned in that narrative at ALL) to create giving of the “name” Lucifer for a demi-god of their underworld hell. Every aspect of Jewish belief is given a new spin. Hellenized Jews already apostate to Judaism after four centuries of their occupation and Roman citizens of Judea and the Galilee, desired to entice other Jews to worship as the Greeks that they believed superior in philosophy and knowledge. Jews had laws forbidding these concepts outright so they created texts that tried syncretism, their efforts to claim ,see this is what it was supposed to have been all along. However, the reality remains that those beliefs of incarnate savior deities and human sacrifice are identical to the beliefs and practices that the Torah demonized. Tammuz/Adonis (melded in Roman occupied lands along with and became Mithras worship) were incarnate sacrificed savior deities who had followers of apostate Jews in the North (Galilee) and areas of Paul’s travels. Tammuz and the Romanized version of the Zoroastrian Mithras were both born of virgins (a concept having nothing to do with the Davidic Messiah or Tanakh) and their death was said to have brought their people reconciliation to their *sinful natures*. Being born with a burden of sin is a belief of the pagan peoples surrounding Judea and the Gallilee, and contradicts the Torah notion that humans may master evil inclination ( from Genesis) Tammuz was said to die and be reborn each spring. Tammuz worship had become widespread even before the destruction of the First Temple, and had so many apostate Jews as followers, it was condemned in Tanakh in the book of Ezekiel. There is still even a Hebrew month named for this pagan man/god despite the condemnation of his worship in the Holy Scriptures. Sir James Frazier’s book, The Golden Bough, is useful to learning about the widespread concept of Savior Kings that was not only found in the Middle east but in Europe and helped to aid the rapid spread of Christianity. Noted Oxford scholar and award winning Historian Richard Fletcher’s The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity also helps one to understand the development of many beliefs and rituals found in modern Christianity.
At best, Christianity is a little less than 1/3 based on Jewish precept, but primarily a mixture of the beliefs of the polytheistic peoples in and round Judea and the Galilee of the first century. Once one begins an in-depth study of the religious practices and beliefs of all the peoples surrounding the Jews in the centuries just preceding the beginning of Christianity, one can see it was an effort to do away with Israel as a distict people and replace Judaism.
A large percentage of the early church fathers who became martyrs did so at the hands of their co-religionists of competing sects when Christianity was not so clearly defined as a tool of the Roman empire.
Any group that would threaten Roman authority would be persecuted by the Romans. Hundreds of thousands of Jews had been crucified to quell rebellion against Roman authority. This would have included any followers of any messiah hopeful ( the Jewish concept) ; such a person could threaten Roman rule, since the prophetic vision of Judaism of “the messiah” is of a RULER, a king, who breaks the yolk of political oppression and persecution for all and brings about universal brotherhood, peace and knowledge of God. Therefore the early Christian groups (or followers of a living Jesus who hoped he could one day rule) who did not view Jesus as a divine incarnation or look to him as a sacrifice for sin, but perhaps hoped he would be reincarnated to do the job would most certainly have been a threat. Since Jesus was never an anointed ruler, he did not fit the job. However, once the doctrine of the New Testament that changed the Tanakh concept and prophecy of the Davidic messiah from meaning an anointed king who will do specific things, to mean an incarnate deity, a sacrifice for sin and a “kingdom” not of this world, this effectively changed the Christians from being enemies of Rome to tools of Rome! The effort to assimilate the Jews into Hellenized and Romanized citizens was underway! Thus began the conversion of the Romans!
The Temple treasury was raided in 66CE by the Roman governor of Judea, Florius and a massacre of Jews tok place in Jerusalem.
The early Christians did not take part in the revolt incited by that massacre. They had separated from the customs, beliefs and from the Jewish people themselves by this time. Clearly, the Romans already regarded the Christians as a separate religion group, as objective historical evidence we know that the emperor Nerva (96‑98 C.E.) freed the Christians from paying the Fiscus Judaicus, the Jewish capitation tax decreed upon all Jews as a punishment for the revolt of 66‑73 C.E,
Emperor Hadrian later attempted to wipe out Judaism after they revolted against the previous Emperor, Trajan. He built a Roman temple to Jupiter on top of the ruins of the old Jewish temple in Jerusalem, which had been destroyed in 70 CE, and is said to have burnt the Torah on top of the Temple Mount in 135 CE .
He then renamed Judea, Palestina, a Latinized version of the name of the Philistines, to insult the Jews and eliminate the history of Jewish presence.
Christianity has never been a unified belief, from the earliest days of the Didache (instructions to the apostles on how to conduct church affairs) there were conflicts on how much Judaic influence should remain (was Jesus a god or not?) and it was often a very nasty affair. The Gnostics were largely killed off by their fellow Christians, but some Gnostic aspects do remain. A study of the Nag Hammadi library (translations from the Coptic are online) can help you discern this. Christianity really has little to do with Judaism. It’s a mixture of Roman and Greek mystery religions and focuses on death with Hebrew names and mistranslated texts.
A second time the Christians refused to ally themselves with the Jews was the second Jewish revolt against Rome. They allied themselves to the Romans. This led to another Davidic messiah hopeful, Simeon Bar Kochba, an actual messiah (anointed king of Israel who briefly ruled) to view them as the enemies of Israel, thus, after the defeat of the Jews and the murder of Simeon Bar Kochba, the Christians were not expelled along with the Jews.
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