ver the past 2,000 years, a majority of Jews and Gentiles have accepted the misconception that Jesus and Jewishness have nothing in common. Nothing could be further from the truth!
ccording to the New Testament, which was written by Jews, Jesus was born in the Land of Israel to Jewish parents. He was a descendant of the royal family of King David. He was given the Hebrew name "Yeshua" which means salvation. As Israel's Messiah, Yeshua would save his people from their sins.
eshua is the most famous Rabbi of all time. He traveled throughout Israel, teaching the Jewish people and bringing mankind closer to God. Yeshua demonstrated that he was the Messiah by displaying miraculous power. He fed thousands of people with a few loaves of bread, healed the hopelessly sick and disabled, and brought the dead back to life!
eshua fulfilled many of the predictions in the Hebrew Scriptures concerning the Messiah:
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He was born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:1-2)
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He was a descendant of King David (Jeremiah 23:5-6)
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He was more than an ordinary human being (Isaiah 9:6-7)
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He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9)
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He arrived before 70 AD (Daniel 9:24-27)
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He was rejected and unjustly killed (Isaiah 53:1-12)
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He defeated death (Psalm 16:10, Isaiah 53:12)
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He instituted a new covenant between God and His people (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
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He brought the Gentiles to faith in the God of Israel (Isaiah 49:5-7)
ver the past 2,000 years, a majority of Jews and Gentiles have accepted the misconception that Jesus and Jewishness have nothing in common. Nothing could be further from the truth!
ccording to the New Testament, which was written by Jews, Jesus was born in the Land of Israel to Jewish parents. He was a descendant of the royal family of King David. He was given the Hebrew name "Yeshua" which means salvation. As Israel's Messiah, Yeshua would save his people from their sins.
eshua is the most famous Rabbi of all time. He traveled throughout Israel, teaching the Jewish people and bringing mankind closer to God. Yeshua demonstrated that he was the Messiah by displaying miraculous power. He fed thousands of people with a few loaves of bread, healed the hopelessly sick and disabled, and brought the dead back to life!