Why do Jews reject Jesus Christ as Messiah?

[su_audio url=" [ommtop] [su_spoiler title="Click for transcription..." style="default" open="no"]Obviously I can't answer on behalf of every Jew and why they don't believe, but generally they reject the Christian belief that Jesus Christ fulfills all the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. But in refusing to believe that in Him they are doing two things that they ought to keep in mind. First, they are fulfilling the prophecy of Psalm 118:22, "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner." This was specific to the Jewish leaders in the day of Jesus Christ, but that unbelief is still reflected in the Jewish people at large and it should alarm them that their is a prophecy that Messiah would be rejected. Secondly, it will be impossible for them to validate any claim to be the Messiah the way it could be done 2000 years ago, such as proving He is from the House of David. That cannot be proved now. Finally, I might add, the New Testament reveals that Jews largely refuse to believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah because as Paul puts it in Romans 11:25, "blindness in part is happened to Israel." [/su_spoiler]

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Why do Jews reject Jesus Christ as Messiah? is an episode from One Minute Ministry | A Biblical Worldview Daily Devotional | Christian Questions on the Bible, Theology, and Apologetics by Armen Thomassian.

This episode is 01:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 18, 2016.

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