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Judaism and Christianity
What’s the diference, and how do we help to guide them to the truth?
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RS15 Unit 7 Lesson 1: Judaism
Research Paper ( __/100 __/100 Marks) Marks) #n this lesson% &o' read a(o't the )hara)teristi)s of *'daism. +o' learned a(o't how *ews are similar to and different from Christians and finall&% how the& have (een perse)'ted (& Christians. ,or this 'nit% there is onl& one lesson and onl& one assignment 'estion and so it is a larger one. +o' are epe)ted to resear)h the topi) develop a strong thesis and write a solid resear)h paper footnoting so'r)es thro'gho't that also in)l'des a title page and an d a (i(liograph&. Re)ord in a three to fo'r do'(le spa)ed page essa& &o'r arg'ment for how Christians sho'ld respond to *ews. egin with a )omparison (etween Christianit& and *'daism. se this )omparison as a (asis for an arg'ment pointing to a proper attit'de Christians sho'ld have towards *ews as well as ideas on how to present the gospel to *ews. 4re there other o(ligations Christians have towards *ews as well5 6ere is a )he)list of the points that are to (e mentioned in &o'r essa&:
Comparison of two religions
6ow *ews view 9od
6ow *ews view Christ
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et’s start off with Judaism, starting with a list that contains some of their general beliefs, held by some, but certainly not all Jews!
"hat #od alone is creator
"hat He is absolutely one
"hat He has no body or bodily shape
"hat He is the first and the last
"hat only to Him may we pray and to no other!
"hat the words of the prophets are true!
"hat the prophecy of $oses is true, and that he is the father of all prophets!
"hat the "orah was given by $oses!
"hat this "orah is not sub%ect to change, and there will never be another "orah from the Creator!
"hat the creator knows all the thoughts and deeds of man!
"hat He rewards and punishes according to the deed!
"hat the $essiah will come& though He tarry, ' will e(pect Him daily!
"hat the dead will be resurrected!
Again, those are the basic building blocks of the Jewish belief, and not all are believed by every Jew! )or e(ample in the three Jewish branches, the *rthodo(, the reform, and the conservative, the reform Jews do not even believe that there will be a $essiah, and instead a time of peace on earth that does not involve the $essiah’s coming to earth! "he conservative Jews hold a wide variety of views on #od, even as to whether or not He e(ists, which would certainly seem to contradict the first of the list of beliefs! 't %ust goes to show how varying the belief system is in the Jewish culture, as it is in our own!
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/ow let’s turn to Christianity and see what a general list of beliefs on their end looks like, along the way ' will be marking in red the areas that contradict the Jewish list of beliefs!
Christians believe that there is only one #od
Christians believe in the "rinity 0epending on what denomination you look at, it is either believed that #od has a bodily form in one way or another!
Christians believe that #od is the )irst and the ast 1 Revelations 1: 8 =# am 4lpha and
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3e may worship 1and thus pray2 only to one #od
3e believe in what the prophets have written
3e believe that what $oses’ wrote was true
3e believe that $oses did write the first 4 books of the 5ible
3e believe that the 5ible is not sub%ect to change 1 Revelation 22:18-1 ,or # testif&
'nto ever& man that heareth the words of the prophe)& of this (oo% #f an& man shall add 'nto these things% 9od shall add 'nto him the plag'es that are written in this (oo: 4nd if
awa & from the words of the (oo of an& man shall tae awa& o f this prophe)&% 9od shall tae awa& his part o't of the (oo of life% and o't of the hol& )it&% and from the things whi)h are written in this (oo. 6J72
3e believe that #od knows both man’s thoughts and his heart! 1 1 <am'el 1!:7 't
the ?ord said 'nto <am'el% ?oo not on his )o'ntenan)e% or on the height of his stat're (e)a'se # have ref'sed him: for the ?ord seeth not as man seeth for man looeth on the o'tward appearan)e% ('t the ?ord looeth on the heart. B* and Esalm 13:1- > lord% tho' hast sear)hed me% and nown me. ho' nowest m& downsitting and mine 'prising% tho' 'nderstandest m& tho'ght afar off. ho' )ompassest m& path and m& l&ing down% and art a)'ainted with all m& wa&s. ,or there is not a word in m& tong'e% ('t% lo% > ?ord% tho' nowest it altogether. B*2
0epending on the denomination, we believe that #od neither rewards nor punishes us for our deeds to the e(tent that it is taken, #od either helps and guides you, or you refuse Him and allow satan to 8help9 and 8guide9 you, however #od does punish us when our deeds become so evil that there is no good left in us, as He did in :odom and #omorra, and as He did to the people the 'sraelites were con-uer! 1;salm =>+ @ he ?ord is mer)if'l and gra)io's% slow to anger% and plenteo's in
mer)&. 6e will not alwa&s )hide: neither will he eep his anger for ever. 6e hath not dealt with 's after o'r sins nor rewarded 's a))ording to o'r ini'ities. ,or as the heaven is high a(ove the earth% so great is his mer)& toward them that fear him. 6J72
3e believe that the $essiah has come already, and the name of that $essiah was Jesus, we also believe that He will come again at the close of probation to gather His people! 1*ohn 1:1-3
?et not &o'r heart (e tro'(led: &e (elieve in 9od% (elieve (e lieve also in me. #n m& ,atherFs ho'se are man& mansions: if it were not so% # wo'ld have told &o'. # go to prepare a pla)e for &o'. 4nd if # go and prepare a pla)e for &o'% # will )ome again% and re)eive &o' 'nto m&self that where # am% there &e ma& (e also. 6J72
3e to believe that the dead will be resurrected at the time of Jesus’ coming
As you can see there aren’t that many areas that the two religions disagree& however the points that it does disagree upon are certainly ma%or ones! ike the belief, or disbelief in Christ being the foretold savior!
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/ow that we have given a general coverage to the beliefs of each side, let’s focus in on what Judaism is about in regards to #od, and what they think Jesus actually was! As well as a closer look at the three ma%or branches of Judaism, and what each believes in regards to the above topics!
Judaism and #od, what do they believe? "hey believe a lot of things that are similar to ours, "hey believe in there is a #od that e(ists, and that He is the only one that does e(ist, there is no other, and there are not multiple entities of #od and is merely man’s finite mind attempting to e(plain the infinite! 't is believed that #od is the creator of everything, including evil and that satan was instead not the creator of evil! "hat although the 5ible speaks of attributes of #od, such as hands 1'saiah K+K.I,2 feet etc! that since none of these were physically observed by the prophets of the 5ible, that #od must then be a spirit with no bodily form, and all of these descriptions are instead human error trying to describe #od to make it easier to understand #od’s work, along with this that #od is also neither male nor female, but is only described in feminine, or masculine terms for simplicity! #od is also believed to be everywhere at all times, as well as all powerful, e(cept for the ability to force you to do something, that He is said to not be able to do! He is also capable of knowing all, past, present and future, as well as our thoughts! #od is both %ust and merciful, both balanced in perfect harmony as well as eternal, #od is, was, and what is to be, He is Holy and perfect! "hat sums up the general beliefs about #od that are held by many, but of course not all Jews! /ow however let’s see their views on Jesus, what He was, and why they don’t accept Him!
#enerally Jesus is viewed as either a false $essiah or false prophet, He is viewed this way due to the 8fact9 that Jesus did not fulfil the $essianic prophesy, He was supposed to rebuild the third temple, return the Jews back to their homeland from which they were scattered to, end hatred and bring world peace, as well as spread the word of #od to all humanity, uniting human kind as one! As well He did not meet the prere-uisites for being the $essiah, since He is said to have been born a virgin birth, He has no father, which would go against the prere-uisite that He is to be a descendant from 6ing 0avid! As well, it is said that He did not observe the 8"orah9, and fre-uently went against the commandments claiming them to be not important in observing them, as well since the general belief is that #od is 8one9, Jesus claiming He is the :on of #od is blasphemy, and also causes Him to be claimed a false prophet! However Jesus isn’t fully thought of this way all around, He is sometimes thought of as a good guy who helped lead the people closer to "orah observance!
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/ow that we have covered the general beliefs of Judaism, and Judaism’s views on #od, lets over each of the three associations of Judaism, listed from oldest to newest& *rthodo(, eform, Conservative, ' will be writing a brief over view of history of each and the general beliefs of each, as well as each associations views of #od! As for their view of Christ, each holds practically the same view, so ' will not be enlarging on that at this time!
*rthodo(, dates back to Gnd and 4th centuries, was the only version of Judaism until appro(imately the th century, generally attempts to maintain the traditions of old, and generally believes that the "orah was given to man from #od directly! 5elieves that #od is a spirit with no form, He is omnipotent, omnipresent, eternal, person and compassionate!
eform, 0ates to the late th century, it was looking to moderniMe Judaism, and thus stem the threat of assimilating upon Jewry in #ermany! #enerally believes that the "orah a record kept by man to preserve the history, culture, legends and hope of the people! 5elieves that there can be multiple views of the god concept, ranging from naturalists to mystics, from supernaturalists to religious humanism, believes that 8the truth is that we do not know the truth!9
Conservative, dates back to the th century following the e(tremely assimilation of the Jews during the Holocaust attempting to be a middle ground by adopting some modern but keeping some traditional views! "he Holocaust was a time in history in which Jews among others races and nations were rounded up, concentrated in areas then either killed by gas chamber, shooting, burning, among other forms of murder, or sent to labor camps and killed later, most usually by starvation lack of nutrition,
or the gas chamber when they no longer were able to produce! "his is a ma%or point in Jewish history as it not only was a very difficult time but it also showed to the world the great residence of the Jewish faith! "here is no definite number to -uote as to how many Jews died during this time, but it has been estimated to be at least I million, however some say there could be more, and others less, all that is apparent is that it was sad time in both Jewish and non.Jewish history, that '’m sure we all pray will never happen again! Conservative Jews hold the belief that the "orah "orah was given to man by #od, but was interpreted by man, and thus has a human element to it! #od is viewed in a fle(ible way, but not as much as reform is, He is also viewed in a non.dogmatic view& however #od is viewed in a non.person, ineffable point of view!
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Title: e: A spectator’s Guide to World World religions: an introduction to the big five Author: !ohn "ic#son $ages %& ' 1(% Titl
:o after hearing their beliefs, you would maybe come to the conclusion that if left to their own devices they should still be a very -uaint and peaceful country right? 3ell, not -uite, the current state of 'srael is one of -uite a bit of tumult and poverty stricken, many young boys have trouble even finding work, the cost for basic goods continues to rise and barely
any one can even afford them from day to day! /ot to mention that currently they are at odds with ;alestine, and it is turning into an all.out 8war9 to a degree between the two nations!
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3ith all of that said, the -uestion comes up, 8so how should we act towards Jews?9 from the Christian community! ' will attempt at this point to answer this with the best of my ability, and the best of my knowledge! ' personally feel that how we should act towards Jews is the same way we would, or should act towards each other as Christians! Nou should treat them no different as you would to your fellow Christian& 1 1 Eeter 3:1"-17 't san)tif&
the ?ord 9od in &o'r hearts: and (e read& alwa&s to give an answer to ever& man that aseth &o' a reason of the hope that is in &o' with meeness and fear: 6aving a good )ons)ien)e that% whereas the& spea evil of &o'% as of evildoers% the& ma& (e ashamed asha med that falsel& a))'se &o'r good )onversation in Christ. ,or it is (etter% if the will of 9od (e so% that &e s'ffer for well doing% than for evil doing. 6J72 they are all #od’s people whether or not they are on the 8right9 path! "heir religious views are are very close to ours, as well, they, like we should also, have studied the 5ible very thoroughly, and have most likely grown up with it being a part of their daily lives! 't will most likely a very deeply rooted, in their daily lives, simply trying to convince them of why their religion is wrong, or why they have been taught a partial lie all of their lives will not work! 'f their beliefs were that easily changed, they would not have
made it through the Holocaust! Onless you provide an argument with a thorough reinforced with scripture argument to them, they will not even begin to listen to you because %ust a sour religion has been probably our only way of life, so has theirs, and you are literally asking them to give that all away to go with something foreign that has no guarantee of 8success9! And during this entire time, you will be needing to pray a lot for #od’s guidance and for His help in helping this person to understand what you are saying, not to mention lots of patients for that person as they are going through a very though time during this, which will be causing a lot of -uestions and concerns to be coming to mind that you will be needed to give answers to all of them 3ith a heart full of 6indness 1 Gphesians
:32 - 4nd (e &e ind one to another% ano ther% tenderhearted% forgiving one another% even as 9od for ChristFs sae hath forgiven &o'. 6J72! As hard as this may seem, it is our duty, and our privilege to do this 1Har 1!:1" - 4nd he said 'nto them% 9o &e into all the world% and prea)h
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