Ya'shua of Nazareth

Yeshua of Nazareth

So far we've dealt with five of the most common Jewish objections to Yeshua of Nazareth, best
known by His Hebrew name, Yeshua the Messiah. They were:

Yeshua did not fulfill any of the Messianic Prophecies (He did)

Judaism does not believe in a Messiah dying for the sins of the world (They do)

Yeshua did not re-gather the lost tribes or rebuild the Temple (That's a late objection, coming 1200 years after Yeshua came; But Yeshua will do all this on his return)

Judaism does not believe animal sacrifice is the only atonement for sins (That's not what the Rabbis say — it does believe)

Yesha’yahu 53 has to do with the Jewish people, not the Messiah (That's not what the Rabbis say — They say it has to do with Messiah)

These are the major objections to Yeshua. Think for yourself! Why not ask Eloheim Himself who Yeshua is? There's so much proof that Yeshua is the Messiah, that you'll probably never read all the pages on it (Besides, it's too much to put in one web site.).

Objection #6: The Jewish people already have Eloheim, we don't need your Yeshua. He's okay for Gentiles, but not for Jews.
Correction: What your really saying is, Judaism doesn't need a middleman. Judaism has not had the animal sacrifices to remove sin since CE 70. Yeshua died in CE 30 or so, which is about the time the Talmud reported that the Yom Kippur sacrifice stopped being accepted by Eloheim (how did they know? A red cloth was tied between the horns of the sacrifice. It would turn white if accepted by Eloheim.

Shabbes 86a "How do we know that a crimson-colored strap is tied to the head of the goad that is sent [to Azaz'el]? Because it is said, if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white a show."
Rosh Hashanah 31B "‘For forty years before the destruction of the Temple the thread of scarlet never turned white but it remained red’." {After the High Priest had performed the service on the Day of Atonement. V. Yoma, 67a. This being a sign that their sins had been forgiven.} This means that the cloth stopped turning white around the time Yeshua was sacrificed...curious co-incidence?).

If there's been no atonement for sin since Yeshua's death and resurrection, then something else must take the place of that. Sin means that there is now a separation between you and Eloheim, and Judaism teaches that a middleman is required (a High Priest) to make atonement for that sin (Vayikra 1:15). Again, since there is no animal sacrifices anymore, that means that Eloheim must have had another way for forgiveness of sin. We've already shown that there is no atonement without shedding of blood (By both Torah, Talmud and the Rabbis), therefore only the sacrifice of Yeshua and his resurrection brings atonement, according to Torah. This means the Jewish people do need Yeshua.

Objection #7: Belief in Yeshua means you're no longer Jewish.
Correction: So far we've offered a lot of proof (with more to come) that Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel, both Messiah son of Joseph and (returning as) Messiah son of David. If Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel, believing in him is the most Jewish thing to do! Indeed, one cannot be frum (pious, observant) without believing in him. Yeshua of Nazareth and his disciples were all Jewish, and the majority of his followers were all Jewish for almost three hundred years. Never did Yeshua and his disciples renounce their Jewish ness, nor were they expected to do so. Your Jewish ness and often your observance gains extra meaning and richness when you believe in Yeshua (This is why some Messianics call themselves Completed Jews).

Objection #8: If Yeshua is Messiah, why don't more Jews believe in him?
Correction: The TaNaKh predicted that most Jews would not recognize the Messiah when he came: “He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with sickness; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” It has been suggested that if Yeshua was recognized as Messiah, he could not have been the Messiah because of this prophecy.

When many Jews study these prophecies with an open mind, they very often come to the realization that Yeshua is the Messiah. Many Rabbis and teachers indeed have accepted Yeshua as Messiah, and have come to know the richness of belief in Him.

Objection #9: Jews don't believe in a Son of Eloheim.
Correction:

Mishlei 30:4
⁴Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know?

Again, Jews believe in the TaNaKh. The Son ship of Eloheim is difficult to understand, but it was believed by Jews before Yeshua came. The Book of Enoch also refers to the coming of the Son of Eloheim as Messiah.

Enoch 104:2
²For I and My son will be united with them for ever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and you shall have peace: rejoice, you children of uprightness. Amen.

This apocryphal book was written by Jews in pre-Maccabean times (At latest estimates), and possibly earlier. It was accepted as canonical by the Essenes at Qumran. Nobody questioned their Jewish ness, and they believed in the Son of Eloheim.

Objection #10: How can a virgin give birth?
Correction: Eloheim made a Blue Whale (biggest animal on earth, at 80 tons and seventy feet in length) out of thin air, and you ask how a virgin can conceive and give birth? The same Eloheim who just spoke the Universe into existence, and you ask how He could make a virgin conceive and give birth? Stars explode into existence from absolute nothing, stars big enough to hold 1,000 Earths, and you ask? Eloheim can do anything, that's how. One of the first prophecies of the Messiah:

B’reshit 3:15
¹⁵I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will pound your head, and you will bite his heel”

This passage mentions the "seed of the woman". It does not mention the "seed of Adam" in the same verse, but rather, after telling the woman that she will bring forth children in sorrow does it mention Adam. This shows that Messiah will not have a human father.

Yesha’yahu 7:14
¹⁴Therefore, my Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the maiden will become pregnant and bear a son, and she will name him Immanuel.

The prophecy in Yesha’yahu requires a little common sense — The word Alma we are told means young woman, or maiden. The implication according to Torah is that this young woman will be a virgin. This was how the seventy Rabbis who translated the Septuagint before Yeshua was born chose to interpret the word Alma, was Virgin. Besides, what miracle or sign would it be if some young woman conceived and brought forth a child by normal means? Ahaz was asked to request a miracle of Eloheim to know the prophecy was true, and Eloheim chose this sign. The sign — Oat' in Hebrew, a visible sign or object — is intended to be a miracle, to prove Eloheim.

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