What do Jews believe about the Messiah?
In this lesson, we will be learning all about what Jews believe about the Messiah. We will understand that different Jewish people hold different beliefs about whether the Messiah will be a person, or an age and a world that we must all bring about.
What do Jews believe about the Messiah?
In this lesson, we will be learning all about what Jews believe about the Messiah. We will understand that different Jewish people hold different beliefs about whether the Messiah will be a person, or an age and a world that we must all bring about.
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Key learning points
- Difference in interpretation of scripture
- Extracts from Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah
- The Messiah as a person and the idea of the Messianiac Age
- The concept of prophecy
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these is a Jewish festival? (Tick all that apply)
Christmas
Easter
Eid
Q2.
Which of these foods represents the tears of the Jewish slaves.
Boiled egg
Lamb bone
Sweet paste
Q3.
Which of these foods represents the clay that Jewish slaves used to make bricks?
Boiled egg
Lamb bone
Salt water
Q4.
Why do Jews eat unleavened bread on Passover?
It represents how they rose up against the Pharoah.
It tastes better that way.
They did not have any yeast available to make the bread rise.
Q5.
How many days after Rosh Hashanah is Yom Kippur?
1 day
30 days
40 days
5 Questions
Q1.
Jews believe that Jesus was the Messiah who was promised.
True
Q2.
How did David defeat Goliath?
He beat him in a sword fight.
He tricked him.
He used a bow and arrow to shoot him.
Q3.
Which of the following views about the Messiah are more likely to be held by an Orthodox Jew?
The Messianic Age will come when all people stop fighting.
There will be a Messianic Age
We should pray to bring about a Messianic Age.
Q4.
Which of the following views about the Messiah are more likely to be held by a Reform Jew?
The Messiah will be a human.
The Messiah will defeat the enemies of Israel.
The Messianic Age will come when all people stop fighting.
We should pray for the Messiah to come.
We should pray to bring about a Messianic Age.
Q5.
The Messiah is promised and described in the Tanakh.
False