If Yeshua is the Messiah, then why don't the rabbis believe in him?
Some do!
Not all the rabbis, past and present, have
rejected Yeshua (e.g., Orthodox rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein and
Reform rabbi Dr. Max Wertheimer believed in Yeshua). If Yeshua
is truly rejected by the rabbis, then he is in good company—the
Old Testament (Tanakh) prophets were also rejected by the Hebrew
people.
It was even predicted that Messiah would be
rejected by his people (see Isaiah 53:3). Remember, the rabbis
are human; they are not infallible. The final authority for
the identity of the Messiah must rest with the Jewish Scriptures,
and the first-hand witnesses,
not with the rabbis. In fact, there have been enough rabbis
that have believed in Yeshua that several books have been compiled
with their stories.
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