My daughter-in-law wrote this to a Jewish friend. I thought it good to share it:
A Letter to a Jewish Friend:
Suzanne, just to clarify, everything I’m sharing is all Scripture-based. I’m happy you’ll be able to look things up for yourself. I’ve attached two documents along with this and hope you find them helpful. One is a chart my father-in-law put together of a bird’s eye view of the Bible. The second is Law and Grace by Scofield, a great Bible scholar and teacher. He says what I was trying to in a much more eloquent way, but I encourage you not to take his word for it (which I kind of doubt you will….SMILE), but look up everything he references.
What I hope God reveals to you is that the layer is LAW and NOT Jesus. The law condemns us, but Jesus sets us free. Without looking at the entire Bible, it’s difficult to understand God’s overall plan and hard to address your comment “if the Messiah has already come then what are we still doing here?” I can’t prove to you the Bible is true any more than you can prove to an atheist that God is real. My prayer is that you will read the entire Bible and seek God’s truth.
Additionally, there is a passage in Exodus when God is about to give Moses the Ten Commandments. The Israelites actually hear God’s voice. They were so terrified that they said to Moses, “Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” The Israelites didn’t want direct access to God. God used prophets, priests, judges, and even allowed them kings at their request. They wanted layers between them and God and wanted to avoid dealing with God directly.
I would encourage you to read through Genesis chapter 3 regarding the “her seed” comment made by God to the serpent. You mentioned that a Jewish woman gets her identity from her mother, but Adam and Eve were not Jewish. Race did not happen until the Tower of Babel, and God had not set aside Israel as His chosen people at that time. Also, Adam and Eve were the only two humans, so it wouldn’t have been necessary for God to make such a distinction as Eve had no options BUT Adam as the father of her offspring. The comment references “her seed” because Jesus would be virgin born and not have a biological human father. Otherwise, God created Adam first and should have said, “I’ll put enmity between thy seed and Adam’s seed.” I think there’s only one other time in the Bible that “her seed” is used when God is speaking directly to Rebekah. Therefore, this is a very specific and unique reference by God.
Regarding the Messiah, I reviewed the website your rabbi recommended. For convenience, it says: “The moshiach will be a great political leader descended from King David (Jeremiah 23:5). The moshiach is often referred to as “moshiach ben David” (moshiach, son of David). He will be well-versed in Jewish law, and observant of its commandments (Isaiah 11:2-5). He will be a charismatic leader, inspiring others to follow his example. He will be a great military leader, who will win battles for Israel. He will be a great judge, who makes righteous decisions (Jeremiah 33:15). But above all, he will be a human being, not a god, demi-god or other supernatural being. It has been said that in every generation, a person is born with the potential to be the moshiach. If the time is right for the messianic age within that person’s lifetime, then that person will be the moshiach. But if that person dies before he completes the mission of the moshiach, then that person is not the moshiach.” However, if you look up all three passages, you will see that “Branch” and “King” are capitalized. Capitalization in the Bible is denoting God or Deity, not man.
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