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→Why Messianic Judaism sees itself as distinct from Christianity
4. Messianic Jews see no reason to give up their peoplehood because, on one hand, other Jews do not agree with their choice of Jesus nor, on the other hand, the Church sees no reason for the Jews continuing unique and singular existence. They feel that Jesus was a Jew. Peter and Paul were Jews, the New Testament was written by Jews, God made the Jews, and "I am a Jew".
4. Messianic Jews see no reason to give up their peoplehood because, on one hand, other Jews do not agree with their choice of Jesus nor, on the other hand, the Church sees no reason for the Jews continuing unique and singular existence. They feel that Jesus was a Jew. Peter and Paul were Jews, the New Testament was written by Jews, God made the Jews, and "I am a Jew".
==Doctrinal comparisons==
Table comparing the mainstream '''beliefs''' of these movements with each other
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
|
|Judaism
|Christianity
|Messianic Judaism
|-
|Trinity
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Divinity of Jesus
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Accept Talmud as authoritative
|yes
|no
|no
|-
|Accept New Testament as part of canon
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Jesus is the son of God
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Jesus is the messiah
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Hell exists
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Second coming of Jesus Christ
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Jesus was born of a virgin
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Jesus died on a cross for the sins of humanity
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Jesus was resurrected from the dead
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Jesus is an intermediary between man and God
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Original Sin
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|skepticism towards evolution
|no*<ref>Even amongst Orthodox Jews, the mainstream belief is evolution happened, although generally Orthodox Jews believe in theistic evolution, meaning evolution but that it was caused by God.</ref>
|yes
|yes
|-
|follow teachings of past rabbis
|yes
|no
|no*<ref>Messianic Jews have even been known to criticize Judaism by calling it Rabbinic Judaism, despite the fact that Messianic Jews call their pastors, rabbis.</ref>
|-
|Jesus was God made flesh
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|interpretation of the text by a scholar should be preferred
|yes
|no, the laity's interpretation is equally valid to that of a scholar's interpretation
|no, the laity's interpretation is equally valid to that of a scholar's interpretation
|-
|Is Daniel a prophet?
|no
|yes, Jesus Christ called Daniel a prophet in the Gospels
|yes, Jesus Christ called Daniel a prophet in the Gospels
|-
|Is Enoch a prophet?
|no
|yes
|yes
|-
|Is Sarah a prophetess?
|yes
|no
|no
|-
|Has the messiah came?
|no
|yes, he is Jesus Christ
|yes, he is Jesus Christ
|-
|Who was the greatest prophet?
|Moses
|Jesus Christ
|Jesus Christ
|}
According to WhatJewsBelieve.org the idea that God became flesh disagrees with the words of the Bible saying,
"There is the verse from Hosea in which God specifically tells us that God is not a human being:
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not a man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. Hosea 11:9
And then there is another verse, in Numbers 23:19, where God specifically tells us that if God were a human being, then he would be a liar, as all human beings do lie on occasion. Furthermore, this verse tell us that if God were a human being, he would be in need of repentance because all human beings sin at some point in their lives.
Finally, this verse also tells us that if God were a human being, then he would make promises, but not keep them:
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the Son of Man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23:19"
<ref>http://whatjewsbelieve.org/explanation08.html</ref>
==Support for Messianic Judaism==
==Support for Messianic Judaism==