"The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner" - Why Judaism Could Survive

 

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Why Judaism Could Survive

One of mysteries about Judaism is that it does not give clear definition about Heaven and the hell.  On the other hand, Christianity gives clear definition about Heaven.

According to the Gospel of Christianity, a beggar sitting at the gate of a rich man's house was, after his death, allowed to enter Heaven and was greeted by Abraham while the rich man fell down to the hell to be tormented wishing the poor man persuading the God to let him enter into Heaven in vain. 

Christ Jesus further said that whoever believed in Him and performed the words of the God would get eternal life.  But, Judaism is mainly based on Moses Ten Commandment where no promises or conditions were given about Heaven or the hell.

Therefore, Jewish people seem to have liberty in thinking about Heaven or the hell although they must admit that the God is in heaven and this world is not Heaven.  In this context, Judaism is imperfect.

In most cases, people get confident about authenticity of Christianity because it tells that poor men are allowed to enter Heaven as Christ Jesus said so and His followers extended the idea.  Christ Jesus set conditions for acceptance in Heaven: belief in the God and Him and poverty.

This can be understood if we realize that the God and Christ Jesus reject Satan who uses money and worldly wealth to make men obey it and reject the God and Christ Jesus.

Even if Jewish people observe all the teachings of Judaism and Moses Ten Commandments, they may accept Satan in the bottom of their minds to be rich and achiever worldly success and wealth, since there seems to be no Jewish teaching not to accept Satan, get rich with help from Satan, or accumulate money, which is a tool of Satan.

However, Christianity or Christ Jesus clearly focuses on Satan as His enemy, since Satan is opposed to teachings of the God.  Therefore, if a man is against Satan, rejecting money and worldly wealth Satan provides, he will be approved to enter Heaven.  Even if such a man does not know doctrines of Christianity and anything about Christ Jesus, the God would allow him to enter Heaven.  Being a member of the Jewish tribe or the religion Judaism is not necessary for a man to be allowed to enter Heaven.      

So, it is possible that an outwardly pious Jewish man cannot enter heaven but a pious man, without knowledge of Judaism or even Christianity, rejecting Satan from the depth of his heat is allowed into Heave.

Observing Moses Ten Commandments is only good for a man but not for the God, since the God is above Ten Commandments.  But, rejecting Satan is also good for the God, since Satan is opposed to the God.  Therefore, the God should love more a man rejecting Satan than another simply observing Moses Ten Commandments. 

Of course, the God might allow a Jewish man who observes every teaching of Judaism to enter Heaven.  But the God must 100% accept a man rejecting Satan into Heaven, according to Christ Jesus, which is Christianity.       　　

Probably, 2000 years ago, there must have been many Jewish men who fully observed teachings of Judaism but accepted Satan, so that Christ Jesus came to the world to set new conditions for acceptance into Heaven.  In other words, the God must have realized that even Jewish men fully observing teachings of Judaism could accept Satan so as to be rich or wealthy.  Therefore, the God sent Christ Jesus to the human world 2000 years ago, which however did not mean that He decided to abolish Judaism as well as Moses Ten Commandments.

That must be why Judaism could survive even to date in parallel with Christianity, while Christianity has been accepted by billions of people in these 2000 years, but Judaism has remained only as the religion of Jewish people.

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Mark 12    King James Version
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.