Is the death of Jesus the fault of the Jews?
Jews are truly no better or worse than any other people in the world.
But do not forget that the Jewish people have been persecuted everywhere throughout the centuries. Jewish persecution (antisemitism) is a tragic and persistent phenomenon that has occurred time and again in various forms throughout history for thousands of years. This began long before the Holocaust. This people waited for the savior from this oppression, and when Jesus came, nothing happened.
Many rejected Jesus because they hoped for a political and military Messiah who would liberate them from Roman occupation, whereas He came for a spiritual redemption from sin.
Jesus did not save the Jews from Roman oppression because his mission was not political or military, but was about spiritual salvation. He came to liberate people from sin and death rather than to overthrow earthly kingdoms. He therefore came not only for the Jews, but for all nations. As written in John 3:16, it states there that God so loved the world that He gave His Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will be saved.
But was God angry with the Jews because they had rejected Him?
No, according to the Bible, God did not reject the Jewish people because they did not acknowledge Jesus.
In Romans 11:1, it states that the apostle Paul explicitly asks: "Has God rejected His people? Absolutely not!"
In Romans 11:29: The gifts of grace and the calling of God are irrevocable.
God remains faithful to the promises He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
God did not choose this people because they were great or strong, but out of His own love and faithfulness.
God made an unconditional and eternal covenant with Abraham in Genesis 17:7. He promised to be a God to Abraham and his descendants and to give them the land of Canaan as an eternal possession. It is clearly written that God will never break this covenant, despite the unfaithfulness of the people. In
Jeremiah 31:35-36, God explains that as long as the sun, moon, and stars function, the descendants of Israel will never cease to exist as a people before His eyes. This guarantees Israel's continued existence. Therefore, it says: whoever attacks Israel touches God's apple of the eye.
Zechariah 2:8
"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye."
Incidentally, there are a few other places in the Bible where the term 'apple of the eye' is used to indicate God's intense care, such as in Deuteronomy 32:10 ("He protected him as the apple of His eye") and in a prayer of David in Psalm 17:8 ("Keep me as the apple of Your eye"). So anyone who rejects Israel also rejects God, and anyone who rejects God also rejects Jesus.
The parable of the ten virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) regarding the relationship between God, Jesus, and the people of Israel touches upon an important theological theme concerning vigilance, faithfulness, and recognition; when Jesus speaks of the foolish virgins who were not prepared, He says very clearly in Matthew 25:12: "But He answered and said: Truly, I say to you, I do not know you." ๐๐ฝ
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