Jesus isn't accepted by Jewish people. Why would I?

It has been argued that if Jesus is supposedly the Jewish Messiah and the Jewish people don't accept Him as such, doesn't that say something? I mean, He doesn't really fulfill all their prophecies?

Before we delve in, It's important that if we really want to find Truth that the heart of our question be based in trying to determine the Truth, not simply undermining it.

It's true that Jewish people don't all see Jesus as Messiah, but many do. They're known as Messianic Jews.

It's also worth noting that many of the earliest Christians were Jewish. In fact, all the New Testament writers were Jewish, with Luke being a potential exception.

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For those unaware, the word Jew can apply to race, religion, and/or culture. For instance, a racially Jewish person may be an atheist who lives a secular life. Most Orthodox Jews would claim it to be a tragedy when race, religion, and culture are unaligned.
 

On the matter of prophecies, there are a number of aspects that are often too quickly rejected by those who deny Jesus as the Messiah. For instance, unfulfilled prophecies isn't the same as never fulfilled prophecies. In fact, Jewish people and Christians are in some instances waiting on the same prophecies to be fulfilled in the future.

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Whether all Jewish people accept Jesus as Messiah or not doesn't really determine the matter. His role as Messiah is no more dependent on all Jewish people believing in Him than Father God's role, as Creator, is dependent on all Jewish people believing in Him.

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Reference Points:

1. The Bible makes no claim to replace Judaism and the Old Testament.

Rather, Paul speaks to the contrary. He speaks of Christians being grafted into the vine, and be adopted into Promise. Romans 11:24 reads, "For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!" 

 

2. On the meaning of the word "Jew," Paul utilizes language that suggests that a person's places as a Jew, a chosen one, is a heart matter. Romans 2:28-29 says, that "A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God."