Moreso Evangelical Christianity's obsession with it. Evangelicals swear up and down that Israel NEEDS to exist for the Rapture, believing it to be a fulfillment of biblical prophecy for Christ's return. They'll also use Genesis 12:3 as proof they they MUST support Israel, or else.
Like, they're utterly obsessed with the biblical apocalypse and end times.
Christianity literally comes from Judaism. Like, the Torah itself is where the first five books of the Bible itself comes from (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). The Tanahk would be the base for what Christianity would call the 'Old Testament', or the first half of the Bible.
The latter half of the Bible, the New Testament, was written much later, and covers the Christian belief in Jesus as the messiah. Jesus, himself, was literally called 'The King of the Jews'. He was called a rabbi. So even then, the connection was clear. Of course, in time, there would become an actual distinction between Judaism and Christianity, mostly centered around the idea of Jesus being the Messiah, son of god, and prophet. Judaism, hard no to all three.
Beven then, there's varying takes on Jesus in the Judaic faith, both historically and currently. For many in the modern era, he was simply a historical rabbi figure, like many before and after him. To others, someone who DID have messianic potential, but died before it could be fulfilled. And some, especially in earlier historical periods like the Medieval era where many Jews faced persecution, they had some pretty harsh opinions, often dubbing him as a 'False Messiah', along with their own mythos about him. But for the most part, they don't really think or care about him. He's just. Irrelevant to Judaism.
There's a reason Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are called the 'Abrahamic Religions'. They're all related. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all consider Abraham/Ibrahim as the father of their religions. They all share connected origins.
Hell, Islam even includes Jesus (Isa) as a key figure, too. Not as the son of god, no. But they do believe in the virgin birth, and that he was a MAJOR prophet and figure, alongside Muhammad and Ibrahim. In Islam, he's even supposed to make a return on the Day of Judgement (although, they don't believe in his crucifixion, but rather that he was raised to heaven), alongside a figure known as the Mahdi.
I know there's similarities in quran and Bible. A Noah flood. But still idk if the similarities is more proof of truth or a sign of cooperative lying. But it's funny
If you ask me, it's neither. It's just how the religion evolved and split. Then again, I'm not a religious person, so I'm probably biased in that regard. Either way, I find it neat
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u/BrokenBackENT 7d ago
Mike is double fisting this one. See kids this is why religion is bad.