He was born Jewish, and was a Jew. But he basically started his own religion because he thought Judaism was wrong and hated it. Just because you are born into one religion doesn't mean you can't convert. Look at Ivanka Trump, she was born Christian, but converted to Judaism for her husband Jared. There's also lots of people born into Catholic families that become atheists when they grow up.
Anyway, point is... Yeah Jesus was a Jew. For a time. But he didn't die a Jew.
That’s not really true. He was Jewish and was fulfilling a whole bunch of Jewish prophecies. He wasn’t like “screw this wacky religion we’re making our own”. He was more like “everything about this religion was right and I am going to show you, but some of you will refuse to understand it.” Pretty much everything about the OT is foreshadowing what happens in the NT. That is why Christians still study it.
Also the early followers of Christ still called themselves Jews for centuries after His death.
He was born Jewish, and was a Jew. But he basically started his own religion because he thought Judaism was wrong and hated it. Just because you are born into one religion doesn't mean you can't convert. Look at Ivanka Trump, she was born Christian, but converted to Judaism for her husband Jared. There's also lots of people born into Catholic families that become atheists when they grow up.
Anyway, point is... Yeah Jesus was a Jew. For a time. But he didn't die a Jew.
That’s not really true. He was Jewish and was fulfilling a whole bunch of Jewish prophecies. He wasn’t like “screw this wacky religion we’re making our own”. He was more like “everything about this religion was right and I am going to show you, but some of you will refuse to understand it.” Pretty much everything about the OT is foreshadowing what happens in the NT. That is why Christians still study it.
Also the early followers of Christ still called themselves Jews for centuries after His death.
He also pushed against the additions to the Old Testament that the Pharisees compiled into the Talmud.