We often talk about sharing the faith with Protestants, Muslims, atheists, and many non-Christians.

But what about Jews? In today's episode, I'm going to share a few reasons why Jewish people should accept Catholicism as the fulfillment of what God revealed to their forefathers.

Let's start with the evidence for Jesus of Nazareth being the promised Messiah of the Old Testament.

In case you didn't know, we say Jesus Christ, or we call

him the Christ, because this Greek title means anointed one. In ancient Judaism, the term was

masiak, in English, Messiah. Israel's kings, priests, and prophets were anointed with oil,

and so they were considered messias in charge with leading God's people. But when most people

talk about the Messiah or Messiah,

they referred to the person prophesied in the Old Testament

who would come and usher in an age of peace and restore the kingdom of David.

The prophecies include, among many others,

promises that he would be descended from David,

inaugurate a new covenant, suffer for our sins, conquer death, and

usher in an age of peace in which all people know the true God. Later, rabbinic interpretations

of the Old Testament also claim the Messiah would bring about the reconstruction of the temple

in Jerusalem, which was destroyed in 8070. The New Testament shows how Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled

messianic prophecies related to his birth in Bethlehem and his entry into Jerusalem while riding a donkey.

When the high priest asked Jesus if he was the Messiah, Jesus said to him,

I am, and you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven.

Modern Jews usually reject Jesus as the Messiah because they say either Jesus failed to

fulfill genuine messianic prophecies or the Old Testament passages that Jesus did fulfill

aren't actually messianic prophecies at all.

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