Why Was Jesus Not the Typical Messiah the Jews Expected?

Why was Jesus not the typical messiah the Jews expected?

First, for the people who worshiped the one only true God, the arrival of the Messiah was an event that had been foretold and everyone that worshiped the one god expected and wildly anticipated it to happen. It was a time were those living in the first century were excited that the prophecies involving the Messiah were actually going to happen in their lifetimes so when it became apparent that the Messiah had not come to rule, and he was just an ordinary man from a small town they were very shocked.

The greatest amount of evidence that the Jews were anticipating a Messiah that was different from the one that came is the constant grief and opposition that Jesus had to face throughout his life. This opposition mostly consisted of the leading religious leaders, who were seeking to seize and kill him as they thought that he was fake and trying to take their roles as the messiah, as the people who were predicted to be the messiah were priest kings and religious leaders (strong powerful men who had influence) they thought Jesus was an imposter.

Not only was Jesus not accepted by the leading religious leaders, He was also rejected by the common-folk like him, as they tended to follow the word of higher ranking people. After Jesus had finished teaching that he was the messiah of. Many people saw Jesus' great miracles, but most of the people were unwilling to accept his word and what he teached. The rejection of Jesus by the common-folk is seen even more clearly at Jesus' trial when the crowds were shouting things like 'Away with Him, Kill Him, crucify Him!'

Clearly, Jesus was not the Messiah the Jews had expected. This is because he didn't fully match the description that the Jews wanted Him to have. This is a big reason why the Jews did not expect him to be the messiah.

In conclusion there were 4 main factors for why the Jews did not except Jesus as the messiah; 1. Because they have been told many things about the messiah and who it was suppose to be and how the messiah was pictured was hardly anything like Jesus, 2. The fact that the main candidates for the messiah were the Priests, the kings and the religious leaders. 3. Jewish belief is based on national revelation. 4. And finally Jesus did not embody the personal qualifications to be the messiah.