Why do Jews not read Isaiah 53. The Old Testament leads to Christ??
First, ask yourself why this bothers you…. I’m only vaguely familiar with Christian hermeneutics, but I would imagine that it must be very annoying to Christians that Jews continue to reject human divinity or what not. I also imagine that it would be very satisfying if one could finally have the reassurance that everything they believed had been accepted and confirmed by the people whose religion they “perfected”. To not have that must be frustrating indeed. But to answer your question: because we have been patiently waiting for you to turn away from idolatry.
Why are Jews not turning to Jesus? Because the belief that God would become human is the ULTIMATE HERESY! Commentary from the Jewish Tanach: Isaiah 53: The surprised observers’ speech: The identity of the speakers who express their shock at the career of the servant is unclear. Are they the kings and nations of the world? If so, then the servant is probably the nation Israel, and the nations are stunned that such an insignificant and lowly group turns out to have been so important to the divine plan. Alternatively, the speakers may be the Judeans themselves, in which case the servant is either a pious minority (the ideal Israel, in contrast to the mass of Judeans whose faith and behavior miss the mark God set for them) or some individual within the Israelite community. 4-6: Either the servant suffered on behalf of the speakers (i.e., the guilty were not punished at all), or he suffered along with the guilty, even though he himself did not share in the guilt of his fellow Israelites. Th
