Editing Christianity and Judaism (section)

===Common Christian views of Judaism===
Christians believe that Christianity is the fulfillment and successor of Judaism, retaining much of its doctrine and many of its practices including [[monotheism]], the belief in a Messiah, and certain forms of worship like prayer and reading from religious texts. Christians believe that Judaism requires blood sacrifice to atone for sins, and believe that Judaism has abandoned this since the [[destruction of the Second Temple]]. Most Christians consider the Mosaic Law to have been a necessary intermediate stage, but that once the [[crucifixion of Jesus]] occurred, adherence to civil and ceremonial Law was superseded by the New Covenant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7:11-28;&version=31;|title=Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 7:11–28 – New International Version|website=Bible Gateway}}</ref>

Some Christians{{who|date= November 2018}} adhere to [[New Covenant theology]], which states that with the arrival of his New Covenant, Jews have ceased being blessed under his [[Mosaic covenant]]. This position has been softened or disputed by other Christians{{who|date= November 2018}}, where Jews are recognized to have a special status under the [[Abrahamic covenant]]. New Covenant theology is thus in contrast to [[Dual-covenant theology]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pettigrew|first=LD|title=THE NEW COVENANT AND NEW COVENANT THEOLOGY|url=https://www.tms.edu/m/tmsj18h.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=24 July 2021|website=The Master's Seminary|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302044603/http://www.tms.edu/m/tmsj18h.pdf}}</ref>

Some Christians{{who|date= November 2018}} who view the Jewish people as close to God seek to understand and incorporate elements of Jewish understanding or perspective into their beliefs as a means to [[Philo-Semitism|respect]] their "parent" religion of Judaism, or to more fully seek out and return to their Christian roots. Christians embracing aspects of Judaism are sometimes criticized as Biblical [[Judaizers]] by Christians when they pressure gentile Christians to observe Mosaic teachings rejected by most modern Christians.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/161086/observing-torah-like-jesus | title=FOR SOME BELIEVERS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH JESUS, THE ANSWER IS TO LIVE LIKE A JEW | work=Tablet | date=4 February 2014 | access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref>

[[Commonwealth Theology]] (CT) asserts that Judeo-Christian tensions were exacerbated in the fall of Jerusalem and by the subsequent Jewish Revolt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Krieger|first=Douglas W.|title=Commonwealth Theology Essentials|publisher=Commonwealth of Israel Foundation|year=2020|isbn=979-8-65-292851-3|location=Phoenix|pages=131}}</ref> As a result, early Christian theologies formulated in the Roman capitals of Rome and Constantinople began to include antisemitic attitudes, which have been carried forward and embraced by the Protestant Reformers. [[Dispensationalism|Dispensation Theology]], formalized in the 1830s by [[John Nelson Darby|John Darby]], holds that "God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblehub.com/romans/11-2.htm|title=Romans 11:2 God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel|website=biblehub.com}}</ref> Dispensationalism, however, maintains that God's special dealings with Israel have been interrupted by the [[Church Age]]. Commonwealth Theology, on the other hand, recognizes the continuity of God's "congregation in the wilderness"<ref>Acts 7:38</ref> as presently consisting of the Jews (house of Judah) and the Nations (Gentiles), among whom are abiding the historically scattered Northern Kingdom (house of Israel). Commonwealth Theology views the Jews as already included in [[Commonwealth of Israel]]<ref>Eph. 2:12</ref> even while in unbelief, but nevertheless unsaved in their unbelieving state.<ref name=":0" /> CT recognizes that both the reconciliation of the Jewish house and the reconciliation of the estranged house of Israel (among the Gentiles) was accomplished by the cross; and that the salvation of "All Israel"<ref>Rom. 11:26</ref> is a process that began on the Day of Pentecost. The full realization of the "one new man" created through the peace (between the Jews and "you Gentiles") made by his cross<ref>Eph. 2:15</ref> will take place in Ezekiel's two sticks made one, when both houses of Israel will be united under the Kingdom of David.<ref>see Ezekiel Ch. 37</ref>