"If Jesus was a Jew, why do Jews now believe that Jesus is yet to come?" Your question is incredibly important for Christians to understand. Yes, Jesus is a Jew. He was born into the line of King David, which is why Joseph and Mary had to travel to the small village of Bethlehem in Judea, to be counted in the census for tax purposes just before Jesus was born (see Luke 2:1-7). The word “Christ” has its roots in the idea of salvation. It is significant to the Hebrew understand