If the Text in the torah have not changed througout history, why are there so many

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veiws about the afterlife? I have read that the Torah is the same everywhere. My question is in two parts, part one; why are the Jews waiting on a messiah to come back if there is not an afterlife, If the Torah does not mention an afterlife, I have a hard time wondering why people believe in a messiah.

Part 2: The Text in the Torah are the same everywhere, why would there be different views about an afterlife? Do the Jewish people not know if there is an afterlife or are assumtions made because the Torah does not mention an afterlife?
 
The messiah's mission is to usher in peace on EARTH.

You won't find anything about the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible. It is the Christian Bible (NT) that introduces the concept of a devil with powers equal to God, eternal torment for non-believers and original sin.

Reincarnation here on EARTH is much different from a future life in the netherworld. Think of it as returning the world to the perfection of the Garden of Eden.
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answer: #2 Here's a challenge. Find where in the Torah the afterlife is discussed. There's your answer. You won't be able to. That's why there are varying ideals on the concept of an afterlife in Judaism.

#1 Jews are NOT waiting on a messiah "to come back". The Jewish Messiah will be human, not divine. No coming back. The messiah will accomplish the prophecies without a "second coming".
 
Part one: The Messiah is expected, not to come back, but to arrive for a first time. Though the Torah is the same everywhere, the Messiah concept is not written in the Torah at all. It is more in the Nevi'im and Ketuvim sections of the Tanakh (Prophets and Writings). It is also discussed widely in the Talmud and other Jewish texts such as the Midrash, but not in the Torah.

Part 2: Same reason - the afterlife is not discussed at all in the Torah itself.

Christians have one holy book - the Bible. Muslims have one holy book - the Quran. Jews have many holy books. The most revered is the Torah, but the most studied is the Talmud. There are thousands and thousands of books published as commentaries to the Torah, Talmud, and Tanakh. The 5 books of the Torah are not our only source.
 
The messiah's mission is to usher in peace on EARTH.

You won't find anything about the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible. It is the Christian Bible (NT) that introduces the concept of a devil with powers equal to God, eternal torment for non-believers and original sin.

Reincarnation here on EARTH is much different from a future life in the netherworld. Think of it as returning the world to the perfection of the Garden of Eden.
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