What do most Jewish people today believe about Jesus, according to Les?
Most Jewish people today, according to the teaching, share the mentality of Saul of Tarsus: they regard Jesus as an imposter and a blasphemer, and they believe removing His name from Israel honors God. An anecdote illustrates a rabbi denying Jesus ever came.
Les explains that the major mentality of most Jews even today is the same as Saul of Tarsus before his conversion. They still think Jesus was an imposter and a blasphemer, and they believe that doing away with the name of Jesus from amongst Israel is doing their God a favor. He shares an anecdote from a Jewish magazine: an Evangelical and an old Jewish Rabbi argued about Jesus' Messiahship. When the Evangelical said Jesus had already been crucified, gone back to glory, and was waiting to come the second time, the Rabbi replied, "Oh no way, He's never been here." They argued back and forth.