@Michael Ray...Quoting Psalms 16:10-11,"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell:" The definition of hell is Greek and there is no equivalent in Hebrew or Jewish thought or teachings. In this case hell is in reference to shoel, the grave. This is do to a mistranslation. The Pharisees & Sadducees were essentially religious political parties. The Pharisees were scribes and interpreters of the law (forerunners of rabbinic Judaism) and the Sadducees were the Temple Priests and carried out the law in reference to the Temple Cult. Traditional Judaism regards the soul as entering the body at birth and leaving at death, but this is in reference to the animal soul, Nefesh or soul of life. This is non cognitive and cognition is the Ruach.
The "grace" that you speak of is a concept first introduced by Martin Luther and developed by Jon Calvin. Simply put, before the creation of humanity; G-d choose who would be saved and they were drawn to G-d and Christ through predestination. No matter how many good works done by someone, could those not in a state of grace be part of the elect and would be condemned to hell. The idea of choice was introduced by the Dutch Calvinists. Eternal reward and eternal avoidance of punishment have and always will be a basic tenant of Christianity. The idea of eternal reward was basic to people whose lives were miserable and would remain so from birth to death.

@David Kemp...You began your post with "I believe". Your belief does not make it true or false. The fact that you accept it doesn't add veracity to it. To claim that prophecies have been fulfilled without reference suggests an emptiness to your suppositions. From the book of Isaiah along with the book of Daniel many have derived prophecies concerning a messiah. Understanding the true intent of prophecy is not easy and can easily be misconstrued.
You bring up Satan and your concept is that he's deceiver whereas Satan's true role is that of a prosecutor. Satan doesn't appear scripturallyuntil the New Testament and his role had completely changed from what is found in the book of Job. We know that concepts and writings changed over time and the Hebrew bible wasn't canonized until the 3rd century CE and the Christian bible wasn't canonized until the 4th century CE. Many writings were excluded from both volumes, but still existed. Decisions as to what would be in and what would be left out was decided by men, thus they were subject to fallibility.

@Pastor Frie…Thank you for request for clarification of my beliefs and thinking. I don’t know how much I can add, but I will attempt to answer your questions. As you are probably aware, Judaism is without dogma, creed or doctrine. It is the responsibility of each Jew to study, think and decide for themselves the meanings of the Torah, Tenach, Talmud, Mishnah and Zohar, along with scholars and rabbis who have preceded us. This is a lifelong process which is hoped will lead to increased levels of enlightenment, understanding and wisdom. A statement of my positions are mine alone and do not represent other Jews or Judaism in general. Also, you must understand that I am not a rabbi or a professional scholar. My interest is an avocation and I teach Jewish youth courses in comparative religion, Jewish history and Jewish morality and ethics.
I believe that what appears in the Torah is a series of allegories and metaphors written at a time when the general understanding was better known. The Torah is “the path to the target” and is Judaism’s constitution. It sets forth the values, morals and ethics by which we are to personally live and to maintain a harmonious community. My understanding of a Supreme Being has changed over time. (continued)

(continued) The G-d of my childhood is different from the G-d of my youth, my middle years and now that I have entered the end of my life; G-d holds yet another meeting. I do not pretend to understand that which is G-d and accept the responsibility for my actions. I hyphenate, when writing, G-d out of both tradition and respect.
The creation narrative is clearly an allegory outlining the physical process of the universe and the rise of a cognitive humanity. With the rise of humanity we have become co-creators with G-d. Whether what we create bodes well or ill for humanity and the rest of creation is our responsibility. Our actions or lack of actions have consequences. This is why so many Jews are committed to the notion of Tikkun Olam, “healing of the world”. We are strong advocates to bringing justice where social injustice occurs.

(continued) My conclusion to the questions concerning life after death is that the grave is where we all will end up and I don’t believe in an afterlife. Therefore, I live my life as if it will end in the grave and I must live each day morally and ethically, treating others as I would want myself to be treated. (Hillel) Judaism and generally accepted views on life after death are as varied as there are Jews. Some believe in life after death, some don’t, some believe in the purifying of the soul to be reborn, however, nearly all Jews reject the concept of a hell as purported by Christian theology.
One issue that is divisive for Jews is the role of a coming messiah. There are a number of Jews, myself included, that reject the notion and need for a messiah. On the other hand there are a number of Jews who are committed to the coming of a messiah.

(continued) Throughout Jewish history a redeemer or anointed one has been looked to as a mechanism to rescue G-d’s people. Although Moses wasn’t a messiah, he did fulfill the criteria of redeemer. Saul was the first anointed one followed by David, followed by Solomon, etc. but did not fulfill the criterion of redeemer. From my study the modern concept of messiah began to creep into Judaism during the Babylonian and Persian Diaspora. From this input a whole new form of Judaism was created which I call Messianic Judaism. It is no coincidence that when Jews are under stress, that they look to an outside entity to rescue them. The lesson to be learned by Jews is that the last 3000 years has not brought a supernatural entity to redeem and rescue us; we must do the job ourselves. In the narrative that the tribes wanted a king just as other peoples, has resulted in disaster for the people of the covenant. It was no accident that when the nation of Israel was recreated that we did not go to a theocratic monarchy; creating a social democracy instead. Judaism has had to remain flexible to survive. We have adapted ourselves to the outside world, while remaining true to the covenant at Sinai.

(continued) From my studies, what we call Christianity is an outgrowth of a number of sources present from the 2nd century BCE. The Jewish roots included two main streams of thought; Messianic Judaism and Apocalyptic Judaism. This provided the foundation for this Jewish fringe group. The Jesus Movement did not gain much of a following until Paul became involved and changed the requirements of who could join the movement; convert to Judaism first and then join the group. Saul was a member of the Jewish Greek Diaspora and was well acquainted with those who considered themselves as the Friends of Judaism. He understood that he would not be successful until the requirement for circumcision was dropped, waiver of the Jewish dietary laws and other forms of Halakah that would prevent practical living outside of Judea. This is the beginning and most significant schism that occurred between the mother religion of Judaism and the emerging daughter religion of Christianity. From that moment on we have taken separate paths and it is difficult to find much Jewish influence in Christianity. The heavy reliance on the Christian covenant as outlined in Christian canonized scriptures has driven us even further apart. Christianity’s general historic hatred for Jews, as Christ killers, has been the justification for Christianity’s inhuman and genocidal treatment of my people.

(conclusion) Therefore, I view Christianity as a danger to all of us who do not follow it and in particular fundamentalism.
If you would like to continue this conversation in person, I would be open to that.

Best regards,
Lyle