As a Jew, Yeshua kept the Torah of Moses and fully participated in the Jewish culture of His day. But that doesn’t mean that He fully embraced the Judaism and traditions which were reshaping that culture. On the contrary, we find Yeshua in the Scriptures not only challenging the traditions and the zeal many had […]
One of the major obstacles to Jews believing in Yeshua is their belief that the religion of Judaism is incompatible with the Messianic faith. And, in fact, it is… just not for the reasons they think. Among religious Jews, some have asserted that the incompatibility lies partly in believers’ rejection of the Oral Law—that this […]
Among American Christians, a positive view of the modern State of Israel has never been a hundred percent. Yet among today’s younger generations, it has been dropping precipitously. A Lifeway survey conducted just after the October 7 massacre (lttl.pw/israel-survey) showed that while 22% of Christians over age 65 have a negative perception of Israel, that […]
The idea that God can have a son is not only biblical, but was well-understood by the ancients. As we explored earlier, the concept is found most clearly in the kingship of David and the expectation for the sonship of his endless line upon Israel’s throne. But someone being called God’s son is not quite […]
As we previously learned from the Hebrew Scriptures, there is nothing bizarre or outrageous about God having a son. It does not imply or necessitate any kind of natural childbirth or other-worldly conception, but instead speaks to the characteristics of a special relationship with God. Israel’s sonship, for example, is defined by being called God’s […]
The “New Testament” claims that Yeshua is the Son of God—an inconceivable and offensive claim in the eyes of Judaism. How could the holy, eternal Creator of the universe have a human son? Did He defile Himself to procreate with humans? Did He father biological offspring as in Greek myths and pagan religions? Yet despite […]
It’s universally accepted and taught in Judaism, Messianic Judaism, Jewish roots, and every adjacent movement, that, without question, God gave Israel the Torah on Shavuot—that our observance of Shavuot should also celebrate the receiving of the Torah, because that momentous event occurred on the very same date as the Feast. But did it? In this […]
Christians say that Jesus is God. But isn’t this understanding just a misinterpretation or twisting of Scripture? Or maybe it’s an invention of the New Testament authors, not embraced by Yeshua Himself. Isn’t the idea of a man being God in total conflict with the Hebrew Scriptures? Not so fast! In this episode, Kevin considers […]
Why is traditional, Rabbinic Judaism so deeply embedded in the culture and expression of the typical Messianic Jewish synagogue service and community? Why have Messianics adopted Judaism in this way? Does it actually make us better disciples of Messiah? In what way does Judaism really support and reinforce the Jewishness of a Messianic Jew? In […]
It might come as a surprise, but most Jewish people actually know very little about the Bible. Today’s Jewish people have grown increasingly secular and humanistic, with no standard frame of reference where it comes to spiritual or religious topics. But despite the vast differences in beliefs among Jews, one thing you can almost always […]
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