Hello- my workaday name is Michael, but in hebrew school I was Moshe. I am a believer in Jesus, and been one (praise him!) for 17 years. Over the past few years I have felt drawn closer to my indentity as a Jew, not the least because I have so many unsaved members of my own family. I hope to have some good ecourangement and conversation from these forums. Thanks for being here!
Welcome Moshe! That is my Hebrew name as well.
So what was it that made you a "believer"?
Blessings in Messiah Moshe! Welcome.
It's good to see you here, Moshe. Ironically, there is a lack of Jews for Jesus on this forum. I hope we all get encouraged form you being here.
Welcome. You will be much appreciated here. Our families seem to be the common thread that weaves us all together. We want our families to know the Lord and to be with us in heaven. I hope you enjoy this site as much as I have over the past year. Gd bless you.
shalom Moshe . i'm fairly new around here and have found it to be very interesting . hope the Lord blesses your visit .
Hello- my workaday name is Michael, but in hebrew school I was Moshe. I am a believer in Jesus, and been one (praise him!) for 17 years. Over the past few years I have felt drawn closer to my indentity as a Jew.
Hello Moshe, welcome to the forum. I find it quite fascinating
that you have "felt drawn closer to my identity as a Jew" by
accepting believes not normally associated with Jews and Judaism.
How did you come to believe in Jesus as messiah?
Do you come from a secular background, and the more
you learned about Judaism by studying Jesus' background,
this brought you closer to a Jewish identity?
Curious to know your journey.
Chava
Chava, if rabbis such as the Rambam and Rashi define the Jewish viewpoint, then you are right. But I believe that those men distorted the Jewish viewpoint, and that Jesus and the New Testament give the Jewish viewpoint.
Chava, if rabbis such as the Rambam and Rashi define the Jewish viewpoint, then you are right. But I believe that those men distorted the Jewish viewpoint, and that Jesus and the New Testament give the Jewish viewpoint.
Yes, I think it's interesting that often folks equate the "Jewish viewpoint" by what the majority of Jewish people believe. But interestingly over Israel's history, the majority often originally rejected the prophets and God's truth spoken through them, e.g. Joseph, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, etc. - often only a righteous remnant believed the prophets in their day. Only later did the majority of the people come to recognize the former prophets as prophets. And to be quite frank, today the majority of Jewish people are actually quite secular (agnostics, Buddhists, new agers, etc), not believing any of the Hebrew prophets actually spoke the literal truth of Yahwey himself.
As with the other prophets, so it is (and will be) with Yeshua. Today rejected (like Joseph, etc) by the majority, accepted by the remnant, but tomorrow to be recognized as G-d's prophet/messiah/savior/redeemer (Zech 12:10, Matt 21:9 cf Psalms 118:26, Psalms 2, Deu 18, etc). The problem of course is that in the meantime, when one dies in rebellion against G-d's prophets there is no hope. There is only hope when one repents and trust's in G-d's provision of righteousness. G-d promises that one day Israel as a nation will be awakened from their blindness and rebellion (Jer 31, Ezek 36, etc), but in the meantime, individuals (Jew and Gentile) are dying and eternally paying for their own sins one by one. How dreadful to get what one deserves instead of the mercy G-d has offered so graciously...
Psalms 32, 51, Isaiah 6, 53...
Blessings in Messiah!
Chava, if rabbis such as the Rambam and Rashi define the Jewish viewpoint, then you are right. But I believe that those men distorted the Jewish viewpoint, and that Jesus and the New Testament give the Jewish viewpoint.
Okay, then I believe that the New Testament and Jesus distorts
the Jewish truth, and the Rambam and Rashi are correct.
It makes no sense for you to define the Jewish viewpoint than it
does for me to define the Christian one.