I have been studying Messianic Judaism for 4 years. What is Messianic Judaism?
“The earliest form of Christianity—the Christianity of the apostolic era—was a messianic sectarian movement within greater, first-century Judaism. More than one hundred years after the life of Yeshua of Nazareth, the explosive growth of Gentile Christianity eclipsed the early, messianic, sect of Judaism he had founded. Many Jewish and Gentile Christians discarded the distinctively Jewish practices of the Torah (Law) as they assimilated into the evolving Gentile religious environment. The original, biblical faith and practice of Yeshua and his first disciples faded into obscurity”.
http://www.bethimmanuel.org/about-us/messianic-judaism-all-nations
First understand that I’m not trying to be Jewish. Our Messiah lived as a Jewish man and He is coming back to rule and reign not from Charleston or New York City or even from Rome, but from Jerusalem. As a disciple I want to understand my Rabbi’s (Yeshua) words. Christianity has been severed from its Jewish Roots for many reasons that I will not get into for this post. But, restoration is happening by the Holy Spirit. Jewish people are coming to recognize Yeshua as their Messiah. There is much we Gentiles need to relearn and we can do that by reconnecting with our Jewish Roots. Paul said in Romans chapter 3 the following;
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of G-d. (Romans 3:1-2)
G-d’s Chosen People were entrusted with the Words given to Moses directly from God’s mouth. These foundational words were given in the Torah, the five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy).
And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” (Numbers 12:5-8)
The call that is on my life is not for everyone to delve as deeply into these things. With that said, we all need to read our bibles in context and be like the Bereans.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. (Acts 17:10-11)
I said all that to get to Binding and Loosing. This is a teaching from First Fruits of Zion. It explains the context of these much misunderstood words of Yeshua. Click on Binding and Loosing to watch.
Grace and Peace to you!
truth with balance 