Messianic Judaism
What the movement believes, where it came from and how it differs within itself.
- What is Messianic Judaism?Jewish people who follow Yeshua as Israel’s Messiah and remain Jews. What the movement believes and why Jewish identity matters.
- Messianic Judaism and Hebrew Roots: what’s the difference?Two movements that look alike from the outside and differ at the center: who Israel is, and why Torah is kept.
- What is replacement theology?The teaching that the church has replaced Israel, where it came from, what it cost, and why Scripture says otherwise.
- Your first visit to a Messianic synagogueWhat happens on a Shabbat morning, what to wear, the Hebrew you will hear, and the questions visitors usually ask.
Yeshua and the Jewish people
Who Jesus was, how Jewish people have seen him, and the history between them.
- Was Jesus Jewish?Yes. Born to a Jewish mother, circumcised on the eighth day, a teacher of Torah who kept the feasts. What his Jewishness means.
- What do Jewish people believe about Jesus?Why most Jews do not see Jesus as the Messiah, how Jewish views of him have changed, and how Messianic Jews answer.
- Did the Jews kill Jesus?No. What the Gospels actually say, who crucified him, and how a false charge fueled centuries of persecution.
- Yeshua or Jesus?Why Messianic Jews use the name Yeshua, what it means, and why the name you use is not a test of faith.
Shabbat, Torah and the feasts
The rhythm of Jewish time that Messianic congregations keep.
- What is Shabbat?The seventh-day rest that begins Friday at sundown: what Shabbat shalom means, when Shabbat starts and ends, and how it is kept.
- This week’s Torah portionThe parashah read in synagogues this Shabbat, with its haftarah, and the full cycle for the year ahead.
- The biblical feastsThe seven appointed times of Leviticus 23, their dates this year, and what they mean for Messianic Jews.