Christianity is practiced by over 2.18 billion on earth. It
absolutely was started by an itinerate Jewish teacher called Yeshua from
Galilee in Roman occupied Palestine. He was created around 4 BC and
died in Jerusalem in 30 AD. The first 100 years of Christianity was
dominated by the 12 Jewish (Apostles) followers of Jesus, who based
their teachings around the Hebrew Scriptures called the Tanakh. Messianic Judaism
The
Roman Empire tolerated and made exceptions for that Monotheistic faith
of Judaism, and Julius Caesar and Augustus granted the Jews religious
privileges not granted other conquered nations. The new beliefs of such
12 Galilean (Apostles) followers of Jesus spread after His death. They
still met and worshipped in the Jewish Synagogues like a sect of Judaism
much like other Jews. The customs of such early followers of Jesus
included Saturday worship within the Synagogue as well as an annual
Passover service and many of the customs with the Jews.
In AD 66
the Jewish revolt against Rome triggered the Jewish Temple being
destroyed in AD 70. Judaism had not been longer a special protected
religion. Every one of the Jews were deported with other nations and
sold as slaves by Rome, and Jerusalem was burnt to the ground. Meanwhile
the Jewish sect called Christianity had spread around Asia Minor,
Greece and Rome and also the early writings with the 12 apostles were
now Greek documents. These early writings become the New Testament and
were along with Hebrew writings known as the Old Testament into that
which you now call the Christian bible. Early Christianity
Just how did a faith that
pointed in the Jewish synagogues of Palestine led by 12 Jewish
followers of Yeshua according to the Hebrew Tanakh later end up being
Anti-Semitic and resulted in burning and killing Jews inside the
crusades. How could Martin Luther write a magazine called the Jews and
their Lies in 1543 and Adolph Hitler use later those same religious
books to warrant the Holocaust?
That story is a long sad story
with the separation as well as how Christianity lost her way and forgot
her Hebrew Roots. The good news is always that all the is beginning to
change. There is now an openness to reexamine our relationship with the
Jews and our traditional knowledge of the Jewish scriptures. We label
this the Hebrew Roots movement.
Some key changes are:
Many
scholars recognize that it was prophesied in the ancient Hebrew
Scriptures that Israel would be re-established like a nation in
Palestine. All this happened in May 15th 1948 each time a Jewish Prime
minister David Ben-Gurion read these same scriptures and proclaimed the
condition of Israel. This caused many Christians to look at the Hebrew
Scriptures again.
Amos is a book discussing 750BC and says:
Amos 9 v 14 I am going to restore my exiled people Israel; they will
rebuild the ruined cities and are in them.
Isaiah was
discussing 680BC and says: Isaiah 66 v 7-8 - Who may have ever
encountered this? Who has experienced such things? Can a country be born
in a day or a nation be created in a moment?
Ezekiel was
written about 571BC and says: Ezekiel 34:13 I will bring them right out
of the nations and I will gather them from your countries, and i'll
bring them within their own land.
The Catholic Church is
different its attitude towards the Jews. The Second Vatican Council,
popularly known as Vatican II, was an ecumenical council of the Catholic
church under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and Pope Paul VI in 1965. This
council's knowledge of Nostra Aetate changed the long held position from
the Catholic Church no longer blamed the Jews for killing Jesus. In
1971 the Catholic Church established an inside International
Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee for Interreligious Consultations.
Important
Christian scholars are actually examining the newly discovered Dead Sea
Scrolls and therefore are challenging Christianitys long held
assumptions of the items Paul and the 12 followers of Jesus taught. E.P.
Sanders with his book, Paul and Palestinian Judaism and Anglican Bishop
of Durham within the Church of England N.T. Wrights book called What St
Paul Really Said are challenging that old Christiana ideas. They
strongly teach that Paul as well as the 12 followers of Jesus didn't
abandon their Jewish roots, and that is now being debated in Christian
Seminaries around the globe. NT Wrights comprehension of first Century
Judaism is transforming our comprehension of early Christianity.
We
at Servant of Messiah Ministries welcome these changes and want to take
part in this change and new understanding in Christianity. At
http://servantofmessiah.org, we preach and teach about the Gospel of
Kingdom. We don't hear the gospel with the kingdom of God as taught in
the First Century generally in most churches today. We want the first
teachings shared. Jesus preached, his disciples preached that until the
gospel was preached to everyone around the world, the Lord will delay
his returning to Earth.
Our ministry was firstly registered in
the condition of Washington as a ministry to render its plan to state
prisoners. Our first service was on 1st of April 2001. We preach the
term of Lord with focus on what was originally taught. All of us has
experienced Him understanding that motivates our service and transforms
our everyday life. We wish the remainder of the world also to begin to
see the beauty of god. Our mission is always to make people that have
not been aware of God or don't fall for in God to inspire these phones
call on god, the father.
Hopefully to shape this message by
providing some 300 books in Pdf, Epub and Mobi formats and will produce
our teachings as MP3s and podcasts. We've got the biggest assortment of
free Hebrew Roots literature available for download on the web. Visit
our website at http://www.servantofmessiah.org and freely download our
material.