Messianic Judaism Quest

That being said, Jews should not be so offended that evangelical Christians are intent on evangelizing them. Why? Because evangelicals are intent on evangelizing everyone including Christians from other non-evangelical denominations. Evangelicals try to evangelize Messianic Jews, in part because they believe (those who are observant) that they are in error. The concern that evangelicals might believe that Jews are destined to hell should be irrelevant to most Jews…since most reject this view.

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“Messianic” groups looking to the Karaites as a model should realize that at best, Karaism at best is surviving, not thriving. The ultimate reason behind this was the disconnect created with the greater Jewish community. While one might argue that a similar disconnect is at work in the normative Jewish community and Messianic Jews because of the Yeshua factor, a break with the classical tradition as the basis of identity as in the case of the Karaites would spell the death null for Messianic Jews.

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Israel believes because faith in G-d depends on the memory of an event. This is the great innovation of Israelite religion in the biblical period, put the emphasis on history while ancient near eastern religions put the emphasis on nature.

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Even if the idea of matrilineal descent is accepted as having existed during the Biblical era, the basis for acceptance in the community of Israel is not fully discussed and the Mishnah reveals that while a majority view on the matter of who is a Jew was adopted on the basis of matrilineal descent, dissenting views continued to exist though they held no authoritative legal status.

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