Messianic Judaism Quest

The growth and development of Messianic Judaism during the last thirty years, and, in particular the congregational movement within it during that time, has created a point in history demanding a fundamental reconsideration and proper understanding of the key principles and direction of the Messianic Movement.

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However, reading a book does not address a fundamental issue, the lack of Hashkafa. That is the lack of Jewish perspective- of an underlying mode of Jewish thinking that is sorely lacking in most Messianic settings.

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The question of “legitimate” circumstances divorce was recently posed to me by a friend. While the reasons for asking this are not important, the question arose from three seeming contradictory passages. The first passage regards the Torah’s perspective on divorce. The second and third stem from Yeshua’s comments and from Paul’s.

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The Jesus presented in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew and to a lesser extent Mark reflects a very different image than the portrait painted by the Gospel of John. Luke and Matthew present Jesus as a legitimate claimant to the throne of King David by genealogy and by his fulfillment of a series of prophecies they deem messianic.

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A reader recently raised the question as to how can we reconcile the anti-Messianic, or better said anti-Yeshua perspectives of many of the Sages that we are “promoting.” The challenge is real and has been raised by many leaders of various Messianic Jewish organizations.

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The growth of the Kabbalah was not received warmly by many pundits. Part of this opposition was based upon similarities between the doctrine of the Sefirot and the trinitarian formulation of Christian thought.

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Many congregations approach this subject with a great deal of apprehension because they fear that incorporating “rabbinic tradition” is theologically problematic. This trepidation is partially predicated upon the notion that the early rabbis developed a system, which explicitly eliminated God from an active role in the halakhic decision-making process.

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The following is part of a new series of posts that I will be making. They are edited versions of actual email dialogs that occurred between myself, and individuals inquiring about Messianic Judaism or hoping to visit the chaverah I am a part of. For the most part, they are edited only to protect the names of the guilty and the innocent (me)!

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According to Rabbi Hartman, the Torah provides the Jewish community with a historical memory of a living G-d who selected the Jewish people from among the nations through whom which He would be sanctified in history.

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Just came across an interesting resource for literature from the Second Temple Period.

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