Shalom my friends.
The importance of an early education in Judaism is of the utmost. Because I lacked such an education I lacked the ability to defend myself against the world outside. Not having knowledge, empty minded to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, my soul was lost. Yes I admit not seeking or having the desire to indulge in such things. Do I blame my parents? And if not, then who? Many of our people lack such education. Many of our people are secular and I just don’t know why. The very last thing I care to do is past judgement, not only because I was a practicing Messianic up onto recently, but because it would be wrong.
My desire now is to help my fellow Jews along with Christians who possibly might have any nagging questions.
The following are areas I had never really questioned.
1) The virgin birth.
2) Actual prophecies fulfilled verses that of the Tanakh.
3) Where does it say in the Torah that to receive eternal life one must receive a blood atonement.
Salvation is of the Jews and of HASHEM. God Himself is our salvation, not Yeshua. We read in scripture that HASHEM is against the shedding of innocent blood so why would we think that the shedding of Yeshua’s blood would atone for the world. We do not need blood to atone for any sin we need to return to God, all in all.
4) Where does it say in the Torah that the Messiah that is to bring in the Messianic era would come twice? How about what the world would like to call the suffering servant, where is that writing?
5) The First commanded stated in both Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5 is very clear, “You shall not recognize the gods of others in My presence.”
Has I said before, the foundation must be poured first and then the building of the house. I believe that Yeshua said some good things at times but he is not the Messiah. There were many who came before him who said and did good works. Perhaps over the past two thousand years man has come along and mishandled what really took place. Rome’s Constantine had a lot to do with how things were changed during the third century.
There is one God and that is HASHEM. There is no trinity nor is Jesus the Father. God did not come in the flesh and no God did not impregnate Mary.
While I was involved in Messianic Judaism, I never once reached out to another Jew. All along I desired to be accepted by our Jewish community, now I know why things played out the way they did. There have been many Jews who like me practiced Messianic Judaism and never once converted a fellow Jew. They are happy it worked out that way.
The Christian world would like to think that they have right while thinking we have it wrong. Sure we are a such a small number when it comes to the Christian population, but that actually doesn’t affect the truth. HASHEM Himself said that He didn’t choose us because we were more numerous then our fellow nations but that we were willing. Like a light in the center of the universe are we. Rome conquered the world for nearly a thousand years only to fall. Many nations looked to destroy Israel, the latest was Germany. Today Israel is still going strong.
In scripture it is writing that in the end days, that men of ten different nations will grab hold of the Tzitzit (Garment) of a Jew and say, “Let us go with you, for you know the way to HASHEM.” Taking this line of scripture into consideration, how can the Jews be wrong?
To be continued.
Lawrence Wohl
