Post by azaliah on Sept 30, 2015 20:30:31 GMT -8
Shalom,
Praise be to Yeshua Ha-Moshiach,
It has been so long since I posted I thought I would introduce myself again. From what little I know of my mother she was Hebrew, I am not sure if I should say she was Jewish, because that may confuse her with the Yehudim that do not believe in the Messiah. Since I have learned, they certainly don't consider us Jewish. It's not offensive really, but what bothers me is the sillyness of the Hassidim, Yehudim,Kafim, who will consider one who's mother was a Jew, that is an atheist to be a Jew, but a Christian.....goy.
But it's ok, I get it being Jewish to them is a religion, not a race or an ethnicity and their brand of Judaism centers around the denial that Jesus (Yeshua) is Hashem, and to be an atheist is still yet a denial. Now I have never witnessed to an Orthodox Jew, (not intentionally, just never had the pleasure) but one day I met a Jewish guy and we were talking and he asked me if I was Jewish also (actually we were arguing with this Nazi guy who was talking trash about Jews over a videogame) I told him, no....not really. He said, "what do you mean?" I said, "well my mother was Jewish, but I don't think I am". He said, "well if your mother was Jewish, then you are a Jew, that's how it works!" then I laughed and said, "no....not really". In an instant he new what I was referring to and said, "are you a Christian?".
Yep, for sure....there is no way I can deny my heart and soul, and thousands of years of prophesy because Yeshua did not fit in to the traditional fantasy the Pharisee dreamed up for the Messiah, but I simply responded with, "yes, I believe Jesus was the Messiah, and is the Son of Hashem".
Doctor Jekyll, Mr. Hyde. Any Jewishness I had was null and void, as he says to me, "well don't go proselytizing in our synagogue's, the Jews have many enemies in this day and age and we don't need another."
A few weeks later, he still has my number because we were almost friends and he says, "Are you ready to return to your tribe, and to your people and become Jewish again?"
I said, "no thank you" as kindly as I could, then he said, "loose my number".
Not much of a loss, because I suppose I never was Jewish. All that I had from my mother, was her
. One might think it means she was a Jew, but if she was Jewish, why did she give me over to Christians? So, I am a Hebrew, but am I Jew? Certainly not a Jew as they are a Jew, but a Hebrew who is part of the New Jerusalem, my Judaism passed from my spiritual father Yeshua, it's the true Judaism the true Jewish faith.
I don't know precisely how Hashem wants to use me, but ever since I found out about my mother my spirituality has changed! You see, most Christians approach Christianity from a Roman (or possible might argue pagan) viewpoint. Learning about a/Brit'CHadashah pure Christianity removes some of the basic blindfolds a lot of protestants face. A thousand years of, bad, gentile, non-Jewish doctrine being the main one, and applying a Jewish view to the New Testament not only reveals how impressive the fulfillment of these prophesies were in Christ it also helps to understand what a beautiful thing it is that Goyim could become grafted in to our family tree. While I believe a promise remains for the seed of Abraham, I feel that all goy who accept Yeshua as Hashem, are essentially....Jews, to wit the New Jerusalem. This may be a belief that I am sure not everyone agrees on, and it doesn't change our belief in Yeshua so I respect other viewpoints.
So, I am done writing this book, but I returned to this forum because I am a father now, with two daughters. One alive and one waiting. Both with Jewish names, who are learning from birth to speak Hebrew, my youngest Abi, will not say please, we tried dozens of times, it never worked but she will say "Bevakasha". My wife has adapted also, and we are a Jewish observant couple, not like...Christian Hassidim or whatever lol, but we try to keep Kosher (we don't buy food a Orthodox Rabbi blessed, so technically not Kosher...besides I think I would prefer an Mulsim spit in it to that, and we are poor
) and we are trying to be observant of Jewish holidays, this was by conviction mind you, not originally a desire to observe Messianic Judaism, I kinda left that thing a while back when things didn't turn out the way I planned. One Christmas my wife was wondering why I didn't want to go to my parents Christmas party or I never seemed to care about it. I was like...."it's a pretty Jewish principle, you don't mix pagan and sacred beliefs. This Santa, with the Yule log, is not Messianic and it's not Jewish. I know my family thinks of it as fun but when you have something like Yeshua's birth, or like on Easter Yeshua's resurrection, I can't help but feel it shames Hashem to mix it with pagan holidays and pagan celebrations. So I told her about the Story of Judas Maccabeus and Chanuckkah and now we celebrate that instead.(To any fellow believers out there who celebrate those holidays, I am not saying you are bad for doing so, I think many people do harmlessly but we each have to account as Hashem leads us as Sha'ul said,"All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." 1 Corinthians 6:12)
Anyway, I am back because I have ZERO MJ friends, only my wife, and though I plan to attend a MJ Synagogue soon, I wanted to kinda see if I could learn some good ways to help raise my daughter as a Christian Jew, lead my family according to the and Brit'Chadashah and in a lifestyle that is both Jewish and Christian, that observes my heritage while still is honoring to Yeshua and not denying that Salvation is through Yeshua, not through the Mitvot(though one could argue, Salvation is the first true Mitzvah you can ever have that honors Hashem). If I say anything that offends anyone, I too am strongly against Lashon Hara (although I thought that had to do with cursing people, maybe I was wrong), and I will humbly apologize, if you believe Yeshua is A____ E_____ (L-rd G-d), then you are my brother or sister and I would be shamed if I offended the least of you. I was not raised in the Hebrew culture, everything I know was from learning it myself and learning about my mother, so consider me a noob!
Shalom Aliekhem!
Praise be to Yeshua Ha-Moshiach,
It has been so long since I posted I thought I would introduce myself again. From what little I know of my mother she was Hebrew, I am not sure if I should say she was Jewish, because that may confuse her with the Yehudim that do not believe in the Messiah. Since I have learned, they certainly don't consider us Jewish. It's not offensive really, but what bothers me is the sillyness of the Hassidim, Yehudim,
But it's ok, I get it being Jewish to them is a religion, not a race or an ethnicity and their brand of Judaism centers around the denial that Jesus (Yeshua) is Hashem, and to be an atheist is still yet a denial. Now I have never witnessed to an Orthodox Jew, (not intentionally, just never had the pleasure) but one day I met a Jewish guy and we were talking and he asked me if I was Jewish also (actually we were arguing with this Nazi guy who was talking trash about Jews over a videogame) I told him, no....not really. He said, "what do you mean?" I said, "well my mother was Jewish, but I don't think I am". He said, "well if your mother was Jewish, then you are a Jew, that's how it works!" then I laughed and said, "no....not really". In an instant he new what I was referring to and said, "are you a Christian?".
Yep, for sure....there is no way I can deny my heart and soul, and thousands of years of prophesy because Yeshua did not fit in to the traditional fantasy the Pharisee dreamed up for the Messiah, but I simply responded with, "yes, I believe Jesus was the Messiah, and is the Son of Hashem".
Doctor Jekyll, Mr. Hyde. Any Jewishness I had was null and void, as he says to me, "well don't go proselytizing in our synagogue's, the Jews have many enemies in this day and age and we don't need another."
A few weeks later, he still has my number because we were almost friends and he says, "Are you ready to return to your tribe, and to your people and become Jewish again?"
I said, "no thank you" as kindly as I could, then he said, "loose my number".
Not much of a loss, because I suppose I never was Jewish. All that I had from my mother, was her
. One might think it means she was a Jew, but if she was Jewish, why did she give me over to Christians? So, I am a Hebrew, but am I Jew? Certainly not a Jew as they are a Jew, but a Hebrew who is part of the New Jerusalem, my Judaism passed from my spiritual father Yeshua, it's the true Judaism the true Jewish faith.I don't know precisely how Hashem wants to use me, but ever since I found out about my mother my spirituality has changed! You see, most Christians approach Christianity from a Roman (or possible might argue pagan) viewpoint. Learning about a
/Brit'CHadashah pure Christianity removes some of the basic blindfolds a lot of protestants face. A thousand years of, bad, gentile, non-Jewish doctrine being the main one, and applying a Jewish view to the New Testament not only reveals how impressive the fulfillment of these prophesies were in Christ it also helps to understand what a beautiful thing it is that Goyim could become grafted in to our family tree. While I believe a promise remains for the seed of Abraham, I feel that all goy who accept Yeshua as Hashem, are essentially....Jews, to wit the New Jerusalem. This may be a belief that I am sure not everyone agrees on, and it doesn't change our belief in Yeshua so I respect other viewpoints. So, I am done writing this book, but I returned to this forum because I am a father now, with two daughters. One alive and one waiting. Both with Jewish names, who are learning from birth to speak Hebrew, my youngest Abi, will not say please, we tried dozens of times, it never worked but she will say "Bevakasha". My wife has adapted also, and we are a Jewish observant couple, not like...Christian Hassidim or whatever lol, but we try to keep Kosher (we don't buy food a Orthodox Rabbi blessed, so technically not Kosher...besides I think I would prefer an Mulsim spit in it to that, and we are poor
) and we are trying to be observant of Jewish holidays, this was by conviction mind you, not originally a desire to observe Messianic Judaism, I kinda left that thing a while back when things didn't turn out the way I planned. One Christmas my wife was wondering why I didn't want to go to my parents Christmas party or I never seemed to care about it. I was like...."it's a pretty Jewish principle, you don't mix pagan and sacred beliefs. This Santa, with the Yule log, is not Messianic and it's not Jewish. I know my family thinks of it as fun but when you have something like Yeshua's birth, or like on Easter Yeshua's resurrection, I can't help but feel it shames Hashem to mix it with pagan holidays and pagan celebrations. So I told her about the Story of Judas Maccabeus and Chanuckkah and now we celebrate that instead.(To any fellow believers out there who celebrate those holidays, I am not saying you are bad for doing so, I think many people do harmlessly but we each have to account as Hashem leads us as Sha'ul said,"All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." 1 Corinthians 6:12)Anyway, I am back because I have ZERO MJ friends, only my wife, and though I plan to attend a MJ Synagogue soon, I wanted to kinda see if I could learn some good ways to help raise my daughter as a Christian Jew, lead my family according to the
and Brit'Chadashah and in a lifestyle that is both Jewish and Christian, that observes my heritage while still is honoring to Yeshua and not denying that Salvation is through Yeshua, not through the Mitvot(though one could argue, Salvation is the first true Mitzvah you can ever have that honors Hashem). If I say anything that offends anyone, I too am strongly against Lashon Hara (although I thought that had to do with cursing people, maybe I was wrong), and I will humbly apologize, if you believe Yeshua is A____ E_____ (L-rd G-d), then you are my brother or sister and I would be shamed if I offended the least of you. I was not raised in the Hebrew culture, everything I know was from learning it myself and learning about my mother, so consider me a noob!Shalom Aliekhem!
, but it matters more what God says you are.
