Greetings from South America

[messianic]

Dear Messianic Believers, 

I'm originally from Europe. When I was just 8 or 9 years old, I trusted Christ as my Saviour. Then my dad and I had a ministry aboard the ships in a large shipport. 

After I graduated from High School, I moved to the USA to attend a Bible College. After graduating from there, I started working with a church in Florida

Then a few years ago, I moved to reach South America with the Gospel. We've seen over 20,000 people get saved and are starting churches in houses. We're trying to imitate what was happening in the New Testament. 

So, about a while ago, I went to Israel and Egypt on a tour. I was pretty sick then, but I still learned some things. The biggest thing that happened though is that it opened my eyes and interest to Israel and specifically what the culture was during the time of Yeshua. So, I got a lot of questions and I'm hoping to learn a lot here. I want to verify things, so that when I teach things, I would be able to back it up... i.e. not say: Well, I heard this. 

Anyways, so, I'm excited to get to know you all and learn from you all. 

Blessings from South America. 

[alon]

Welcome aboard! 

Messianic Judaism in its truest form attempts to emulate the 1st century believers both in our form of worship and in our interpretations of scriptures. We try to read with not just Jewish eyes, but keeping in mind the historical and cultural context of what we are reading, as well as who it was written to. It will open your eyes! we also as much as possible try to look into the meanings of the Hebrew terms. A LOT gets lost in translation, as few words meanings translate directly from one language to another. And Hebrew is such an expressive language!

So feel free to ask whatever you want. If we don't know, we'll try and find out. And in the process w all learn. nd don't hesitate to give your own views. We may all learn that way too. We may also disagree, but we'll tell you why (not just "You're wrong!" ... no one learns like that, and we are here to learn). 

Glad to have you here!

Dan C

[Elizabeth]

Welcome and thanks for introducing yourself. It sounds like you've had a very interesting life with all your travels, and thanks for the work you do. I hope you find this forum helpful.

[messianic]

Thank you both so much!!! I'm glad to be part of the forum.