If your life is not in jeopardy
for what you believe, you’re probably on the wrong side!
If you don’t believe Genesis 1-11,
how can you possibly believe John 3:16?
“Indeed, all who want to live a godly
life united with the Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted.” (2Tim 3:12)
It is what you actually believe that determines how you walk out your faith,
“but avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, quarrels and fights
about the Torah; because they are worthless and futile.” (Titus 3:9)
Please Note: Absolutely nothing on this website should be taken as anti-Church or anti-Rabbinic. I am not anti-anything or anti-anyone. I am only pro-Torah and pro-Truth (see “Philosophy”), but sometimes the Truth upsets our long-held beliefs. I know it certainly upset mine! For example, see “Why Isn’t My Theology Consistent Throughout the Website?”
Developing a
Systematic Messianic Theology
“The purpose of careful theological formulations is not to put barriers in the way of people who are seeking salvation, but to define clearly the truths upon which genuine [Biblical] faith rests, so that people will not be misled by false doctrines.” [Bowman]
“It must be clearly and unequivocally stated that theology cannot save you. Only faith in Messiah Yeshua can save you. Theology can only give you sound doctrine.” [RLS]
Unless otherwise specified, throughout the Theology section of my website I use the term “Torah” in the wider sense of including the entire body of inspired Scripture: both the Tanakh and the Apostolic Writings. I personally do not consder any other so-called “sacred writings” either inspired by God or authoritative for the Believer’s walk of faith. Thus, I do not consider the Mishnah (the “Oral Torah”) as part of Torah. You should make up your own mind.
[Explanations of rabbinic citations are HERE]
The People of God
The scriptures are clear that there is only one true and universal “Miqra” [the “Called Out” Holy Community, erroneously translated as “Church” in most English Bibles], which is the Body and Bride of Yeshua HaMashiach, that it is a spiritual organism of which Yeshua is the Head, and that it is made up of all the redeemed persons of all historical ages or epochs.
In this section we will discuss:
- Israel: God’s Chosen People: The People, the Land, the Covenants, the Offerings, and the place of Gentiles in Israel
- The Quest for a New Identity: When the Second Temple was destroyed in 69 CE, Judaism was forced to reinvent itself as a “portable” religion.
- The Holy Community: What Torah teaches about the Body of Messiah
- The Commonwealth of Israel: What I am talking about when I refer to “the Commonwealth of Israel”
- Where Did the Word Church” Come From?: Using the word “Church” to refer to the Holy Community is a combination of lingistic errors
- Tevilah: What the Scriptures each about the practice of immersion
- Kiddush: How an ancient Jewish ceremony became misinterpreted as “the Lord’s Supper”
- Didache: the essential teaching for new Believers
- Followship in the Fellowship: The disciple’s responsibility to “follow the leader”
- People and Government: As Believers, what are we to render to Caesar and why?
- Messianic Principles: Seven principles of Messianic Judaism
- Moadim: A discussion of :the Feasts of ADONAI
- Messianic Gerut: “Conversion” to Messianic Judaism
- Argument For Gerut: CTOMC’s position paper on Messianic Gerut
- Argument Against Gerut: My argument against Messianic Gerut
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