What does messianic jew mean? Are they like fence sitters?

Answer 1

They are people who are Chr*stian but pretend to be Jewish in order to lure Jews into Chr*stianity--making them think you can be both Jewish and believe in J*sus. This isn't true. They tend to target the young, elderly, and lonely Jews for sucking in.

No Jew who believes in J*sus as anything more than a mortal is a Jew, even if they were born Jewish, they are now apostates, and cannot be counted as a Jew unless they turn back to the family.

Answer 2

Not at all. They just hold the more traditional view - that the covenant of God, the one that established the law, is never to be abolished. Or taken away. Which is why they still practice the law.

They believe in both Judaism and that Jesus is the promised Messiah. The also believe that Jesus is the Son of God. It gets a little more complicated because they don't necessarily believe in the Trinity - or in some of what Paul said.

But no, they are not fence sitters. In fact, I have to say they are the one group that follows Jesus that makes real sense to me. They don't like having the best of both worlds - and in fact are often times dismissed from their own Jewish temples as turning away from the faith. Christians don't take them in either most of the time.

So being a Messianic Jew is pretty hard - and it is not for someone weak of faith or full of uncertainity.

Answer 3

Messianic Judaism is a religious sect whose congregants are comprised of both Jews and Gentiles who believe that Jesus of Nazareth, whom they call Yeshua, is both their savior and the resurrected Jewish Messiah.[1][2] While Messianic Jews practice their faith in a way that they consider to be authentically Torah-observant and culturally Jewish,[2][3][4][5] Jews,[6][7][8] Jewish denominations,[9][10][11] and most Christians[12][13] do not consider Messianic Judaism to be a form of Judaism. Messianic Jews are also not considered Jewish under the State of Israel's Law of Return.[14]

By 1993 there were 160,000 Messianic Jews in the U. S. and 350,000 worldwide.[15] By 2003, there were at least 150 Messianic synagogues in the U.S. and over 400 worldwide.

Answer 4

Ditto LadySuri! Any Jew who believes in the trinity is no longer a Jew. The one and only thing required for conversion to Judaism is that you believe that God is One (Deuteronomy VI)!

Messianic Jews are those pesky door-to-door religion peddlers! Jews do not seek converts!
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Answer 5

Nope!Before the founding of the Christian religeon,the times then were referred to as being messianic.The Messianic Jews were the original followers of J.C.Todays Messianic Jews are not really Jews at all,but apostates who call themselves Jews. "Link"

Answer 6

The term seems to have a few different meanings: some are nominally Jewish and profess a present day Jew, such as Schneerson, was meshiach or presages meshiach, others are evangelical Christians, using a Jewish-sounding title to convert others.

Answer 7

Messianic Jew's believe that Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach) is the Son of God came in the flesh and died for our sins. They also believe in the trinity they are true Judeo Christians.

Answer 8

They are Jews who still follow all the religious traditions but believe in Jesus

Answer 9

They are very confused Jews. No, Christians. No, Jews.

Answer 10

They are Jewish people who believe in Jesus Christ