Has any body heard of Messianic Jews?

Question

Whats your in put on them

Answer 1

Messianic Judaism is the term given to Jewish people from all walks of life who believe and have accepted Yeshua (the Hebrew name for Jesus) of Nazareth as the promised Messiah of the Hebrew Scriptures. These Jewish people do not stop being Jewish, but they continue to remain strong in their Jewish identity, lifestyle and culture, while following Yeshua as He is revealed in the Brit Chadashah, the New Covenant. Many Messianic Jews refer to themselves as “completed Jews” since they believe that their faith in the God of Israel has been “completed” or fulfilled in Yeshua.

In reality, Messianic Judaism began 2000 years ago. Yeshua, Himself, was an observant Jew, most of the Apostles and writers of the New Covenant were Jewish, and the vast majority of the early believers in Yeshua were also Jewish (see Acts chapter 2).

Traditional rabbinical Judaism today does not believe that Yeshua is the Jewish Messiah. Observant Jews are still waiting faithfully in accordance with the Rambam’s (Rabbi Moses Maimonides 1134-1204) “Thirteen principles of Jewish Faith” which states in Principle 12 “I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah. How long it takes, I will await His coming every day.” Most secular Jews do not believe in the physical coming of a personal Messiah, but some still look forward to a Messianic concept or Messianic Age.

Today, it is estimated that there are over 100,000 Messianic Jews in the Unites States alone, and the numbers worldwide are growing all the time. Messianic Synagogues have also become very popular, and recent estimates number more than 200 congregations in this country. There are also many Messianic congregations in Israel and around the world.

Messianic Jews continue to celebrate the Jewish festivals and feast days as prescribed in the Hebrew Scriptures (i.e. Passover, Day of Atonement, etc.) but they do it in a way that demonstrates how Yeshua has already fulfilled these Holy Days. Most Messianic Jews do not celebrate Christmas or Easter, since neither holiday is mentioned in the New Covenant. Jews who now follow Yeshua the Messiah understand that everything given in the Old Covenant was a “mere shadow” of the better things to come in the New.

Recommended Resource: Two Views on the Messianic Movement: How Jewish Is Christianity? by Varner, Fruchtenbaum, & Stern.

Answer 2

Messianic Judaism is a religious movement or sect whose congregants comprise both ethnic 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][12] and most Christians[13][14] 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.[15]

By 1993 there were 160,000 adherents of Messianic Judaism in the United States and 350,000 worldwide.[16] By 2003, there were at least 150 Messianic synagogues in the U.S. and over 400 worldwide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messianic_Judaism
http://www.religioustolerance.org/mess_jud.htm

Answer 3

My husband is a Messianic Jew.
They believe simply that they are Jews that accept that Jesus is the promised Messiah.
Most Jews believe that if you are one that accepts Jesus, that makes you a Christian. For some, it may. But my husband is racially a Jew. His mother was a Jew and no one can take that birthright from him.
Jews don't seem to have problems with Atheistic Jews so I don't know why they would with a Messianic Jew.
By the way, Jews for Jesus is only one group of Messianic Jews most often cited for their radical behavior like very aggressive street preaching, among others.

Answer 4

Messianic Judaism is not recognized as a Judaism by any branch of Judaism, it is only recognized as such by the Messianic Jews themselves and some branches of Evangelical Christianity.
In truth, it is a weird form of protestant Christianity with Jewish trappings.
If one wants to understand a religion, one must understand its fundamentals. The fundamentals of Messianic Judaism are more in line with Christianity which is opposed to Judaism's fundamentals.

Answer 5

Yes I have!!! Glad You asked!!! Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Timothy, exc...... The New Testament of our Bible wouldn't have been written without the Messianic Jewish community. Messiah Yeshuah himself was a Jew. We call him Christ Jesus. John bore witness of him in John chapter 1. Most Jews believe that Yeshuah(Jesus) was a Prophet during the time of Cesar(Roman Rule), some of them don't believe He was the Messiah(Christ). The only Messianic Jew I know by name is Sid Roth. I have met him once. You can go to his website at www.sidroth.org. You can also watch his show on Christian television. It’s called "It's Supernatural".

We as "Christians" know that the Old Testament foretells of the coming Messiah, and the New Testament tells of the Messiah that came and lived, died, and raised from the dead to bring the whole world to the Father and allow the Holy Spirit to be poured out to all flesh. Orthodox Jews don't believe any of that. They are still looking for the Messiah.

May G-d bless you.

Answer 6

Yes. I have several friends that are Messianic Jews and they are very sincere in their belief and love of Christ. And it is amazing! I go to a Southern Baptist church and one of our assistant pastors is a Messianic Jew and when he preaches he includes a lot of Jewish history and talks about the culture. My input on them is a very good one. They are sincere and maybe more sincere than a lot of Christians. It really takes courage to embrace something that in your culture is considered wrong, a fallacy, blasphemy. But, they turned away things of this world and saw the light. God be praised!!!

Answer 7

from what i know of them there are orthodox jews and messianic jews and the difference is that orthodox jews are still waiting for the messiah to come , and mesianic jews believe as Seventh Day Adventist believe , that Jesus Christ is the messiah and has already came and will come again for his people..
I am a Seventh Day Adventist.

Answer 8

They are Christians masquerading as Jews in order to convert Jews to Christianity.

For Jews, the belief that God can be human
is the ultimate heresy.
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Answer 9

Yes, I believe they are people of Jewish descent who have found their Messiah, just like the apostle Paul and the early believers who believed that Jesus was indeed God's son, the Savior of the world. All the first believers were Jewish and then the message was shared with the gentiles as well.

Answer 10

Very simple: **they** **are** **not** **Jews**. Period, end of discussion.

This is taken from the reference section of this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_for_Jesus

1. “"We believe that Jewishness is a birthright. It is inherited from our parents. Our people are not of one culture; we have diverse cultural expressions (Ashkenazi/Sephardi, Georgian/Russian, Ethiopian, Persian, etc.). Our people are not of one religion. While Judaism might be the traditional religion for many Jewish people, Jews are still considered Jewish even though they might be atheists or even if they embrace other beliefs. Those who say that Jews who believe in Jesus are errant Jews or misguided Jews are entitled to their opinions. But they are not entitled to negate our Jewishness. We are Jews by birth and that cannot change."
2. "There is virtual unanimity across all denominations [of Judaism] that Jews for Jesus are not Jewish." (Kaplan, Dana Evan. The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, Cambridge University Press, Aug 15, 2005, pp. 139-140).
3. "For most American Jews, it is acceptable to blend some degree of foreign spiritual elements with Judaism. The one exception is Christianity, which is perceived to be incompatible with any form of Jewishness. Jews for Jesus and other Messianic Jewish groups are thus seen as antithetical to Judaism and are completely rejected by the majority of Jews". (Kaplan, Dana Evan. The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, Cambridge University Press, Aug 15, 2005, p. 9).
4. Jewish groups:
o "To make the record clear, Jews for Jesus is a Christian missionary organization – period." Jews for Jesus: Jewish or Christian? You Decide, Jews for Judaism website, retrieved September 11, 2006.
o "Messianic Jewish organizations, such as Jews for Jesus, often refer to their faith as fulfilled Judaism, in that they believe Jesus fulfilled the Messianic prophecies. Although Messianic Judaism claims to be Jewish, and many adherents observe Jewish holidays, most Jews regard Messianic Judaism as deceptive at best, fraudulent at worst. They charge that Messianic Judaism is actually Christianity presenting itself as Judaism." (Balmer, Randall. Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, Baylor University Press, Nov 2004, p. 448).