Israel Holds the Key to WORLD Redemption

Skip to main content Toggle navigation Donate Israel Holds the Key to World Redemption “I am as likely to reject My people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!” - God In a day and age when Israel is being increasingly delegitimized in the press, in politics, and even in the pulpit, God is looking for a people who will carry His heart for Israel. In this short article, I want to give you five rock-solid, biblical reasons why every Believer should stand with Israel. When I say “stand with Israel,” I’m not speaking from a political perspective, but rather from a biblical perspective. If you look at Israel through a political lens, you’ll end up hating Arabs or Jews—or both! But if you look at Israel through a biblical lens, you’ll end up loving both Arabs and Jews. This is not intended to be an exhaustive study, but rather just some basic principles backed by Scriptural evidence that I think will help equip you to answer those who seek to delegitimize the nation and the people of Israel. 1. God’s Heart is for Israel and the Jewish People! If the title of this article was “The One Reason Why Every Believer Should Support Israel,” this would be the reason: God’s heart is for Israel and the Jewish people! That really should be good enough for us and should seal the deal. Listen to some of these indisputable statements made by God Himself to Israel and the Jewish people: “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the LORD who has compassion on you” (Isaiah 54:10 NIV). “I have loved you with an everlasting love …” (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV). “I will not forget you! See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me” (Isaiah 49:15-16 NIV). “I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature” (Jeremiah 31:36 NLT). These Scriptures are just a few that scratch the surface of God’s heart and His feelings for Israel. If God is the same yesterday, today and forever, how can we think that He would ever change how He feels about this? Of course, God’s heart is for every nation of the world. It’s His desire that no one would perish (Jew and Gentile alike), but there is only one people group on this planet that He chose as the agent through whom salvation would come, and that is Israel! 2. It Reconnects Us to Our Heritage, Our Identity and Our Destiny The Jewish people are the Messiah’s own people because Jesus is Jewish! He wasn’t just Jewish for 33 years and then became a Christian when He ascended to heaven. He was born King of the Jews, He was raised by Torah observant parents, He was called “rabbi” by those who followed His teachings, He was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, He died King of the Jews, and He’s returning as the Lion of the tribe of Judah! Our heritage in the Messiah is a Jewish heritage: Romans 9:3-5 – “For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises, whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ.” Get the Large Silver Trimmed Shofar This beautiful Yemenite shofar is made of a Kudu horn and exquisitely adorned with handcrafted silver plated accents. Let this special shofar serve as a conversation starter and reminder of God calling our hearts to worship Him. ADD TO CART Ephesians 1:3-5 – “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in the Messiah…He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus the Messiah to Himself…” Jeremiah 31:31-34 – “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah … I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” 3. We Have Been Grafted in to Provoke Israel to Jealousy Unfortunately, rather than provoking Israel to jealousy, the Church has been a source of much pain to Jewish people throughout the centuries. In the name of Christianity, Jews have been maligned, persecuted, and even killed by cross-bearing men and women who faithfully attended church on a weekly basis. As a matter of fact, many of the “Church fathers” have actually taught that God was through with Israel and that His promises were now transferred from Israel to the Church. Romans 11:11 – “I say, then, they [Israel] did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles [nations], to make Israel jealous.” Romans 11:17-18 – [Paul is speaking to the Gentiles] “…But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.” Get the Large Silver Trimmed Shofar This beautiful Yemenite shofar is made of a Kudu horn and exquisitely adorned with handcrafted silver plated accents. Let this special shofar serve as a conversation starter and reminder of God calling our hearts to worship Him. ADD TO CART 4. Jewish Revival Will Lead to World Revival and the Return of the Messiah We should stand with Israel because it holds the key to world redemption. As a result of Israel rejecting the Messiah, salvation has come to the Nations of the world. However, Scripture is clear that when Israel accepts their Messiah, it will be life from the dead! Yeshua can’t return until Israel welcomes Him back. Therefore, we must remember that the Gospel is still the power of salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16). Romans 11:11-15 – “Again I ask: Did they [Israel] stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles [nations] to make Israel envious [jealous]. But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring! I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles…For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?” Matthew 23:37-39 – “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” 5. The ‘Church’ Has a Debt to Israel Who Brought Them the Messiah Romans 15:25-27 “…but now, I am going to Jerusalem serving the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to [the Believers in Jerusalem]. For if the [nations] have shared in [Israel’s] spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.” We entered the Jewish new year with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, and in this special season of renewal, I want to encourage you with this important fifth point. Amazingly, Paul would travel to the Gentile Believers around the region to collect money for the Believers in Jerusalem. And just as Paul ministered to Israel in material things in order to fulfill a spiritual debt, when you give to organizations that support Israel and her people, you are also fulfilling this Biblical mandate. Together For Israel exists to “partner with the Church for the salvation of Israel” and, by God’s grace, we are seeing people around the globe participate in a supernatural way. When we give financial help to the needy in the Land, we always tell them that it is not from us, but rather from Believers around the world who have a love for the God of Israel. Get the Large Silver Trimmed Shofar This beautiful Yemenite shofar is made of a Kudu horn and exquisitely adorned with handcrafted silver plated accents. Let this special shofar serve as a conversation starter and reminder of God calling our hearts to worship Him. ADD TO CART Author Scott Volk Tags Israel Biblical Teaching Support Israel Categories Israel Share this article Related Articles The Gospel To The Jew First We Know That Jesus Loves Kids Bringing Healing, Health, and Hope Restoration Of All Things The Restoration of Israel Update - The Igbo of Nigeria Hebrew School with Danny Ben Gigi Contact Financial Governance Press Releases Privacy Get Email Updates © 2018, Jewish Voice Ministries UK Site design and build by newmedia

The GOSPEL to the Jews first

Skip to main content Toggle navigation Donate The Gospel To The Jew First For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. - Romans 1:16 (NIV) Editor’s Note: Following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of Jonathan Bernis’ new book, Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel. To learn more about this exciting new book, including how to receive your own copy, please see pages 8-9. The woman was shocked when the young man spoke to her. She was a Samaritan. He was a Jew. And everybody knew Jews looked down their noses at Samaritans. They considered them to be half-breeds, mongrels who had thrown away their godly heritage by intermarrying with non-Jews. The Jews were also incensed that the Samaritans had the temerity to look down on them. They insisted that they had an older, and therefore more accurate, version of the Holy Scriptures and that their Mount Gerazim, not Jerusalem, was sacred to God. Jews hated the Samaritans so much that when they were traveling from Judea to Galilee, or vice versa, they usually went miles out of their way to avoid setting foot in Samaria. But here was this fellow, apparently going straight through her country and also asking her to draw Him a drink of water from the nearby well. The rest of the story is found in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of John: Then the Samaritan woman tells Him, “How is it that You, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (For Jewish people don’t deal with Samaritans.) Get the Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel Package One tiny nation Israel. It’s not the richest or most powerful country in the world, but in God’s eyes, Israel is the most important nation on Earth. ADD TO CART Yeshua replied to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” “Sir,” the woman tells Him, “You don’t have a bucket, and the well is deep. Then from where do You get this living water?” Yeshua replied to her, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty. The water that I give him will become a fountain of water within him, springing up to eternal life!” “Sir,” the woman tells Him, “give me this water, so I won’t get thirsty or have to come all the way here to draw water!” He tells her, “Go call your husband, and then come back here.” “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Yeshua tells her, “You’ve said it right, ‘I have no husband.’ For you’ve had five husbands, and the man you have now isn’t your husband. This you’ve spoken truthfully!” “Sir,” the woman tells Him, “I see that You are a prophet! “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you all say that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” Yeshua tells her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming—it is here now— when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people as His worshipers. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman tells Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called the Anointed One.) When He comes, He will explain everything to us.” Yeshua tells her, “I—the One speaking to you—I am.” —John 4:9–11, 13–26 What the World Owes the Jews There are so many lessons to be learned from this passage of Scripture. For example, when the woman asks, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” we see that Yeshua’s ministry will extend beyond just the Jewish people and include Gentiles and even Samaritans (who were even more despised than the Gentiles). The Jews and the Samaritans were well aware that sin had brought sickness and death into the world. When Yeshua tells the woman about the water He can give her, the water that will make it so she never thirsts again, He is telling her that she too can have eternal life through faith in Him. This is a signal that His Messianic mission goes beyond what the Jews were expecting. Yeshua is more than just the King Messiah who will liberate the Jews from Roman occupation of their land and reestablish the kingdom of Israel. He is the Savior of the world. But the main thing I want us to take away from this conversation is Yeshua’s proclamation that “salvation is from the Jews.” From the very first time He spoke to Abraham, God had already chosen Abraham’s descendants to be a light to the nations and bring blessing and salvation to the world. But salvation was to be offered to them first and then through them to all the nations of the world. Get the Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel Package One tiny nation Israel. It’s not the richest or most powerful country in the world, but in God’s eyes, Israel is the most important nation on Earth. ADD TO CART The world owes the Jewish people a great debt of gratitude. Yeshua came into the world through the Jews, and they will also play a central role in His return. Any discussion of the last days is incomplete if it doesn’t give a prominent role to Israel and the Jewish people. It is only because of what Yeshua, a Jew, accomplished when He suffered and died on the cross on our behalf that God sees us as holy, set apart, sanctified, and pure. This is a wonderful promise of the new covenant—a promise that was originally given to Israel alone but that Gentiles receive by an engrafting into God’s family through faith in Yeshua. It is through this engrafting that Gentiles become partakers in all the promises and blessings of God. Paul says the gospel is to the Jew first (Romans 1:16) because all the promises of God were first given to the Jews. Yeshua the Messiah came as a Jew, born of Jewish parents in a Jewish land, and followed the Jewish customs and practices. His disciples were all Jews and, as we’ve already seen, His earthly ministry was devoted to His own people. He fulfilled the prophecies written by Jewish men in the Jewish Scriptures. What could be more Jewish than to believe in such a Messiah? John 3:16 says God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son for all of mankind—Jews and Gentiles alike. But His earthly ministry—His miracles, healings, and teachings—were given to and for the Jewish people. This is very important to understand: the promises and blessings of the new covenant were given to the Jew first, and then, some thirty years later, were opened to the Gentiles. Thus, the fifth key to unlocking the prophetic mysteries of Israel is to understand that the gospel is to the Jew first, and this precedent remains in effect today. In fact, it is the key that unlocks the gospel’s growth to the nations. When we grasp the truth that every Gentile who has received Jesus as Lord and Savior heard the gospel because of the faithfulness of those original Jewish disciples who took the gospel to the ends of the earth, we then realize what a great debt of gratitude we owe to the Jewish people. It is only because of what Yeshua, a Jew, accomplished when He suffered and died on the cross on our behalf that God sees us as holy, set apart, sanctified, and pure. The Gospel to the Nations In my book A Rabbi Looks at the Last Days, I told of how God called me to move to Russia to share the good news of the Messiah with the Jewish people there. It was a truly amazing time in my life, and if you haven’t yet read that book, I invite you to do so. There is so much I’d like to share with you regarding those years in Russia, but, as I said, much of it is already recorded in my previous book. One of the stories I related had to do with an experience I had while flying from the former Soviet Union to a speaking engagement in Uppsala, Sweden. On the airplane as I was reading Matthew 24, which talks about the Messiah’s return from heaven in the last days, the Holy Spirit drew my attention to a single word in verse 14: “nations.” This verse says that the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations before Yeshua’s return. Now, I knew both the Hebrew and Greek translations for this word. In Hebrew, nations is goy (Gentiles), and goyum means “people of the nations.” The Greek word for nations is ethnos, from which we derive the word ethnic. Whenever I read this passage of Scripture previously, I thought of nations as landmasses set apart by geopolitical boundaries established by man. Yet on that flight, I realized the word used in this verse literally means “race,” “tribe,” or, in today’s vernacular, “people group” or ethnic group. 1 As we have already discussed, the Jewish people have been scattered all over the world. It is rare to find a country without at least some Jews. And the same is true of many other ethnicities. In nearly every nation on earth, you will find a number of distinct people groups. Think of the United States, where there are millions of people of African and Hispanic descent, plus Americans from China, Korea, Vietnam, Ireland, Britain—people from every nation on earth. When Jesus said the gospel of the kingdom must be preached to every ethnos, He was not saying we had to reach only geopolitical countries. He was saying we had to reach the distinct ethnic groups that live within those countries. This is a great calling for us! When this is coupled with what Paul tells us in Romans 1:16, that the gospel is “to the Jew first” and then to the nations, we see the priority of taking the gospel to every community in every country where the Jewish people have been scattered. In my mind, this is the missing link in world missions. Reaching the Jewish people is a vitally important key to reaching the nations for Yeshua. Get the Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel Package One tiny nation Israel. It’s not the richest or most powerful country in the world, but in God’s eyes, Israel is the most important nation on Earth. ADD TO CART In Romans 11:11–15, we are told that Israel’s rejection of Jesus as their Messiah has now caused the gospel to go to the nations (ethnos). What a blessing this is for those who were not born Jewish. But if that was a blessing, what greater blessing is in store when the Jews come back to God by recognizing Yeshua is their promised Messiah! Paul called himself “the apostle to the Gentiles,” and it’s easy to see why. He traveled throughout the entire known world to spread the good news of the Messiah, Jesus. Even so, everywhere Paul went, he demonstrated this precedent that the gospel was to the Jew first. A careful reading through the Book of Acts will show that whenever Paul went into a new community, the first thing he did was preach the gospel in the local synagogue. Following are some examples: Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was immersed; and when he had taken food, he was strengthened. Now for several days, he was with the disciples in Damascus. Immediately he began proclaiming Yeshua in the synagogues, saying “He is Ben-Elohim.” - Acts 9:18–20 When they arrived at Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as a helper. - Acts 13:5 Setting sail from Paphos, Paul’s company came to Perga in Pamphylia. John left them and returned to Jerusalem. But they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. Entering the synagogue on the Shabbat, they sat down. After the reading of the Torah and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.” - Acts 13:13–15 Now in Iconium, the same thing happened—they entered as usual into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of Jewish and Greek people believed. - Acts 14:1 After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. As was his custom, Paul went to the Jewish people; and for three Shabbatot, he debated the Scriptures with them. He opened them and gave evidence that Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, saying, “This Yeshua, whom I declare to you, is the Messiah.” - Acts 17:1–3 Get the Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel Package One tiny nation Israel. It’s not the richest or most powerful country in the world, but in God’s eyes, Israel is the most important nation on Earth. ADD TO CART Author Jonathan Bernis Tags Biblical Teaching Jewish Israel Categories Messianic Judaism Teachings Share this article Related Articles Israel Holds the Key to World Redemption We Know That Jesus Loves Kids Bringing Healing, Health, and Hope Restoration Of All Things The Restoration of Israel Update - The Igbo of Nigeria Hebrew School with Danny Ben Gigi Contact Financial Governance Press Releases Privacy Get Email Updates © 2018, Jewish Voice Ministries UK Site design and build by newmedia

The Restoration of Israel

Skip to main content Toggle navigation Donate The Restoration of Israel I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth. - Isaiah 49:6 The doctrine of the restoration of Israel has a long and revered place in the history of Protestant theology. Its roots go back to the Puritans. From there it passed to the Lutheran Pietists in Germany and Scandinavia. By the mid-19th century, it was the consensus doctrine of British and American Christianity. I summarize this history in my book, Passion for Israel. The basic doctrine of the restoration of Israel teaches the following points: First, that the Jewish people are still God’s elect people and will be preserved as a distinct people forever. Second, that they will be returned to their historic homeland in the Middle East. Third, that they, as a nation, will finally accept Yeshua (Jesus) and be submitted to His Kingship over Israel. Some taught that the return to their homeland would take place after the embrace of Yeshua. But by the mid-19th century, the return to the land—at least in part—was seen as preceding that restoration. In addition, many, but not all believed that Israel’s salvation would lead to the Millennial Age when Israel would be the chief of the nations and would rule with the resurrected or translated Body of the Messiah. So convinced of this were the British Anglicans and German Lutheran Church leaders that they agreed to cooperate on establishing an Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem to receive the returning Jewish people that they might accept Yeshua. Anglican Christ Church still stands in the same location as a testimony to the planting of the church by Jewish Bishop Solomon Alexander. The project of Christ Church was endorsed by Queen Victoria and British Parliament. At this point, it looked like replacement theology was in decline and being overcome. In the mid-20th century, this doctrine was used as part of effective evangelism in the Jesus movement. One of the most important books popularizing this was Hal Lindsay’s, “The Late Great Planet Earth.” Get the Passion for Israel Book “Passion for Israel: A Short History of the Evangelical Church’s Commitment to the Jewish People and Israel” aims to help heal past wounds and inspire more Christians to stand together in support of Israel. ADD TO CART Though I disagree with some of his dispensational scheme, his presentation of the return of the Jewish people to the Land is solid. A copy of his book can be found on the desk of Prime Minister David Ben Gurion in the Kibbutz Sde Boker residence of his last years. The doctrine was also used effectively in launching the modern Messianic Jewish movement. The greatest example of this was in the evangelistic pioneering work of Manny Brotman in his, “Jewish Bible Approach,” and in the presentation in John Fischer’s, “His Ambassadors to God’s People.” The average person reading Scripture will quite easily see what the text says and can conclude that the Bible is a supernatural book. So the anti-restoration people give up a most powerful evidence for believing in the Bible as God’s word. I argue that our doctrine of restoration is solidly based on a natural reading of the Bible in its original context, and the meaning of a text is first of all its original context. We quote only a few of these important texts. “I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them, says the LORD your God” (Amos 9:15). Does this verse speak to the ethnic-national people or a metaphorical future people from all nations who will inherit the eternal Kingdom which is metaphorically the Land? Would this interpretation be a comfort to faithful ancient Israelites? “Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations. Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon. The LORD dwells in Zion” (Joel 3:20-21). This passage comes after the description of a severe world judgment of nations that are described as invading Israel. It is hard to see how this would be the Church. Get the Passion for Israel Book “Passion for Israel: A Short History of the Evangelical Church’s Commitment to the Jewish People and Israel” aims to help heal past wounds and inspire more Christians to stand together in support of Israel. ADD TO CART “Is it too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept? I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 49:6). There is no legitimate way to confuse the meaning here. The promise is to Israel and includes the salvation of the nations. A new Israel of Jew and Gentile replacing Israel cannot be the interpretation. “Can a mother forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you. See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Your sons hasten back and those who laid you waste depart from you. Lift up your eyes and look around; all your sons gather and come to you. . . Though you were ruined and laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in’” (Isaiah 49:15-20). Can this be the situation after the first return after Babylonian captivity? No, for this glorious turning of the nations to favor Israel to this extent has not yet happened. Indeed, the first return was a small minority. The Jewish people of the first century were a minority, less than 1/3 of those alive at the time. Israel remained under foreign domination except for one brief and corrupt period. “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm. Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; ... Foreigners will rebuild your walls and kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion. Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that men may bring you the wealth of the nations, their kings led in triumphal procession. For the nation that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined... No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise... the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. Then will all your people be righteous, and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands … for the display of my splendor” (Isaiah 60 selections). Get the Passion for Israel Book “Passion for Israel: A Short History of the Evangelical Church’s Commitment to the Jewish People and Israel” aims to help heal past wounds and inspire more Christians to stand together in support of Israel. ADD TO CART It is a comfort to know that Jerusalem’s destroyed (or past) glory will soon be restored. “‘So then, the days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when people will no longer say, “As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,” but they will say, “As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.” Then they will live in their own land’” (Jeremiah 23:7-8). Can this be the Church? No, the Church was not banished. Can this be the return from Babylon? No, this was a small remnant that returned and 500 years later was still a minority of the Jewish people, perhaps less than a third. There was never such a mighty and great return such that this language was used, not until today. There is still more to come from this verse. This return is to make the Exodus pale by comparison. This has to be a prophetic word about the literal national people of Israel. “For I will take you out of the nations, I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees, and be careful to keep my laws. You will live in the land I give your forefathers, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. I will save you from all your uncleanness” (Ezekiel 36:24-29). In this passage on the New Covenant, parallel to Jeremiah 31, we have an amazing promise to the national people that has not yet been fulfilled. The meaning is plain. The promise of being born again is connected to the return to the Land, and there is a national salvation. Certainly Paul had many passages in mind when he wrote looking forward to this national salvation in Romans 11. Note this and the wars that are described at the end, including in Joel 3, Zechariah 12 and 14, and Ezekiel 38 and 39 would not fit if the return to the Land was only after the Jewish people embrace Yeshua. So in all these ways, the doctrine of the Restoration of Israel has the most firm foundation and is solid indeed. When Romans 11:28 and 29 tell us that the gifts and call of God to Israel are irrevocable, we clearly are to understand the fulfillment of all God’s promises to Israel in their Land! Get the Passion for Israel Book “Passion for Israel: A Short History of the Evangelical Church’s Commitment to the Jewish People and Israel” aims to help heal past wounds and inspire more Christians to stand together in support of Israel. ADD TO CART Author Dr. Daniel Juster Tags Biblical Teaching Israel Messianic Jewish Categories Messianic Judaism Teachings Share this article Related Articles The Gospel To The Jew First Israel Holds the Key to World Redemption We Know That Jesus Loves Kids Bringing Healing, Health, and Hope Restoration Of All Things Update - The Igbo of Nigeria Hebrew School with Danny Ben Gigi Contact Financial Governance Press Releases Privacy Get Email Updates © 2018, Jewish Voice Ministries UK Site design and build by newmedia

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History of Messianic Judaism

Skip to main content Toggle navigation Donate History of Messianic Judaism Published on June 19, 2018 While the history of Jewish Believers in Yeshua (Jesus) is nearly 2,000 years old – dating to Yeshua’s first disciples – the modern Messianic Jewish movement (also commonly called Messianic Judaism) is relatively young. The modern Messianic movement has evolved through five specific periods of recent history.   5 Eras of Jewish Faith in Yeshua   1. Formation Before Yeshua’s death, His earthly ministry focused on Jewish people. He told the Canaanite woman that He “was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 15:21‒28). After His resurrection, He issued the Great Commission, commanding His disciples to take the Gospel into all the world (Matthew 28:16–20). That message was confirmed in many ways throughout the book of Acts. Notable examples include when Peter was sent to Cornelius after a rooftop vision (Acts 10), and Phillip preached in Samaria and also explained the Scriptures to the Ethiopian (Acts 8). The Formation years of Jewish faith in Jesus extend from 33‒135 C.E., and the term Messianic Judaism would not be used for nearly 2,000 years.   2. Gentilization As the Gospel was opened to the Gentiles and many came to believe in Yeshua, the question emerged of whether they were required to keep the Torah (Acts 15). This reveals that faith in Yeshua was considered a Jewish faith, not a new religion. By 135 C.E., a rift had grown between Jewish Believers and the rabbinical leaders of Judaism. False notions sprung up that a Jewish person cannot believe in Yeshua, and if they do, they cannot remain Jewish. The Bar Kokhba Revolt furthered this division. The Roman Emperor Constantine severed the Christian Church’s connection with Judaism when he declared the Church officially divorced from the rites and practices of the Jewish people. Successive centuries witnessed the progressive Gentilization of faith in Jesus. This period extends from 135 C.E. to about 1800 C.E., encompassing the Crusades and the Inquisition. During these violent episodes, Jewish people suffered intense persecution as politically powerful leaders of institutional Christianity” attempted to force them to renounce Judaism and “convert."   3. Jewish-Christian Renaissance A resurgence of Jewish people coming to faith in Yeshua while retaining their Jewish identity occurred between 1800 and 1870 C.E. During this time, a number of individuals played essential roles in laying the groundwork for what would later become Messianic Judaism. Among these leaders was Joseph Rabinowitz, who founded the first Messianic Jewish congregation. There, Jewish Believers in Jesus could worship Him and freely maintain the practices of their Jewish heritage. The congregation, located in Kishinev, Moldova,* was called “Israelites of the New Covenant."   4. Hebrew Christianity Alliances of Jewish Believers began to form around the world between 1870 and 1960 C.E. This was a significant change within the realm of Jewish Believers in that, as followers of Jesus, they met to continue to identify as “Hebrews.” The Hebrew Christian Alliance of Great Britain was established in 1866 and, in 1915, the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America was founded. The international Hebrew Christian Alliance began in 1925, including representation from 18 nations. The era of Hebrew Christianity opened the way for what we know today as Messianic Judaism.   5. Messianic Judaism Messianic Judaism’s genesis is intertwined with the Jesus Movement of the 1960s. During that revival, many young people with strong, ethnically Jewish backgrounds came to faith in Yeshua. Societal changes of that time offered these young Jewish people the freedom to maintain their Jewish heritage and practices while embracing faith in Jesus as their promised Messiah. The attitude shifted from “We’re Christians who happen to be Hebrew,” to “We are Jews who believe in Jesus,” representing a new mindset that shaped the modern movement of Messianic Judaism. Since 1960, many new Messianic Jewish congregations, organizations and ministries were formed, including what would become Jewish Voice Ministries International, originally founded under the name Jewish Voice Broadcasts by Louis Kaplan in 1967. During this time, hundreds of Messianic congregations were established around the world, including in Israel. Today, more than 350,000 Messianic Jews worship in their own congregations worldwide, with approximately 20,000 of those residing in Israel. Messianic Judaism remains a relatively new movement. In less than 60 years, Messianic Judaism has emerged as a vital indicator of God’s ongoing work within and commitment to Israel and the Jewish people. As Messianic Jews and congregations remain identifiably Jewish, the world sees that God is not finished with the Jewish people yet, and that the Gentile Christian Church has not replaced Israel. Messianic Judaism is drawing the world’s attention to the essential role of Israel – both the Land and her people – in God’s End-Time plans.   *More than 100 years after Joseph Rabinowitz established the first Messianic congregation, Jewish Voice Ministries’ Jonathan Bernis, at the time leading Hear O Israel Ministries, conducted a Festival of Jewish Music & Dance in the same city of Kishinev, Moldova. Approximately half of the 40,000 people in attendance – an estimated 20,000 – came to faith in Messiah Yeshua. 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1500 Liter Air

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2,6 Liter Air

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Kebutuhan Air Tiap Orang Berbeda,

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Jakarta - Berapa banyak seharusnya Anda minum air putih dalam sehari untuk menjaga keseimbangan dan kesehatan tubuh?

Sebagian menyebut delapan gelas, ada pula yang mengatakan dua liter per hari.

Lalu mana yang benar? Sebenarnya kebutuhan asupan air pada setiap orang bisa berbeda-beda, meskipun memang umumnya disarankan minimal delapan gelas per hari.

Banyaknya cairan yang diperlukan tergantung dari berat badan, aktivitas tubuh hingga pola makan sehari-hari.

Seperti dikutip dari Times of India, begini formulanya untuk mengetahui apakah Anda sudah mencukupi cairan atau belum.

1. Timbang Berat Badan Setiap orang memiliki berat badan yang berbeda, dan kebutuhan akan cairannya pun bisa berbeda. Misalnya saja orang dengan berat badan 45 kg tidak perlu meminum air sebanyak orang yang memiliki bobot 70 kg.  

2. Bagi Per 30 Bagi berat badan Anda dengan angka 30, jawabannya adalah liter air yang perlu Anda minum per harinya. Sebagai contoh, jika berat Anda 60 kg, maka jika dibagi dengan 30, berarti air yang perlu Anda minum adalah 2 liter. Apabila berat 80 kg, maka 80 : 30 = 2,6, berarti Anda perlu minum 2 liter 600 ml air. Sementara itu untuk berat badan 45 kg, air yang perlu diminum adalah 1,5 liter. Baca Juga: 50 Tas dan Sepatu Favorit Selebriti

3. Perhatikan Aktivitas Fisik Jika Anda rutin olahraga, berarti tubuh akan kehilangan cairan melalui keluarnya keringat. Maka dari itu Anda perlu menambah asupan air sesuai durasi olahraga yang dilakukan. Disarankan menambah sekitar 350 ml air untuk setiap sesi olahraga selama 0,5 jam. Jadi apabila Anda olahraga selama satu jam maka asupan air yang perlu ditambah 0,7 liter atau setara 700 ml.

4. Makanan Juga Mengandung Air Jika Anda disarankan minum 1,5 atau 2 liter air, bukan berarti Anda harus minum air putih sebanyak itu.

Kebutuhan cairan juga bisa dipenuhi lewat makanan. Sekitar 20-25 persen asupan air berasal dari makanan yang Anda santap. Baik itu berasal dari buah-buahan, sayuran, atau makanan berkuah. Sisanya, harus tetap dipenuhi dalam bentuk minuman dan diutamakan air putih.

Apel misalnya, dalam satu butir apel ukuran sedang mengandung sekitar 116 ml air. Sementara jeruk seberat 140 gram mengandung sekitar 122 ml air.

Sementara sayuran rata-rata mengandung air sekitar 19 hingga 114 ml. (hst/hst)

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