I gotta be honest my friend, and I think I told you this before, I do these conversations for me. The topic of when the Trinity creeps in is settled in my mind. And it’s too far after the fact to be a factor in my thinking. I’m more interested in the thinking of Messiah, the 12 and how they practice their service of G-d. It’s ok if you disagree.
I guess the other thing I should say is…and I can explain why from the teachings of Messiah….I believe that my opinion of you is irrelevant at your judgement and your opinion of mine is the same, irrelevant. We will be judged on our own. You clearly have researched this and drawn your conclusions. That’s a win in my book.
I say all of that to say this. I’ve only briefly studied Ethiopia cannon vs the Protestant and the catholic. I believe I could benefit from that comparison and conversation if you’d like to have it.
Just say the word and we’ll figure it out. You can start or I will.
Gotta be up early tomorrow so I’m out in a couple of minutes.
Shalom friend
I feel like I can go here cause we've discussed it in depth. And we're friends that have yet to meet in person. You say you are Messianic because your family is not of the tribe of Judah. So you're not Jewish. But, your faith is Judaism...to a degree. Makes perfectly good sense. "Jewish" is an ethnicity, not the religion. Thousands of you're own kind could stand to learn that difference. The term seems to be used too loosely. You, by broad stroke of a pen, are Hebrew, which would be of the other 11 tribes, and it can be dialed in from there.
You bring in a heavy dose of Christianity. What you said there, you will not hear from a mainsteamer. What makes you unique is that it's like you are standing on a dyke, with rivers flowing on both sides and you draw water from both pools and blend them for a cool drink. You believe/practice alot of new testament christianity, but at the same time, you have a healthy dose of judaism still in the blood. Kids went to a christian school, etc. It's like your journey has led you to a place where judaism and christianity are coexsting with you, which ideoligically, should not be possible. Maybe it's the Messianic side of Judaism that lends more toward new testament teachings and beliefs, cause I still find it quite interesting that being CoC, we have more in common in our individual beliefs and the basis for them than we have differences. Most of our differences maybe come from things we like to kick around that we have different levels of study in, that have no bearing on our accpted salvation.
The big thing is that salvation comes to us by faith, acceptance and grace via Christ/Messiah unto the Father. No Priest, or Rabbi, or Reverend, or Elder, or Deacon, or Pastor can absolve or intercede and provide that to anyone any longer. That concept and ability was levitical law. Individual, direct access for all peoples...that's new law.
Having said all that, it would be important to know that being Messianic is neither jewish, nor christian. It is a blend of both worlds. A messianic accepts that Jesus/Yeshua/?? was the Messiah. A Hasidic/Traditional/Orthodox etc. practitioner is still waiting on the Messiah and does not believe he was the King they asked for. Mainstream sects do not accept Yeshua as Messiah, whereas Messianics do. Keeping it brief, Messianic is what derived from the early christians. They were the early converts, that also felt it was ok to still practice some jewish traditions in the daily life, yet accpet Yeshua as Messiah and salvation. That would help some maybe know why sometimes you sound like a jew, and sometimes you sound like a nut.
