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1) Where do I find a Messianic congregation like yours
2) What bible do you use?
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3) What is the Hebrew Bible that you talk about?
The Hebrew Bible is called the Tanakh. It is the Old Covenant Scriptues or "Old Testament" and is made up of the 3 parts:
- The first part is the Torah, which are the first five books of the Bible, also called the Pentateuch (Greek for five containers), The Law or The Books of Moses.
The first five books are: Genesis (Bereishit), Exodus (Shemot), Leviticus (Vayikra), Numbers (Bemidbar) and Deuteronomy (Devarim).
- The second part is called Nevi'im or The Prophets.
- The Third is Ketuvim or The Writings which consists of: Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah,
and Chronicles.
The New Testament or New Covenant Scriptures is called Brit Hadashah in Hebrew
4) Where can I get your prayer shawl?
The prayer shawl that you see Rabbi Schneider wearing was custom made and was bought in Jerusalem. It is not for sale.
5) What is your statement of faith in Jesus?
We believe in the virgin birth, death, burial and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah. We furthermore believe that Yeshua the Messiah is God in the flesh according to John 1:1-14.
6) What resources do you recommend to help me be a better witness to Jews?
- 10 Things to Know When Sharing Your Faith with Jewish People by Rabbi Schneider - CD or DVD
- What Do Jewish People Think about Jesus? And Other Questions Christians Ask about Jewish Beliefs, Practices, and History by Michael L. Brown ISBN-13: 9780800794262
- Answering Jewish Objection To Jesus by Michael Brown - now a 5 volume set.
We would like to encourage you to use your testimony to witness to your Jewish friends. Show them Isaiah 53 in their own Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
Do not let the enemy get you sidetracked to focus on the obstacles. Jesus is the beginning and ending of everything.
He is the fulfillment of the Torah and Prophets, their substance is in Him. Romans 11:11 says that "salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them (the Jews) jealous."
In Romans 11:13-14 Paul says "I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them." Once we are given the
good news, are we to hide our light? No, we want to share it with others. Verses 25 & 26 says, "For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery--so that you will
not be wise in your own estimation--that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved; just as
it is written, "THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION"; this is the return of Messiah Jesus.
We are seeing more and more the "fullness" of the Gentile believers as they are rejecting man made traditions and religion and learning the foundations of their faith to
worship God is Spirit and in Truth. Gentiles are celebrating the Feasts from Lev. 23 with an understanding of how the feasts are fulfilled in Jesus. It has been observed
that, Conservative Jews are complaining that Gentile Christians are "Hijacking" their holidays. Could it be that Jews are becoming jealous, just as Paul wrote?
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