Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

Jewish Roots of the Faith

The Shaliach (Emmisary) Shimon Kefa (Peter) and the Shaliach Shaul (Paul) are recognized as pivotal men in the establishing of Yeshua's following. Interestingly, both men claimed at separate times that the Messiah Yeshua had not come to establish a new world religion, but rather had come to fulfill everything written in the prophetic writings of the Hebrew Scriptures, or "Tanach" (see Ma'asei Talmidim / Acts 3:12-26 and 24:14). Maran Yeshua Himself verified that He had not come to establish a new religion but instead helped His disciples to see that all of the Tanach had spoken about Him (Luke 24:27). The Passover lamb, the binding of Isaac, Israel's initial rejection of Yosef / Joseph and Moshe, the sacrificial system, the Son of Man of Daniel 7, the Suffering Servant of Yeshiyahu / Isaiah 53, the seed of Abraham through whom all nations would be blessed, and countless other words from the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings all foretold the mission and life of Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel and the Light to the Gentiles. He came not as the founder of a new religion, but as the fulfillment of biblical Judaism. This isn't a new religion or doctrine, but teachings that has been taught from the time of Yeshua that has been done away with during the 3rd and 4th century, beginning with Constantine and his desire...