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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 [...]