Download or read book Israel s Messiah and the People of God written by Mark S Kinzer and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel's Messiah and the People of God presents a rich and diverse selection of essays by theologian Mark Kinzer, whose work constitutes a pioneering step in Messianic Jewish theology. Including several pieces never before published, this collectionilluminates Kinzer's thought on topics such as Oral Torah, Jewish prayer, eschatology, soteriology, and Messianic Jewish-Catholic dialogue. This volume offers the reader numerous portals into the vision of Messianic Judaism offered in Kinzer's Postmissionary Messianic Judaism (2005).

Download or read book Israel and the Church written by Chuck Missler and published by Koinonia House. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has God abandoned Israel? Has the Church “replaced” Israel? What does the Bible say? As we watch the world events, it is clear that Israel is following her prophetic scenario, and a new chapter is about to be written—and there may be a big surprise on our near horizon!

Download or read book Postmissionary Messianic Judaism written by Mark S. Kinzer and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, a new form of Messianic Judaism has emerged that has the potential to serve as a bridge between Jews and Christians. Giving voice to this movement, Mark Kinzer makes a case for nonsupersessionist Christianity. He argues that the election of Israel is irrevocable, that Messianic Jews should honor the covenantal obligations of Israel, and that rabbinic Judaism should be viewed as a movement employed by God to preserve the distinctive calling of the Jewish people. Though this book will be of interest to Jewish readers, it is written primarily for Christians who recognize the need for a constructive relationship to the Jewish people that neither denies the role of Jesus the Messiah nor diminishes the importance of God's covenant with the Jews.

Download or read book Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity Messianic Prophecies written by Eitan Bar and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For us, Jews who grew up in Israel, Jesus and His word were never part of the conversation. Not in our school system, not in our synagogues, and not in our media. Nor do we have easy access to the New Testament. Jesus has been studiously avoided, and hidden from our people. Today in Israel, 99.7% of the Jewish population, reject Jesus as the Messiah. How did our country, where the gospel first took place, come to be so adamantly against it?Within Judaism over the last two millennia, any kind of spiritual message had to go through the "gate keepers," the Orthodox Jewish Rabbis. The Rabbinic Judaism of the Orthodox comes directly from the sect of the "Pharisees," whom Jesus rebuked: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in." (Matthew 23:13)Ever since the days of Messiah, the Rabbis have set themselves in opposition to the gospel, blocking the message of Jesus from Israel. They deliberately prevent Jewish people from hearing about the free salvation offered to them in the death and resurrection of their own Jewish Messiah. They have gone to great lengths to conceal Jesus, and keep him the best kept secret in Judaism., keeping our people in spiritual darkness.But now the secret is out!After almost 2000 years, Jesus, or as we call him in Hebrew, Yeshua, can no longer be hidden from the people! Today, our ministry, ONE FOR ISRAEL, reaches Jewish and Arab Israelis exactly where they are - online. We no longer need the rabbis' permission for anything. We can go straight into the smartphones, tablets, and computers of every Israeli, sharing the saving good news of Yeshua the Messiah!In the past, the message of the gospel came to Israel from outside our borders, delivered by people who didn't understand our language, our culture, our heritage or our way of thinking. Today the messengers look very different. Now it is Jewish and Arab Israelis who are bringing the gospel back to where it started - back to our own people Israel. We can explain the gospel to our people in a way that makes sense to them, in our own native tongues of Hebrew and Arabic as only Israelis can, and help our people understand who Yeshua really is.The Orthodox rabbis in Israel operate an "anti missionary" organization called Yad L'Achim, specifically to fight against the spread of the gospel among the Jewish people. This very well-funded organization, works very closely with the Minister of Interior in the Israeli government. They seek to prevent Jewish people from leaving the confines of Rabbinic Judaism by any means necessary (not always legally), and relentlessly persecute us, the Jewish believers in Jesus in Israel. With over 90% of the names, photos and addresses of all the Messianic Jews in Israel on file, Yad L'Achim began sending a magazine called "Searching" to the homes of believers in Israel back in 2014. The magazine contains objections and refutations from Orthodox rabbis about the messiahship of Jesus, the credibility of the New Testament, and trying to ridicule and destroy the belief in Jesus. This caused several Jewish believers, even including some who had been missionaries, to deny their faith in Jesus and revert to rabbinic Judaism. Over the past five years, I decided to go over all of their magazines, books and videos, in order to answer their arguments and prove their objections false. Since 2015 we have released about 150 short videos where we share the gospel and directly refute these rabbinic objections to Jesus, New Testament and Christianity. This book is a compilation of transcripts from these videos, all in one place for your consideration. While the content of this book is based on five years of academic research, I did my best to write it in a simple, easy-to-read way, in order to keep this book as short as possible.Please SHARE links to this book!: )

Download or read book Understanding the Arab Israeli Conflict written by Michael Rydelnik and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Rydelnik, professor of Jewish studies at Moody Bible Institute, goes beyond the media images for an in depth, biblically grounded look at the "crisis that never ends"--the conflict between the Israelis and the Arabs. Dr. Rydelnik explores such questions as: Will the violence ever stop? Who really has a right to the land? How did it all start...and where will it all end? This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter that looks at the events that brought the end to the Terror War in 2004, discusses the change of leadership in the Israeli government, and examines the conflict within the Palestinian government following the surprise election victory of the terrorist group Hamas.

Download or read book The Messianic Redemption of Israel written by Gordon Ziegler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God’s purpose in calling Abraham from his idolatrous kindred and bidding him dwell in the land of Canaan was to bring Heaven’s best gifts to all peoples. God told Abraham, “I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.” Genesis 12:2. Abraham was called to a high honor—that of being the father of the people who for centuries were to be the protectors of the truth of God to the world and the progenitors of the promised Messiah. The Jews are that people. Men had almost

Download or read book The Israel of God written by Samuel Greene and published by Glory Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Bible, who really is the “Israel of God” (Galatians 6:16)? The name Israel was first mentioned in Genesis 32 when Jacob wrestled with the Lord and the Lord said to Jacob, “Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed” (Genesis 32:28). Jacob had a character change. He went from a deceiver, supplanter, and trickster to a prince with God and a champion of God. Therefore, Israel is a spiritual term that lies deep in the heart of God that defines His changed people. They are God’s holy people made up of every tribe, tongue, and nation who have been washed in the blood of Jesus and now have been transformed into the sons of the Living God. This revelation is a must for all believers because this is God’s promise for His people. This is His emphasis in the last days. He died to deliver us from the Law which envelops all of Jewish tradition, customs, and ordinances, which “gendereth to bondage” (Galatians 4:24). For through Jesus “there is neither Jew nor Greek” and we now are all God’s new creation created in Christ Jesus. This is the Israel of God!

Download or read book Learning Messiah written by Edjan Westerman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel's election, calling, and history make up a big part of Scripture. It could be said that they belong to the "DNA of the Bible." But why is it then that the Christian narrative about the Messiah, Israel, and the nations, often seemed to have and sometimes even still has a different "genetic structure"? Does Israel--together with its election and promises--leave God's stage through a side door, when Jesus appears on stage? Does a changing of roles take place, within a different story? Does the Messiah function within it as some kind of "black hole" in which the eternal election and calling of Israel disappear? How do we read God's way? The Holocaust made us realize that our de-Jew-ized reading and preaching of Scripture contributed in various ways to this catastrophe. And we find ourselves confronted by the question: How does the narrative of the Bible then look when the whole of Scripture plays a decisive role, and the faithfulness of God toward Israel stays in the center? This book presents an answer to these questions, calling us to learn to read God's way anew, and to walk in it.

Download or read book Israel s Messiah in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls written by Richard S. Hess and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is exemplary of evangelical scholarship at its best. The theme is pertinent, indeed basic, to all expressions of Christianity, and the contributors engage their subject with the passionate inquiry and critical acumen it deserves. The essays are comprehensive in scope but unpredictable in conclusion, displaying a diversity of perspective united only by common allegiance to the advancement of biblical understanding. Anyone interested in biblical prophecy or a historical understanding of Jesus will find here a useful survey of the relevant materials and some surprising new insights." --Mark Allan Powell, Trinity Lutheran Seminary "Israel's Messiah is a very timely, helpful work on one of the more important topics for our day. In fairly short compass, it manages to cover nearly everything the student will want to know about the development of the messianic idea in Judaism and the early church. It is a must reading!" --Grant R. Osborne, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "There has been a notion circulating in certain circles of New Testament scholarship that the concept of a messiah was of little significance in early Judaism. This volume helps dispel that notion and in the process gives us some keen insight into how the messianic material in the New Testament fits into the larger matrix of Old Testament and early Jewish messianic thought. Highly recommended." --Ben Witherington III, Asbury Theological Seminary "The complexities of biblical scholarship are all too often hidden from most students of the Bible. This collection of essays, however, opens up contemporary issues concerning the concept of the messiah. The main authors and respondents offer helpful and insightful presentations on the messiahship of Jesus Christ. The format of essays and responses enriches the volume by permitting the reader to weigh differing viewpoints on the vitally important topic. Here we have constructive, critical, evangelical scholarship of the highest quality." --T. D. Alexander, Union Theological College, Belfast, Ireland

Download or read book Jerusalem Crucified Jerusalem Risen written by Mark S. Kinzer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The good news (euangelion) of the crucified and risen Messiah was proclaimed first to Jews in Jerusalem, and then to Jews throughout the land of Israel. In Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen, Mark Kinzer argues that this initial audience and geographical setting of the euangelion is integral to the eschatological content of the message itself. While the good news is universal in concern and cosmic in scope, it never loses its particular connection to the Jewish people, the city of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel. The crucified Messiah participates in the future exilic suffering of his people, and by his resurrection offers a pledge of Jerusalem’s coming redemption. Basing his argument on a reading of the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of Luke, Kinzer proposes that the biblical message requires its interpreters to reflect theologically on the events of post-biblical history. In this context he considers the early emergence of Rabbinic Judaism and the much later phenomenon of Zionism, offering a theological perspective on these historical developments that is biblically rooted, attentive to both Jewish and Christian tradition, and minimalist in the theological constraints it imposes on the just resolution of political conflict in the Middle East.

Download or read book Messiah in the Feasts of Israel written by Sam Nadler and published by Rose Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how Gods redemptive plan is revealed through the feasts of Israel. You will learn the prophetic purposes of the feasts, how the feasts are fulfilled in Messiah, future implications of the feasts and practical truths for life

Download or read book The Messiah in the Old Testament written by Walter C. Kaiser and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Testament both tells the story of Israel and points to the coming Messiah. Kaiser distinguishes between Old Testament passages that describe national Israel's glorious future and those that point to Christ and his kingdom. Kaiser's chronological approach traces Israel's developing concept of Messiah through different time periods.

Download or read book The Seven Feasts of Israel and the Messiah 3Rd Edition written by Ronald Jean PhD and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scene after scene, we are surrounded by the theatrics of the passion. The panorama begins as Israel performs seven solemn, ritualistic feasts pointing to the dismemberment of his physical and spiritual captivity. The messianic application to Israel’s memorial feasts is central to his preparation to enjoy his long-awaited eternal freedom. In The Seven Feasts of Israel and the Messiah, 3rd Edition, Dr. Jean explores the purpose of the different sabbaths given to Israel and how each point to a unique aspect of either creation or redemption. The gospel to the chosen people is explained in a unique and fresh perspective. Tracing the path of their dispersion, punishment, and re-acceptance is clearly mapped. God’s latter-day program for the chosen people can now be seen from clear messages from the Bible. Considering the topic of the feasts through the lens of scripture, Jean describes commonalities and differences of feasts religions recognize, providing an important historical and spiritual viewpoint.

Download or read book Learning Messiah written by Edjan Westerman and published by Wipf and Stock. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel''s election, calling, and history make up a big part of Scripture. It could be said that they belong to the ""DNA of the Bible."" But why is it then that the Christian narrative about the Messiah, Israel, and the nations, often seemed to have and sometimes even still has a different ""genetic structure""? Does Israel--together with its election and promises--leave God''s stage through a side door, when Jesus appears on stage? Does a changing of roles take place, within a different story? Does the Messiah function within it as some kind of ""black hole"" in which the eternal election and calling of Israel disappear? How do we read God''s way? The Holocaust made us realize that our de-Jew-ized reading and preaching of Scripture contributed in various ways to this catastrophe. And we find ourselves confronted by the question: How does the narrative of the Bible then look when the whole of Scripture plays a decisive role, and the faithfulness of God toward Israel stays in the center? This book presents an answer to these questions, calling us to learn to read God''s way anew, and to walk in it. ""Learning Messiah by Edjan Westerman is a full scale biblical theology that is passionately Christian and passionately ''post-supersessionist'' in equal measure . . . the contents of the book have impressed me as accessible, engaging, detailed, and often profound."" --R. Kendall Soulen, Emory University, Atlanta ""E. J. Westerman has written a very important book that revolutionizes our understanding of both Israel and the church. In the case of the latter, a more deeply rooted biblical identity of the church arises on the basis of a new canonical approach to biblical theology. This new canonical approach restores the ongoing meaning of Israel to God''s purpose in creation and consummation and hence the unity of purpose for Israel and the church."" --Daniel Juster, director of Tikkun Ministries International ""Ever since the Holocaust Christian theologians have reexamined previous Christian thinking about Israel. Most have rejected one aspect of supersessionism, that which posited an end to God''s covenant with the Jewish people . . . EJ Westerman provides us with a retelling of the biblical story in which Israel and her Messiah are at the center. This retelling sheds much new light on not only the Bible but the meaning of Israel and the nations. This is an important and helpful book for Christian theology, the Church, and Israel today."" --Gerald R. McDermott, Beeson Divinity School/Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama ""Learning Messiah is an important book. Edjan Westerman reads the Bible as a ''co-reader'' with deep respect for Israel, the first reader. Starting from the belief that we received the Tenach and the New Testament from the beloved and elected people of Israel''s God, he overviews and corrects the common Christian Biblical theology with his ''own'' integral canonical approach . . . He wrote this book for the common, interested reader and invites them to react and to take a position. If we receive the Bible in modesty and in acceptance of the priority of God to Israel--what does this mean for our faith and our relation to the people of the Messiah?"" --Bas Plaisier, and former Vice President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches ""E. J. Westerman''s book sets the standard for a new genre of theological literature--a post-supersessionist biblical theology which re-casts the biblical metanarrative along the lines of R. K. Soulen''s The God of Israel and Christian Theology. His proposals will not be accepted by all, as they challenge a deep-rooted and prevailing paradigm. But anyone interested in a renewed biblical understanding of God''s ongoing purposes through Jesus the Messiah with both Israel and the Church and all nations, and a detailed exposition of the whole of Scripture in support of such an understanding, will take serious note of this exciting and radical approach."" --Richard Harvey, author of Mapping Messi

Download or read book Miracle of Israel written by Gary Frazier and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-03-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone is looking for a miracle. Families devastated by a faltering economy. A college student facing the horrific diagnosis of cancer. Corporately, whole nations are teetering on the brink of despair and chaos. The Miracle of Israel is a stunning examination of the millennia-old love that God has for His people that: Clearly conveys the promise God gave to AbrahamExamines the ancient prophecies regarding Israel that have happened and are unfolding even todayProvides an easy-to-read timeline of miracle after miracle related to the nation of Israel Tracing the history of the Jewish people to the present day, the authors look at prophecy after prophecy that clearly attest to the Lord’s miraculous promises. From historical records to personal, dramatic stories, the Miracle of Israel shows us that in keeping epic promises to the nation of Israel, God’s provision for each of us is sure, perfect, and on time, every time.

Download or read book Joseph s Identity Crisis written by Nick Tognietti and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Judaism, there is a concept known as Messiah ben Joseph, and Messiah ben David. This concept is known in Christianity as the 1st and 2nd coming of Jesus. In order to know more about Jesus/Yeshua's first coming, we can study the life of Joseph in the book of Genesis and see not only many prophetic insights about the first coming of Yeshua (Jesus), but also the reasons for why the Jewish people don't accept Him today, the reason for their rejection of Him 2,000 years ago, the role of Judaism, the role of Christianity, the role of Messianic Judaism, and how Yeshua will be received back into Israel by Judaism, and how Judaism and Christianity will be reconciled. Judaism (Jacob) and Christianity (Esau) are brothers with the same Father, and we find hidden in the Hebrew Scriptures the means of reconciliation in a practical manner. There are many parallel's between Joseph and Yeshua. Joseph was sold by his brothers to Gentiles, just as Yeshua was sold by His brothers (Jewish people) to Gentiles. Because of this, Joseph was actually sent out of the land of Canaan (later named Israel), just as Yeshua is currently not allowed in Israel, and His name is taboo. Joseph went and reigned as king amongst the Gentiles, just as Yeshua is reigning right now amongst the Gentiles. Joseph's brothers came and bought provision from Joseph face to face and did not even recognize their own brother. Today, the Jewish people can not recognize that Jesus/Yeshua is the Jewish Messiah. The question is, why? Joseph was given a new name in by the Egyptians in Genesis 41:45 Tzafnat Paneach, which as we will see in this book, means "to hide the sojourner," and was also dressed up as an Egyptian, and not as a Hebrew. Today, Yeshua has been given a new name (Jesus), and is not dressed as the Jewish Messiah according to the Torah of Moses (the first five books of the Bible). Joseph's new name has been accomplished, and Yeshua has officially been hidden. This book was originally founded on Genesis 26 where Isaac is re-digging wells that his father Abraham once had, however, Scripture says these wells are being taken by the people of Gerar, which in Hebrew, comes from the word "ger," which is a Gentile that has come to faith in the God of Israel, such as a Christian who is brought near through Yeshua (Ephesians 2:12-13). The English Bible's do not translate the text properly, and say in Genesis 26:19 that Isaac dug and found a well of "running water," however, the text literally says in Hebrew בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים "well of living water." Yeshua said in John 4 to the woman at the well that He is the Living Water. What we are seeing is the Gentile converts are actually covering up Messiah ben Joseph, Yeshua Himself. In Isaiah 12:3 we read וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַ֖יִם בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן מִמַּֽעַיְנֵ֖י הַיְשׁוּעָֽה "And you will draw waters with joy from the fountains of Yeshua." What are the wells that the Jewish people must dig and drink from? How have the Gentiles been covering up the Messiah for thousands of years? How does He become uncovered and revealed? And How do we reconcile Jacob and Esau? I have found an undeniable code in the Torah, as well as a generational curse that has taken place between Jacob and Esau. This curse began with the times of Abraham, and has been seen in each generation following from Sarah and Hagar, to Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Rachel and Leah, and has continued for thousands of years through the New Testament even until today, as will be shown in the second half of this book. The revelations of this code of reconciliation, and the ability to remove the curse is embedded in the Hebrew Scriptures of the Torah. Through following the steps given in the Torah that I have provided in this book, reconciliation becomes practical. By the end of this book there will be a clear understanding for the reason of the title, "Joseph's Identity C

Download or read book Seeking Allah Finding Jesus written by Nabeel Qureshi and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, now expanded with bonus content, Nabeel Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, complete with friendships, investigations, and supernatural dreams along the way. Providing an intimate window into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi struggled with an inner turmoil that will challenge Christians, Muslims, and all those who are interested in the world’s greatest religions. Engaging and thought-provoking, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus tells a powerful story of the clash between Islam and Christianity in one man’s heart?and of the peace he eventually found in Jesus. "I have seldom seen such genuine intellect combined with passion to match ... truly a 'must-read' book."—Ravi Zacharias