| Message | My name is Anders Branderud, I am 23 years and I am from Sweden.
I have practised Orthodox Judaism through Netzarim (link: netzarim.co.il) in Ra’anana in Israel (led by the Orthodox Jew Paqid Yirmeyahu ha-Tzadiq), who are followers of Ribi Yehoshua (the Messiah) since 2007-05. Before that I was a devoted Christian for 6 years.
You write: “As well as providing a place for Jewish and non-Jewish believers in Yeshua to fellowship together and praise the L-rd in Spirit and in Truth, we at Ner Tamid are also called to teach the Jewish roots of the Christian faith to the Local Church.”
le-havdil,
So who then was the historical Jesus? His name was Ribi Yehoshua. Anyone educated in this field knows that the only sect of Judaism that had rabbis was the Pharisee and even the Christian NT described him as a rabbi. Parkes, Bagatti, Wilson, Charlesworth; all world-recognized authorities in this area leave no doubt that Ribi Yehoshua was a Pharisee, of the school of Hileil - who was also Pharisee. There is no serious dispute about that among scholars in the field. Ribi Yehoshua taught in "synagogues"; which were a strictly Pharisee institution.
That Ribi Yehoshua was a Pharisee implies that you need to practise his Torah-teachings if want to follow him. You do that by practising Torah (including oral Torah ; see “Mishpat” and “Halakhah” at Glossaries in the first page at the above website)! Conclusion: Christianity has no Jewish roots. From Anders Brandrerud |