The Parting of the Ways

Although it has sometimes been overlooked, a straightforward reading of the Book of Acts reveals that Christianity began as a sect within the Jewish community. Jesus was born of a Jewish mother, was reared in a Jewish home, and grew up in an intensely Jewish culture. All of His disciples were Jewish. During at least the first three decades of its existence, the Church was overwhelmingly Jewish in

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  1. It’s tragic today that when a Jew accepts Jesus or “that Man” as Messiah they are ostracized. I recently had an orthodox Jew tell me Messianic Jews are no longer considered Jews. Yet they are in the eyes of the One who matters. When Jews need all the allies they can get it’s so tragic that they would castigate their own people. It’s especially tragic when in their stubborness to continue to reject the Messiah they themselves will be castigated from God eternally. Thanks to the author for this article.

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