History of the Jewish Christian Comunity

By NABIL ONSY

Christian Judaism is a term coined in historical research to describe the ancient Christian classes that existed in the first centuries AD, and combined belief in Jesus with a commitment to preserving the Torah and its laws, before the Judeo-Christian split was completed.

This term refers to someone who was born to the people of Israel and believed in Jesus Christ. One of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian community was James, the brother of Jesus. Most of the Christian Jews in the first sect fled to the city of Pella, located east of the Jordan, before persecutions broke out in Jerusalem in 68 AD. Until then, Christian Jews were accustomed to meeting in (Jewish) synagogues, but since the inclusion of (the atheist prayer) that curses believers in Jesus, they were forced to leave the synagogues.

• Language: English
• Publisher: NABIL ONSY
• Release date: Jun 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9798227978356

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Introduction

Christian Judaism is a term coined in historical research to describe the ancient Christian classes that existed in the first centuries AD, and combined belief in Jesus with a commitment to preserving the Torah and its laws, before the Judeo-Christian split was completed.

This term refers to someone who was born to the people of Israel and believed in Jesus Christ. One of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian community was James, the brother of Jesus. Most of the Christian Jews in the first sect fled to the city of Pella, located east of the Jordan, before persecutions broke out in Jerusalem in 68 AD. Until then, Christian Jews were accustomed to meeting in (Jewish) synagogues, but since the inclusion of (the atheist prayer) that curses believers in Jesus, they were forced to leave the synagogues.

In the beginning, Christian Jews formed a stable majority among Christians in the world, but they quickly became a minority and eventually melted and assimilated, and only here and there, during Christian history, can isolated Christian Jews be perceived. In the first century AD, the Christian Jews divided into three main groups: the Christians, the Ebionites, and the Christian Jews. These last two groups constituted the majority, which included Christian Jews who maintained their Jewish identity even though they did not fulfill the obligations of the Sharia and the Torah.

In terms of their faith, they considered themselves part of the Christian community in the world. The Christians were distinguished from the Jewish Christians in that they were keen to preserve part of the commandments and duties of the Torah, and for this reason they established separate sects.

The Ebionites were close in their ideas and opinions to the separatist movements that isolated themselves in the Judean Desert. They were vegetarians (they did not eat meat), and they believed that Satan had distorted the Torah and the Law of Moses and inserted false elements into it, and that Jesus, as the greatest of the prophets, had come to purify the Torah and the Law of those (false) attachments.

This book deals with a unique sect, namely the Jewish Christian sect, which is a sect that declares itself to be Jewish and belongs to the people of Israel, but it recognizes Jesus as the Messiah, Savior and Son of God. It also observes in its rituals some Jewish rituals that are not usually practiced in other Christian churches. Such as (observing the Sabbath and some Jewish holidays, preserving foods that Jewish law has permitted, and avoiding foods that it has forbidden, such as pork).

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This book is a translated translation from the sources of the various Jewish Christian sect, and we have nothing to do with it. If it contains praise for some characters or denigration of other characters or strange beliefs, then it is not from us and has nothing to do with it, and God forbid that we intend to mislead or obscure the reader, but it is honesty in the translation.

NABIL ONSY

Judeo-Christian sect

The Judeo-Christian sect adds to the ordinary Christian doctrine some observance of the rituals of Jewish law, which are not usually practiced in the ordinary Christian churches such as keeping the Jewish Sabbath commandment, abstaining from pork, shellfish, and other foods prohibited by Jewish law, observing Jewish holidays, and as of By 2003, there were at least 150 Judeo-Christian houses in the United States and more than 400 worldwide, and by 2008 there were reported to be another 6,000 to 15,000 members in Israel, and about a quarter of a million in the United States.

Christian Judaism is a religious current based on evangelical Christian elements, at its center is the acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah of Israel described in the Tanakh (Old Testament) and as the Son of God, and considering the Tanakh (Old Testament) and the New Testament as holy books.

Members of the independent sects that belong to this movement identify themselves as Jews, but this movement is not recognized within Judaism by almost all other Jewish movements.

The members of this movement consider themselves successors to the first followers of Jesus who were Jews, and some of them maintain various Jewish features (such as observing permissible foods and keeping the Sabbath).

There are currently between 250,000-300,000 Christian Jews in the world, of whom 10,000-15,000 are in Israel.

In Christian Judaism and in ordinary Christianity, Jesus is envisioned as part of the Holy Trinity (although some Jewish Christians reject that notion altogether): the Father, the Son (incarnated in Jesus), and the Holy Spirit, who are one God. According to them, Jesus is The Messiah and the Son of God who arrived into the world incarnated as a human being like all other human beings.

Christian Jews believe that the Old Testament prophecies talk about the New Testament and Jesus Christ, and that the New Testament does not contain a new law, but rather a continuation of the Tanakh or the Old Testament.

Any Jew's joining Christian Judaism requires the ritual of baptism and the ritual of the Lord's feast (bread and wine).

As for the Oral Torah (the Mishna and the Talmud), there are some Christian Jews who do not accept it, under the pretext that it is one of the divine additions, their personal interpretations, and their useless arguments.

Pillars of Christian Judaism:

• Jesus is the Messiah of Israel and the Son of God

• Proceed in the world with humility and chastity

• Pursuing the will of the Lord

• The believer being the Lord’s instrument to achieve his plan

• Forgiving the sins of others

• Faith before action

• The Lord is one and does not change - the God of Abraham is the God of King David and the God of the apostles. The Lord our God is one Lord, and you love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and you love for your brother what you love for yourself.

Christian Judaism calls for the following principles:

1 - The absolute authority of the Scriptures in everything related to the faith and lifestyle of the believer.

2 - Autonomy for the local community

3 - The believer’s baptism in water before being accepted as a member of the sect

4 - Two positions: shepherds (elders and overseers) and deacons

5 - Two commandments (baptism and the Lord’s banquet)

6 - Personal divination for every believer

7 - Separation of religion and state

8 - Believing that the Lord’s banquet was made to commemorate the death of Christ, and that it must be preserved until his return, and the banquet must be held within the framework of the sect and its boundaries.

There are two sections of Christian Judaism:

The first group considers itself a Jew and a continuation of the path of the Ebionites ( ), as they consider Jesus merely a promised Messiah through prophecy, and reject the notion that he is a god or the son of God. They consider him a prophet like Moses. They consider the Tanakh and the New Testament to be sacred books. They celebrate Jewish holidays such as Sukkot, Passover, and the Weeks. They emphasize the Ten Commandments and reject They strongly oppose the use of crosses, stars of David, or other statues. Some of them oppose the Oral Torah, preserve permissible foods according to the Karaite provisions, and keep the Sabbath. They consider current Christianity or any movement that attributes divinity to Jesus of Nazareth to be outright infidels.

The second section is based on elements of evangelical Christianity, they speak the Hebrew language, and they see that celebrating Jewish holidays is optional. The members of this section or that movement accept most of the Christian doctrines and do not see any difference between them and the Christians other than their rejection of some Christian customs and traditions, such as: the Christian holidays themselves. The use of incantation or baptism in the church, and the people of this section consider Jesus the Messiah of Israel and the Son of God.

Judeo-Christian sect

questions and answers

There are different opinions about Jewish Christians, and many lies promoted by opponents. In this article you can find answers to various questions related to this topic.

1 - Why must a Jew believe in Jesus?

In fact, there is no justifiable reason for a Jew not to believe in Jesus, because Jesus is the Messiah whom the Lord promised, and he is the only means by which a person can obtain forgiveness for his sins and enter the Garden of Eden. Jesus is the Messiah and Savior of the entire world, whether Jews or Goyim (non-Jews), and therefore every Jew must believe in Jesus.

2 - Has the Jew who believes in Jesus changed his religion?

The Jew who believed in Jesus did not thereby change his religion, just as the pious people of the village of Hebd did not change their religion. Jesus was a Jew and he was the Savior who was talked about in the Old Testament, and therefore the Jew who believes in Jesus is in fact the true Jew in the eyes of the Lord. The Jew who believed in Jesus did not convert from his Jewish religion to another religion. He can continue to preserve Jewish traditions and legacies, and he is not required to carry on his shoulders Christian traditions and legacies. Faith in Jesus is not another new religion, but rather a direct and natural continuation of what is written in the Old Testament.

3- What is the difference between Jewish Christians and Christians?

There are two types of Christians: Christians who call themselves Christians; In fact, they are Christians who believe in Jesus.

There are Christians who call themselves Christians, but they live according to a religion that they invented and created for themselves, not Jesus. There is nothing in common between them and the Christian Jews. In contrast to this, there are Goyim Christians (non-Jews) who truly believe in Jesus with all the depth of their hearts, and there is no difference between them and the Jewish Christians, except nationalism. Jesus came for the salvation of all people, not through religion, but through a doctrine from the world of reality, and he eliminated the differences between the different peoples who believe in him.

4- What holidays do you celebrate?

It is not written in the New Testament about any new holiday that should be celebrated. This is why we do not celebrate all Christian holidays, such as Christmas or Easter. It was mentioned in the New Testament that Jesus celebrated with his disciples the holidays of the people of Israel mentioned in the Old Testament, even the Feast of Hanukha, which is not mentioned in the Old Testament. Also, believers in Jesus are not required to celebrate the holidays of the people of Israel that appear in the Old Testament. The believer in Jesus, whether he is a Jew or not, has no holidays that he is obligated to celebrate. Since we live in the Land of Israel and among the people of Israel, we name and distinguish the holidays of the people of Israel in our sect, and we also celebrate some of them out of belonging to the people of Israel and not out of obligation. It should be noted that the holidays of the people of Israel have a prophetic significance. For example, Easter refers to the coming of Christ, who will die like the Easter sheep, and the shed blood of Christ will protect and protect us.

5- How do you pray?

We do not have a Qur’an for prayer like religious Jews and other religions. Our prayers are personal and are recited from the heart and thoughts of the person praying, meaning that the prayers are not written by someone else. Prayer can be performed with the heart or tongue, individually or in a group. It was mentioned in the Old Testament that because of man’s sins, the Lord does not hear his prayers (Isaiah 59:1-3). Thanks to Jesus Christ, the sins of everyone who believes in him and listens and the Lord answers their prayers have been forgiven. Our prayers we pray in the name of Jesus Christ in order for the Lord to hear them for his sake (for the sake of Jesus).

6- To whom do you pray?

We pray to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Our prayers address the God of the people of Israel through Jesus Christ, because only thanks to Him are our prayers heard and answered. In general, we begin our prayers with: Our Father who art in heaven or My Father who art in heaven.

7 - Why do you call Yeshua Jesus?

Because this is his real name given to him by his parents, and as for Yeshu, it is an abbreviation of the insult and curse (Yimah Shemo wa Dakhrou, meaning God erased his name and memory) that the religious Jews gave him. This name (Jesus) is also found in the Old Testament, and it is an abbreviation of the name Joshua.

8 - How long have Christian Jews existed?

Christian Jews have been around for 2000 years. The first Jewish Christians were the twelve disciples of Jesus, and this number began to increase very quickly until it reached tens of thousands of Jews in Jerusalem who believed that Jesus was the Messiah and Savior. This number of Jews who believed in Jesus continued and then also returned to the Land of Israel when the people of Israel returned to their land. Jewish Christian groups also existed before the establishment of the State of Israel. The Jewish Christian community (Jaffa - Tel Aviv) was established in the mid-thirties of the twentieth century, and in this way the topic of discussion here is not a new movement that has no roots or history.

9 - Which day of the week is sacred to you?

We do not have a holy day of the week, because every day is important to the Lord. Nothing was mentioned in the New Testament about making Sunday a holy day. Since we are in the Land of Israel, we rest and dwell on the Sabbath, and we also hold the main weekly meeting on the Sabbath in congregation and in the presence of witnesses, but we do not have a day more important or sacred than the other days of the week.

10 - What do you do in your sect’s meetings?

We meet twice a week, and during those meetings we sing songs of praise and praise to the Lord. We pray and study from the Old Testament and the New Testament. Once a week, specifically on Saturday, we eat from the wine and wine that symbolize the body of Jesus who suffered and died for us, and whose blood was shed on the cross for us. In this meeting, we remember the suffering and pain that Christ had to endure in order for our sins to be forgiven. The group's meetings are wide open to anyone who wants or is interested in visiting and listening to it. The meetings and lessons are conducted in Hebrew, and there is plenty of time after the meetings for dialogue, consultation, and asking questions.

11 - What is the book of the New Testament?

The book of the New Testament is not the book of the Old Testament in which Christians made changes, as a few of our people are trying to convince the rest of us to believe. The New Testament tells the history of Jesus and his disciples. There are also letters in the New Testament that were sent to different groups and sects, and a book that tells about the end of days (the Day of Resurrection).

12 - Are Jews allowed to read the New Testament?

The New Testament writers were written by Jews who believed in Jesus (and there is a lack of certainty regarding the Jewishness of one of the writers). The book was not written by Christian Goyim (non-Jews), and it is a natural extension of the Old Testament, and therefore a Jew is allowed to read the book of the New Testament without worry. The question now is: What is the convincing reason why a Jew can be prevented from reading the New Testament? The answer is: Anyone who has not read the New Testament cannot claim that it is forbidden for a Jew to read the New Testament. Those who prevent our people from reading the New Testament simply fear that our people will discover the truth that Jesus is the true Savior.

13 - Does the New Testament teach anti-Semitism?

The New Testament does not teach anti-Semitism. But it teaches love, even love of enemies. Jesus said that he was sent first and foremost to the people of Israel, and after that to the Goyim (non-Jews). The New Testament teaches love for the people of Israel, and this can be seen among the true Christian believers among the Goyim who support Israel throughout the world and pray for Israel. Verses can be found in the New Testament that address believers in Jesus among those who are not Jews, as these verses call on them not to be arrogant or arrogant toward the people of Israel, but to acknowledge that they are the people of God.

14 - Who crucified Jesus?

Jesus was crucified by the Romans. The Jewish leaders of his time handed him over to the Roman authority, and they crucified him. But we are all accused of crucifying Jesus, because we are all sinners and sinners, and therefore Jesus was forced to crucify and die for us, so that we would not die an eternal death. Even if you were the only person living on God's earth, God would send His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for you. Your sins and misdeeds are what sent Jesus to die a cruel death on the cross. Then it can be said that you and I are the ones who crucified our Christ because of our transgressions and transgressions.

15 - If Jesus was the Christ, why did the gods