Q: How can one believe in Jesus and still be Jewish? If you believe in Jesus you aren't Jewish anymore.

A: This sounds like one of the great lies of the Inquisition - that one can only be faithful to Jesus by forsaking one's Jewishness. To the contrary, the most Jewish thing a Jew can do is believe in the Jewish Messiah, foretold by the Jewish Prophets recorded in the Jewish Scriptures. Nearly 2000 years of ones who seek to leave Yeshua out of the picture, and those who seek to leave the Jew out of the picture, we as Messianic Believers proclaim Yeshua (Jesus) to Jews and Gentiles in a proper Biblical Context - "A light of revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel." (Luke 2:32)

Q: How can you believe that Jesus is G-d? We Jews believe believe in only one G-d, not three.

A: We believe in only one G-d. He revealed himself to us through His Son, who is the very image and reflection of G-d, and he touches us and speaks to us by His Spirit. Later, theologians put a label on these Spiritual Truths, calling it "The Trinity." Although the word "Trinity" is not found in the Bible, the Scriptural evidence for a "Compound Unity" of G-d is found throughout The Hebrew Scriptures. In Deuteronomy 6:4 (The Shema) "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our G-d, the Lord is one. The Hebrew word used is "Echad," which means a compound unity. In Gen 2:24 when a man is united to a woman, the two become one (echad) flesh. The Tenach also speaks of Israel being one (echad) Nation. (See 2 Sam 7:23, Ezek 37:22). In Genesis 1:26 we see "Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;" In Genesis 3:22 "Then The Lord G-d said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil;" In Gen 11:7 "Come let Us go down and there confuse their language." For more Scriptural evidence on the Compund Unity Nature of G-d, feel free to contact us.

Q: How can I know the Messiah?

A: 1. Recognize G-d loves you and wants you to have peace.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I havedrawn you with loving-kindness" (Jeremiah 31:3).

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the L-rd, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:11-13).

2. Recognize that it is our own sins that separate us from G-d.

"Surely the arm of the L-rd is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your G-d; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear" (Isaiah 59:1-2).

3. Recognize the need for atonement through sacrifice.

"For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR ONE'S LIFE" (Leviticus 17:11). Without the Beit HaMikdash, the Temple, there can be no sacrifice. G-d commanded that once the temple mount was designated as the place of worship, all our sacrifices were to be brought there. Yet G-d in His mercy has not left us without atonement.

4. Recognize that Yeshua (Jesus) became our atonement according to the plan of G-d.

"Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by G-d, smitten by Him and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the L-rd has laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:4-6).

"He sacrificed for their sins once for all when He offered Himself" (Hebrews 7:27).

5. Receive Yeshua into your life through prayer.

Sample prayer:
L-rd G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I acknowledge your love for me. I confess that I have sinned. Forgive me for my sins. Help me to turn from my sins and live as you want me to. L-rd Yeshua, please come into my life and be my Messiah and L-rd, and help me to walk with you. Amen.

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