Ah you ask very good Bill. I like your question a lot. You seem very humble in your statement.
1. Difficult? 100%. Our saviour and Master Yeshua laid out his own life for his own people and for the rest of the world. Now, Yeshua himself states, "if you want to follow me, you must be willing to lay down your own, life, pick up your cross and follow me", along with various demanding parables, for those who desire to follow Yeshua.
My answer to this is simple, yet it takes a long explanation. In short, if you are not willing to get out of bed early, if you aren't willing to pray daily if you aren't willing to sacrifice yourself for those you are in disagreement with, well surely you will not desire to lay down your life.
I state this to say if you REALLY desire to do the works and labor Yeshua and G-d desire us to do, for ourselves, families and communities and more...it starts with ourselves. But, no matter how little effort you put in, if you GENUINELY put the effort in, G-d will help you equally or more to the effort you started to do.
How does this answer relate to reaching Jews? Like Paul, on of the best examples of a Jewish Believer, he "BECAME LIKE" whoever his audience was (while holding to being Jewish of course). THATS AMAZING!!! Powerful really and Paul himself tells us to "be like him". So if you desire to reach the Jewish people (Gentile or NOT), you should begin to read your bible with much depth. But the funny thing is, if you start reading from Genesis in these various English forms, you'll realize A LOT does NOT make sense. So is G-d's word lacking? NO HEAVEN FORBID. Jews, not because I say so or they said so, but Jews are G-d's chosen people and the people G-d gave the Torah to understand and to be taught. So who understands the BIBLE the best? Jews! But at the same time, one may NOT understand the bible, love Yeshua and have a humble and great heart.... FANTASTIC!!!!!! But, when it comes to "theology" or understanding the bible, not only do you need to learn Hebrew, but you have to master understanding all the "errors" (seemingly at first) or "holes" in the bible with Jewish understanding and an Oral Torah that was given through Moshe to teach it.
Ex: A general fact is G-d does NOT state the "how to" to any of the commands really. What really is idolatry? What is defined as stealing? What does it mean to "remember" and "guard the Shabbat" (should I remember in my head, my calender, should I guard it from demons or pagans?), What constitutes as honouring and respecting my parents yet the bible never told me to LOVE my parents? Why? Why did G-d say not to murder and they should die, yet G-d also told Moshe to command murderers to run away? ...and this list could go on and on and on.
From this in "short" you have 2 people:
a) Those who say (Jewish people do this just as much as Christians....because this is a human flaw of "laziness"): "It's old, we have Jesus, there is no Torah anymore (yet G-d said it was eternal.....), everything is summed up by love"....etc. Basically any excuse to refrain from WORK and be like Paul.
b) There are a few who recognize the POWER and INFINITE WISDOM (just like Proverbs tells us to seek or we are fools and on the road to death spiritually) that G-D'S word has and either endlessly toil with truth or some make a mess of it.
What does this mean? If those who are like B) desire TRUTH, well soon enough they will realize that there are MANY levels of truth FOR ALL ASPECTS of LIFE and that truth itself is INFINITE, (hence why Jews never stop studying) and those you will gain much respect for the "Orthodox" Jewish people and understand why G-d, Yeshua and all the Disciples agreed to "listen to the Pharisees but do not do what they do" (Matt 23:1-3). Why Yeshua followed many Oral Traditions along with Mastering the Torah Perfectly, Why the disciples picked certain commands from the Noachide laws and stated this for Gentile Believers... "(4 Noachide laws)...For from the earliest times, Moshe has had in every city those who proclaim him, with his words being read in the Synagogues every Shabbat" (Acts 15:19-21).
Put ALL scripture together so it all lines up (which truth believers all called to do) and your result will be a deep and amazing understanding of the bible, that is NOT just knowledge, but it is wisdom that you USE for your life and every soul on this earth. THEN you can not only reach Jews, but ALL forms of life with a GREAT understanding.
Just like Paul who studied MORE (and he was already a master at being a Pharisee under the Great Gamliel) after meeting Yeshua, only then did he understand how to master bring Jews and Gentiles together.
Anyone can do this if they really desire too! Once they do, they really will have the Jews "provoked and jealous" because the real Messiah, the real Yeshua will be revealed covered with the perfection of G-d's word, not 40,000+ various versions, because G-d IS ONE! Meaning everything on earth G-d created and has an "aspect" of holiness and if EVERYTHING, even SUFFERING, "EVIL" (human perspective) and WAR does not add up, then it is not G-d who is wrong, it is the one who lacks the wisdom to understand G-d's perfection!
2. REMEMBER: I NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER state that a Gentile Believer IS OR MUST OBEY the Torah. Yet, many Christian takes such an offense or at least a negative outlook on the Torah....that G-D HIMSELF MADE. In short, my full belief in G-d's perfect Torah for the Jewish people to maintain seems to be rejected by Christians...which the Torah DOES NOT EFFECT. This is why Orthodox Jews (not secular Jews) HATE CHRISTIANITY and sadly....never read the New Testament because of its followers....The Torah clearly states ANYONE who disregards the Torah is a FALSE PROPHET. So either Jesus is false and clearly is presented that way when Christians reject the Torah and Oral Torah (yet it does not effect them) OR Yeshua is the Messiah and he is just covered up in 40,000+ outfits...Just like...YOSEF! Hence why Yeshua is Mashiach Ben Yosef and not Mashiach Ben David...just yet that is, for he will return as Mashiach Ben David and I PRAY that people will be ready.....
"Not everyone who sayd Lord Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. On that day, many will say to me, Lord Lord, did we not PROPHESIZE in your name? Did we not EXPEL DEMONS in your name? Did we not perform MANY MIRACLES in your name? Then I will tell them to THEIR FACES...'depart from me you, I never knew you'" (Matt 7:21-23). Why does he say "I never knew you"? Because WE NEVER KNEW HIM! G-d is a just G-d! He is to us, as we are to Him.
3. What am I doing? I have personally decided to convert with my full belief in Yeshua. I am not only well accepted in multiple cities in North America by various Rabbi's, but many are astounded by my conversion and my insight to following G-d's word. Where I am now, my personal Rabbi has made me an "Assistant", yet I am not fully converted yet. PRAISE G-D for such a miracle. Why though?
Simple. Yeshua stated this: "For if you really believed Moshe, you would believe me; because it was about me that he wrote. But if you don't believe in what he wrote, how are you doing to believe what I say?" (John 5:31-47). What does this mean? If Jews are not obedient to the Torah and struggle with living out both the Letter & the Spirit of the Law in LOVE, (which is written all over the Torah and the Tanakh), then why on earth would they believe in a Christian or even Yeshua himself when they say "Yeshua is the Messiah, you must accept him?". Would you go an see a Lebron James All Star Performance if you hated basketball? No. So why do I state this? Because IFFFFF I can bring back Jews to the CORRECT why of following the Torah...then if Yeshua is the true Mashiach, then the only obstacle to "FIGHT" is his current followers.... Remember, the Jewish - Christian relationship (up until 50+ years ago) IS UGLY. Horrific, Anti-semetic and bloody. Would you accept the people and "its" Messiah if your grandparents and parents were killed directly or indirectly by millions of people who proclaim to "love their enemies????". 6 MILLIONS JEWS died both directly and indirectly to the entire world ignorance and Anti-Semetic though process, especially Canada and America in the early 30's when they REJECTED Jews running away from Europe. So how would you feel by accepting that Messiah and what would it truly cost you? Sure, we can all say, he love Jesus, thats easy, but to ACT on what we are called to do? Now thats a hard thing to do, just like you said. But with FAITH and TRUST like Avraham.....it is possible! G-d saved the world through single-handed men throughout the ages...He can do it again.
4. I am sorry for writing so much. G-d's word is BEYOND simple and it takes a lot to get out the truth without looking 'biased'. This is all based on scripture and when one can proof scripture in a better light AND it can still make sense to everything else...only then will one have my attention. Hence, why I decided to be Jewish, because Jews in a LOVING manner, fight over every Word of G-d, to BRING OUT the TRUTH and WISDOM for our lives, our families, our community and the world, just like Yeshua!
May G-d Be With You And I Pray This Helps and Inspires You. Truth Lies with the Few...Not the Crowd.
1. Difficult? 100%. Our saviour and Master Yeshua laid out his own life for his own people and for the rest of the world. Now, Yeshua himself states, "if you want to follow me, you must be willing to lay down your own, life, pick up your cross and follow me", along with various demanding parables, for those who desire to follow Yeshua.
My answer to this is simple, yet it takes a long explanation. In short, if you are not willing to get out of bed early, if you aren't willing to pray daily if you aren't willing to sacrifice yourself for those you are in disagreement with, well surely you will not desire to lay down your life.
I state this to say if you REALLY desire to do the works and labor Yeshua and G-d desire us to do, for ourselves, families and communities and more...it starts with ourselves. But, no matter how little effort you put in, if you GENUINELY put the effort in, G-d will help you equally or more to the effort you started to do.
How does this answer relate to reaching Jews? Like Paul, on of the best examples of a Jewish Believer, he "BECAME LIKE" whoever his audience was (while holding to being Jewish of course). THATS AMAZING!!! Powerful really and Paul himself tells us to "be like him". So if you desire to reach the Jewish people (Gentile or NOT), you should begin to read your bible with much depth. But the funny thing is, if you start reading from Genesis in these various English forms, you'll realize A LOT does NOT make sense. So is G-d's word lacking? NO HEAVEN FORBID. Jews, not because I say so or they said so, but Jews are G-d's chosen people and the people G-d gave the Torah to understand and to be taught. So who understands the BIBLE the best? Jews! But at the same time, one may NOT understand the bible, love Yeshua and have a humble and great heart.... FANTASTIC!!!!!! But, when it comes to "theology" or understanding the bible, not only do you need to learn Hebrew, but you have to master understanding all the "errors" (seemingly at first) or "holes" in the bible with Jewish understanding and an Oral Torah that was given through Moshe to teach it.
Ex: A general fact is G-d does NOT state the "how to" to any of the commands really. What really is idolatry? What is defined as stealing? What does it mean to "remember" and "guard the Shabbat" (should I remember in my head, my calender, should I guard it from demons or pagans?), What constitutes as honouring and respecting my parents yet the bible never told me to LOVE my parents? Why? Why did G-d say not to murder and they should die, yet G-d also told Moshe to command murderers to run away? ...and this list could go on and on and on.
From this in "short" you have 2 people:
a) Those who say (Jewish people do this just as much as Christians....because this is a human flaw of "laziness"): "It's old, we have Jesus, there is no Torah anymore (yet G-d said it was eternal.....), everything is summed up by love"....etc. Basically any excuse to refrain from WORK and be like Paul.
b) There are a few who recognize the POWER and INFINITE WISDOM (just like Proverbs tells us to seek or we are fools and on the road to death spiritually) that G-D'S word has and either endlessly toil with truth or some make a mess of it.
What does this mean? If those who are like B) desire TRUTH, well soon enough they will realize that there are MANY levels of truth FOR ALL ASPECTS of LIFE and that truth itself is INFINITE, (hence why Jews never stop studying) and those you will gain much respect for the "Orthodox" Jewish people and understand why G-d, Yeshua and all the Disciples agreed to "listen to the Pharisees but do not do what they do" (Matt 23:1-3). Why Yeshua followed many Oral Traditions along with Mastering the Torah Perfectly, Why the disciples picked certain commands from the Noachide laws and stated this for Gentile Believers... "(4 Noachide laws)...For from the earliest times, Moshe has had in every city those who proclaim him, with his words being read in the Synagogues every Shabbat" (Acts 15:19-21).
Put ALL scripture together so it all lines up (which truth believers all called to do) and your result will be a deep and amazing understanding of the bible, that is NOT just knowledge, but it is wisdom that you USE for your life and every soul on this earth. THEN you can not only reach Jews, but ALL forms of life with a GREAT understanding.
Just like Paul who studied MORE (and he was already a master at being a Pharisee under the Great Gamliel) after meeting Yeshua, only then did he understand how to master bring Jews and Gentiles together.
Anyone can do this if they really desire too! Once they do, they really will have the Jews "provoked and jealous" because the real Messiah, the real Yeshua will be revealed covered with the perfection of G-d's word, not 40,000+ various versions, because G-d IS ONE! Meaning everything on earth G-d created and has an "aspect" of holiness and if EVERYTHING, even SUFFERING, "EVIL" (human perspective) and WAR does not add up, then it is not G-d who is wrong, it is the one who lacks the wisdom to understand G-d's perfection!
2. REMEMBER: I NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER state that a Gentile Believer IS OR MUST OBEY the Torah. Yet, many Christian takes such an offense or at least a negative outlook on the Torah....that G-D HIMSELF MADE. In short, my full belief in G-d's perfect Torah for the Jewish people to maintain seems to be rejected by Christians...which the Torah DOES NOT EFFECT. This is why Orthodox Jews (not secular Jews) HATE CHRISTIANITY and sadly....never read the New Testament because of its followers....The Torah clearly states ANYONE who disregards the Torah is a FALSE PROPHET. So either Jesus is false and clearly is presented that way when Christians reject the Torah and Oral Torah (yet it does not effect them) OR Yeshua is the Messiah and he is just covered up in 40,000+ outfits...Just like...YOSEF! Hence why Yeshua is Mashiach Ben Yosef and not Mashiach Ben David...just yet that is, for he will return as Mashiach Ben David and I PRAY that people will be ready.....
"Not everyone who sayd Lord Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. On that day, many will say to me, Lord Lord, did we not PROPHESIZE in your name? Did we not EXPEL DEMONS in your name? Did we not perform MANY MIRACLES in your name? Then I will tell them to THEIR FACES...'depart from me you, I never knew you'" (Matt 7:21-23). Why does he say "I never knew you"? Because WE NEVER KNEW HIM! G-d is a just G-d! He is to us, as we are to Him.
3. What am I doing? I have personally decided to convert with my full belief in Yeshua. I am not only well accepted in multiple cities in North America by various Rabbi's, but many are astounded by my conversion and my insight to following G-d's word. Where I am now, my personal Rabbi has made me an "Assistant", yet I am not fully converted yet. PRAISE G-D for such a miracle. Why though?
Simple. Yeshua stated this: "For if you really believed Moshe, you would believe me; because it was about me that he wrote. But if you don't believe in what he wrote, how are you doing to believe what I say?" (John 5:31-47). What does this mean? If Jews are not obedient to the Torah and struggle with living out both the Letter & the Spirit of the Law in LOVE, (which is written all over the Torah and the Tanakh), then why on earth would they believe in a Christian or even Yeshua himself when they say "Yeshua is the Messiah, you must accept him?". Would you go an see a Lebron James All Star Performance if you hated basketball? No. So why do I state this? Because IFFFFF I can bring back Jews to the CORRECT why of following the Torah...then if Yeshua is the true Mashiach, then the only obstacle to "FIGHT" is his current followers.... Remember, the Jewish - Christian relationship (up until 50+ years ago) IS UGLY. Horrific, Anti-semetic and bloody. Would you accept the people and "its" Messiah if your grandparents and parents were killed directly or indirectly by millions of people who proclaim to "love their enemies????". 6 MILLIONS JEWS died both directly and indirectly to the entire world ignorance and Anti-Semetic though process, especially Canada and America in the early 30's when they REJECTED Jews running away from Europe. So how would you feel by accepting that Messiah and what would it truly cost you? Sure, we can all say, he love Jesus, thats easy, but to ACT on what we are called to do? Now thats a hard thing to do, just like you said. But with FAITH and TRUST like Avraham.....it is possible! G-d saved the world through single-handed men throughout the ages...He can do it again.
4. I am sorry for writing so much. G-d's word is BEYOND simple and it takes a lot to get out the truth without looking 'biased'. This is all based on scripture and when one can proof scripture in a better light AND it can still make sense to everything else...only then will one have my attention. Hence, why I decided to be Jewish, because Jews in a LOVING manner, fight over every Word of G-d, to BRING OUT the TRUTH and WISDOM for our lives, our families, our community and the world, just like Yeshua!
May G-d Be With You And I Pray This Helps and Inspires You. Truth Lies with the Few...Not the Crowd.
