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Background
So - just what on earth is going on? Why is this awakening not generally promoted in the mainstream?
It seems apparent that there is a strange stirring going on in the hearts and minds of many Christians around the world to seek out and to learn all about the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith!
Did you know that the word 'Israel' is mentioned in the scriptures 2301 times; the word 'Christian' is only mentioned twice. The earliest believers in Jeshua never called themselves Christians as this was a term of contempt used to ridicule those who, though Jews, faithfully maintained that Jeshua was the Messiah of Israel. In the book of Acts they are simply known as followers of the Judaic sect called 'The Way'.
After 'God' and 'Lord', Israel is the most mentioned word in the entire bible!
Have you perhaps heard it said that there are no unfulfilled prophecies that would cause Jesus to tarry and not return to earth very soon? Well, although we do maintain that Jesus the Messiah will return soon there is a different perspective. We can see that there are some major prophecies that impact the time of His return that have not yet been fulfilled, like the division of Jerusalem. These unfulfilled prophecies have to do with both the land and the people of Israel - what we have long understood as being 'the Church' was never in fact, a subject of prophecy.The 'church' as we know it, was a mystery hid in God, revealed to Paul by the Spirit. The first time that the term 'Church' is used / referred to is in Exodus - not Acts. Our understanding of 'Church' is very shallow indeed.
Did you know that an Apostasy ( a falling away from the faith) as well as a final restoration in the end times was first prophesied by Moses? Yeshua is refered to as The Prophet like unto Moses. Moses prophesied that the Jewish people would fall away and be dispersed amoung the nations and then be restored back to God in the end times.
M-ost scholars readily admit that there has been an apostasy and that the contemporary Church is but a shaddow of its former self. The Church has fallen away away from the Apostolic model that was once delivered to the saints. It was however, no surprise to God as He predicted on many levels in Scripture and it has been happening even before the last Apostle died. 1 John 2:18
However, there is another principle that we find operating in scripture in that mercy (Restoration or reconstitution) always comes before Judgement. In Luke 1:68-75 Yeshua's coming is announced and He brings salvation but within a mere 100 years the Temple is destroyed and the people are in exile because their leaders refused Him. Acts 3:20-26 says that Yeshua is that Prophet like unto Moses and in the end, that every soul that will not hear and obey Him will be utterly destroyed. This is the time to hear!
Restoration
1. Israel's national restoration as a State came about in 1948 as the trigger for Israeli's returning from centuries of exile amoung the nations.
2. What also happened in In 1948 was a simultaneous restoration of the Torah as indicated by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
This dual restoration is what has heralded a return of the true Gospel message which has also been in exile for 1,700 years - after the detruction of the temple in 70 A.D.
This modern return to the original Gospel mesage was prophesied by Moses in the Torah and has since 1969 seen the worldwide rise of Messianic Congregations. It has also impacted the Christian church who have slowly been becoming softened to Israel and has sparked this strange desire to discover more and more about the Hebrew Roots of the early Christian faith.
The late Derek Prince, of blessed memory, understood and preached the truth that there is a work of simultaneous restoration and revival happening in the Christian Church as well as in Israel.
Here in Milton Keynes, we have come to believe that Adonai is doing a work of restoration of many things that have been lost to us Christians over the centuries of human traditions and the doctrines of men.
We believe that there is now a restoration movement underway whereby believers are fulfilling Isaiah 51:1-15 and are looking back beyond the Protestant Reformation; back to and then beyond the Book of Acts - right back to to Abraham, the father of our Jeudo-Christian faith. In Abraham, the father of faith, all families of the earth will be blessed!
God promised to restore Israel, "as at the beginning." The apostle Kefa (Peter) announced that Yeshua would not return until the "restoration of all things spoken by the prophets since the world began", Acts 3:21.
This makes everything in the ancient Scriptures concerning the restoration of Israel of contemporary importance, especially as we see it happening in our generation.
The restoration of the people, the land, the language and the faith of Israel are all taking place as foretold in the prophets of Israel. Jewish people are converting to Messianic Judaism at the highest rate in over 19 years. Christian believers are rediscovering Yeshua and in doing so have began to rediscover the beauty of the Sabbath and the holy festivals, which the Scriptures declares will go on to be be observed by every nation in the Messianic Kingdom when Yeshua comes.
About us
We are Ivor and Karin , originally from Johannesburg in South Africa but have been residing happily in Milton Keynes for over 10 years.
We have two daughters - 20 years old and 12 years old.
We have been Christians for over twenty five years and have been to Bible School and Theological College but have always felt 'There must be something more'. In the last 5 years we have become more and more convinced that the roots of Christianity is in fact Hebraic. In fact, for the first 10 years of 'Church History' there were no Gentile converts at all...
This journey of discovery began as I (Karin) felt convicted to bring our youngest daughter out from the school system to be home educated. When I felt convicted to take my daughter out of school (2 and a half years ago) providentially I met someone at our church who also home educating her children. It still took me another six months of researching HE on the Internet and chatting to DH before we decided in fear and trembling to take the plunge!
While I was searching all the options I felt that it was important to make the bible a more central part of HE as I did not want to follow the National Curriculum, which most definitely does not have a biblical world view. I then went looking for a curriculum and came across Robin Samson's biblical holidays web site and also her Heart of Wisdom curriculum.
It was the strangest thing when I read Robin’s testimony about how she as a Christian came to observe the feasts of Israel. I felt like my heart was going to explode with excitement! I had studied the Old Testament in bible school many years ago and had studied Christology - specifically Christ in the the tabernacle but I always felt that there was more to it. I did not know what it was.
As it turns out many years later there is a worldwide movement that has not deeply touched England as yet. It builds on the simple premise that Yeshua (Jesus) never wanted 2 separate congregations - Jewish Messianic and ‘Gentile’ Christian. He wanted there to be one sheepfold with Himself to be the Chief Shepherd.
His death removed the age old barrier between Jew and Gentile because our unity was uppermost in His mind before he died and to that end He rose again. Personally, we don’t want anything that Yeshua died for to be in vain or unrealised. Do you perhaps feel the same?
Have you ever felt that there must be more to contemporary Christianity?