Two Messianic Jewish graduate students think deeply about Messianic Jewish history and theology. We also engage with questions asked by other Jews, Hebrew Roots...
We dispel common myths about the Council of Nicaea and express gratitude for the Church successfully defending the deity of Yeshua in the face of a very influential heretic named Arian. We also talk about the decision to disconnect Easter and Passover (which I think is okay!).
00:00 - Introduction
3:15 - What did NOT happen at the Council of Nicaea
5:42 - Historical Context of the Council of Nicaea
7:39 - Who was Emperor Constantine?
12:43 - About the Council of Nicaea
17:00 - The Council Disconnecting Passover and Easter
31:22 - Who was Arius?
34:12 - Arguing with Arius
42:12 - The Nicene Creed
46:50 - A Messianic Jewish take on the Nicene Creed
49:20 - What is the Trinity?
57:18 - The Beauty of the Nicene Creed and the Shema; The Church and Messianic Judaism
1:04:25 - We should appreciate the Church
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1:05:29
Thank You Church for Defending the Tanakh
Marcion was the "arch-heretic" who argued there is a good god and an evil god, the Tanakh (the Old Testament) is not scripture, and edited portions of the New Testament. He was the first influential heretic that the Church had to guard a biblical understand of God and the Tanakh as God's word. The Messianic Jewish community should appreciate the Church for successfully defending God and His scripture.
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50:46
Romans Road to Messianic Judaism
We walk through Romans to see why the Messianic Jewish community has come to exist and what our purpose is as a community. We focus on texts in Romans 1, 3, 9, 11, and 15. We have come to exist because:
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - The Good News: Yeshua is the Jewish Messiah
2:12 - The Good News is for Jewish People
3:25 - Unity and Distinction Within the Body of Messiah
10:30 - Unity and Distinction Within Israel
17:55 - Messianic Jewish Community: A Double Witness
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21:02
Connecting Passover, Isaiah 53, and the Gospel
Isaiah draws from the story of Passover in Isaiah 52 and 53. The New Testament portrays Jesus as our Passover Lamb and the suffering servant of Isaiah 53. Gain a deeper understanding of the gospel message as told by the Tanakh and New Testament and find out an amazing connection to the shankbone of the Passover seder and the 'arm of the Lord'!
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23:42
The Shema in the New Testament
The Shema is central to the New Testament. Jesus says the Shema is the most important commandment and uses the Shema to make claims about his identity. He also wears ritual objects associated with the Shema, like tzitzit. The Shema is also central to Paul's theology about the community of Messiah and it was used in early liturgy of the Jesus-following community.
For more on this topic:
Lori Baron, The Shema in John's Gospel
Erik Waaler, The Shema and the First Commandment in First Corinthians
Richard Bauckham, “The Shema and 1 Corinthians 8:6 Again,” in One God, One People, One Future: Essays in Honor of N.T. Wright
Brury Eko Saputra, The Shema and John 10: The Importance of the Shema Framework in Understanding the Oneness Language in John 10
Joel Marcus, “Authority to Forgive Sins Upon the Earth: The Shema in the Gospel of Mark,” in The Gospels and the Scriptures of Israel
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Two Messianic Jewish graduate students think deeply about Messianic Jewish history and theology. We also engage with questions asked by other Jews, Hebrew Roots/One Law groups, and Christians. These questions include: Can you be Jewish and believe in Jesus? Are Gentiles obligated to keep kosher, Shabbat, and the feasts? Didn't Christianity replace Judaism? And many more! We hope to be thoughtful conversation partners with you as we explore these issues. Subscribe if you would like to join us!