Subject: Re: Purpose of Hebraic Roots Movement Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:43:39 +0000 From: heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com Reply-To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com To: "Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
> >To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com >Subject: Purpose of the Hebraic roots Movement >From: Linda D Semler > >With the new year I am sure that many of you have sought God as to >what His purposes are in you life individually and what His will is >for the church collectively. I would like to share with you what I >believe God is showing me to see if any of you can confirm this or >refute what I am seeing. > >I believe that God has raised up the Hebrew Root "movement" as His >final establishment of His Truth in the Church. I believe that this >truth is the foundational block that God will use in bringing about >the "One New Man" concept back into the church. This will prepare the >Gentile church to be prepared for our Jewish bretheren who, when God >removes the scales from their eyes to see their Messiah will come into >the true household of Israel. > >I see the next couple of years as a time of preparation in >holiness,truth and committment for each individual Believer. Then I >see God bringing judgement on the "church" at large through a world >economic collapse that only those who have been prepared to walk >through this time will be able to stand. It will be during this time >that the power of God will be released through His Body and great >works will be ministered to the Jewish people and that will be the >final harvest before the time of Jacobs trouble. > >Does anyone else have this vision? If not could I ask what God is >showing you? > >Blessings. >Linda Semler > From: Philip Nowland To: <heb_roots_chr@geocities.com> Subject: Re: Purpose of Hebraic Roots Movement Shalom Linda A reading of Romans 11:11-16 would be wise in this context: Rom 11:11-16 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. (NKJ) I see a direct relationship between the discovery by many people of the Hebraic Roots of their Christian faith, and the fact that many who are Jewish by birth are coming to know Yeshua as their Messiah. There can be no coincidence in this. I am not saying that the Hebraic Roots movement is a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy. But it is part of an end time movement of the Holy Spirit to bring people to a clear faith in Yeshua. This applies both to Jews and to Gentiles. Some years ago, I preached a sermon, in which I attacked the rise of replacement theology in the modern Christian churches, and pointed out that the so called Restoration Movement, was likely to mistake their own ideas of truth for that of the Scriptures. In this sermon I distinctly remember stating that I predicted that one of the final things that the Church would see restored to them, among the truths that had been abandoned in its earlier history, would be the Jewishness of its Doctrine and Practice. I remember receiving some criticism after that sermon from some who were present. Yet today, I see that what I said is most likely coming to pass. We are not only going to see many non-Jewish believers discovering the Hebraic Roots of our Faith, but we should also see many Jews coming to know Yeshua as their Messiah. Does that mean they are going to be converted to the Christian church? ............ No way! We make big mistakes by perceiving the Christian church as distinct from a Hebraic understanding of faith. But Paul did say that when Gentiles respond correctly to the Scripture, it is likely to provoke Jews to jealousy, and they would in tern return to the correctness of their faith. Believers are being called to a life of holiness, where we are to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. The so-called church, if it fails to respond to that call to holiness, and abandon its desire for materialism and power, will be swept away. But, this is not something that we should look forward to as some end time event to be observed. We should begin the work in our hearts now. It is wrong to look for a revival around the corner, but it is right to apply the Scriptures to my life now - that is real revival. One of the purposes of the Hebraic Roots movement, is to follow the Scriptures and apply them to our lives in such a way that Jewish people meeting us would be provoked to jealousy. THEN WILL COME - LIFE FROM THE DEAD! Yours in Yeshua's name Philip Nowland - Huntingdon, England ************************************************************************ From: Luana Fabry <sos@fan.net.au> Organization: Beit Y'shua Ministries: http://www.fan.net.au/~sos/beit.htm To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com Subject: Re: How the Church lost it's Hebraic Roots heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com wrote: > > From: Margaret Lee > To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com > Subject: How the Church lost it's Hebraic Roots > > Eddie, > > I've been curious about information on early church history. > I'm quite ignorant as to how the early church unfolded, the > different councils throughout the early centuries, the Vatican, > Protestant Reformation, Crusades, Inquisitions, etc. > > Do you know of any easily digestible readings you can > recommend for me? I don't have the time in my schedule > to hang out at the library to research all this stuff. I thought > you or maybe any of the other "well read" members would have any > suggestions?... > > Thanks > Shalom > Margaret > I have done a couple of Assignments on the 'Separation of the Church and the Jews' (including Jewish believers in Yeshua). They are basically historical in content rather than Biblical, as I had to do them as University assignments. Also, they are lengthy. Because several people have requested them, I will be adding them to my website in about a week. They will be titled, "The History of Antisemitism in the Church". Luana Fabry ***********************************************************************