Rockytopva
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I have begun the thread in search of the Messianics here...
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In researching the times of the first congregation it is hard not to run into the historian Josephus. Flavius Josephus... Who was he?
1. A Messianic Jew?
2. A Jewish traitor turned historian?
3. Only out for himself?
To me it is very obvious that the Apostle Paul was coming into a very different congregation during his visits to Israel...
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. - Acts 21
"Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:" - Acts 21:20
I wonder what happened to that Messianic congregation which were thousands in numbers?
Did they disappear all together after the Jewish-Roman wars?
Are they reforming here in this last day?
I have a Jewish friend that I attend a Wednesday morning bible study with. I would not have known he was Messianic until I asked about the Messianics and was told, "you are sitting right next to one!" This brother will attend our Bible study with much theological insight. He told me there was a Messianic congregation that meets in Roanoke but I am thinking they only do so out of fellowship with no organized church congregation. It looks like, though, historically, that the most primitive form of the first congegation is in Ethiopia along with the Ark of the Covenant as told by Leonard Nimoy...
In Search of the First Congregation
The purpose of Revelation was to reveal what was going to come to pass.... The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.... - Revelation 1:1 Which all...
In researching the times of the first congregation it is hard not to run into the historian Josephus. Flavius Josephus... Who was he?
1. A Messianic Jew?
2. A Jewish traitor turned historian?
3. Only out for himself?
To me it is very obvious that the Apostle Paul was coming into a very different congregation during his visits to Israel...
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. - Acts 21
"Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:" - Acts 21:20
I wonder what happened to that Messianic congregation which were thousands in numbers?
Did they disappear all together after the Jewish-Roman wars?
Are they reforming here in this last day?
I have a Jewish friend that I attend a Wednesday morning bible study with. I would not have known he was Messianic until I asked about the Messianics and was told, "you are sitting right next to one!" This brother will attend our Bible study with much theological insight. He told me there was a Messianic congregation that meets in Roanoke but I am thinking they only do so out of fellowship with no organized church congregation. It looks like, though, historically, that the most primitive form of the first congegation is in Ethiopia along with the Ark of the Covenant as told by Leonard Nimoy...
