Meet the Messiah
Jewish Roots
You’re about to take a journey back in time to discover the Jewish Roots of your Christian faith. Maybe you’ve never really thought about Jesus in quite this way. After all He was a Jew. He was born into a home with a Jewish mother and a father that was of the bloodline of the House of David.
Mary and Joseph once lost him in the city of Jerusalem, only to find him studying in the Temple, asking questions of the rabbis, who were astounded by His wisdom, revelation and understanding of the Torah.
As a man, He lived by the Torah. One day He walked into the synagogue and read from the portion of the Torah chosen for that day. It was Isaiah 61. As He read it, He revealed His own destiny. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. His words were fulfilling the prophecies of the coming Messiah.
Throughout every stage of His, death and resurrection He fulfilled the plans and purposes of His Father.
As you realize that you are grafted in, and discover your Jewish roots a whole new revelation of God’s Word, promises and purpose for your life will emerge. Start your journey today to discover your Jewish roots.
Daily Food For Thought
Delight
<p>"Nothing is higher than delight," say the sages. All of Man's desires, musings and conniving, his every word and all his actions, all emerge from his sense of beauty, of pleasure, from his search for the most elegant and delightful.</p> <p>As in Man, the microcosm, so in the Creation: The essence of each thing is the Creator's delight in it. When that delight shines through, all merges as one whole, a magnificent symphony in exquisite harmony.<!--break--></p> <p>And where is G-d's delight to be found? In the simple being who does good, turns from evil, desires peace and gets up and runs after it.</p>
