A Gentile Christian’s Perspective to Understanding our Jewish Roots & To Increase your Faith and Knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ... A series

Introduction to this series:

We are about to embark on a teaching that will surely help you learn to read your Bible, which is the Living Word of God, not with the eyes of a Gentile, not the eyes of a Protestant, or Catholic, but through the eyes of Judaism.  You will realize that Jesus and His disciples weren’t converted Jews (Keepers of the Law or Torah) of God. They were faithful practicing Jews and also followers of Jesus Christ.

As you sincerely begin to learn about the Torah with an unbiased mind that is open to being taught by the Holy Spirit, on God’s Law, you will better begin to appreciate how its customs and celebrations are linked to the fulfillment of many blessings found in the believer whose life is fully immersed in Christ.  You will also learn to love and respect all people with the unconditional love of the Lord.

The Biblical story of Ruth is more than the beautiful love story of King David’s great grandparents.  Ruth is the symbol of every Gentile who has ever come to faith through Israel’s God.  The words of this Moabitess to her Jewish mother-in-law Naomi – “Your people shall be my people and your God my God” – are still ringing in the hearts of every non-Jew who believes in the promised son, Messiah, who would come down through their lineage. Please read the four chapters of Ruth in the Bible to rediscover truths and prophesy leading towards the promised Messiah.

Every Gentile believer has come from the land of famine to the spiritual realm of abundance in that Name.  Even Jesus’ reference to Himself as the Bread of Life hearkens back to this ancient love story – to say nothing of the fact that He was born in the shadow of the very fields where Ruth was gleaning just outside of Bethlehem (House of Bread).

But the church has not responded to her Boaz as Ruth responded to hers.  The church did not leave her Moabitish way behind when she came into the house.  Although she may have taken the “Bread” of Boaz, which represents Jesus to the Jew, she has turned her back on all His relatives, the Jewish people.

As a student of the Word, I am deeply aware of a significant change in the spiritual realm.  I eagerly await the second Coming of the Lord, just as any other believer, but at the same time I am increasingly growing passionate by the day about seeing my Jewish brothers and sisters are accepted as Jewish and encouraged to express their faith in Jesus Christ within a Jewish framework.

I want to see the Gentile church appreciating her Jewish foundation stones.  I want her to understand why Israel and the Jewish people are center stage in world history again and I want her to be grateful for a returning Jewish leadership in the Body of the Messiah (Jesus Christ).

Deuteronomy 4:40 – “Thou shalt keep therefore His ordinances and His commandments which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee forever.”

Psalms 119:126-127 – “It is time for thee Lord to work:  for they have destroyed thy Law.  Therefore, love I thy commandments above gold, yea, above all fine gold.”

Ruth and Naomi in the fields gleaning outside of Bethlehem.