Well, let's see. I started a blog about 3 years ago with really deep questions about the nature of a faith that was trying to combine Judaism with a faith in Messiah. On what that relationship would look like. What would it take from Judaism, what would it keep from worship of a Messiah who has come and will come again.
Total number of posts on that website...2. Both mine.
A lot has happened in three years, a lot has changed both internally and externally in this "movement" that I chose to attach both my future and that of my family. Much of what I clung too as "truth" I have had to re-examine, re-think and in some cases reject!!! As I said a lot has changed.
Shuffling off things that now seem very unimportant, struggling to see how I take on and internalize other things which would seem to have become very important.
I know I certainly do not have the same perspective regarding Judaism that I had three years ago or even three months ago. I am not so sure that the things I was carrying with me before are appropriate or even sensible to be spot welding to a Jewish understanding of faith.
"I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah; and even though he may tarry, nonetheless, I wait every day for his coming. "
Belief in Messiah is paramount in observant Judaism. Given such a thought, am I so foolhardy, and spiritually reckless to be taking Judaism and reworking it to appeal to me as a stranger,Who are the nations to be attempting the absurd task of changing Judaism to accomodate a faith in a Messiah that rejects Judaism, or at least the bulk of what Judaism now means. , all in the name of referring to each other as "true, biblical Jews". A phrase and mindset that is at best supersessionist and anti-Judaic; at worst it is anti-semitism.
So, this is a new voyage of discovery for me right now. Same destination, same "captain" if you will, but definitely a different boat.Wanting to really and truly answer questions that so far have proved elusive in releasing their answers, I am prepared for the voyage ahead.
I want to follow Moshiach now.
Feel free to follow along, with shalom and respect please and thank you.
Let's open our eyes.
Kol Tuv
Michael W.
