S1 E10: Torah from Zion: Passionate Proclamation

01/01/21 • 30 min

We are now in the years 37–44 CE, after Stephen’s death and up to the beheading of Jacob (James), the Elder, the brother of John, one of the sons of Zebedee. In a few years, the new movement was becoming known not only in Jerusalem, but more and more, far afield. We have a problem of sources developing, in that it is hard to find much information on this period outside of the New Testament, but there is enough to corroborate and extend what we know from that account. Also, as we read the New Testament account, we are not looking at it as a history of early Christianity – Luke might have been aghast at what developed out of these early days. Rather, we are watching a movement develop that is fully expected to be under the guidance and teaching of the community in Jerusalem, in conjunction with Jewish teaching in general.

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The amazing events of Shavuot, with thousands immersed in Jerusalem’s mikva’ot as they acknowledged the Messiahship of Yeshua, attested to by the signs they were witnessing and the testimony of his resurrection, gave way to heady days for the early Messianic Jewish movement. In those days, the movement had no name, and apart from Yeshua’s followers – the eleven from his inner circle and the disciples, both men and women, associated with them – it had no formal leadership. According to Luke’s account, the primary catalyst of the movement was indisputably the injustice of Yeshua’s execution coupled with the vindication afforded by his resurrection once they accepted it. In the background were all the hopes of the Jewish nation which was yearning to be a free people in their own land, the land of Zion and Jerusalem.

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On Messianic Judaism - S1 E10: Torah from Zion: Passionate Proclamation

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E010 Torah from Zion: Passionate Proclamation.
Intro
Welcome to the On Messianic Judaism Podcast. Hi, this is Daniel Nessim and today we’ll continue our series on the History of the Messianic Jewish movement by telling how initial harassment of Jews who believed in Yeshua’s messiahship resulted in their dispersion not only to regions close, but far afield as well. It is a story of a rapidly maturing and growing movement that some would later call the sect of the Nazarenes, but which