It is not always easy to discuss the nature of Yeshua, a high Christology, in various parts of the broad Messianic community.
Christology (Nature of Christ/Messiah)
It is common throughout Messianic and Hebrew Roots worlds to hear Yeshua called the “Torah made flesh.” This does not mean the same thing today, as it probably meant to those originally promoting it.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics responds to three categories of questions: Tanach (OT), Apostolic Scriptures (NT), and theology/Biblical Studies.
1. Is it true that references to “the angel of the Lord” in the Tanach (OT) are to YHWH?
2. I have heard that there are references in the Apostolic Scriptures (NT) to “the Jews” that are anti-Semitic?
3. What issues should we legitimately disagree with others about?
What would happen if your Messianic congregational leader, or rabbi, asked the congregational constituents why they believe that Yeshua the Messiah is God? What would be some of the reasons given? Would they encounter dogma or doctrine? Would people express a principled set of reasons for affirming Yeshua’s Divinity, or would they only express a dogmatic “you have to believe” reason, without any real substance? Many might indeed affirm something having to do with only God being able to redeem human beings from their sins (Psalm 49:7, 15), or explicit claims made by Yeshua (i.e., John 8:58). But, how many people would not really know what to say? Do we even want to know some of the reasons why people might believe that Yeshua is God?
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics responds to three categories of questions: Tanach (OT), Apostolic Scriptures (NT), and theology/Biblical Studies.
1. Does Leviticus 11 only command ethnic Israelites to follow the kosher dietary laws?
2. Yeshua says that only God is good.
3. Are today’s Messianic people “Christians”?
