What am I to make of Isaiah 24:5? Are Gentiles responsible for violating the Mosaic Covenant every bit as much as the Jews? Or, does Isaiah 24:5 only speak of the Noahdic Covenant?
Ecclesiology (People of God / the Assembly or “Church”)
I have heard that the English word “church” is of pagan origins. Is there any substantiation to support this?
I have heard that there really is no such thing as “the Church” in Scripture, and that the Hebrew and Greek terms used in the Bible can support this. Can you help me with this issue?
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews Matthew 16:18-19 and the issue of “on this rock I will build my church.” How was this word from the Messiah directly associated with Tanach prophecies of the restoration of Israel?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Can you please explain to me why bilateral ecclesiology can be a major divisive issue in Messianic theology?
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews some of the significant dynamics of what it means to be grafted-in from Romans 11.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
In examining some Messianic Jewish teaching materials, they explained to me that the Commonwealth of Israel is made up of both the Jewish people and the Church, sort of like the British Commonwealth. They have actually said that as a non-Jewish Believer, I am really not a part of Israel, only the Commonwealth. Does this viewpoint have any legitimacy?
I understand that your ministry questions the existence of the Church, as a second body of elect. How do you approach Jesus’ explicit words to Peter that He would build His Church?
John McKee delivers the December 2024 Outreach Israel News update.
