Addressing the Theological and Spiritual Issues of the Broad Messianic Movement
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics responds to three categories of questions: Tanach (OT), Apostolic Scriptures (NT), and theology/Biblical Studies.
1. Can people who believe in evolution be saved?
2. Is it true that “works of law” does not mean Torah compliance, generally?
3. How do you as post-tribulationists respond to the claim that we are spared from God’s wrath?
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics responds to three categories of questions: Tanach (OT), Apostolic Scriptures (NT), and theology/Biblical Studies.
1. I am having difficulty understanding how Yeshua can be God, if the Torah is clear that no man can see God.
2. As a Messianic Believer who believes in Torah, I need help understanding Galatians.
3. Should I use the KJV as my primary Bible?
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses how the term “Judaizer” is theologically and socially loaded—but how the Scriptures themselves might actually present something different than what is commonly considered.
This one verse written by the Apostle Paul speaks of a new status for human beings that has been inaugurated via the sacrificial work of Yeshua, as God’s people are to be united as “one person” (NEB), actively accomplishing His tasks in the Earth. At times, we do find Galatians 3:28 quoted among those in our Messianic faith community, but its ramifications are not often fully considered or probed for their significant spiritual power. Current and severe developments in the Messianic movement in our day—with the future steadily looming—require that we take a fresh look at this verse, what its message of equality means for us, and things that we are certainly missing as we seek to be those who are useful in the Lord’s work. This single verse asks us many difficult questions about both Biblical equality and why the Messianic community seems to have less unity and more rivalry.
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics covers the essential parts of Galatians in a summary of the whole book.
“However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, ‘HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM’ [Leviticus 18:5]. Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, ‘CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE’ [Deuteronomy 21:23]—in order that in Messiah Yeshua the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (NASU).
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics reviews Paul’s confrontation of Peter in Antioch in Galatians 2:11-14. How are today’s Messianic people to properly approach this controversial scene?
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics reviews the meeting between Paul and the Jerusalem leaders in Galatians 2:1-10. Were Paul and Jerusalem at odds? Or does this scene represent early tensions involving the spread of the good news among the nations?
Epistle of Paul to the Galatians
I have heard a teaching which stated that the term “works of the Law” actually refers to Rabbinical extra-Biblical commandments? Is there any substantiation for this?
