Messianic Rabbi shares how he accepted Yeshua as Messiah

After a dramatic vision, a Jewish man studied the Bible for many years as great literature, then finally accepted that Yeshua (Jesus) really is the Messiah of Israel. He became a new and better person, but then realized that his Jewish identity is still very important to God!
Glenn Blank is now a professor of Comoputer Science as well as the Messianic Rabbi of Beit Simcha (www.beitsimcha.org) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The clip is from a TV show, The Living Truth, hosted by Pastor Larry Burd, on WBPH 60 in Bethlehem, PA.

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[BeitSimcha]

Some readers have the impression that because I say that I not a Christian, that I am somehow criticizing Christianity. Not so. I am just saying that the identity and expression of my faith in Messiah Yeshua is Jewish--worshipping on Shabbat and festivals, loyalty to Israel, etc.

[BeitSimcha]

My smicha came from other Jews, through the International Alliance of Messianic Congregatons & Synagogues (IAMCS).

[friedie1jeff]

Where was this "rabbi" ordained?

[BeitSimcha]

@Matthew1944

Two Jews, three opinions. Orthodox Jews still deny Reform and Reconstructionism as "false" Judaisms. Rather than neither, I think it's more accurate to describe Messianic Judaism as a bridge between Christian and Jewish world views and practice.

[BeitSimcha]

@LoraSinger

I don't consider myself a Christian, I am Messianic Jew.

A Christian attends Church and worships on Sunday, Christmas and Easter.

I don't. I worship on Shabbat, Passover, the High Holidays, etc.

I study and read from the Torah. I am loyal to Israel.

By Bibical and even Talmudic standards, I am still a Jew, who happens to believe that I've found the living Messiah of Israel--Yeshua!

[BeitSimcha]

@TheDeev

Just because the one interviewing me was a Baptist pastor doesn't make me one.

Didn't you notice I was wearing a kippah? Didn't you hear that I celebrate Shabbat, read the Torah in Hebrew, remain loyal to Israel?

As for anthropomorphism, take a look at Beresheet (Genesis) 18. It begins by saying the Lord appeared to Avraham. It goes to say that the Lord shared a meal with Avraham, and then He has an intimate conversation with His friend. Who was Avraham interacting with?

[BeitSimcha]

@yoiashi

You can get started learning about the festivals of the Lord by studying Leviticus 23.

A good book to study further is Martha Zimmerman's Celebrating Biblical Feasts.

Yeshua is His Hebrew name. The others are transliterations from the Greek transliteration, Yesus.

[BeitSimcha]

@uswaton

Quran distorts Scripture in major ways, denying what the Bible says about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, let alone Yeshua. The argument that the Biblical texts have been distorted was proven wrong when the Dead Sea scrolls were found, demonstrating that the biblical texts are reliable. I urge you to read the Bible, with an open heart and mind.

[BeitSimcha]

@sergeysegal

Ahem, I was raised Jewish and had a bar mitzvah.

As an adult, I studied the Bible and Judaism in the University.

As a believer in Messiah Yeshua, I study Jewish customs and literature.

I think you may be defining "Judaism" narrowly.

[BeitSimcha]

@YeshuaisMoshiach777 .

The fact is, most Jews today come from liberal backgrounds, so it's little surprise that most Jews who come to faith do so. On the other hand, a representative percentage of believers come from Orthodox background. Our congregation's cantor was raised Orthodox. Many Orthodox Rabbis have come to faith, such as the Rabbi Daniel Zion, who saved Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust. Bottom line: is Yeshua the Messiah who fulfilled many Scriptures? Then he is Israel's Messiah.