Returning to Our Roots

We are living at a time when the Lord is calling both Jews and Christians back to their biblical roots. The biblical root of Christianity grew from an everlasting covenant God made with Abraham. Christians become part of that covenant through faith in Jesus.

A Jewish rabbi from Tarsus, known as the apostle Paul, wrote these words to the Christians in Rome, “Do not boast against the branches (Jews). But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root (the Hebraic origins of our faith), but the root supports you (Christianity)” (Romans 11:18).

The more we learn about our biblical Hebraic roots, the more fruitful and blessed we are in our Christian lives.

A Fuller and Clearer Understanding of the Bible

“The Bible is a book written by Jews, to Jews, about a Jewish Lord.

In order to understand the meaning of their words for today,

we must read them in the context of their world, not ours.

“Discovering the biblical Hebraic roots of Christianity

gives a fuller and clearer understanding of the Bible,

renews your passion for Jesus, and will change your life forever.”

Dr. Richard Booker

When we read the Bible through Hebrew eyes, our understanding becomes much richer, deeper, and clearer with more detail than we could ever imagine.

Exciting Insights About the Teachings of Jesus

Jesus and His early followers were deeply rooted in the rich Hebraic soil of their ancestors. They thought, taught, and lived out of this soil. God planted Christianity in this soil and we must return to it in order to be biblically nourished.

JESUS

· Read the Jewish Scriptures

· Spoke Hebrew

· Wore Jewish Clothes

· Ate only biblically kosher foods

· Kept the Jewish Sabbath

· Celebrated the Jewish feasts

· Followed Jewish customs

· Lived His entire life as a Torah-observant Jew

 

Clarification of Paul's Writings

Paul is one of the most misunderstood persons in history. Both Christians and Jews believe Paul was an “anti-Law” Jew who established his own Gentile brand of Christianity that was different from his ancient faith. We learn otherwise when we study Paul's writings from his Hebraic-Jewish roots.

From a Western view, the Law was understood as a legalistic system of rules which the Hebrews had to keep in order to be saved. Grace was understood as freedom from the Law. Judaism with its Law, and Christianity with its grace, were placed in opposition to one another. This is a Western view, but it was not Paul's view, nor what he intended us to understand from his writings.

A Better Follower or Jesus

An exciting benefit of studying our biblical Hebraic roots is that we will be a better follower of Jesus.

Jesus said to two of His followers, “... ‘0 foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ (Messiah) to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?’ And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself ” (Luke 24:25-26).

Luke recorded this story and went on to say, “Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him... And they said to one another, ‘Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road; and while He opened the Scriptures to us?’” (Luke 24:31-32).