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(Unindent) You could take this article any number of ways. There is much history that could be discussed that isn't. Arguably the original Church described in Acts is Messianic Judaism. All of the Disciples were Jewish, Jesus was Jewish, and the word 'Christian' had never been invented. What happened from these early roots? How did the early church view gentile converts to what they considered to be Judaism with Messiah fulfillment? What conferences took place to decide what to do with gentiles who were grafted in and what decisions were made? When the church was persecuted and forced to scatter, what impact did it have? Paul would preach in synogague after synogague trying to reach his people before he would preach to the gentiles. Was he successful? Did any Jewish enclaves form apart from gentile believers? What eventually happened to the Jerusalem Church? Paul was taking up donations from the gentile churches to help out Jerusalem. That interrelationshp is not discussed. What impact did the Jewish revolt have on Messianic believers? As the church spread and became a new religion, what happened to the original Messianic roots? Did they assimilate? There's a lot you can do with the discussing the rich roots Messianic Judaism apart from they were persecuted by gentiles. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 14:08, 22 November 2008 (EST)
:As a labour of love, the article is intended to be much longer and more encompassing of eg the topics you mention. For one reason or another, it is still incomplete - be that due to competing in Cp competitions, anti-vandal work, other projects, internal falling-outs. I had returned to it these last few days but then found that I was having to protect it from the over zealous attentions of another editor and then the attentions of a Jews for Judaism supporter. Returning to the thrust of your comments, setting the scene for the friction between the early church, Jewish believers and later Christianity and Judaism is important for explaining the vociferous opposition towards Messianism from both Judaism and Christianity, and giving it the right context. Due to a rather bizarre accident about 20 minutes ago in which I somehow managed to set my hand on fire, I am again a littel late in adding more to the piece. Please feel free to coo sympathetic noises regarding the hand - all I received here at home was an admonition for filling the kitchen with the odour of burning flesh. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|שועל]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 14:43, 22 November 2008 (EST)
