Messianic Judaism
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Messianic Judaism is a religious movement, composed of both Jews and Gentiles who:
- Regard themselves to be committed Jews.
- Believe that Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ) is the Messiah spoken of in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
- Believe that they are following the practices and beliefs of the very early Christian movement.
- Follow an Evangelical Christian theology.
They differ from Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Jews over their beliefs about the Messiah. Messianic Congregations are made up of people of Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds, and are distinctly Jewish in culture. All celebrate Jewish Holidays and support the State of Israel and most have their main service on the Sabbath, Saturday. They believe that all of the Bible, both the Tanakh and the New Testament, is inspired by God, and that the New Testament was written by Jewish writers to announce to the world the arrival of the long awaited Jewish Messiah.