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Some Messianic Jews believe Jewish Messiah is the pre-existent Word of God, the mighty God, and the only begotten God. Some congregations do not directly ascribe divinity to Jesus, considering him a man, yet not just a man, fathered by the Holy Spirit, who became the Messiah. [74]
Central to this belief is the conviction that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty, is the awaited Messiah who is leading the Jewish people into the Messianic era. [2] [3] [4]: 24 [5] The concept of the messiah is a basic tenet of the Jewish religion.
In Jewish messianic tradition and eschatology, the term came to refer to a future Jewish king from the Davidic line, who will be "anointed" with holy anointing oil and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age. In Standard Hebrew, the messiah is often referred to as Melekh ha-Mashiaḥ (מלך המשיח ), literally "the Anointed King".
Some believe that there may be some sort of Messianic Age (the World to Come) in the sense of a utopia, which all Jews are obligated to work towards (thus the tradition of Tikkun olam). In 1999, the Central Conference of American Rabbis , the official body of American Reform rabbis, authored "A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism", meant ...
The Messiah in Judaism means anointed one; it included Jewish priests, prophets and kings such as David and Cyrus the Great. [1] Later, especially after the failure of the Hasmonean Kingdom (37 BCE) and the Jewish–Roman wars (66–135 CE), the figure of the Jewish Messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in an Olam HaBa ("world to come"), the Messianic Age.
As Messianic Jews, MJAA congregations teach a belief in Jesus Christ (whom they call "Yeshua") as their messiah. They identify as Jewish and continuing to celebrate Jewish customs . For Messianic Jews, the Bible , the Old Testament (whom Jews call the "Tanakh") and the New Testament (especially the 4 Gospels) form the basis of their faith.
Specifically, Jews believe in one God. There are a number of prophets including Moses, the prophet to whom God gave the law embodied in the Pentateuch. Jewish religious custom covers matters such ...
Messianic Judaism is a syncretic movement of Christianity—most importantly, the Christian belief that Jesus is the Messiah—with elements of Jewish tradition. This category does not include first-century Christianity, mainstream Judaism, Antisemitism or Christian Zionism.