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Messianic Judaism / יהודים משיחים is a biblically based movement of Jewish people who believe in Yeshua (Jesus) as their Messiah. In so believing they have chosen to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob according to the Biblical customs and traditions of the Jewish nation. To some the concept of being Jewish and believing in Yeshua is an oxymoron. Jewish and Jesus they believe are mutually exclusive.

However when we consider who a Jewish person is According to Scripture, the concept of remaining Jewish and believing in Yeshua are neither an oxymoron, nor are they mutually exclusive. The name Jew was derived from the fourth tribe of Israel, "Judah," meaning in Hebrew "Praiser of G-d." So firstly a Jew is a Praiser of G-d. Most people are under the misconception that being Jewish refers to being a member of a religious institution or that it is a birthright.

Jews today associate themselves with the Jewish religion, just like Catholics associate themselves with the Catholic religion. But this is not what G-d intended a "Jew" to be. Allow me first to start by explaining how the Jewish religion evolved. It all started with Ezra. Upon his return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon, Ezra understood Israel's plight was because of their disobedience to Torah (the five books of Moses).

So in order to insure that such a tragedy would never happen again, he established the concept of building fences around the original 613 laws. A fence law is a law that is built around another law.

Take for instance the law which states: Shemot / Exodus 23:19 "...Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk." The fence around this law is that Jews are not to eat meat with milk. Therefore in order for a Jew to break any one of the 613 Biblical laws they would first have to break the fence laws.

Ezra believed that by doing this he was protecting the Jewish nation from future exile. Over the course of centuries fence laws were added and expanded to the point where today, from the original 613 laws there are well in excess of 300,000-500,000 fence laws. With all these laws, it didn't take long for people to fall into the trap of serving the law instead of serving G-d. The original intent of G-d, to have a personal relationship with his covenant people, developed into a burdensome, works oriented religion. G-d first took a man named Abram, an idol worshiper from the Chaldeans and made a covenant with him. This was an unconditional covenant, Abram didn't have any obligations. G-d in His infinite wisdom arbitrarily chose Abram, changed his name to Abraham and promised him a land, a nation, blessings and being a blessing. Over the course of history and under divine guidance and circumstances G-d began accomplishing His promise. The promise wasn't that Abraham's descendants would be a great religion, but that they should be a great nation.