This blog is unique. We are not aware of any other Messianic Jewish blog which serves the GLBT Messianic Community, except for Bnai HaKeshet which has been inactive for over a year now. What lies in store? We are planning to write on a whole range of fascinating subjects. Here is a small foretaste:
- The Bible and Homosexuality
- Is it a sin to be in a committed same-sex relationship?
- Is the Bible true?
- Who is the Messiah?
- Has the church replaced the Jewish people?
- Will G-d really save everyone?
- What about evolution?
- What was the sin of Sodom?
Our principal aim is to serve the Messianic GLBT Community in cyber space. We want to offer hope, a spiritual home, quality resources and articles and a forum for exchange and fair debate.
The High Holy Days are now upon us. We wish you L'Shanah Tovah (a good year) and Chag Sameach (a joyous festival)!
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ReplyDeleteI'm a gay messianic from a gentile background, used to be closeted and believed I was going to hell and there was nothing I could do about it, tried changing being gay, prayed so hard, couldn't figure why G-d wasn't healing me, till one day He set me free from the lies, I was taking Hebrew classes at the time which helped me understand websites about how the English translations of verses on homosexuality were not properly representing the Hebrew, so grateful to our beloved Messiah for setting me free, Ive been a proud messianic for almost 5 yrs now and I've been proud and out for 6months now!!!
ReplyDeleteHey! I feel like reading your future posts. Post your writings and I'll keep reading. And as I am so curious I'll really do a lot of questions 'bout your subjects.
ReplyDeleteShalom Mattie and thank you for your comment. It is fascinating to hear that you identify yourself as a Messianic Gentile. Baruch HaShem! I would be lovely to hear more about your spiritual journey :-)
ReplyDeleteI will be posting more Blog Entries over the next few weeks and look forward to continued dialogue with you.
Shabbat Shalom
Shalom Andinho. It is nice to hear that you are curious. If you want to follow this blog, you will need a lot of curiosity as it is my intention to challenge wrong theology and tradition.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining this Blog and I look forward to more of your comments :-)
Shabbat Shalom
L'Shanah Tova. There is another blog here in the states. I have been working to get ours up and running to serve the LGBT Messianic Jews.
ReplyDeletewell i was raised in a baptist household, i was raise hearing the scriptures, and i guess you just cant hear the truth all the time and ignore it, things just never made sense to me, why do the scriptures say this, yet we do this, after my parents divorced we kinda fell out from the church but never from G-d, so through middle school and highschool it was kinda im Christian but i didnt really do anything other than carry the label, I ended up going to a catholic private college were they made me take a religious diversity class, when studying ancient judaism it just wasnt making sense, why did we have the same scriptures as them, yet we act so different, so i started reading the bible myself, i started searching the internet and Yeshua brought me back to the Father, i started going to the Seed of Abraham (a messianic church in albany,ny,usa)
ReplyDeletehave you read "The Children are Free"? If so, what do you think about it?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/Children-Are-Free-Reexamining-Relationships/dp/0971929602
Shalom Mattie. Thank you for sharing your story brother. It's wonderful that you are able to attend a Messianic Fellowship. I have heard about the book you recommended, but have not read it yet. I will have a look at the Amazon link you provided. By the way, my email address is: avigdorkuhn@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am happy to find your blog! I'm interested in practicing messianic judaism although i am a gentile. Growing up in a jewish neighborhood next to orthadox chabad and going to a jewish summer camp i was jewish pretty much like everyone else except for i believed that yeshua is the massiah and i was taught you could not be jewish and believe in yeshua. When i went fully into christianity i felt like i was giving up something very important to me and now i have found the mix i needed! AND in your blog find connection with lgbt. I myself am a trans man. so i hope to learn more and grow
ReplyDeleteShalom Sion-Senpai. Lovely to hear from you and thank you for your comments. There will be many more interesting articles in the New Year and we are also planning a Messianic Jewish GLBT Fellowship in the spring. By the way, 2,000 years ago the question was "can you be a Gentile and believe in Yeshua" and today it's 100% reveresed. That's what "replacement theology", the church's Anti-Torah teaching, Pogroms, the Crusades and the Shoah have done.
ReplyDeleteSo thrilled that you have found our blog. Where are you from? Look forward to corresponding with you next year.
Shabbat Shalom :-)
I live in Rochester NY, here in the US. Sadly if the fellowship meeting is in the UK I won't be able to go. But i have questions on Torah observance and gender. Should i be worried if i wear kippa and tzitzit, if it will offend my orthodox neighbors? If i wanted to do a conversion how would bris work? Things of this sort.
ReplyDeletemost Messianics do not require a bris, if you would like to have a bris, I would recommend a tipat-dam, its a symbolic bris for men who have already been circumcised in a non bris ceremony
ReplyDeleteDear Sion. Well, one day we hope to have a world-wide fellowship of GLBT Messianic Jews and Gentiles :-) and the East Coast of the US would be the ideal location as there are so many Jews living there!
ReplyDeleteWith regard to your question, wearing a Kippa is not a mitzva (commandment) of the Torah, but rather a tradition which developed in the early Middle Ages. It has become customary for religious (observant) Jews to wear it at all times, but it is a tradition rather than a commandment. It is absolutely appropriate (and customary) for a gentile to wear a Kippa in a Jewish worship service, but probably not in any other setting. However, if you wish to wear a Kippa as a sign of your solidarity with the Jewish people, then I see no reason not to, providing you don't claim to be a Jew when you are asked.
Wearing Tzitzit however would not be appropriate for a gentile to wear as this Mitzvah is only required of Jews. And yes, this would most likely offend your Orthodox neighbours. I know that many Gentiles wear a Tallit (Prayer Shawl with Fringes) in Messianic Worship Services, but it is very controversial and I know that many Jews are offended by this.
With regard to Conversion to become a Jew, this is quite a complex area. Firstly, it depends whether you wish to convert within mainstream Judaism (i.e. Orthodox, Conservative, Reform etc.) or whether you wish to convert within Messianic Judaism. If you go for a mainstream conversion, the issue of Yeshua needs to be considered. If you professed faith in Yeshua as King Messiah, they run not convert you. On the other hand, only a minority of Messianic Synagogues allow conversion of Gentiles (it's a hugely controversial topic within the Messianic World). Personally, I am on the side of the minority: If a Gentile sincerely and without being coerced wishes to throw in his or her lot with the Jewish people, to suffer with us and commit to everything that entails, then they have my full blessing and I would support them in their quest.
PS: Hi Mattie - nice to hear back from you and thanks for your contribution.
Shalom Aleichem to you both!