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REVISED EDITION
POSTED
14 AUGUST, 2005
Can We Trust the Greek Scriptures?
by
J.K. McKee
editor@tnnonline.net
It is indeed phenomenal that many Believers are coming to a
revelation of the Hebraic Roots of our faith,
are adopting a Torah obedient lifestyle, and are
seeing themselves as a part of Israel.
But as with any move of God, there are concerns
that exist—concerns that sometimes wrench at the
heart and soul of what we should be doing, as
opposed to what we should not be doing. We
should be proclaiming the gospel message of
salvation and discipling others as they grow and
mature in their faith, fulfilling Yeshua’s Great
Commission, and aiming to see the restoration of
God’s people and the Kingdom to Israel.
Of course, with this restoration comes many things, such as the
realization that our Heavenly Father does not
have two groups of elect as is commonly
supposed, Israel and “the Church,” but rather
one, the Commonwealth of Israel (Ephesians
2:11-13; Galatians 6:16). As all Believers,
whether Jewish or non-Jewish, are a part of the
community of Israel, such an Israel is called to
obey God’s Torah, and via their obedience to Him
be a light to the entire world (Exodus 19:5-6;
Deuteronomy 4:5-8).
Many Believers who are seeing the eternal validity of the Torah
think that it is important to learn the Hebrew
language, the language of the Tanach or Old
Testament. This is to be commended and
encouraged, as these Scriptures make up the
first two-thirds of our Bible that many
Christians, sadly, ignore or feel are important
only for Bible history. However, there is
another portion of the Bible, the Apostolic
Scriptures or Messianic Writings, commonly known
as the New Testament, which is not written in
Hebrew, and should not be cast by the wayside.
J.K. McKee
(B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., Asbury
Theological Seminary) is the editor of TNN
Online (www.tnnonline.net) and is a Messianic
apologist.
He is a 2009 recipient of the Zondervan Biblical
Languages Award for Greek.
He
is author of
numerous books, dealing with a wide range of
topics that are important for today’s
Messianic Believers. He has also written many articles on
theological issues,
and is presently focusing his attention on Messianic commentaries
of various books of the Bible.
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