Staff at Chosen People Ministries
Good Friday “But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities;the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 This has been perhaps the most trying time our nation—and the whole world—has faced in recent history. It feels as if nearly every…
As a Messianic Jewish ministry, we often receive questions such as, “Are Gentiles required to observe the Jewish Sabbath? What about the holidays?” In particular, we understand that many of you may be wondering if it is mandatory to observe Passover and perhaps have a Seder of your own. Believers…
During the traditional Passover Seder, it is customary to place three pieces of matzo (unleavened bread) inside a bag with three compartments. Early in the Seder, the middle piece of matzo is removed, broken in half, and one half of the matzo is hidden away until later…
(Abridged from Messiah in the Passover, Chapter 6: Passover and the Lord’s Supper) The context for 1 Corinthians 5:6–8, the first of three Passover-themed passages in this epistle of the Apostle Paul, is that the Corinthian church accepted with prideful arrogance the presence of someone in their…
The removal of leaven Before the beginning of the Passover, all leaven, which is a symbol of sin (1 Cor. 5:6-8), must be removed from the Jewish home. The house is cleaned from top to bottom and anything containing leaven is removed. Then, the evening before the…
There is a dark side to church history—a past that is not often revisited. Believers are generally shocked to hear that their theological heroes supported violence against the Jewish people
Charges of the New Testament and, particularly, the Gospel of John being antisemitic are nothing new. Many Jewish people grow up in neighborhoods suffering antisemitic attitudes from Gentile neighbors. It is assumed that they were Christian simply because they were not Jewish and went to church. We might reason that…
Are all Jewish people morally responsible for the death of Jesus?