I never understood replacement.
That is a false doctrine. There are imposter Christian Religions who only have a facade of Christianity washed over something else. The only way to know what they are is to study scripture.
The Church does not replace Israel ever, rather at some point, they are folded in to the same flock. But that is a discussion for things that are to occur after Christ return. God’s Promises to Israel are for Israel.
There is no reason also a Messianic Christian cannot keep The Feasts and Traditions of all that it is to be a Hebrew. Just because a Hebrew who practices Judaism comes to the realization or belief in Messiah does mot mean he cannot go to Synagogue, celebrate Passover. Jesus taught in Synagogue, and he also taught The Law and Prophets.
What Jesus brought that was different was The Law of Grace. What is The Law of Grace? It is Atonement. Atonement is very Jewish. The Atonement Of Jesus though was through a one time sacrifice. He could do this because He was a Lamb without Blemish, The Son of God.
He came as Messiah Bin Joseph, The Suffering Savior. Jesus did not abolish The Law. He fulfilled The Law.
So let’s look at that just a bit.
From Isaiah:
1:11
"The multitude of your sacrifices-- what are they to me?" says the LORD. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
And further down in 1:18
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Salvation is not something we can do ourselves. It is a gift we receive with a proper heart, a heart of repentance and faith. I believe Christ was The Lamb of God and being God He only needed to sacrifice Himself once and for all.
I also believe Christ was crucified on the very spot, Abraham took Isaac.
The Book Of Revelations
7:13-14
Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, "Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?"
"Sir," I answered, "you know." So he replied, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Genesis 22:9-13
Abraham answered, "God himself
will provide the
lamb for the burnt offering,
my son." And the two of them went on together.
...
When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
That is my view of Messiah. That is just from my humble layman’s interpretations. There are many references in The Old Testament to Messiah, and I believe Messiah Bin David and Messiah Bin Joseph are one person, one Messiah who had to first be rejected and offered up like Isaac as a sacrifice for the atonement of sin, and because He was spotless was crucified, buried, descended
To Hell not in condemnation but in victory to take the keys of Hell and Defeat Death was resurrected taught many And asceneed after 40 Days to The Father and will return as Messiah Bin David to reign in Jerusalem as King over all The Earth.
Zechariah 12:10
"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Zechariah 13:6 And
one shall say unto him, What
are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer,
Those with which I was wounded
in the house of my friends.
Thanks for starting the thread,
The Original Tree.
I'll start by stating what I said on the other thread which prompted this, in part. Messianic "Jew"s are Christians, not Jews. And should be labelled as Messianic Christians, in my opinion.
And I'll elaborate. There are a number of significant theological concepts held by Christians which are absolutely and fundamentally incompatible with Judaism.
This is largely fine, as far as I'm concerned. There is no reason for Christianity to be compatible with Judaism. And there are many aspects of Christianity which make it a lovely and wonderful faith. Its just not my faith. And its not Judaism.
The concern with using terms such as "Messianic Jews" is the appropriation of Jewish ritual, prayer, language,etc. And with creating confusion (deliberate?) about the separateness of Jewish and Christian belief systems. It seems, very much, to me, another avenue to replacement. And especially dangerous for its surreptitiousness.