"Pharaoh enslaved us, but Laban tried to destroy us." Pharaoh let the Hebrews remain a distinct people, but Laban tried to assimilate them. In the long run, Israel prospered in both cases. No plan of man can thwart the plan of God. #vayetzei #torah

To a devout Jew, a Messianic believer looks very much like Laban trying to assimilate them. "Be one of us!" But this is a misconception. Torah-keeping believers in Yeshua want to encourage Torah-keeping among Jews and all people. We want them to become purified Jews with more Torah and less Babylon. Yeshua is a Jew, after all.

ALWAYS remember that we are grafted into Israel NOT the other way around. "To the Jew 1st..."

Check out this amazing list of parallels between the stories of Laban and Pharaoh: https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2018/11/themati

Our family of 3 is located in SW Virginia, thankfully near enough to other followers of Torah that we don't have to feel completely isolated. We've been in the walk for almost 2 years now. So thankful for the fellowship we have right now.

We stumbled into this walk backwards. We didn't do any traditional holidays for 5+ years prior to Torah study. The day before Yom Teruah 2019, hubs and I did a mikvah/baptism. After that, the Father changed our course and showed us His ways. Two weeks before Hanukkah 2019, we went to an organized church for the first time in 15 years that is feasts and sabbath. (We met in homes previously.) We spent our first feast cycle with that church. We now meet in homes again with other believers.

Interestingly enough, hubs has a podcast that he named Path to Zion PRIOR to our walking into the feasts and sabbath. Father's ways and timing are perfect. :) - Kristin

Handmade woodburnt sign we made. Praise be to YAHUAH! Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and your Torah is truth. Psalm 119:142

Thank you Veterans!
And for everyone else please remember to thank all your family and friends that served in the Armed Forces.

Paul wrote, "To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law."

When he went to the Temple to offer sacrifices, was he just pretending to still be a good, Torah-observant Jew so that other Jews would be more willing to listen to him?

Or did he mean something else by this statement?

http://www.americantorah.com/2....021/11/10/did-paul-b