A Messianic prospective to Thanksgiving from Dr. Miles Jones. Happy Thanksgiving! A true Neo-Messianic holiday.

The Reformation in the 16th century was sparked by the recovery of The Received Text of the Bible which had been preserved from the Hebrew by the Neo-Messianics,
especially the Waldensians of northern Italy. All of the reformers: Calvin, Bezae, Luther went to Geneva to recover the true Word and translate it into the languages of Europe.
No more monopoly of the Word only in Latin (or Greek). Suddenly, the entire Bible was available to the masses in their languages!
The result was that within 30 years 2/3 of Europe became Protestants. The Reformation movement was about Teshuvah - repent and return to Yehovah and his Son Yeshua.
The Geneva Bible in English was one of those Reformation Bibles the one that founded the New World. Many sought out the truth of the Old Covenant as well as the New.
New Sabbatarian churches and movements sprang up.

The Puritans of England were one of these Old Covenant movements. One group of Puritans were deemed separatists because they believed the Reformation had not gone far enough.
They were called Pilgrims and were persecuted so severely they were forced to emigrant, first to Holland, then the New World.
The Pilgrims worshiped the Saturday Sabbath. They were the first settlers in America, and they were Neo-Messianics. Their arrival in the New World was ill-timed.

It was going into winter and many starved. Only one woman survived the winter but no children died. The woman gave all their food to their children.

By harvest time there were new arrivals and the Pilgrims and the Indians who had helped them survive the winter sat down to a Thanksgiving dinner to thank Yehovah for the abundance of the land.
Let us never forget the courage of these Neo-Messianic pioneers of America. Despite their sacrifices and loses, they lifted their heads and hearts to Yehovah and praised Him for their blessings.
By doing so they established the New World as a Covenant contract with the Almighty God Yehovah and His Son, our Messiah. That Covenant is echoed in our founding documents.

We have all known loss and we have all known blessings. Today let us follow our forebears in lifting up our hearts and praising Yehovah for our blessings on this true Neo-Messianic holy day!

Love,
Dr Miles Jones