"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