Israel is a country on the southeastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip on the east and southwest, respectively, and Egypt and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south. Israel is the primary setting of the Bible.
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Zionism is a social movement focused on the Jewish return to the historic land of Israel. Christian Zionism is a uniquely Christian approach to Zionism that often focuses on biblical and theological proofs for the legitimacy of Jewish settlement in the Land.
One Law theology involves the claim that Gentiles are commanded by God to observe the Torah in the same way as the Jewish people. A key verse used by proponents of One Law theology is Numbers 15:16, “There will be one law for you and for the foreigner who resides with you.”
The Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 5–7 and is the longest and most extensive teaching of Jesus found in the New Testament. As such, the Sermon on the Mount plays a fundamental role in the Christian understanding of ethics and ethical formation.
The Second Temple is the name for the Jewish temple that stood atop Mount Zion in Jerusalem from the sixth century B.C.E. until its destruction by the Romans in 70 C.E. It was built in place of the First Temple, also called Solomon’s Temple, which lasted from the reign of Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. As proscribed in the Torah, the Temple served as the cultural and religious center of life in ancient Israel.
Justin Martyr was a Christian apologist in the second century C.E. who is well-known for his work entitled, A Dialogue with Trypho, in which the concept of the Church being “the new spiritual Israel” first occurs.
Rabbinic Judaism is the form of Judaism that emerged shortly after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. and is distinguished by its emphasis on the Oral Torah, also known as the Talmud.
The word “gentile” comes from the Latin gentilis, which means “of a family or nation.” In its broadest sense, the Bible divides all of humanity into two groups: Israel and the Nations. The word “gentile” essentially means someone who is not Jewish, someone who is from one of the many other nations that are not Israel.
The Hebrew word Torah means “instruction,” and it is the name given to the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Within Judaism, the word Torah can also be used in reference to the entire Bible or to the Oral Law given to Moses at Mount Sinai.
Salvation (Latin salvatio; Greek sōtēria; Hebrew yeshu’ah) is being saved or protected from harm or being saved or delivered from some dire situation. In religion, salvation is stated as the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences. The academic study of salvation is called soteriology. It concerns itself with the comparative study of […]
Theology is the systematic and rational study of concepts of God and of the nature of religious ideas, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university, seminary or school of divinity.
Jewish people (or Jews) are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah.
Jewish identity is a communal identity tied to the historic people of Israel. Although Jewish identity is passed down maternally or paternally, it is also possible within Judaism to “convert” and become Jewish.
Christian theology is the study of God in the context of Christian faith and practice.
Judaism is the historic faith and religion of the Jewish people which has existed in various forms since the time of the biblical patriarch Abraham. Scholars continue to debate when it is accurate to use the term “Judaism,” with many preferring to locate its origins during the Second Temple period.
Dual-Covenant theology is a heterodox teaching that claims there are two ways to attain eternal salvation: (1) the Torah for the Jewish people and (2) Jesus for the Gentiles.
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There's a growing movement that is labeling Israel as an apartheid state. What is that? What does it mean? Is it true? Does Israel systematically oppress Palestinians? Nic Lesmeister of "Gateway Center for Israel" helps you answer these questions in this video.
Antisemitism, Modern Israel
Gateway Church is a Bible-based, evangelistic, Spirit-empowered church founded in 2000 by Pastor Robert Morris. Today it meets as one church in many locations with more than 100,000 people attending each weekend. In 2019, Gateway Church launched the "Gateway Center for Israel" to help church leaders navigate Christian-Jewish relations and have a healthy understanding of Israel.
An Update on Jewish Relief in Ukraine Please watch the video to see how you are playing a part – through prayer and financial giving – in assisting with relief and ministry efforts in the Ukraine crisis. And please continue to pray for Valentin and Tatyana, their congregation, and the community of Jewish believers in […]
Perspective Paper
Just as one of the major stumbling blocks for Judaism is belief in Jesus as the Messiah, the Torah and the idea of keeping “the works of the Law” remains a significant stumbling block for many Christians. The following paper will therefore explore the topic of Torah observance and argue that Jewish believers in Jesus are encouraged to observe the Torah by the leading of the Holy Spirit, so long as observance is not perceived as a means of earning the free gift of salvation in Messiah.
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