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I am not teaching you a bunch of theories. I have had several painful experiences with this legalistic side
of Torah observant Messianic ministries. Many years ago, I came in contact with a well-known
Messianic believer who had written a book that I had read. I found out that he lived near Denver so I
invited him to our fellowship to preach and to make some radio tapes with me. He showed up in full
dress from the tallit to the tassels. That would have been ok if he really was what he appeared to be.
Later I discovered he was not Jewish at all but a Gentile who was seeking to “return to his Jewish roots”
even though he was not Jewish. Nevertheless, as he stood rather pompously in front of our sanctuary,
he asked me to inform the woman in our midst that they must refrain from touching him physically as he
claimed the Torah forbids. I immediately sensed that we were in deep trouble because I knew well that
Paul the apostle stated the absolute reverse rule, “It is good for a man not to touch a woman” (1 Cor. 7:1).

Having survived the morning service, we sat down to make radio programs. Having discussed the
general theme of what I wanted to discuss during the program, my Messianic friend opened our program
with the statement, “The problem with you Christians is that you have three Gods! We Jewish believers
believe there is only one God!” He then launched into quoting what is called in Judiasm, “the Shema”:

“HEAR O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!
YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,

AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.” Deut. 6:4-5

Later, he explained to me that he was searching the Scriptures to see if Jesus Christ was anything
more than “the Lamb of God.” In other words, although a Messianic believer in Christ, he was taught by
his rabbis that Jesus is not God, but rather just the Lamb of God sent by God! I do not know how wide-
spread this belief is in the Messianic movement, but there are definitely those out there who are
emphatically stressing this false concept. If you would like to see that for yourself, take a look at this
website. He does not mince words over who he thinks the Messiah is not!

http://www.torahofmessiah.com/

•Yeshua is THE Messiah! Yeshua is alive! He was gloriously resurrected after 3 days in the tomb by his God and
our God and can now be found sitting at the right hand of YHWH. He is the "son of Elohim (God)," but the

meaning of "son of God" is misrepresented by those who promote Yeshua as "God the Son" - a phrase not found
in Scripture.He is the "son of man" (son of adam), which points to his role as the representative of the kingdom of
"Israel" and/or as Messiah (Dan. 7:13,14). BUT HE IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT THE ALMIGHTY ETERNAL CREATOR.

I suspect rather strongly that most of this kind of dogma flows out of the false Jewish interpretation
of the Shema statement, ““HEAR O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!”

The Jews teach there is only one God literally, the Christian believes there are three Divine identities in
a Godhead. This erroneous Torah interpretation of the literal “oneness of God” is a stumbling block to
belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. I believe that is what happened to those I described earlier who
no longer believe in “J.C.” Their conversion to Rabbinical Judaism was accomplished by the Rabbinical
Torah interpretation of the oneness of God as being literal. Here again, we need the added revelation of
the New Testament to see that the oneness of God speaks of UNITY in the Godhead, not a literal single
deity called God. Even the Old Testament abounds in proof that there is a plurality in the Godhead. Here
are several Scriptures to consider, but in a near future newsletter we will explore the true meaning of the

Shema proclamation, “HEAR O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!”

In the meantime, consider:

“THEN GOD SAID, “ALSO I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD
SAYING:’ WHOM SHALL I SEND,
‘LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE,
ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS…” WHO WILL GO FOR US?”

Gen. 1:26 Isa. 6:8

“YOUR THRONE, O GOD, “WHO HAS ESTABLISHED ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH?
IS FOREVER AND EVER…THEREFORE GOD,
WHAT IS HIS NAME, AND WHAT IS HIS SON’S NAME,
YOUR GOD HAS ANOINTED YOU…”
Psm. 45:6-7 IF YOU KNOW?”
Prov. 30:4

Pastor Randy Shupe