Jerusalem Kippah
Am i a messianic jew??
We believe in Jesus but we celebrate hanukah, rosh ha sha nah, yom kippur, etc (all jew celebrations, cant remember all of them) I'll get my kippah.. haha.. an my house is full of israel and jerusalem pics.. so.. am i a messianic jew???
- Well.. at least i want my descendants to be jew.. and i want my children's mother to be jew...
At least that's possible.. I want my decendants to be jewish...
You didn't say anything about whether your mother is Jewish. The general rule of thumb is "if your mother is Jewish then you are Jewish."
The Messianic Movement contains both Jews and Gentiles. You might be practicing Messianic Judaism as a Messianic Gentile. The question always comes up that if a pagan Gentile goes to a Messianic Jewish congregation and "converts" from Paganism to Messianic Judaism, has he "converted" in the same sense as if he went to an Orthodox Jewish congregation and "converted"? Most Messianic leaders would say no, Gentiles stay Gentiles.
That is why the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America only permits Gentiles to be associate members rather than full members. You will find this sort of racism discussed in greater detail at this site:
http://www.anti-racism.supanet.com/idx/m_idx.htm
Since you can't remember all of the festivals off the top of your head (or even spell them correctly) your claims of observance leave much to be desired. And generally the Messianic Community never says "Jesus". So, that is pretty much 3 strikes and you're out.
I would suggest you go back and and study much more intensely. Putting on the trappings and decorating your house is all very well and good. Obviously it is preferable that you NOT be one of the anti-semitic drones that are all too common today. So study more and make sure that you actually "own" the belief system which you are expousing. It isn't yours until you can give to someone else.
Yes, you can have Jewish children if you marry a Jewish woman. Or you could convert. However, the vast majority of rabbis who perform conversions would require you to renounce Jesus as a condition of coversion. (Though I am aware of a few who do not require this.) So presumably that is not a path that you would ever want to take.
