Weather you are a Jew, a Gentile, Old or Young, Black, White, Yellow or Red, we all have one thing in common.  We are not perfect! We have imperfections! At times we all do wrong things, have wrong thoughts, act wrongly toward others! The scriptures call our imperfection . . . sin!

   Yes, we are ALL sinners.  It is just who we are.  No mear human has never sinned.  Only God is sinless! In fact the sinless, holy nature of God is completely incompatible with sin and sinners.  This means that as long as we have this sin problem, we can never have a relationship with the God of creation.

   There is nothing that we ourselves can do to make things right with God.  In fact the Bible says that the penalty for our sin is death . . . eternal seperation fron a loving God. The only thing that can fix this problem is for us to become “righteous” (right-ness) but as humans, with a sinful nature, this is impossible for us to do. This is a serious problem!!

   During Old Testament times, God gave his people Israel the Law of Moses which contained provision for obtaining atonement for sin, through a blood sacrifice.  This was a temporary solution for a permanant problem, because as as soon as an atonement sacrifice was made by the high priest, the people would again sin, and be in need of another atonement. This is the bad news!

   The good news is that the prophets of Israel foretold of a time when God would provide a permanant, once and for all time atonement for all people, by sending the Messiah into the world to become the perfect sacrifice lamb for all those who would accept him! Only God is perfect, and only Messiah, who was God come in the flesh, was able to become that sinless offering that was acceptible to God.  In fact, the righteousness of Messiah would be imputed to those who believe, making us fit for fellowship with a holy God!

   The prophets of Israel foretold exactly when he would come, where he would be born, that he would be a decendant of King David, the miracles he would perform, the manner of his sacrificial death and much, much more. After Messiahs death, God took away the temple, the priesthood, and the atonement under the Law of Moses, because they were no longer needed.

   Since the temple, the priesthood and the sacrifice have been taken away, we know that Messiah must also have come, because God would never leave his people with no means of atonement for their sin.  He promised never to leave or forsake Israel.

   In all of recorded history, only one man had all the messianiac credentials and fulfilled all of the requirement of scripture attributed to Messiah. That man was Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazerath.  We invite you to contact us, or visit us at one of our fellowship meetings to learn more of what the Bible has to say about the Jewish Messiah, who has come to freely bring forgiveness of sin, everlasting life and peace, to all that will accept him.