History seemed to have been on hold for 2000 years in regard to masses of our Jewish people recognizing Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel. There were tens of thousands of our Jewish people who believed Yeshua was the Messiah of Israel 2000 years ago and more than a million of us Jewish people who believe in Yeshua today.

Before during one Sukkot, Yeshua had an interaction with his relatives, strangers and Jewish leaders similar to what we Jewish believers in Yeshua experience today.

Yeshua mentioned to his brothers that he was hated because he told people how wicked their ways were. Today, we talk about our lifestyles which are focused on pleasing the G-d of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya'acov. Sometimes our Jewish friends and relatives are troubled in their hearts because we actually have as much Jewish blood in us as they do, but are more observant than they are of our Jewish customs and traditions. They respond by saying we aren't Jewish anymore. Oye, such a bubba myseh and such a journey away from simple logic!

When Sukkot was half over, Yeshua was teaching in the Temple courts. The Judeans asked, "How does he know so much without having studied?" In the past there was much conjecture about Yeshua without any investigation of facts. In this present time there is the same pattern of conjecture when some Jewish people voice their notions about Yeshua and about Jewish believers in Yeshua without any basis of truth.

Yeshua mentioned that none of his listeners obeyed the Torah. At this point they said he had a demon. Would a demon be concerned that they didn't keep the Torah? They took the attention off of their own apathy and became totally irrational. There is nothing new under the sun! Then they continued to spout out more conjecture by saying they knew where Yeshua came from and that when the Messiah would come no one would know where he came from. The Jewish Holy Scriptures are very clear about where the Messiah would come from.

On the last day of Sukkot one crowd had some knowledge of truth and knew the Messiah was to come from Beit-Lechem. They used this as an argument because they had speculated that Yeshua was not from Beit-Lechem, when in fact that was precisely where he was born.

After one of Yeshua's teachings, the Temple guards returned to the Temple leaders and Jewish religious leaders. The guards were sharply reprimanded for not arresting Yeshua. The guards told them that no one had ever spoken the way Yeshua spoke. One of the leaders told the guards that only common, uneducated people trusted Yeshua and those people were under a curse. One man attempted to protect Yeshua by mentioning that the Torah did not condemn a man until after a hearing. This man was not common or uneducated, but he was one of the Jewish religious

leaders and a believer in the Messiahship of Yeshua. The other leaders mocked that leader and asked if he too was from Galil. The leaders then began discussing their misconstrued idea that Yeshua was from the Galil and soon the meeting adjourned and they all went to their own home.

Sometimes our Jewish people have chosen to believe and voice conjecture rather than to really investigate facts. Why? Perhaps they are afraid of what they might find and what repercussions those findings might have on their career, personal relationships, etc. It could be that they are just apathetic to the subject at hand. But how can anyone be apathetic rather than excited to discover that the Messiah of Israel has come and that he is coming back!

We suggest that you open your Jewish Holy Scriptures and read Isaiah Chapter 53. Isn’t it time you prayed to the G-d of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya'acov and asked Him if Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel?