Today at 04:31 PM Talmid HaYarok said this in Post #3
I just have a problem in services where there isn't the option not to drink Alcohol for communion.
Come on, I would think that Messianic Jews based in the Nazarene tradition would understand that more. Its just one of my personal gripes among Messianics Congregations and Gentile Churches.
Most Messianic congregations I've been to use both and you have the option, there are still a fair number that serve only one.
Talmid, I have heard many Messianic say they believe that Messianic Judiasm comes from Nazarene tradition but let me point this information out to others that may not be privy to it:
Nazarites took a vow of these things:
(1) abstinence from wine and strong drink which includes vinegar, and grapes moist and dried, (2) refraining from cutting the hair off the head during the whole period of the continuance of the vow, and (3) the avoidance of contact with the dead. When the period of the continuance of the vow came to an end, the Nazarite had to present himself at the door of the sanctuary with (1) a he
lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, (2) a ewe lamb of the first year
for a sin-offering, and (3) a ram for a peace-offering. After these sacrifices
were offered by the priest, the Nazarite cut off his hair at the door and threw
it into the fire under the peace-offering. ( Source: Websters Unabridged Encyclopedic Dictionary).
It is also important to note that just because someone is a resident of Nazareth didn't mean they were automatically to become Nazarite priests. One took a vow to become a Nazarite priest unlike Levitical priests that didn't have a choice in the matter since they who were born into the 'Tribe of Levi' were "set apart" by birth for the express purpose of serving as sacramental priests.
Lastly, I would like to point out that all Messianic do not believe that Messianic belief is rooted from Nazarites but more from the extension of Tanach (Old Testament) believing Jews that accepted Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah. Many Messianics consider themselves, "completed Jews" as in they have already been saved and see the light of Yeshua that many Orthodox or traditional Jews are currently blinded to.
Shalom,
Missy