Yes, of course we Messianics understand our Jewish history - 1500 years of persecution by Gentile Christianity, forced conversions and baptisms, forced denial of our people and Torah, theft, torture and being chased out repeatedly – all this has created a firm resistance to all that is called “Christian ” among Jews. Meanwhile, many thousands of Jews chose death rather than submit to a faith that usurped the fold of Israel (our own cultivated olive tree) and be grafted into their wild olive tree, while worshipping three gods. 

In all probability there would be no Jewish people today, recognized as such, and no nation of Israel, had not so many of our people resisted - for the sanctification of the Name – this hellish plot to wipe us out as G-d’s covenant people. Crusaders, papal edicts against us, vicious, malicious lies and slander, the Spanish Inquisition, Russian pogroms and the frequent slaughter of Jewish communities polluted the name of Jesus Christ with the stench of death.^Y
 

The Crusaders	The Spanish Inquisition	The Russian Pogroms

In view of this history most Jews, especially the religious ones, can’t even begin to consider that perhaps Yeshua of Nazareth is indeed the Promised Anointed One. They have even shortened His Name to “Yeshu” – an insult – because they know very well what “Yeshua” means.

Unfortunately, these religious have failed to acknowledge – either wantonly or ignorantly - the change that has occurred among evangelical Christianity that is no longer attempting to force-convert us or “lure” us into their religion. On the contrary, there are now many millions of Christians who want to bless Israel, support and stand with our nation – without ulterior motives or underhanded “missionizing” - ever since Genesis 12:3 has been preached among them, Romans 11, Ephesians 2:11-22, John 10:1-18 and many other Scriptures.

Of course, it is this ultimate obstacle - Yeshua being believed of equal nature with G-d, that keeps a Jew from accepting Him. In his understanding this is blasphemy, unable to see how the One and only G-d could also be a Son²⁸.

Joseph’s brothers stood before him, face to face with him, yet they did not recognize their own brother in this Egyptian lord, adorned with Egyptian attire and speaking with them via an interpreter. Preconceived ideas and beliefs prevented them, thus seeing they did not see and hearing they did not hear. They believed Joseph dead, or at least a slave somewhere, while this Egyptian lord was causing them very serious troubles, accusing them falsely, although they only sought to buy grain from him.

Our orthodox brethren are just like Joseph’s brothers, unable to recognize in this “Gentile Lord” their own Messiah. 

Just as Joseph’s brothers out of jealousy and envy wanted to kill him, and sold and delivered him into the power of Gentiles, so did the religious leaders of Yeshua’s days: Jealous and envious of Him because the people loved the gentle Nazarene Who spoke on the Word of G-d unlike any of their rabbis and priests ever had done, and Who healed them of all their sicknesses and diseases, set them free from demonic oppression and even raised their dead, they looked for and found a covetous and resentful disciple of Yeshua, willing to sell Him to them. They delivered Him – on the basis of a lie and false accusations - into the power of the Romans to have them put Him to death. When His tomb was found to be empty after 3 (Jewish) days, the heavy stone rolled away, they bribed the soldiers who had guarded the tomb, to lie and tell the people that Yeshua’s disciples had stolen His body away. And this is believed until this day.

BUT HE LIVES – and to this we testify!