The Hydroponic Olive Tree

[DeanZF]

We love H.O.T. topics!



We've had some inquiries from folks both on and off these forums asking "What about our 'Jewish Roots'?" With this particular forum and the topics you'll find here, we're attempting to provide a space for talking about, for exploring our Jewish Roots in a safe environment.



We're also hoping to keep this pretty narrow, talking more about Jewish Roots in terms that will not take us off onto partisan bunny trails. I'm aware of numbers of them, and we have a few other folks on this site who are also watchful and try to defend a "pure approach" to what has come to be called Jewish Roots Studies.



The basis here is to explore how Jewish culture, Jewish religious practice, Jewish mindset, and other similar things have and should be allowed to influence what we might call the Gentile Church. We may talk a little about Messianic Judaism (we have more than a few of those here!), and we might mention some of the "bunny trails" in passing, only to make folks aware of them, not to dispute or argue their points, but again just to help inquirers know that they're out there. The goal is to concentrate on the truth, not to explore the counterfeits.



Part of the ministry of ZionFire is to help "the Church" become aware of the Jewishness of her Messiah, and the Jewishness of her faith and its expressions. Our hope is that through this particular forum, we can all grow together as we learn to discern the Roman's 11:17 olive tree and its roots. The Gentiles are the wild olive that's been grafted into the existing root and stem system. God established it and grounded it and then invited us in. It would be good to know more about the Abramic Family Tree. And sometimes, the exploration can only be done through discernment. God will help us understand and to know the difference between the gold and the dross.