When did the modern movement of Messianic Christianity begin?
Even thought Messianic Christianity, as a distinct movement, faded from the ancient scene in the 7th century A.D., there have always been Jewish believers in the Messiah Yeshua. However, beginning in the early 1800’s, ever increasing numbers of Jewish people began to believe in Yeshua as the Messiah. The modern movement came to fruition after 1967 when tens of thousands of Jewish people suddenly accepted Yeshua. Why 1967? In 1967, after the 6-day war, Jerusalem came back into Jewish hands in fulfillment of a prophecy given by Yeshua in the New Testament (Luke 21:24). This prophecy indicated that when Jerusalem was restored to the Jewish people, God would return once again to His Jewish people with national salvation through Messiah Yeshua (Zech.12:10 and 13:1, Psa.102:15-16). Messianic Christianity is a prophetic movement and a direct result of the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit upon His Chosen People (Hos.3:4-5, Joel 2:28-29, Deut.30:1-3).
