Chavurat Derekh HaMashiach

Church family… Every generation of believers has a moment when God invites them to remember who they really are.

Not who the world says they are. Not who culture labels them. But who Messiah calls them.And sometimes, the truth is hiding in plain sight— in verses we’ve read for years but never slowed down long enough to let them define us.

Paul says, “If you belong to Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:29)Not symbolic heirs. Not honorary members. Not “spiritual Israel” in a poetic sense. He says you are Abraham’s seed. You are part of the covenant family. You are grafted into the same olive tree God planted in Genesis.Identity in Messiah is identity in Israel’s story.

And Yeshua Himself confirms the foundation of that story. In Matthew 23:1–3, He tells the crowds and His disciples:

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So whatever they tell you to observe—observe and do. But do not do according to their works…”He wasn’t rejecting the Torah. He was rejecting hypocrisy. He wasn’t calling His followers away from God’s instructions. He was calling them back to the heart of them.Because if you are in Messiah, you are part of the people to whom those words were first spoken.Identity isn’t a side topic. It’s the whole story.

The apostles understood this. Peter calls believers a “chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.” (1 Peter 2:9)

Paul says we were once strangers to the covenants, but now we have been brought near (Ephesians 2:12–13).John says that those who receive Messiah are given the right to become children of God (John 1:12).This is the biblical definition of Israel: a people formed by faith in the God of Abraham and redeemed through the Messiah of Israel.

So today, I’m not here to pressure you. I’m not here to hand you a list of rules. I’m here to invite you into the identity Scripture already gave you.

If you belong to Messiah, you belong to His people. If you follow the Shepherd, you’re part of His flock. If you’re grafted into the tree, you share its roots.And if that’s true— then the Torah isn’t a relic. It’s part of your inheritance. Part of your story. Part of the way Yeshua Himself walked.Not as a burden. Not as a badge. But as a way of life that reveals the heart of the One we follow.

So if something in you stirs when you read the words of Moses… If something lights up when you see how Yeshua fulfilled them… If something whispers, “There’s more here for me,” then follow that whisper.Learn the Torah. Explore it. Let the Spirit show you what to embrace, what to practice, what to let shape your walk.

Not because you must. But because you belong. Because you’re part of the story. Because identity in Messiah is identity in Israel.

And when you know who you are, you walk differently. You love differently. You follow Him more deeply.

May the Lord open the Scriptures to you. May He root you in your identity. And may He lead you in His ways as you follow the One who said,

“Come, follow Me.”Shalom.