Born again means to be a born again as a Jew

Last Trumpet Org Ministries / Newport Beach, California

Born Again! Means to born again as a Torah observant Jew!

Did Jesus come to start a new religion? No!

What does this really mean to be born again? Jesus talked about this in John 3:3

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, (as a Torah observant Jew) he cannot see the kingdom of God.

What is the true meaning of this Jewish idiom “to be born again?"

Being born again is a Jewish idiom of when a gentile who wants to convert to Judaism go through the process of becoming a Jew, then would do an immersion "a mikvah" and then come up as a new creation and in every which way he would be considered Jewish!

So this is the idea being born again "that Jesus spoke about in John 3:3" it was the process of a gentile becoming a Jew! Even those of a Jewish heritage would rededicate their lives to God and have mikvah.

“Born again” is not a Christian term? It is a Jewish term!

• When Gentiles converted to Judaism, they were said to be born again.

• When a man was crowned king, he was said to be born again.

• When a Jewish boy has a bar mitzvah at the age of 13, he is said to be born again.

• When a Jewish person marries, he is said to be born again.

• When a Jewish person is ordained as a Rabbi, he is said to be born again.

• When a Jewish person becomes the head of a rabbinical school, he is said to be born again.

Jesus told Nicodemus, a teacher in Israel, “Except a man be born of water and the Spirit (Spirit of Truth which is being Torah observant), he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”

To “be born of water” was a Jewish expression for physical birth.

However, physical birth by itself is not sufficient to provide entrance into the Kingdom of God.

Man must be born of the Spirit – “Spirit of Truth” which is a metaphor for Torah, being Torah observant.

“And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: That whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:13-15

1John 2:4 He who says, "I know Him," (Yeshua) and does not keep His commandments (God's laws), is a liar, and the truth (Torah) is not in him

There is one God – the Jewish God, YAHWEY.

Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
Deuteronomy 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

There is one salvation – through the Jewish Messiah. God’s only son Yĕhowshuwa

If gentiles refuse to accept the Jewish God and the Jewish Messiah, they will suffer the same consequences as Jewish people who refuse to accept the Jewish God and the Jewish Messiah – eternal separation from God

Exodus 12:49" One law (Torah) shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you."

Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. (The faith of Yeshua is to simply believe in His mission as the Messiah of Israel.)

John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? (A rhetorical question usually done in exaggeration or humor)

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Blessings

Pastor Douglas Nicholson Torah observant only / Newport Beach, CA