Paul, Torah, Messianic Judaism, and the Body With One Lung Missing

For most Christians, the idea of “Jewish Christianity” feels odd — as if Jewish identity and faith in Jesus must be mutually exclusive. Yet the earliest ekklesia (church) was fully Jewish. Only later did Gentiles join in numbers large enough to dominate.

Paul described the Church as having two origins within one Body:

• ecclesia ex circumcisione — the church from among the JewsChristianiy, Jews.,Messianic Judaism
• ecclesia ex gentibus — the church from among the nations/Gentiles

He never imagined one replacing the other.

Historically, the Jewish wing of the Church vanished — not because Jewish believers disappeared, but because both synagogue and church delegitimized them:

• Rabbinic Judaism: “If you believe in Jesus, you’re no longer Jewish.”
• Gentile Christianity: “If you believe in Jesus, stopMessianic Judaism being Jewish.”