For more and more Believers, both Jew and Gentile, this involves Messianic Jewish worship , celebrating the Biblical Feasts of the Lord , and leading a Torah observant lifestyle . Torah is the five books of Moses, Nevi'im are the Prophets and Kethuvim, the writings. Over the centuries, men added to God's law in an effort to help the people keep the laws. It is these additional laws that Yeshua repudiated, not the original, God given laws. Yeshua kept Torah and instructed His followers to do the same.
Grace abounds in the Tanakh as well as in the Apostolic writings.
The earliest church was a Jewish church. It had its headquarters in the Jewish capital and was presided over by Jewish leaders. Paul ministered among the Gentiles and stressed the importance of keeping the right attitude toward Israel and the Jewish people. Clarence Wagner, Bridges for Peace , Is wasn't long before outside and inside forces worked on the early church to bring the deep rift we still experience today. It is sad that the church did not heed Paul's warning to stand in awe and not dare to spoil the beautiful relationship the Jewish and Gentile believers were to have.