G  R  A  F  T  E  D    I N:                                                           A Documentary About Gentiles In The Messianic Movement                 ^{"... And thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree..." Romans 11:17b (King James Version - Public Domain)}                 

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GRAFTED IN: Documentary Coming Soon:   Jews and Gentiles -- One in Messiah -- After nearly 2 thousand years - Have Jews and Gentiles in Messiah emerged yet into the fullness of the  "one new man"?  What does it really look like to be "Grafted In"?  And what is the identity of the Believers in Messiah Yeshua (which is the Hebrew name for  Jesus) from the nations who embraces the Torah, the traditions, and the Messiah of Israel?   This documentary is designed to explore this topic in a loving and peaceful manner.   

 "Grafted In" brings together the talents of Tom and Angela Swift, professional filmmakers with their unique experience of also being Messianic followers of Yeshua for more than ten years.                                                                                                          

Dealing with an "identity crisis": It does not take a rocket scientist to see that this is an area of great struggle for the Messianic Movement (which is a Hebraic expression of belief in Jesus/Yeshua as the Messiah).   Jewish men and women who have come to faith in Yeshua have enough of a struggle already with retaining their own identity as Jews once they've given their lives to the Messiah Yeshua (that's the Hebrew name of Jesus) and find themselves wandering between two religious systems: Modern Day Christianity and Judaism.  So when a growing number of  people from the nations (Gentile believers)  begin to embrace the Torah and even some traditions of Judaism there comes a crisis of identity.    We at Awaken Pictures believe that how Messianic Believers respond to this "crisis" will determine whether the Messianic Movement will move forward to its destiny as an End Time movement or not.

If you are a Gentile Believer in the Messianic movement you are not alone.  Maybe this picture of an adopted child wrapped in the Tallit (prayer shawl) and receiving acceptance by the big brother in the family of Israel tugs at your heart.    Maybe you just want to feel accepted and received but you feel all alone.  Maybe for so many years you've been wandering with no place to go and feel like a sheep without a shepherd.  You are not alone.  There are many many people just like you all over the world and God has not forgotten you.  Your Jewish brothers and sisters are struggling so much to deal with the difficulties of finding an identity themselves right now.  But we believe God is working to bring you together.  That's His heart.    So don't give up and keep pressing on.

If you are a Jewish Believer in the Messianic movement you're also not alone.   God knows how you're trying to find acceptance as a relevant sect of Judaism today and at the same time struggling to deal with the pain of misunderstanding and AniSemitism and replacement theology (a false doctrine that teaches that the church replaces Israel)  that stems from the early Christian Church Fathers who greatly misunderstood the Hebraic roots of their faith.   But God is beginning to open the eyes of church leaders today to have a better understanding of the proper Hebraic Context of the Bible and Jewish leaders are beginning to see the common foundation they have with Christianity.  So remember that God has a great plan for you as Messianic Jews with a purpose as "the big brother" welcoming in the Adopted children from the nations.

This is not a project about bashing Christianity, Judaism, the Church, the Oral Traditions, or the conflicting doctrines in the Messianic movement.   A documentary is a platform that can allow Messianic Believers, both Jew and Gentile to sit and watch something to help spark positive discussions in the future.  We also believe that Christians and Jews can learn from this discussion as well.  There is much happening in the church at large and even in the world of Judaism today while the Messianic believers are struggling with this issue.  God is moving forward with or without us.  Christians and Jews are actually  beginning to understand that they have more in common than they ever realized.  Churches and Christian ministries are even embracing and sharing their Jewish Roots and there is a growing interest in this subject today.

We've started a blog.  Click here to theGrafted In movie blog so you can share your comments and thoughts and be updated to how things are going.