We know our forefathers wrote the Tenakh, which contains The Torah, also called the Pentateuch or the 5 books of Moses. The Navi'im - The Prophets and Ketuvim - The Writings.

In the Bible that's called the Old Testament.

Did you know the writers of every word in every book of the New Testament/New Covenant were also Jewish? They were the First Messianic Jews. 

Their original hebrew names:

Yochanan (יוחנן) - John

Shim'on (שמעון) - Simon

Ya’akov (יעקב) - James

Mattityahu (מתתיהו) - Matthew

Ta’om (תאום) - Thomas

Yehudah (יהודה) - Judas

Ya'aqov (יעקב) - Jacob

Saul (שאול) - Paul

Judah (יהודה) - Jude 

Natanel Bar-Talmai (נתנאל בר תלמי) – Nathaniel

THAT WORD CHRISTIAN?  

The word “Christian” is derived from the Greek word “Christianos” (Χριστιανός) which means “follower of Christ” i.e follower of Messiah. 

The term was first used in the ancient Greek city of Antioch, which was located in present day Turkey. These followers of Messiah Yeshua were the first to be called Christians around AD 90.

"Yeshua” (ישוע) is the Hebrew name from which the name “Jesus" is derived. It is a shortened form of “Yehoshua” (יהושע), meaning “Adonai is Salvation” or “Adonai Saves." This name encapsulates the core purpose of Messiah's first coming – to bring complete Salvation to the Jew first, then the Gentile. Back in the day, a small percentage of Jews believed just like now. Probably the percentages were identical. 

“HaMashiach” (המשיח) translates to “The Messiah” or “The Anointed One." In ancient Israel, kings and priests were anointed with oil as a symbol of their divine appointment. The Messiah, long-awaited by our ancestors, was to be the ultimate Anointed One – the ultimate King and Priest who would bring about G-d’s kingdom on earth, but not how we expected.

The original Hebrew Yeshua HaMashiach was translated into Greek as Iesous Christos (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός). The Greek “Christos” is a literal translation of HaMashiach (the Anointed One). From the Greek it was translated into the Latin Iēsūs Chrīstus, followed by the English translation Jesus The Christ or Jesus The Messiah.

Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 351 Prophecies about our long awaited Messiah. One being that he will be rejected by his own people. That's us. He was also a Rabbi. He was circumcised, wore tzitzit, was a man of the Law, and of course fully Jewish.

Many Rabbis publicly confirm Yeshua/Jesus is the Messiah. Many others also know, but are not prepared to reveal this to the world until “the right time."