Gerald McDermott

Gerald McDermott

Writer

The Rev. Dr. Gerald McDermott serves as Distinguished Professor of Theology at Jerusalem Seminary, priest-in-residence at Holy Cross Anglican Church in Crozet, VA, author of Israel Matters, and editor of The New Christian Zionism and Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity. Read more from Gerald at his Patheos blog.

Did Jesus Reject the Land Promise?

Posted on June 1, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. In Luke 21:24, Jesus prophesied that one day Jews would have sovereignty over the land of Israel. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all…

Jesus and the Jewish Covenant

Posted on May 23, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing the fruit of it. (Matthew 21:43) Did Jesus…

Did Jesus Reject the Temple?

Posted on April 6, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. He who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who dwells in it. (Matthew 23:21) It has been something of a Christian consensus that Jesus rejected the temple…

Jesus and Jerusalem

Posted on March 31, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. Then the devil took Jesus to the holy city. (Matthew 4:5) As I have written in previous posts in this series, it was only a few decades ago that I started to…

Jesus and the Jewish Commission

Posted on March 24, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. Jesus sent off the Twelve after commanding them, saying, โ€œDonโ€™t take the road for the Gentiles and the city of the Samaritans. Keep on going instead to the lost sheep of…

Jesus and Leviticus

Posted on March 16, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. Go and show yourself to the priest and bring the offering which Moses commanded (Matthew 8:4, alluding to Leviticus 14:21). In a previous article, I wrote that Leviticus is the book most…

Jesus and the Jewish Sects

Posted on March 9, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. The scribes and the Pharisees have been sitting on Mosesโ€™ seat. Therefore practice and protect everything they tell you, but donโ€™t practice their works (Matthew 23:2-3). Most Anglicans know that there…

Did Jesus Wear Tassels?

Posted on March 1, 2023
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The men of that region recognized him and sent out to all the country nearby and brought to him all those who were sick. They begged him that they might touch merely the tassels of his garment. And all those who touched it were healed (Matthew 14:35-36). Why would Gentiles in what is now Jordan…

Did Jesus Reject the Jewish law?

Posted on February 15, 2023
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This article is part of a series on Jesus the Jewish Messiah by Gerald McDermott. Click here to view other articles in this series. I have not come to abolish but to fulfill (Matthew 5:17). In his 1526 lectures on Jonah, Martin Luther taught that Jesus attacked Judaism and โ€œabolished the Law through His Holy…

Holy Saturday and the Easter Vigil: A Collect Reflection

Posted on April 20, 2019
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Holy Saturday O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen….