He claims to be a rabbi, but he hasn’t been ordained as such by any Messianic or traditional Jewish organization. He is not recognized by any major Messianic Jewish organization. His only known ordination as a minister comes from The Way International, which has its own problems. He keeps making false predictions on the timing of the Second Coming based on his “corrected” Jewish calendar. He makes extravagant and false claims about the traditional rabbis agreeing with him on various issues.
He relies on a supposed "Hebrew original" of Matthew that is, as far as anyone can tell, just a translation from the Greek with a few novel changes. He also casually tosses out passages of Scripture that disagree with him: Most famously, realizing that having three Passovers in John's Gospel account messes up his rather novel interpretation of the 70 Weeks, Rood has declared--without any scholarly support--that John 6:4 was falsely inserted into the text. That is easily refuted by anyone with even a basic knowledge of the Biblical manuscript data and the early Church fathers, or even with just access to Google.
Here’s a good summary of some of the other problems Rood has.
Or just Google michael rood false teacher
Unfortunately, between the extravagant claims, the garish pseudo-priestly costumes, the Gandalfian beard, and an incredible talent for self-promotion, he’s a lot of peoples’ first taste of the Hebrew Roots / Messianic movement. Most seem to start catching onto the false claims and drift away after a few years, but there’s always someone new who has just heard of him and gets caught up in his cult.
Honestly, First Fruits of Zion is a much better resource for someone trying to understand the Jewish roots of the Christian faith and where the Messianic movement is today.
Shalom
Thanks, Buggman. I was hoping you had some insight and background on Rood. I was unaware of him. Your messianic stance makes you a fair arbiter of things messianic, so thanks for the links.
Thank you, Rabbi.
.
This completely false statement disqualifies you as an arbitor of anything Biblical.
First, Michael Rood has never claimed to be a Rabbi, and has completely denounced any person or organization that uses the title “Rabbi,” Just as Yeshua did when he walked the Earth.
If you believe that any person or organization that uses that term is anything but an instrument of the adversary, that removes you from the realm of ministers of the gospel. There are no "Great Men" in God's creation
Michael Rood has no connection whatsoever with The Way International, nor does any minister of the gospel.
The 28 existing generations of the original Hebrew Matthew bear no reliance upon any Greek translation, and differ in all areas of significance from the Greek translations.
Your perception of “problems” bears much similarity to other manipulators of the word of God.
The falseness of John 6:4 is fully supported by the chronology of the other gospels.
Sorry to say this, but this display of embrace of deception has certainly diminished you in my esteem. We have many popping jays here with flimsy understanding of the word with whom you now appear to share much.
Your “good summary” unsurprisingly begins with the same glaring falsehood that you chose to use to discredit yourself in this post; Michael Rood has never used or tolerated the use of the false title “Rabbi.”
He has consistently denounced unscriptural toys and banners,like Kippas, and “Stars of David.”
He has held solidly with the plain words of Yeshua in every way.
I have no association with Rood's organization, but to see professing believers espousing so many demonically false accusations against one of the few men that totally hold to Yeshua’s commandments gives me much grief, both for you and for him.
I certainly never would have wanted to have to write this post.
And one more thing: There are no “Jewish Roots” to the Christian Faith.
Judaism is a serious departure from the teachings delivered by Moses, and Yeshua spent the greater part of his life on Earth demolishing the error of Judaism.
.