No, no, definitely not a Mormon. I was at one time an Evangelical/fundamentalist Christian but after studying the Hebrew Roots of our Faith for the last 22 years I now identify myself as a Messianic Israelite. I take literally Galatians 3:29 “that if ye be in Christ Jesus, ye are Abraham’s seed (sperm)” It’s a long story...
The Hebrew Roots movement does have some offshoots that have reduced Christ from being God. Others have retained full Trinitarian Christology. I have a special interest in the movement because I was around when Jews for Jesus was getting going strong in the Chicago area. I was a student at Moody Bible Institute at the time, doing Jewish Studies as my major, with Lewis Goldberg, ex-rabbi as one of my teachers. I also was hanging around some of the early Messianic Jewish congregations.
And yes, I know there’s a difference between that and Hebrew Roots et al.
One of the most dramatic differences is the revived British Israelism. No, Hebrew Roots is not identical to Armstrong’s Worldwide Church of God. But the British Israelism is a definitely a rerun. And of course I’ve always had a weak spot for it myself, being of Scottish descent. In fact, the Armstrongs were probably near neighbors of my old clan. We probably stole their cattle fairly regularly. But I digress. But it could explain why I like burgers so much.
Anyway, if you go down that path, you can end up in some very strange places. The British-Israel narrative reads something like a cross between Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the DaVinci Code, and Exodus. Which would actually be kind of a fun creative writing project, if I could somehow work in Scottish independence and the Davidic bloodline.
But really it’s all too chaotic for me. Color me boring Baptist. I suppose my main claim to Scottish heritage is my bulldog commitment to reformed theology. Never try to separate a Scot from his Bible.