Rick Massey has studied Middle Eastern religion and the development of early Christianity for his entire life. He was born into the Pentecostal movement. Always studying and learning, he later became a follower of the modern Messianic Jewish movement. He learned to read the Bible in Hebrew and studied Greek at a Christian college. His path then led him to convert to Judaism and abandon the idea that the messianic prophecies point to Jesus. Today, he no longer practices or believes in any religion. He practices law (part-time) while pursuing his life-long passion of studying the Dead Sea Scrolls and middle eastern archaeology. He still maintains a passion for learning about first century Judea and the history of Jewish and Christian origins.