As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The Messiah Conference, the world’s largest annual gathering of Messianic Jews and Israel-supporting Christians, gets underway in the U.S. on Monday, June 29, as antisemitism surges across America and globally.” - RNS/MJAA
“The letter comes after a poll found that most American Jews oppose the way President Donald Trump is handling antisemitism.” - RNS
Carlson’s “recent show with Cooper, however, crossed a different line. As such, it ought to provoke the sort of reaction that would seriously impinge on his ability to maintain his grasp on influence with people who matter, such as the Trump family and mainstream politicians.” - JNS
Read the series.
While Israel faces the increasing potential of an expanding war in the Middle East, the world is clearly careening into a new era of unreserved antisemitism.
How should we as Christians respond?
If we are convinced Biblically that God still has a future for the people, nation and land of Israel—that He will fulfill every promise He has ever given His chosen people, and every prophecy He has ever made about them—that will certainly determine the tenor of our reaction.
“The ‘new’ wave of antisemitism in the West clarifies to Israeli Jews too that they cannot escape their fate in Israel by relocating to Europe or America. They too cannot escape antisemitism by distancing themselves from Israel.” - Providence
Read the series.
What does it mean to stand with Israel? My wife Lynnette and I were challenged to think about that question in a completely new way on Friday, June 7, when we heard a firsthand account of the terrorist massacre that Hamas unleashed last October 7.
Read the series.
What are some specific things that we can do to stand with—that is, bless (Gen. 12:3)—the people, nation and land of Israel?
As we documented in the previous installment, we certainly have good reason to desire to do so. As Jesus told the Canaanite woman, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matt. 15:24). And as He reminded the Samaritan woman, “Salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22).
Read Part 1.
What are we really calling for when we entreat people to stand with the people, nation and land of Israel?
We’ve been pondering that question during this period of unprecedented, frightful and downright dangerous antisemitism—the worst that the world has witnessed since the dreadful days of the Holocaust.
“All three of these are true. Behind the death on the cross is the Father, the Son, and you and me. We should be careful, however, in how we talk about these realities.” - Kevin DeYoung
“the world is filled with state actors treating their own or neighboring populations in the most appalling ways, far worse than anything that Israel could remotely be accused of, without attracting anything like the passion and vitriol directed at Jews and Israel.” - Manhattan Contrarian
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