Can A True Christian Not Have A Heart For Israel & Jewish People?

[ricky]

Some Christians aren't taught that God has not forgotten Israel, and therefore they aren't informed about the issues surrounding Israel and believe what the media say about Israel.

[Guest shiloh357]

That's true, Ricky.  There are some Christians who are genuinely ignorant of the truth and are victims of false teaching an the media-based lies about Israel.   I have encountered them and often, they are receptive to the truth. 

 

History, logic, and truth are weighted in Israel's favor.   You simply have to break the hold that the media and overall moral indifference has on them.

[OakWood]

Anti-Semitism wears many faces:

 

Replacement theology

 

A fake concern for Palestinian well-being/self-determination

 

Pure irrational hate for Jews.

 

Anti-Semitism doesn't  exist as a stand alone ideology.  It is either part of the racial leftist socialist agenda that hates both America and the state of Israel, or it is part of the mindest of those sympathetic to Islam , or is usually found concert with other forms racism and racist conspiracy theories.

 

 

Anti-Semitism is NEVER found in connection with authentic New Testament Christianity.

 

There are many others too that are thinly disguised anti-Semitism but sometimes they are disguised well enough to fool some Christians.

One example is the Black Jesus movement. It's designed to make people who don't believe in it as appearing racist, yet by claiming that Jesus was Black (therefore Jews must be Black) they are adding credence to the theory that Israel is not made up of 'real' Jews.

[Willa]

Since I have always been pro Israel, I was astounded to find an evangelical church, Free Methodist, in which they claimed that they had missions in Egypt so they felt they needed to oppose Israel, as though they had to take sides. It just doesn't compute. I have supported missions in Libia and Iraq but am pro Israel and pray for the peace of Jeruselem. It gives me goose bumps when I think of the day when all Israel will be saved and worship her Redeemer. Oh come, Oh come, Immanuel, and ransom captive Israel. Most of her people are still in the grip of the world and the evil one. One day she will be free and the blindness will be taken away. Halleluia!

[Tristen]

Hi Tinky,

 

A “true Christian” is someone who has sincerely surrendered ownership of their life to Christ as a faith response to His gospel.

 

We all come to the faith from differing backgrounds and perspectives. The world is indoctrinated to always consider Jews to be the bad guys – regardless of the (readily available) facts of each situation. I’m not convinced that correcting one’s perspective on Israel is always a priority issue between God and the new convert (i.e. there are probably more important personal issues to deal with first). Through fellowship with God, I would expect a Christian to eventually find God’s heart on most issues. But there is no rule in Christianity that we must all agree on every issue. We must trust God to correct the issues He considers important in His own time (as well as we ourselves remaining open God’s correction on any issue).

 

Romans 14:4

⁴ Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

 

I think it’s important that we give God the opportunity to be God, both in our lives, and the lives of those with whom we currently disagree.

[Guest shiloh357]

Tristen, we are talking primarily about those who are genuinely anti-Semitic but claim Christ.  Jesus doesn't live in the heart of racists.  Being anti-Semitic is evidence that one has a false profession of Christ

[Alex Summers]

What does it mean to have a heart for Israel and its people?

Does that mean one cannot disagree with their actions?

Can one question their tactics and choices and still have a heart for them?

As I read through the bible I see a group that constantly made the wrong choices and rarely did what God wanted of them. Why would anyone assume this current group is any different?

[hmbld]

As I read through the bible I see a group that constantly made the wrong choices and rarely did what God wanted of them. Why would anyone assume this current group is any different?

 

 

Are we any different?  Directly shows God's love for us when He loves us even with all the wrong choices we have made!

[Alex Summers]

No, we are no different...yet I can say a bad word about us without too much grief, say a bad word about Israel and the same can't be said most off the time

[Guest shiloh357]

Having a heart for Israel means loving them unconditionally, not supporting them unconditionally.    The Jews made a lot of mistakes and they messed up and sinned a lot but God is faithful to them because He made promises to them.   He says that He is zealous for them and those who touch Israel touch the apple of His eye.

 

It's kind of analogous to how your children might be unruly at times and you as  the parent can criticize your children, but no one else, better. If anyone else were to come against your kids, you would defend them against those people. 

 

In the Bible, God gives a lot of warnings to those who would come against His people and He has never rescinded that promises.   Anti-Semitism is an affront to God and those who stand against Israel set themselves in opposition with God. '

 

Israel messed up a lot but that is for God to handle, not us.   And those who curse Israel who join in divestments of Israel's economy who stand in solidarity with those who seek to dismantle Israel, particularly those  in the Church will discover that they are standing on the wrong side.

 

No one can break God' eternal covenant with the Jews.   All they can do is break themselves against it