It's Time to Speak Up

The Truth will set you free

Have you ever tried to talk truth to someone who seems determined not to see or understand? It can be one of the most frustrating things to experience. You can come to the conversation armed with facts, figures, antidotal examples and emotional appeals all to no avail. Regardless of your attempts at reason or persuasive argument the person seems wrapped in an invisible shield deflecting every vain attempt at reaching them. This is probably the best example I can give of what a demonic stronghold rooted in the mind or heart looks like and we are seeing this kind of phenomenon on a wide scale now.

I’m talking specifically about the insanity of hating the Jews. If ever a case could be made for mental illness being contagious then the rise of antisemitism would be exhibit a. We are seeing everything from ancient lies peddled as new conspiracies to seeing a Jew behind every world event we don’t agree with. Christians who rarely crack open their Bibles are suddenly experts in scripture regarding Israel and seemingly normal people who may not even personally know a Jew seethe with anger and hatred when the subject comes up. This is not a time for passiveness or apathy amongst the body of Christ on this subject.

I could fill pages working through the lies, half truths and outright goofy beliefs being peddled right now that have to do with Israel and the Jewish people but so many others have done a tremendous job of effectively debunking the lies that I would waste your time rehashing their work. What I would like to do here is make several points that are backed up in scripture and history.

1. God is not finished with the Jewish people and the revival of the nation of Israel after 2,000 years is a huge sign of this.

2. Saying you don’t hate the Jews but you disagree with Israel politically because they fight for their survival against maniacs proves otherwise. God personally deals with Israel. Trust me, if they are doing something wrong He will deal with it. God doesn’t need your expert opinion on Palestine, lobbying groups, Iran war or the like. Maybe just stay in your lane and worry about your own failings huh?

3. Christians who are outraged at dual citizenship amongst lawmakers are embarrassing themselves. It is less of a conflict than Christians being in political office who are supposed to be firstly citizens of heaven. Israel and the United States are forever entwined and connected. It was a Jewish man, Haym Salomon who by great personal sacrifice bankrolled the revolution and many founding fathers. We would not exist with out him.

4. Replacement theology is evil and a false doctrine at least as it is widely interpreted. It implies God has lied or told half truths to the Jewish people about their destiny and purpose. It arrogantly exalts the Church into roles and positions it does not hold and takes promises not ours. It deceives believers into actively fighting the God they say they serve. God has not thrown the Jews away for forever. He still loves them and has a destiny for them as Romans chapter 11 talks about.

5. The Jews in Israel are the real Jews. Can’t even believe this needs said.

6. Those who love and bless the Jews will be blessed and those that hate and curse the Jews will be cursed. This is an enduring promise from God that is also born out by 3,500 years of history. People are largely ignorant of history and that is sad.

7. We as gentile Christians are living in the waning days of the time of the gentiles as Paul the apostle foretold. The day is soon coming when the veil on the eyes of the Jewish people will be lifted. When that day comes I believe two things will occur. First a tremendous amount of Jewish people will believe in Jesus as their Messiah and second we will see an even bigger rise of anti semitism in the main line Church as the full onset of religious jealously bears its awful fruit. Listen, the Jews turning to Christ really will happen and it won’t be because you accused them of awful things, it will be because they are loved into the kingdom. How is it that Christians are justifying hatred for an entire people group that God sent His son to save? What hard hearts!

8. The rise of a strong delusion of hating the Jews and rejecting truth was foretold. It is a sign that we are fast approaching Gods end time plan for the nation of Israel and the world. Paul says this restoration of Israel will be life from the dead for all of the world. We will be blessed through Israel turning to the Lord.

9. Nothing is a greater danger to our country than hating the Jews, nothing. Every nation that comes against the Jewish people is diminished.

The biggest factor I have personally witnessed in folks falling into deception concerning Israel is a real lack of closeness with the Holy Spirit. Those who keep an intimate walk with God sense and show the love God has for all people including the Jewish people. Those who know the Lord intimately and spend time daily hearing from Him and reading His Word are not easily entangled in the foolishness of seeing a Jew behind every war, every trouble and every rock. I have also noticed that most of the new growth in anti semitism lately comes from those who are the most uninformed people I know. They don’t know their Bible, are ignorant of history and are easily fooled.

My hope in writing this article is two fold. First it is a call to prayer for the Church. We are called to battle arguments and strongholds of the mind that come against the knowledge of God. It is our duty and our mandate to bind the demonic hoards of anti-semitism in the name of Jesus (a Jew btw). If Satan wants to do something on the earth then naturally we the Church should be about stopping it. Jesus went about doing good and destroying all the works of the devil the Bible says. Second it is to warn the unaware or those who have not been paying attention. Please understand that the devil is sly and sneaky. He will convince you of conspiracies and plots, of lobbying groups and dual citizenships that are going to sink us all. Stop believing lies. Start embracing Jesus who is truth. Ask God to remove deception from your heart and mind. Its time to wake up, call out this garbage and walk in truth.