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Jews Against Jesus
By Harmony Grant
7-22-8
Liberal Jewish leaders are among the loudest defenders of "civil rights"
and
"freedom from defamation." Yet their so-called "anti-hate" laws represent
the
scariest threat to Christian freedom in America. And the Jewish state of
Israel is anything but free for Jews who convert to Christianity.
Messianic
Jews face stiff opposition both in Israel and the United States from their
Talmud-following brethren.
The Talmud teaches that wor****p of Christ is idolatry; many Jews believe
conversion of Jews threatens a spiritual Holocaust upon the Jewish people.
In
Israel and the United States, powerful Jews teach that it is an assault to
lead a precious Jewish soul toward truth about Jesus. Conversion of Jews
represents theft and even spiritual "genocide."
Jewish opposition compelled the Christian Jews of the Union of Messianic
Jewish Congregations (UMJC) to focus on discrimination against their
Israeli
brethren at a June conference in Jerusalem. About 300 Jewish believers in
Christ gathered to protest discrimination in Israel.
The UMJC conference's discussed topics including "the recent public
burning by
haredim of New Testaments distributed by missionaries in Or Akiva, a bomb
attack that seriously wounded the son of well-known Messianic Jew in Ariel
and
the attempt to disqualify a Messianic Jewish high school girl from this
year's
International Bible Quiz for Jewish youth."
Meanwhile, gentile evangelicals remain oblivious, or uncaring, about
persecution against their fellow Christians. They continue to lavish
financial
and moral sup****t on Israel, despite its continuing, blatant
anti-Christianity. Recently a young Christian Jewish woman was denied
citizen****p in Israel because she allegedly "committed missionary
activity,"
thus "acting against the interests of the state of Israel and against the
Jewish people." Another Christian, a grad student from Germany, even now
battles the government of Israel, which is trying to de****t her for the
"speech crime" of witnessing. (See,
<http://truthtellers.org/alerts/christiande****tedfromisreal.htm>Christian
De****ted From Israel )
A recent Associated Press article described how Christians Jews in Israel
face
persecution and violence. It quotes Rabbi David Rosen, head of interfaith
affairs for the powerful American Jewish Committee. Rosen defends Israel's
anti-Christian policies. He is a powerful American Jewish leader and this
is
his description of America's dominant faith, a faith that created the
freedoms
of our nation- "Historically the core of Christianity ... was 'convert or
die,' so it was seen and is still seen as an assault on Jewish existence
itselfWhen you are called to join another religion, you are being called
on to
betray your people."
This slander against Christianity demonizes two millennia of faith. It is
shocking that the head of interfaith for the AJC, an organization the New
York
Times calls the "dean of American Jewish organizations," should describe
Christians as preaching "convert or die." While such coercion did exist
during
the Catholic Inquisition, this is a gross mischaracterization of two
millennia
of authentic Christianity-a period in which Christians have done more to
advance human happiness than any other group. Christians preserved
learning in
the Dark Ages, built the world's freest nation, founded thousands of
universities and schools in poor countries, militated against slavery and
other sins, and spread Christ's gospel of self-denying love. It is also
deeply
troubling that this powerful Jew describes personal religious decisions as
ethnic or national betrayal. What kind of civil liberties can he sup****t
if he
believes Jewish individuals are guilty of treason if their consciences
lead
them to a religious conversion?
The rabbi's troubling words won't shock anyone, however, who knows
hard-line
Judaism's teachings about Christ. Talmud-believing, Orthodox and
ultra-Orthodox Jews are taught to hate and despise Christ, the "false
prophet"
who lured millions into idolatry. (See, U.S. Government, Talmud Mock New
Testament) One British rabbi put it this way when asked about the witness
of
Messianic Jews: "We have rejected, do reject and always will reject what
they
are saying. To target Jews, I see it as antisemitic."
Such animosity is very alive in Israel.
"Calev Myers, a lawyer who represents Messianic Jews [in Israel], said he
has
fought 200 legal cases in the past two years," re****ts the Associated
Press.
"Most involve authorities' attempts to close down houses of wor****p,
revoke
the citizen****p of believers or refuse to register their children as
IsraelisIn incidents of violence, police are reluctant to press charges,
Myers
said."
American evangelicals, who fill church pews every Sunday to wor****p, would
never sup****t a harassment campaign against a Jewish family in their
neighborhood. They would never allow the public burning of Judaism's most
sacred text, the Talmud. They would never sup****t ecclesiastical leaders
who
advocate violence against people of other faiths.
Yet such bigotry against Christian Jews has occurred this spring in
Israel.
(See, <http://truthtellers.org/alerts/israelahistoryofhate.htm>Israel:
A
History of Hate Crimes,
<http://truthtellers.org/alerts/israeliteengang.htm>Israel
Teen Gang
Attacks
Arabs,
<http://truthtellers.org/alerts/christiande****tedfromisreal.htm>Christian
De****ted From Israel and
<http://truthtellers.org/alerts/israelichristianswor****punder.htm>Israeli
Christians Wor****p Under Armed Guard ) By unconditional sup****t and
blessing
of Israel, tens of millions of American churchgoers empower these very
acts.
The persecution is just done a little farther away in a place American
Christians call the "holy land." But Messianic Jews are learning, the hard
way, the opposite: Israel is anything but holy.
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