Why I Stand with Israel
First, the Jewish people are the single most consistently persecuted minority people in human history. From ancient to modern genocides, they have been hunted, hated, and murdered more than any other minority people group in the world. They have suffered in ways few can comprehend. Tragically, much of this pain has come at the hands of professing Christians. Recognizing this glaring fact of history is a part of what it means to be aware of reality, to "read the room" at this moment in history.
Most Jews are aware of the long history of Christian mistreatment of Jews. Most Christians have no idea. Christianity's selective memory / historical amnesia doesn't just fuel misunderstanding, it allows unrepentant sins to continue and even be repeated.
My support for Israel is a practical extension of my Christian faith that calls us to defend the poor, the marginalized, and the oppressed. To care about justice is to care about those suffering injustice.
Now hear me clearly: Palestinian children are just as precious as Jewish children. Their suffering is real, and it breaks my heart. Their pain, however, stems from their own corrupt leaders who have consistently chosen to trade offers of peace for toxic ideologies, particularly the more racist aspects of Islamic eschatology and Islamic replacement theology. A theological vision that seeks to carry out a genocide against the Jewish people causes everyone involved to suffer.
This brings me to theology. Any version of “Replacement Theology” (whether it's called Fulfillment Theology or Inclusion Theology) that erases Israel’s future is structural antisemitism. This doesn't mean that everyone who adheres to these systems hates Jews. Many are sincere, but sincerity does not sanctify error. To erase the Jewish people’s identity, purpose, and covenantal destiny is to do what no other form of racism dares: claim that God Himself has rejected an entire ethnic people.
That is theological racism. It is Christianity's longest and most pervasive unrepentant sin. I will have no part in it.
Joel Richardson
My two cents... The leaders of Gaza lie and let their people die. The surrounding Arab community (did you know Egypt has a border with Gaza and could let all the refugees into their country if they wanted to) does not ever help Gaza, because Gaza is a tool to be used to incite Jewish hatred. The gullible West falls for it because the principalities and powers that rule over every nation but Israel hate the God of Israel. The God of Israel is God Most High and he has a plan for the end of this age that includes an anti-christ (probably currently residing in Syria), a vicious attack from all the nations that surround Israel that leads to a horrible destruction in the land of Israel. For a brief time the current nation state of Israel will enjoy a time of peace and a rebuilt temple. The clock that is Jerusalem will be ticking at that point. Forget saving up for your kids college, forget your 401K, the Kingdom is coming. If this evil age extends beyond 2034, I will be very, very surprised.
