Here’s one that you would never hear much about if not for the existence of the blogosphere. And being a Christian who as I’ve mentioned before spent many of my years in grade school surrounded by mostly Jews (including all the teachers and school administrators), I have to say plenty of Christians and Jews do get along. And as I’ve mentioned before, I never hesitated to tell them about Jesus and all we did was talk. However, it seems that in Israel, some Jews who now follow Jesus are facing serious persecution. Given the persecution Jews have faced and the friendship they’ve received from Christians it’s sad to see it happening, but sadly it continues to happen. And while attacks against Christians are not “legal”, there are some in Israel who are attempting to make Christian missionary work illegal there. In Acts 17 among many other parts of the Bible, we can see that efforts to minister to Jews have always had mixed results. Some accept Jesus, others do not and on the other extreme some attempt to attack Christians just for sharing the message of Jesus. I can only pray that any extremists that wish to do Christians harm are held back and no laws are passed to outlaw Christian evangelism. Even if someone does not agree with us, we should be allowed to speak freely about our beliefs. I abhor when Christians attempt to attack Jews and likewise I must speak in defense of my own Christian brothers and sisters when they are attacked.
Heal The Land With Spiritual Warfare has found many sad examples of Messianic Jews (Christians) facing persecution in Israel. It would be well worth your time to check out those articles.
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March 26th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
“there are some in Israel who are attempting to make Christian missionary work illegal there.” Actually, it is already illegal to do Christian missionary work in Israel, punishable by up to five years in jail, and has been since 1977 (when it was passed on Christmas Day). What they are doing now is trying to strengthen an existing law. Here is a Jewish site that defends the law, falsely claiming that it only refers to “buying converts”: http://www.amfi.org/heartbeat/hbmay98.htm, as Christian missionary groups in Israel are often accused of getting poor immigrants to Israel from Russia and Africa to convert by giving them money.
March 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Wow, do not know what is wrong with me this morning; I totally misread the entire article. The writer is a Christian who OPPOSES the law. Oh well. It is still good background reading. But here is another link: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17716/israel-shas-seeks-harsher-punishment-for-missionaries
Here is another article, that recently ran in the Jerusalem Post but now has mysteriously vanished from its archives: http://www.americanintifada.com/2007/03/03-15-06.htm