Jew?

It's not easy for a Christian to address a Jewish person.

For centuries, Jews have had nothing but persecution by the hands of so called "Christians." Why should they then, trust a Christian?

From persecutions and inquisitions to pogroms and "final solutions," their history as a people, has been incredibly dismal. So, their resentment is somewhat justified, albeit, misdirected. But if we only look at history's events without a spiritual discernment, then there is no sufficient answer or explanation that can be given, for the treatment reserved to the Jews. It just does not make any sense whatsoever that any group of people, nation or race can provoke so much hate, resentment and persecution as the Jews have throughout all of their existence.

Since this anti-Jewish attitude cannot be explained in terms of human logic, the answer must necessarily be searched in another realm, the spiritual one, unknown or very obscure to most.

The book of Romans, sheds ample light on the subject, and unlocks the mystery, especially chapters 9, 10 and 11. If you are a Jew, you have probably never read it. But I beg you to do so, and let it speak honestly to your mind and to your heart.

Christians have a debt of love and gratitude towards the Jews. Those who don't think so, either they are not Christians or they have understood precious little about their salvation. Suffice to say that Jesus, as a man walking the earth, was a Jew, and so were His parents, His disciples, the original Church members, the first missionaries and martyrs of the Faith and so forth.

Without forgetting that the Jews have been the entrusted custodians of God's revealed Word, by way of their prophets, leaders and kings.

If you are a Jew, please check out our Messianic Jewish links. You will find all that can help you understand better who you really are, in relation to Christianity and you will also find a lot of answers to your particular whys. You have a unique heritage and destiny, different from any other people on earth. As to the future of the Jews, all the promises made by God to Abraham will be made manifest as Israel will enter fully into her inheritance, which she has never really possessed. Its borders will extend from the "River of Egypt" to the "Euphrates" -Gen.15:18, and she will finally have peace and security and be the most prominent nation on earth, while God will judge and destroy her enemies. Sorry, everybody else.

Unfortunately, before Israel will assume her appointed position, she will have to go through a period called the "Tribulation," or "Jacob's trouble." While this upcoming time will be tragically disastrous for the whole earth, Israel, once more, and by the hand of the Antichrist, will suffer persecution more than others, since he will vent his rage towards her and will seek to annihilate her. The Antichrist will embody this millennial demonic hate against Israel: to eliminate Israel from the face of the earth and to prove God a liar, since the prophecies of the Bible, which have Israel involved as a key element, would not and could not be fulfilled. The demonic alarming rise of anti-Semitism, worldwide, is in front of all those who have eyes to sees.

Without any doubt, the tide is mounting and in Europe, Israel certainly does not get fair press. It may be that European nations feel that they need the Arab's oil more than Israel's oranges, and so ethics and morality take second place to pragmatism. As always and as usual! The news media, (in Europe), are unashamedly anti-Israel. Whenever the Palestinian subject comes up, Israel is always depicted as the aggressor and tyrant of a persecuted people, (whose "helpless" members think nothing of bombing, and maiming innocent people and children, and whose stated purpose is the complete destruction of Israel) while people like Arafat are constantly given positive attention and are received with the highest of honors, by all heads of state and even by the Pope himself.

This is not to say that all Catholics are anti-semitic, but that the tendency has been there all along, and it's still unofficially present today, regardless of late Pope John Paul's "public excuses" to the Jews for the treatment they have been getting through the centuries by the hand of the Catholic Church. While we acknowledge that Pope John Paul has unquestionably done more than any other preceding pope to bridge the gap of distrust between Catholics and Jews, we must also place his goodwill gestures in their proper dimension. It will not be a single pope, no matter how great or esteemed that will change the fundamental attitude of the Catholic hierarchy, the "power-brokers" at the Vatican. In closing, if you are a Jew, you owe it to yourself to search the Scriptures and find out that, regardless of history past and history present, you are STILL the apple of God's eye. The prophet Zechariah, inspired by God wrote to the Jewish nation: