Christianity and Israel
Zalli Jaffe
Why
do Christians who believe in God have to support Israel according to the
Christian religion?
Jews
and Christians dispute on a number of major religious issues. However there are
some important elements both Jews and Christians believe in.
A
. We both believe in God.
B.
We both believe in the sanctity and uniqueness of Abraham.
C.
We both believe that we are to understand every message God delivers to us.
One
of the more complicated questions in the story of the sacrifice of Isaac, was, why did God need to test Abraham. Surely, God
knew that Abraham will successfully meet the challenge. So what is the logic of
testing him?
As
we said, we, humans, should understand every message God sends us. As a matter
of fact, God is speaking to us in a language we understand. If we fail in our
understanding, this is a failure of us -
humans.
When
Abraham “left” society to believe in a “new God”, his comrades were not
impressed. They said that he is not as loyal to his new God as they are to the
gods. they – assumed the comrades – are ready to sacrifice their children to Molek. what other demonstration of dedication could there be? God decided to speak
to humanity in a language they understand. He instructed Abraham to demonstrate that even
according to his old comrades understanding, he is more dedicated to his God
then they to their gods. And how did he do it? By ordering Abraham to
sacrifice his son. Once the dedication was demonstrated, and Abraham nearly
knifed his son, the comrades realized – according to the understanding of their
religion – that Abraham is no less dedicated to his God than they are to theirs.
Once the message was delivered, God did not need the actual sacrifice, so he
stopped Abraham from acting.
God
also gave Christians a message they need to read carefully. Christianity
counts history twice. Once from the beginning of the world – as Jews do. The
second time, is – more or less – from the birth of Christ. All Christians need
to do is to look at the parallels. How many years elapsed from the date of
creation to the year in which Abraham
was born? The answer is 1948 years. Whoever has a slight familiarity with the history of
the State of Israel also knows that 1948 years from the second counting – by
Christianity - of world history, the state of Israel was established.
The exact Parallel between the birth of Abraham and the creation of the state of Israel, should be a message that every Christian should take note of.
Zalli Jaffe,
Jerusalem
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