Shame and Loathing

Ten years ago, I started warning Jews from the communities of Yesha not to get involved with messianics and so-called "Xian Zionists", but to no avail. They insisted that I didn't know what I was talking about, that I didn't know them, that they are our best friends....

I feel shame and loathing for the chillul Hashem that has resulted from the alliance that has been forged between people like Marty Gale and the people of Tapuach whom I once held in high regard. And it's not just Tapuach, but also Beit El and Arutz Sheva who have also hosted them and catered to them and praised them. And who knows how many others multiplied how many times???

A prominent figure from Arutz Sheva was filmed by Marty Gale's group on their most recent trip, a few weeks ago. That video is now up on YouTube and is being used to advertise his church's website. They call it Celebration Congregation:

"Since we have experienced the Love and Salvation of Yeshua ha Mashiach (Jesus the Messiah) we have plenty to celebrate!"

They are famous for their Dance Troupe called the Celebration Dancers:

The Israeli Celebration Dancers (ICD) are a mixture of Christians (Jews and Gentiles) from all over Northern Colorado who express their love for Israel, the Jewish people, and the Jewish Messiah through dance and celebration.
The dancers have traveled and danced in Israel, New York, Pennsylvania, Chicago and throughout Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. The ICD have also produced two cutting edge dance videos that express the passion that can be found in loving Yeshua (Jesus).

The Israeli Celebration Dancers have been in existence for over a decade. The group started performing as a cultural attraction, but eventually came to see that the reason for the dance was to show the joy and freedom that God has given to them. As this revelation came, the ICD became more and more radical in their dancing, and because of God's blessing, also became busier. Parades, town festivals, church conventions, etc. became a regular activity, bringing the average number of performances in a year to over 60.

This would have been enough for the ICD, DIEYNU, but God had more in mind. In the beginning, the dancers mainly performed folk dances. However, during the first trip to Israel, a member of the team purchased a Hassidic party album. It included very fast music. From then on, the music kept getting faster. Now, a main preoccupation is finding the best and fastest dance music in the world. Strangely, this search always leads to the same group of people; the people whom God has chosen, the Jews. The very name Yehuda (from which comes "Jew") means praise, and this is where the ultimate praise music comer from.

At this time, the vision for the ICD is to build a bridge, using music and dance, joining the Christian church and the Jewish people together in praise. In this way, the Christian church can join in the revival and learn that it is possible to be so in love with God that you just have to dance wildly around the room! From this bridge, the Jews may come to see that their Messiah, who is to come, has already come! Then we can all dance together in the Kingdom of Yeshua the Messiah!

Jews who should know better are sponsoring this group and, knowingly or not, are helping to promote their stated goals and agenda. In addition, they are standing by as witnesses to the dance which is in fact an act of adoration and worship of their man-god. To those who say that they do not missionize, I say that by their own admission the dancing is itself a tool for evangelism. Anyone who fails to acknowledge this is willfully blind.

My message, if anyone should be listening, remains the same: "Purge the evil from among you!"
A review of Devarim, chapter 13 is in order:

You shall follow the Lord, your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, heed His voice, worship Him, and cleave to Him. ... If your brother, the son of your mother, tempts you in secret or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your embrace, or your friend, who is as your own soul saying, "Let us go and worship other gods, which neither you, nor your forefathers have known."

Of the gods of the peoples around you, [whether] near to you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; You shall not desire him, and you shall not hearken to him; neither shall you pity him, have mercy upon him, nor shield him. But you shall surely kill him, your hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And you shall stone him with stones so that he dies, because he sought to lead you astray from the Lord, your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. And all Israel shall listen and fear, and they shall no longer do any evil such as this in your midst.
If you hear in one of your cities which the Lord, your God, is giving you to dwell therein, saying, "Unfaithful men have gone forth from among you and have led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, 'Let us go and worship other gods, which you have not known.' " Then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask thoroughly, and, behold, it is true, the matter is certain, that such abomination has been committed in your midst: You shall surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroy it with all that is in it and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. And you shall collect all its spoil into the midst of its open square, and burn with fire the city and all its spoil, completely, for the Lord, your God; and it shall be a heap of destruction forever, never to be rebuilt.
And nothing that is doomed to destruction shall cling to your hand, so that the Lord may return from His fierce wrath, and grant you compassion, and be ompassionate with you, and multiply you, as He swore to your forefathers. For you shall hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is proper in the eyes of the Lord, your God.

How very far we have fallen from the Torah way! Judge for yourself... (Portion which takes place in Tapuach begins at 6:30 minutes.)