Very often I discourage people from taking sides - like "right" and "left", Democrat or Republican, Eisav or Yishmael, etc. But when it is US against THEM, you'd better take a side!
The Christians like to claim they are fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah which describes a time when all the nations will come up to Jerusalem to celebrate Sukkot. But, we know that can't be since that comes only after the War of GoguMagog is finished and it is the "survivors" of that war who come to acknowledge the sovereignty of THE ONE G-D of Yisrael.
However, as I indicated in a post last week, I would buy that they are fulfilling the "invasion of the nations" described there and even more so that it says some from Judah will fight alongside them.
Surely, my readers are aware of the unprecedented onslaught of missionary activity on the streets, in the marketplaces, at the holy sites and on public transportation that has erupted in Israel in recent days and weeks. These missionaries are rude, offensive, insulting and outright hateful in their rhetoric, using microphones to accost Jews and Jewish sensibilities. They've even gone directly into religious neighborhoods on Shabbat. Some admitted in the videos that they posted of their activities that they were lying in wait for Jews at the conclusion of Yom Kippur to shout at them that their their deeds could not save them, only Yeshu could atone for them.
Whenever asked to leave, they claim legal protections of free speech. And the police clearly have orders to leave them be. Conversely, any public show of protest by religious Jews against this activity is met with a harsh response. The latest incident involves video of Asian Christians carrying a giant cross through a crowd of religious Jews draped in their tallitot, carrying their arba minim and some of them, in accordance with long tradition, spit on the ground at the sight of the giant cross. This was in a crowded alleyway of the Old City.
It was this past Sunday, the first day of chol ha'moed. The video went viral and has now been condemned at every level of society in the land, from the government to the media to the rabbanut, as well as from many self-righteous "religious" Jews.
To add insult to injury, they have now identified and ARRESTED!! some of the men from the video for this "spitting ATTACK"!!!
I also support the rights of Jews to express their disdain and disgust for bringing their god's cross here and shoving it in our faces! I just haven't seen any myself, either on foot or on public transport.
ReplyDeleteBut, I can't wait for H' will show His jealousy over us at some point, quite clearly! Meaning that He will keep our would-be "powers" over us away from us in some obvious fashion.
Moadim b'simcha l'kulam!
Chagim uzemanim l'sasson! Thank you, Hava.
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Ron
I am in Canada - please spit for me
ReplyDeleteMay Hashem, judge you, Devorah and the rest who agree with you.
ReplyDeleteAMEN! And you as well.
DeleteA symbolic spit on the ground is one thing. But to physically spit on anyone or an object is disgusting and can carry disease. We have our beliefs, they have theirs. We must focus on mitzvot, study, davening etc. If they attack us then OK, we have to defend ourselves. In which I would include banning them from walking through a religious area on Shabbat/Chagim if they are carrying crosses to provoke us. As for missionaries, I hope there can be a law preventing them. In the meantime they should be lawfully but solidly "Ushered away" from Jews.
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