Twice in May, monsters attacked innocent Jews, driven by the Muslim mantra to “free Palestine.” Many are asking if these events, which were preceded by intensified anti-Israel and antisemitic activity worldwide, are a harbinger of things to come? Will such hate-driven activity, perpetrated by copycats or just plain demented people, continue to proliferate?
Two young people, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were mercilessly gunned down on the streets of Washington, D.C., on May 22nd. The perpetrator was shouting the familiar jihad call already mentioned.
Yaron and Sarah were Jewish believers in Jesus the Messiah. They were staff members at the Israeli Embassy and devoted defenders of the Jewish state. According to All Israel News, Yaron’s faith in Jesus and trust in God’s Word only deepened his passion for the people and land of Israel.
Church—sit up and notice. Wake up. Yaron and Sarah were part of us, too.
Surviving Hitler but Not a Jihadist
Then, on June 1st, an illegal alien from Egypt shouted the mantra once again— “Free Palestine”—and began a jihad attack against innocent Jews in Boulder, Colorado, with fire. One of the eight Boulder victims is a Holocaust survivor. She survived Hitler, but she may not survive a monster jihadist 80 years later.
Boulder, Colorado, is the most left-wing city in a state that has swung hard left. It is simply a fact that antisemitism is most at home in places where the Left dominates.
In the immediate aftermath of the October 7th attack against Israel, before Israel had even gone into Gaza, virtually every major American city erupted with anti-Israel protests. Posters of Israeli hostages dragged into Gaza were being ripped down by hateful bigots. You can put up a poster of a missing dog, and people will feel bad. Put up a picture of a missing Jew, and haters will fly into a rage and rip it down.
Importing Hate
Clearly, through immigration, we are importing hate into America, but one consistent target is the Jew. The Trump administration is trying to get a handle on this. They want to know which foreign students here on visas have engaged in antisemitic activities, and the entire leftwing establishment is denouncing and resisting Trump’s efforts every step of the way. Talk about calling good evil—Isaiah 5:20!
People of the Book!
The last days predict two targets: Christians and Jews—people of the Book—an interconnected people tied to Jesus the Messiah. And maybe this is just another illustration of the “grafted in” story found in Romans 9-10-11.
The Gospel came to the Jews first and was then opened up to the non-Jewish world. When non-Jewish people come to faith in Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, it is as if branches from a wild olive tree were grafted into the natural tree of Israel.
Having been welcomed into the family of God, Gentile believers have a special calling. Not only are they invited to engage in the Jewish roots of their faith in the God of Israel, but they are also chosen to make Israel jealous for a deeper relationship with Him.
The Envy of the Islamic World
Let’s be honest—the Palestinian people are free! Their lifestyle is the envy of fellow Arabs and Muslims throughout the repressive Islamic world. They had their own state. It was called Gaza. How did that work out? They let tyrants called Hamas rule and destroy their Palestinian state.
But now the entire world wants them to have another state called Palestine when the first opportunity proved to be a disaster.
God will defend His people and land, for “He that keepeth Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” (Psalm 121:4)
