Christ’s Rejection by Jews as King has not Changed!
May 17, 2008
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In December 1977 the first Anti Mission Law was quickly passed by the Knesset. No one had any warning of this and the timing, coinciding with Christmas, appeared more than coincidental.
This penal law (5737-1977) made it an offence punishable by five years imprisonment to give a practical benefit as an inducement to change religion.
Fortunately, no one has yet to be tried by this law.
The Jewish leaders of Christ’s day literally burst internally through their outer skins with indignation at the thought of accepting the new
teachings of Jesus into their hearts, ra
ther than the old teachings of the great Moses. It was like putting new wine direct from the winepress into old animal skins which, when exposed to the internal expansion of their contents during the fermentation process, would burst through the cracks in the skin due to the dryness brought on by age. Jesus knew full well that his new teachings would go against the flesh nature of man.
It would be quite natural for men to like the old wine better
than the new.
After all, who would be so foolish as to put new wine in old wineskins and expect them to be able to contain it
?
Luke 5:37,39 – And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. [38] But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. [39] No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
The Jews have been the most difficult nati on to c
onvert to belief in Jesus as the Messiah than perhaps any other nation on this earth. The “Jews for Jesus” are about to unleash a five year special witnessing effort in Israel. I believe it is to prepare Israel to receive Jesus as Messiah when she is driven into the Negev Wilderness.
For I believe it is in the Negev,
during their three and one-half year stay, that they will accept Christ as the coming Messiah in large numbers. I believe the veil will be lifted from their eyes by God’s Spirit in the Negev.
II Corinthians 3:7-16 – But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: [8] How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? [9] For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth
the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. [10] For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. [11] For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. [12] Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: [13] And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: [14] But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. [15] But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. [16] Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
Zecariah 13:8,9 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein
shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Romans 11:25,26 –For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
[26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Acts 2:19-21 – And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: [20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: [21] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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Prisoner of Zion Backs Out of Bible Contest Over Controversy
May 8, 2008
By Baruch Gordon
(IsraelNN.com) Former Prisoner of Zion Yosef Mendelevitch has cancelled his participation in Israel’s International Bible Contest for Jewish Youth on Independence Day. The announcement was made after authorities decided to allow a Jewish-born girl who now believes in the Christian faith to participate as a contestant.
The 17 year-old girl won the Jerusalem region bible contest for secular public schools, entitling her to participate in the bible contest finals.
Each year, important figures are invited to the bible contest event to be introduced to the young contestants and ask one of the quiz questions. Organizers planned to show a short movie featuring Mendelevitch’s struggle against the Russian authorities to immigrate to Israel. Mendelevitch was jailed for 11 years in Russia for his pro-Israel activism. Following the movie, the prisoner of Zion was to pose a quiz question.
When the Ministry of Education refused to disqualify the Christian contestant in Israel’s landmark event for Jewish education, Mendelevitch informed the organizers that he would not be there and forbade them to show his video.
“I refuse to support an event which is being hijacked by Christian missionaries to support their agenda,” he said. “It is not an issue of public relations, rather a matter of principle.”
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