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Israel, A Cup of Trembling. Part II. Art Wolinsky, Calvary Chapel of Chapel Hill, NC The Messianic Jewish Expositor
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Israel, a Cup of Trembling
3 talks given at Calvary Chapel of Chapel Hill, NC on the evening of December 6, 2023
ARTHUR P WOLINSKY
DEC 7, 2023
What About the Jewish People?
Hi Folks. Many of you know that I’m Jewish, the son of two Jewish parents. In view of the October 7 massacre of many Jewish people in Israel, I want to share several things with you this evening.
I want to talk with you about the root cause of antisemitism, about the root cause for the Jewish people's resistance to believing in Jesus, about whether the Law of Moses applies to Jewish people today, and about the future for the Jewish people as a Nation and for individual Jews today.
I. What is the Root Cause of Antisemitism?
Remember how in the Garden of Eden the Lord gave Adam one commandment? The Lord said to Adam “You may eat of any plant or tree in the Garden except for the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. In the day that you eat of it you will surely die”. Adam communicated this knowledge to Eve and she was tricked by the serpent who was inhabited by Satan and Eve ate of the fruit and shared it with Adam who also ate. Right then, sin entered the entire human race and with sin came death. Everything changed and everything was corrupted. Right then God spoke to the serpent, the Devil:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall crush your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
The Seed of the woman was and is the Deliverer. He is the Messiah and this prophecy makes it clear that one day the Messiah will crush the head of the enemy of humanity, Satan. That will be the end of him.
As the story unfolds through Scripture we are told that God chose Abraham and his physical descendants including the 12 tribes of Israel to be His special people and we are told that the Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah and from King David. As the enemy learned that the Messiah was to come through the Jewish people, the enemy tried to prevent Messiah from coming into the world through the attempted killing of all Jewish babies in ancient Egypt. He was unsuccessful however. Moses was born and survived to lead his people out of Egypt as a Nation. Later the evil Haman in Persia tried to annihilate all the Jewish people and he also failed. This is celebrated in the festival of Purim which Jewish people still celebrate today. Later yet, in about 175 BC, a Syrian king named Antiochus tried to destroy all the Jewish people and he committed something called the abomination of desolation in the temple. He too failed and the victory of the Jewish people over Antiochus is celebrated in the festival of lights, Chanukah. And there were many more attempts, all of which failed.
So the Messiah was born of the virgin Miriam, a direct descendant of King David, in Bethlehem, and He was crucified in about 33 AD. The Messiah was born to die, to be the ultimate blood sacrifice for His people and for all people, that whoever would accept Him would never die but would have eternal life. He fulfilled the Law of Moses – by obeying it completely – and He promised that one day He would return. Then Satan’s head would be crushed. The Messiah was and is Yeshua of Natzeret, or Jesus of Nazareth.
So, Messiah came and He died. What could the Enemy do to prevent the return of the Messiah? Jesus said something to the Jewish people, from Jerusalem, several days before He went to the cross:
Matthew 23:37-39 (NKJV) "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! [38] See! Your house is left to you desolate; [39] for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'BLESSED is HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!' "
So bef
Theologydoctor - Posts about God and the Bible and Hope
Dashboard
Israel, a Cup of Trembling
3 talks given at Calvary Chapel of Chapel Hill, NC on the evening of December 6, 2023
ARTHUR P WOLINSKY
DEC 7, 2023
What About the Jewish People?
Hi Folks. Many of you know that I’m Jewish, the son of two Jewish parents. In view of the October 7 massacre of many Jewish people in Israel, I want to share several things with you this evening.
I want to talk with you about the root cause of antisemitism, about the root cause for the Jewish people's resistance to believing in Jesus, about whether the Law of Moses applies to Jewish people today, and about the future for the Jewish people as a Nation and for individual Jews today.
I. What is the Root Cause of Antisemitism?
Remember how in the Garden of Eden the Lord gave Adam one commandment? The Lord said to Adam “You may eat of any plant or tree in the Garden except for the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. In the day that you eat of it you will surely die”. Adam communicated this knowledge to Eve and she was tricked by the serpent who was inhabited by Satan and Eve ate of the fruit and shared it with Adam who also ate. Right then, sin entered the entire human race and with sin came death. Everything changed and everything was corrupted. Right then God spoke to the serpent, the Devil:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall crush your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
The Seed of the woman was and is the Deliverer. He is the Messiah and this prophecy makes it clear that one day the Messiah will crush the head of the enemy of humanity, Satan. That will be the end of him.
As the story unfolds through Scripture we are told that God chose Abraham and his physical descendants including the 12 tribes of Israel to be His special people and we are told that the Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah and from King David. As the enemy learned that the Messiah was to come through the Jewish people, the enemy tried to prevent Messiah from coming into the world through the attempted killing of all Jewish babies in ancient Egypt. He was unsuccessful however. Moses was born and survived to lead his people out of Egypt as a Nation. Later the evil Haman in Persia tried to annihilate all the Jewish people and he also failed. This is celebrated in the festival of Purim which Jewish people still celebrate today. Later yet, in about 175 BC, a Syrian king named Antiochus tried to destroy all the Jewish people and he committed something called the abomination of desolation in the temple. He too failed and the victory of the Jewish people over Antiochus is celebrated in the festival of lights, Chanukah. And there were many more attempts, all of which failed.
So the Messiah was born of the virgin Miriam, a direct descendant of King David, in Bethlehem, and He was crucified in about 33 AD. The Messiah was born to die, to be the ultimate blood sacrifice for His people and for all people, that whoever would accept Him would never die but would have eternal life. He fulfilled the Law of Moses – by obeying it completely – and He promised that one day He would return. Then Satan’s head would be crushed. The Messiah was and is Yeshua of Natzeret, or Jesus of Nazareth.
So, Messiah came and He died. What could the Enemy do to prevent the return of the Messiah? Jesus said something to the Jewish people, from Jerusalem, several days before He went to the cross:
Matthew 23:37-39 (NKJV) "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! [38] See! Your house is left to you desolate; [39] for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'BLESSED is HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!' "
So bef
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