Israel’s national-religious governing coalition is viewed and referred to as a “messianic” government by much of the Israeli population. For Christians, this may seem strange. But the word messianic is used differently here than in Christian countries.
“Israel has elected a right-wing messianic government. Good luck to all of us,” wrote journalist Ben Caspit in Walla News. Israel’s former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman described the current government as a “messianic” coalition that will drag Israel into a religious abyss. Ehud Barak, a former chief of staff and prime minister, said in April: “There is a fear in the West that Israel will become a messianic dictatorship with nuclear weapons.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid and other secular Jews and politicians also see the danger of a messianic government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But how “messianic” is the right-wing religious government really? Messianic Jews, ie. Jews who believe in Jesus, certainly do not consider this government to be “messianic.” After all, none of the secular, religious or Orthodox Jews that comprise...
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google translation: During his first existence in Israel, Yeshua took away the guilt that had accumulated over the centuries from the faithful Jews through his suffering.
Therefore he rightly said that he came only to the house of Israel.
Christianity came into being through Paul in Antioch, who separated the Jews from the rest of the world through false teachings. That’s over now. People who want to please God must keep His commandments.
Jeschua hat bei seinem ersten Dasein in Israel durch seinen Leidensweg die Schuld von den gottestreuen Juden genommen, die sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte angesammelt hat.
Daher hat er richtig gesagt, er sei nur zum Hause Israel gekommen.
Die Christenheit entstand durch Paulus in Antiochia, der durch falsche Lehren die Juden von der übrigen Welt trennte. Das ist nun vorbei. Menschen, die Gott gefallen wollen, müssen seine Gebote halten.
I think you’ll find that Paul’s teachings were true, and that the other apostles agreed with them. (Gal 1:18f; Gal 2:2 ) Jesus came as Saviour for all mankind (John 10:16) and prayed that we all become one, both Jews and Gentiles. (John 17:20f) In becoming our great high priest (Heb 10:21) Jesus atoned for the sin of the world (John 1:29) that had accumulated over the centuries. His blood is effective for all confessed sin. (1 John 1:9)
Quote: “How Messianic Is Israel’s Government Really?” An interesting article bringing out a perspective I wasn’t really aware of–that the word messianic is used differently in Israel than in Christian countries.
When we realize the eternal sacrifice God has made for all of us through the shed blood of His Son for the forgiveness of our sins, we are humbled before Him–humbled that God would bring to earth His promised One, Isaiah 7:14, to take on flesh and blood as we are, that in our place He might bear our sins upon Himself, shedding His blood as the sin-offering for us (Hebrews 2:14-17)–there is no greater love! We must not refuse so great a salvation.