Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Israel: Orthodox Jews Disrupt Messianic Worship Service

I've never seen anything like this. Orthodox Jews in the USA don't do this kind of thing; they do their best to avoid trouble. This incident in the Israeli town of Beer-sheba reminds me forcefully of the riotous greeting of Paul in Ephesus, and especially of the mob that dragged Paul out of the Temple of Jerusalem and beat him about his body before Claudius Lysias, Roman tribune, arrived in force to quell the disturbance and take Paul into custody. Notice also an incident involving someone telling something not to do something because it was a Sabbath break. Jesus heard that kind of talk several times.

Eventually, those Orthodox Jews will wake up and find that all the Messianics have disappeared. What happens to them next--well, it's all foretold, but it doesn't make it any more pleasant.

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