Seth Udinski, FISM News
Police in Beverly Hills are currently investigating a case involving a flurry of anti-Semitic flyers left throughout the city, according to a Fox News report yesterday.
The flyers blame Jews for a wide range of issues, including the Trump agenda and the LGBTQ agenda.
The flyers are the latest incident in a trifecta of newsworthy reports on the subject of Jewish hate in America’s second-largest city.
One day prior to the discovery, an anti-Jewish organization placed a banner above a Los Angeles highway with the words, “Kanye was right about the Jews,” in reference to controversial anti-Semitic remarks spoken last week by rapper Kanye West, known now as “Ye.”
The rapper, who has since been banned from Twitter, said in a tweet,
I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.
On Tuesday, CNBC News reported that Adidas severed its contractual relationship with Ye following these remarks.
The subject of anti-Semitism continues to be a contentious political talking point. While many have attributed anti-Semitism as a “right-wing sin,” the left has recently propagated its own version of anti-Semitism with an unapologetic anti-Israel agenda, particularly in the battle over control of the Holy Land between ethnic Jews and Palestinians.
Author’s Biblical Analysis:
What are Christians to make of this report? Certainly, there is much to be discussed about the theological implications of God’s love for ethnic Israel. There is also the stern reminder for those in the public eye, such as Ye, to conduct themselves in an upstanding manner.
But above those things, a simple truth, central to the message of Christianity, rises to the surface — Love your neighbor as yourself.
Our Lord Jesus instituted this very command while He was on this earth, and He ascribed to it a weightiness that cannot be ignored. In Mark 12:29-31, the Lord summarized the Ten Commandments, which in itself is already a summation of the entirety of Old Testament morality, into two simple commandments — Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor.
The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
For Christians, there must not be a shred of anti-Semitism, or any kind of hatred against anyone, found among us. Christianity has been marred by many throughout history who have skewed the Bible to try to defend atrocious acts, from the Crusades to slavery to anti-Semetic hate. May we never defame the name of Christ in such a way, and instead show the love of Christ to all regardless of race, culture, status, or any other superficial factor.
We must love our neighbors and even our enemies, but not simply for that reason alone. We do this because it is an outflow of our love for God.
The love for God and love for neighbor are intimately intertwined. If professing Christians do not love their neighbors, how can we think that the love of the Father is in us? Conversely, if we truly love our Father in heaven, we will love our neighbors.
How do you love your neighbor? It is simple, you treat them as Christ has commanded you to do. You meet their needs. You do not speak unkindly to them or about them. You call to account sin, not out of a sense of self-righteousness, but for their good. You lay down your life for them, as your Lord has done for you (John 15:13).
May we always seek to show the love of the Father to everyone we meet, knowing that it is a testament to our love for Him.
Specifically in regard to our interact with non-Messianic Jews (in other words, Jews who do not profess Christ as Messiah) It would do well for Christians, specifically when we interact with non-Messianic Jews (in other words, Jews who do not profess Christ as Messiah), to be ready to share the good news of Jesus Christ with them as we would with anyone who is unsaved.
There are many in the church who believe that evangelism is not necessary for Jews because they have the theology of the Old Testament at the ready, but we must resist this. Jews, like all who have rejected Christ as Lord, need the redemption offered in the gospel.
May we have the courage to share it boldly and lovingly, as yet another example of Christians loving their neighbor and, in so doing, loving their Lord.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – 1 John 4:10-11
Editors Note: For those readers who have questions about Jesus and whether he is the one, true Messiah more resources on the topic can be found here.