Thank you. I will mull on this. I'd appreciate reading more of your thoughts about this. Indeed, I had let my (I believe well-meaning) neighbor know that I was not interested in attending his prayer-group's gathering to listen to a "rabbi" speak to them (a mosaic rabbi, I think he was called). I wished I could have told him how his offer…
Thank you. I will mull on this. I'd appreciate reading more of your thoughts about this. Indeed, I had let my (I believe well-meaning) neighbor know that I was not interested in attending his prayer-group's gathering to listen to a "rabbi" speak to them (a mosaic rabbi, I think he was called). I wished I could have told him how his offer had deeply offended me, but I understood that to keep neighborly relations with him (and he WAS a good neighbor), I would not try to educate him on my feelings, and how I perceived his offer.
I think that is a large part of my problem with the Evangelical Christians I have met or read about. They are so convinced of and so consumed by their perception of Jews that they do not try (or even Think of trying) to see how things could look from our perception of the world, who we are, and what we feel is our place in the world. It's so blind. And - if they could hear the truth - so unloving. But they only know what they know. I only say this as my own experience of these competing worlds. I understand there are many types of Christians in the world. I am only writing about a certain type. I do not lump them in all together. On the other hand, Ehud, I am still uneasy about Israel accepting this kind of friendship. I understand the reasoning behind it (so different from the times when "good" Christians just turned their backs), but I am still uneasy with it. It feels like I am locked up in a cage with a friendly tiger. I am grateful for the friendship, but realize it could turn at any point.
I think that sooner rather than later supporters of Israel will find that Israel will meet its destiny with or without their support, and that the benefactors of any support will be the supporters themselves. Even most in Israel do not realize it completely yet. The miracle of Israel will soon be undeniable.
Thank you. I will mull on this. I'd appreciate reading more of your thoughts about this. Indeed, I had let my (I believe well-meaning) neighbor know that I was not interested in attending his prayer-group's gathering to listen to a "rabbi" speak to them (a mosaic rabbi, I think he was called). I wished I could have told him how his offer had deeply offended me, but I understood that to keep neighborly relations with him (and he WAS a good neighbor), I would not try to educate him on my feelings, and how I perceived his offer.
I think that is a large part of my problem with the Evangelical Christians I have met or read about. They are so convinced of and so consumed by their perception of Jews that they do not try (or even Think of trying) to see how things could look from our perception of the world, who we are, and what we feel is our place in the world. It's so blind. And - if they could hear the truth - so unloving. But they only know what they know. I only say this as my own experience of these competing worlds. I understand there are many types of Christians in the world. I am only writing about a certain type. I do not lump them in all together. On the other hand, Ehud, I am still uneasy about Israel accepting this kind of friendship. I understand the reasoning behind it (so different from the times when "good" Christians just turned their backs), but I am still uneasy with it. It feels like I am locked up in a cage with a friendly tiger. I am grateful for the friendship, but realize it could turn at any point.
Messianic rabbi.
I think that sooner rather than later supporters of Israel will find that Israel will meet its destiny with or without their support, and that the benefactors of any support will be the supporters themselves. Even most in Israel do not realize it completely yet. The miracle of Israel will soon be undeniable.