Why all the anti-Semitism?

Such widespread hatred of Israel and the Jews cannot be explained outside of Bible prophecy. The attitude of the world toward God's chosen people has no rational basis.

I was looking at the site for State of Israel Bonds and I marveled at its bragging rights for a perfect credit record. Could there be any financial basis for such hatred? With such a credit record, how is this possible?

I offer here an explanation as I understand it.

As you know, God made an unconditional covenant with Abraham, and this was passed on exclusively to Isaac, not Ishmael. And from Isaac, it was passed on to Jacob, not Esau. And from Jacob, it was passed on to the twelve tribes. This unique covenant applies only to the children of Israel.

The events of the New Testament caused a major change to happen, and things did not pan out as even the Messianic Jews of the time anticipated.

In A.D. 70, Rome marched into Jerusalem and destroyed everything, and the surviving Jews were scattered among the Gentiles. It would take until 1948 for Israel to regain its statehood. And even now, the State of Israel is not the Messianic Kingdom that is still yet to come.

In this blog, we operate on the premise that Jesus is the Messiah... so what happened?

The main problem and underlying cause of anti-Semitic hatred among Gentiles who fancy themselves as Christians is called Replacement Theology. This is a belief that since the Jews killed Jesus Christ, and subsequently lost their land, that God has broken his covenant with Israel permanently, and transferred it to the Church. Of course, whichever Gentile thinks this, thinks that his church is the one true church and is the replacement of Israel. Thus, one who believes in Replacement Theology believes that the Jews are cursed of God and that Israel will never be restored.

The New Testament never says this anywhere. The New Testament ends with the return of Messiah, Israel fully restored and the Messiah reigning for one thousand years on a physical throne in Jerusalem.

The Gentile Church is a dispensation revealed in the New Testament, which does not replace Israel or any of its covenants at all.

Much like the Babylonian captivity, Israel was wrecked and occupied, and the Jews scattered among the Gentiles, "until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled."

In fact, even centuries before 1948, Gentile Christians have believed in the restoration of Israel and have prayed for it for a long time. Faithful Jews of course have always believed in the restoration of Israel because it is so strongly testified to in the Tanakh as well as the New Testament.

While beyond the scope of this post, I shall in this blog offer a Biblical explanation for what happened after A.D. 33 which led to the events of A.D. 70.

Please understand and just accept that no Bible-believing Christian can be anti-Semitic, and no anti-Semitic can be a Bible-believer. Furthermore, there is no Biblical basis for this so-called Replacement Theology. There is simply no common ground for either of these two beliefs to co-exist with the New Testament.