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Father Forgive Them: Thoughts On The War Between Israel And Gaza – Episode #190
It’s so tempting to view the latest war between Israel and Gaza as a black and white issue. One side is evil, and the other side is good. And while it may comfort us to deal in absolutes, if you dive into messy history between Israel and Palestinians, you’ll soon discover things aren’t always so clear, and that things are very complicated.
In today’s podcast, I discuss a thought provoking article shared on Twitter by Isaac Saul, an American Jewish news reporter who lived at one time in Israel. He wrestles with the complicated history of the Jews and the Palestinians, as well as the brutality and atrocities committed by each side, and how that has led us to the clash between both sides.
After reading his article in length, I also discuss this issue from what I believe should be the Christian perspective on the war between Israel and Gaza, which I believe should be from the perspective of the crucified Christ. For it was on the cross that Jesus cried out, “Father forgive them, they know not what they do.”
Those words were deeply ironic words. For if you had asked the Roman soldier that crucified Jesus that day if he knew what he was doing, he could have told you exactly what he was doing and why as he crucified Jesus. And the same goes for the Jewish leaders, who turned Jesus over to be crucified by the Romans. They knew exactly what they were doing. Yet in all this exactitude and certainty, Jesus still cried out to God to forgive them, because they didn’t know what they were really doing.
Finally, I turn to one of my favorite prophecies, from Isaiah 2:1-4, and how this prophecy offers us hope in the midst of nations that are hell bent on war.
It is my hope that today’s podcast will help put you both in the shoes of those who live in Gaza, and those who live in Israel, and ultimately that you’d be able to look at them through the eyes of Jesus Christ on the cross. This podcast doesn’t offer any solution to the war that is taking place between Israel and Gaza. But I hope it will open your eyes to what’s going on, and to ultimately allow your heart to be formed into that of Christ’s heart for both sides in this feud.
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By Jimmy Humphrey
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It’s so tempting to view the latest war between Israel and Gaza as a black and white issue. One side is evil, and the other side is good. And while it may comfort us to deal in absolutes, if you dive into messy history between Israel and Palestinians, you’ll soon discover things aren’t always so clear, and that things are very complicated.
In today’s podcast, I discuss a thought provoking article shared on Twitter by Isaac Saul, an American Jewish news reporter who lived at one time in Israel. He wrestles with the complicated history of the Jews and the Palestinians, as well as the brutality and atrocities committed by each side, and how that has led us to the clash between both sides.
After reading his article in length, I also discuss this issue from what I believe should be the Christian perspective on the war between Israel and Gaza, which I believe should be from the perspective of the crucified Christ. For it was on the cross that Jesus cried out, “Father forgive them, they know not what they do.”
Those words were deeply ironic words. For if you had asked the Roman soldier that crucified Jesus that day if he knew what he was doing, he could have told you exactly what he was doing and why as he crucified Jesus. And the same goes for the Jewish leaders, who turned Jesus over to be crucified by the Romans. They knew exactly what they were doing. Yet in all this exactitude and certainty, Jesus still cried out to God to forgive them, because they didn’t know what they were really doing.
Finally, I turn to one of my favorite prophecies, from Isaiah 2:1-4, and how this prophecy offers us hope in the midst of nations that are hell bent on war.
It is my hope that today’s podcast will help put you both in the shoes of those who live in Gaza, and those who live in Israel, and ultimately that you’d be able to look at them through the eyes of Jesus Christ on the cross. This podcast doesn’t offer any solution to the war that is taking place between Israel and Gaza. But I hope it will open your eyes to what’s going on, and to ultimately allow your heart to be formed into that of Christ’s heart for both sides in this feud.