Mission Israel: 4 Views From the Ground
June 28, 2008
In this week’s Russia and Asia Report radio program, as we enter the 3rd phase of the media evangelism mission to the Arabic speaking people in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank; we look at the trials and the victories of the mission campaign so far, from the point of view of the Messianic Jewish Leadership working with IRR/TV in this mission.
IRR/TV Ministries broke new ground in using media for evangelism in Israel, reaching first to the Russian speaking population of Israel (which is quite substantial and quite secular), then to the Hebrew speaking people of Israel.
This is controversial territory for world missions, but Jesus definitely stated and the Apostle Paul confirmed that Christ came for the Jews first and then the Gentiles. Most Christians and Messianic Jews get very excited about this kind of outreach and yet others question whether we should be evangelizing Jews at all. There are contemporary “Hebraic Roots” movements that plausibly say that it is we, the gentiles, who have been grafted into Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel bemoan this type of ministry as aiming to stamp out Judaism. The sad fact though is that many Israelis are not religious Jews, but cultural – they do not have a trusting faith in Yahweh or Yeshua.
It is not our job to decide who is saved and who is not, but to fulfill the command of the Lord Jesus to make make disciples of all nations and teach them to observe what he commanded. It is in this spirit that we take the gospel to the lost sheep in Israel. Jesus did not tell us to take the Gospel only to where we are welcomed and accepted, but to all the world.
”And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”—Luke 24:47
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