Joel Rosenberg is founder and editor in chief of AllIsreal.com, a best-selling author, and he is also a messianic Jew, meaning a Jew who believes Jesus Christ is the Messiah.
In a recent appearance on the Today's Issues program on AFR he discussed different topics around Israel.
He challenged listeners to pray for Israel. God’s chosen people are not only at war with the enemies around them, they’re hearing calls from their ally, the U.S., for their government to show restraint in responding to last fall’s attacks by Hamas and to the continued rocket attacks they’ve faced from Hezbollah in the north.
Call to prayer
The Israelis are in the midst of a ground invasion into southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, right now.
“I believe we’re seeing God supernaturally respond to the prayers of millions of evangelicals all over the world by giving Israel these tremendous, truly miraculous successes in recent weeks. Assassinating the head of Hezbollah, taking out the head of Hamas, now taking out 18 of the senior commanders of Hezbollah in the last few days, taking out 4,000 Hezbollah senior and mid-level commanders with explosive-laden pagers and walkie talkies … that’s genius,” Rosenberg said.
The prayers must continue, he said.
“Taking the acts of God to defend Israel, even though the Israelis don’t know God personally yet, but Evangelicals do … we love Israel, and we love the Jewish people. We are interceding for Israel to win, and God is hearing our prayers. We must not stop.”
Rosenberg said in effect — young people in our nation protesting against Israel don't know what they're doing.
"So, I wasn't shocked -- horrified, but not shocked -- by the reaction of liberal 'geniuses,' on the campuses of Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford and in Berkeley.”
Because, he said, what they're learning from so-called 'geniuses', is the exact opposite of wisdom.
"So, it's not surprising if they don't understand basic biblical truth that they're going to get Israel wrong. OK, it’s horrifying, but it's not surprising."
A primary difference in Judaism and Christianity is that Jews don't believe the Messiah has come yet, whereas Christians believe Jesus is the Messiah.
There are Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at different U.S. university campuses trying to hold anti-Israel events on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks.
One such event is at the University of Maryland. A federal judge has now ruled that an anti-Israel event scheduled for Oct. 7 must go on after the university initially canceled it. The judge said the reason was mainly First Amendment concerns.
Youth of Israel rise up
Rosenberg contrasted today's young people in America to the young people in Israel who don't know the Lord. He said it is a problem that they don't know the Lord, but that they have definitely risen to the occasion to defend Israel.
"They’ve stood up, like they've risen to the challenge. They are fighting tooth and nail to defend our country. And it's pretty impressive to watch. Kids who were on TikTok a year ago are now fighting for their lives and our country and are winning. That's pretty impressive,” Rosenberg said.
