Our Opinions Concerning Israel

We feel that the favoritism the U.S. has shown the Jews/Israel has injured our relationship with the Arab world and has caused them to hate us. We
owe Israel no special friendship or allegiance. The Jews are antichrist.
An Antichrist is anyone who denies the Son. (I Jn. 2:22 & 23 who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledge the Son hath the Father also. ). The only way to the Father is through the Son. The Jews deny Jesus and therefore are Antichrist, and have not the Father. The Bible says that those who deny Christ are at enmity (hatred) with God (Rom. 8:7, 8) If the Jews are at enmity (enemies) of God, why should Christian befriend them (except to lead them to Christ, of course)?

The Jews were provisionally chosen as a nation to accomplish God's purpose to bring Jesus into the world; they were “vessels of wrath fitted to destruction” which God bore with much longsuffering and patience (Rom. 10:22, 23). The Jews had the chance and refused the gospel. You also say, Emily, that the Jews did not kill Jesus; yet they rejected him and cause the Son of God to be crucifed when Pilate was determined to let him go (Acts 2:23)! The moral blame was squarely placed on them. (Matt. 27:1 when the morning was come, the chief priests and elders took counsel against Jesus to put him to death). You also say that He gave Himself up willingly, that is true. He did it for us, but that doesn’t change the fact that they sought to murder Him. (Also look at Matt. 27:20) That is why their city and nation was destroyed by Rome in AD 70 (see Matt. 23 & 24). Jesus said "your house is left to you desolate" - that is, they abandoned God and so he abandoned them to be destroyed. Emily, now you said that God sees all men equally, you are right. That means all men find grace the same way – through Jesus. Jews must obey the gospel the same as Gentiles. There is no preferential treatment. The ground before the cross is plane. Unless the
Jews repent and accept Christ, they are condemned as every other man or
woman. As a "Christian" we have no business taking sides with a nation
that denies Christ. That makes us a party to their sins. So, while we certainly do not favor the Muslim, neither should we favor the Jews. Both deny Christ and are enemies of the gospel. That is the plain and simple truth.