Judaism is a Religion of Peace

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/jews-for-justice-aid-boat-sets-sail-for-gaza-1.315773

Please read the article at the above link. 

I do not believe that the Palestinians are totally innocent in all that has gone on, but to deprive them of their basic human rights and to kill them wholesale is abominable.  Blockades deny people their basic right to use their property as they see fit.  This was recognized as a universal right by our Founding Fathers, only to be taken away from individuals with due process and only taken away from nations with a justifiable and formal declaration of war with reasonable terms of surrender. 


Being against Zionism and being for peace does not mean that you are anti-Semitic.  Evidence of this is that even Jews whose relatives have died in suicide bombing attacks and Holocaust survivors are willing to risk their lives to try to deliver aid to the Palestinians in Gaza.  These brave and unselfish Jews, even though they don’t believe that Jesus is their Messiah, are obeying Jesus’ exhortation in Matthew 5:43-48 (KJV) better than most Christians do.  Though they still need to come to know Jesus as their Savior for their salvation just like everybody else, they have already proven that real Judaism is a religion of peace.  I pray that these Jews might come to know Christ as their Savior.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

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Four Faiths & Three Gods

President George W. Bush was tragically wrong when he claimed that all faiths serve the same God. I heard a clear explanation today by Dr. Richard Land on his radio show, Richard Land Live, regarding faith, God. and the false gods.

The Four Abrahamic Faiths

There are four religions that are Abrahamic. They all recognize Abraham as prominent in their teaching. The four faiths are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Mormonism.

The first and oldest of the four faiths is Judaism. Much of the Old Testament of today’s Bible is considered the sacred text of the Jews.

The second, which proceeds and builds greatly upon Judaism, is Christianity. Christianity was established 2000 years ago by God (Jehova) incarnate, Jesus Christ, God who became man and offers the only eternal salvation to fallen mankind.

The third developed around 700 A.D. and was based on supposed revelations of the god Allah to the prophet Mohamed. The primary ‘sacred’ text of the Muslim faith is the Koran.

The fourth faith stemming from Abraham is Mormonism. Like the Islamic faith, this religion is based on revelations to another ‘prophet’ Joseph Smith in the 1800s. It is the newest faith. Their ‘sacred’ text is the book of Mormon and other revelations of the Mormon god.

Those, then, constitute the four faiths, which account for a large portion of the world’s religious peoples.

The Three Objects of Worship

Only two of the four share or worship the same God. Judaism and Christianity worship God (Jehova) the Father. Where the Jews differ from Christians is that the Jewish people generally reject Jesus Christ, who is God’s Son and God the Holy Spirit. Orthodox Christian recognizes a Triune God.

Islam’s Allah is not God. Allah is a god, an idol selected from among many, by the prophet Mohamed. Allah is the god of this world.

The god of Mormonism is one of many gods. Adherents to this faith work to become gods themselves.

Conclusion

Just as Judaism and Christianity have some commonalities. There are many similarities between Mormonism and Islam. Primarily it comes down to being a matter of the one true God, Jehova, versus a false god, which distinguishes faith.