This is a response to the article I have heard the fears of fellow Jews as UK antisemitism soars. But we will not bow to racism (msn.com)
Dear Sir or Madam
Christians like me are uber-alarmed to hear that antisemitism is causing Jewish citizens to be afraid again. Our constant question is “What can we do to stop this?”, and it propels us into prayer that God will comfort and encourage them.
When we pray we ask God to empower everyone to resist the hatred anti-semites feed off, and give us power to do so individually and in other ways. We need to challenge people revisit the politics that paved the way for the Holocaust. We cannot tolerate a resurgence of the scourge of antisemitism.
Christians go deeper than this as well, recalling the historical movements within early Christianity that pitted the early believers against their Jewish parents. We regret their failure to prevent the longer-term effects of this, and stop it in its tracks. We repent of the effect it had on history that Jews became branded as the ‘other’. We will not allow this to carry on.
Antisemites are merely foolish people who want ‘someone to blame’ for something that annoys them. Stoking antisemitism is just one way of deflecting public discontent and manipulating people to gain power over them.
Christians are not mandated to ‘eliminate’ ignorant people but to work to change their minds. The first step on the way to that is to stop these people pushing all of us around.
Lisa Battye
09/08/2024
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