With Fear And Trembling

A Christian who:

Served in the IDF and. . .

. . .dedicated his life to Israel and Zionism.

This fellow, who took part in Israel's war against Gaza in 2014, and wholeheartedly supported Israel's current crimes against the Palestinians, and worked for the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, was murdered Wednesday night by a supporter of Palestine.

All murder is sin.  It cannot be excused.  Whether on a street in DC or in the rubble of Gaza.

The murder of this fellow and the murder of 50000 Palestinians cannot be excused. 

If we say this fellow had a better chance to live than the Palestinians in Gaza, it will appear to lessen the sin of his murder.  But this is not the intent.  

It's simply a fact of this fellow's bizarre life that he had better circumstances.  It is unfathomable to me why a self-proclaimed Christian, with so many opportunities open to him, would he choose to dedicate his life to zionism. 

  

Looking at the bizarre life of Yaron Lischinsky, we remember the words of Jude:

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

How does a Christian join the IDF and, at the very least, support the killing of Palestinians, some of whom are Christian?  How does a Christian dedicate his life to zionism?

The New York Times says this of his upbringing:

He grew up in a culturally mixed family with a Jewish father and a Christian mother, and was a practicing Christian, according to Ronen Shoval, the dean of the Argaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, where Mr. Lischinsky participated in a yearlong program in classical liberal conservative thought after earning a master’s degree in government and diplomacy. “He was a devout Christian,” Dr. Shoval said, “but he had tied his fate to the people of Israel.” In his application to join the program, which Dr. Shoval shared with The New York Times, Mr. Lischinsky described his upbringing in a multicultural family and “the inner struggles” he faced while growing up in a religious household within secular societies in Germany and Israel.

Was he trying to serve two masters?  Was he as confused about his faith as Ellen Page was her gender?  

The Lord Jesus Christ knows this fellow, whether he was one of His sheep or not.  I don't know how he can be.  The causes he dedicated his life to are in total opposition to the gospel of Jesus.  

Well, it can be said most of us waste our lives.  True.  And while we may not support murder, we do participate in, in one fashion or another, activities that are contrary to the gospel.  But we would recognize that as sin, and understand it as something unworthy of Christ.  We would know we need God to grant us repentance.

A fornicator's life is not dedicated to fornication, it is ruined by fornication.

A zionist's life is dedicated to zionism, it is ruined by zionism.

Is the last state of either person worse than the other? 

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.

These are strange days here on the earth, irrationality and hatred abound.  Our consolation is that when all is said and done, His judgment is true.  Until then, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

[Please note this *terror* attack came just as I foretold in our May 11 entry titled David Versus Trump]