Israel and the Church by Amir Tsarfati

Last month, Behold Israel's Amir Tsarfati released his third book: Israel and the Church.

I really enjoyed this book, as I thought it was an interesting, well-developed, and Biblical read. And I love Tsarfati's sense of humor. He fully explored the connections and contrasts of the Church and Israel and what the Bible says about each. Most of all, I appreciate his insight as a Messianic Jew who has dedicated his career to teaching about current events, the end times, and how they all line up according to God's Word.

Tsarfati organized his book by talking about both subjects, Israel and the Church, as 

1) two chosen peoples with 

2) 2 distinct plans by God for them, having 

3) 2 different paths in Revelation and finally, 

4) while being 2 peoples, they are part of the same family. 

The way he did this was clear and thorough. And I'm so glad he wrote this book, because there's so many false beliefs growing it daily about the nation of Israel and its people—God's chosen people. Over the past few years, we've seen a dramatic increase in anti-semitism (I say this in reference to recent decades, keeping in mind the horror the Jewish people endured in the 20th century beyond anything we have words for in English), and it breaks my heart. It's wrong to speak and act that way towards or about any group of people, FULL STOP. The fact that it is happening to this beautiful nation (and has really throughout its history) is overwhelming in scope. As someone who loves Israel and wants to learn everything about its language, culture, and history, I can't understand it, honestly.

Oh, there is one thing I wanted to highlight that is actually just an aside in the book. It reminded me of this post from a few years ago. In a section talking about God's powerful presence on behalf of Israel, Tsarfati references the Red Sea Crossing: "There is an underwater land bridge between the 2 sides of the Red Sea connecting Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is a geographical feature that no one can explain. On the shore at either side of the land bridge are places that once had columns—from the time of King Solomon—that marked where the crossing of the Red Sea took place. So when the children of Israel passed through, they didn't have to walk all the way to the bottom of a deep ocean and then back up. They went across the land bridge that was much higher than all the underwater terrain around it. Even before the Israelites knew they had a problem, God had led them to the exact place where He would solve that problem for them" (pages 20-21).

For more on this, check out this INCREDIBLE documentary by Fox News' Ryan Mauro. It was mind- blowing to me then, and is still mind-blowing to me now!

That's it for this post on Amir Tsarfati's Israel and the Church. You can get it on Amazon and basically anywhere else you buy books, but I'm going to post the link to where you can get it from Behold Israel here. Let me know what you think!