Come On Up To The House (acoustic, Sarah Jarosz)

Hello Grafted In Reader,

Much of this post is going to return to the original intent for this blog, and that was to help those of us who profess faith recognize that we are sons and daughters of the Jewish Patriarch, Abraham, or Avraham if you prefer. So what, you ask.
Jesus or Yeshua says he did not come to start a new faith, religion, but he came to fill the Torah, law, full of meaning by his living example. So, as a result of his birth, life, death, burial, and resurrection, many of us believe that we are grafted into the people of Israel as Spiritual citizens. That means, We - of the nations, existing outside of the physical nation of Israel. Hebrews, Jewish men and women, boys and girls, are not grafted into Christianity, nor have they been shoved off the planet and out of God's desire. We who are non-Jews by ethnicity and faith are grafted into them by the mercy and favor of God!

I recently have been having discussion with a friend about the 16th century reformation, Martin Luther, his quotes seen by many to be either antisemitic or anti-Judaism, calls for reconciliation and forgiveness by the church, or by both the church and Judaism or modern God-fearers, etc etc.

There are three distinct articles I would like to invite you to read along with me. They will take a good afternoon if done at one sitting.
- https://www.caspari.com Mishkan Issue Sixty-two. In PDF.
- https://juicyecumenicism.com Article: Why I Defend and Support Israel As an Anglican Bishop

- - https://concordiatheology.org Article: Preaching Romans 11: Israel and Promises - 2011/08

I especially recommend of the three, the title, Why I Defend and Support Israel As an Anglican Bishop. Each and all three are informative and food for considerable thought! The authors are either Jewish in empathy or ethnicity, respectively. In many parts of the world, anti-Judaism is on the rise and there is a newer brand of antisemitism as well. Ask yourself this question,
Are the men and women of the Bible Spiritually my relatives?

Your answer will determine where you stand on the grafted in ideology. Let me know, OK.
We will return to health topics next post.
Until next visit during the month of Elul, (September) God's presence be with you.

Mellow Rock
David C. Russell, Author