“Be alert, stand firm in faith; be courageous; be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” (1 Corinthians 16:13-14)
This is an article we’d hoped never to have to write. It is a “shofar call” for us to stand against dangerously mounting antisemitism (Jew hate) among Christians in America.
If you are not American, we hope that you, too, hear the shofar call. The satanically driven spirit of antisemitism has most likely infected some or even much of the Church in your nation as well.
The notion of Christian antisemitism should be an oxymoron but sadly, it is not.
At this time, the little book of Obadiah is instructive to us all. The prophet speaks to Israel’s “brothers” who stand silently by while Jews are attacked, doing nothing to try to stop it: “On the day Jerusalem was destroyed you stood aloof from your brother Jacob. On the day that strangers took his forces captive and carried off his wealth … you were like one of them collaborating with the enemy … The judgment day of the Lord draws near on all nations. As you have done [or not done] it shall be done to you in retribution. Your evil dealings [of standing aloof] will return on your own head.” (Obadiah 1:11, 15, Amplified Bible)
The Hebrew translated “stood aloof” in verse 11 could also be translated “stood by,” precisely as a bystander would do. The prophet’s message is clear: We cannot stand by and do nothing when God’s people, our “brothers,” are attacked. If we do, He sees us as complicit in the attack.
Obadiah is echoed in the classic words of statesman Edmund Burke who famously said, “All it takes for evil to prosper is for good people to do nothing.”
We write you today because we feel the grieving of God’s heart — not only for the sons and daughters of Jacob, but for His beloved Church to embrace His covenantal/kingdom purposes.
For many years we have shared that antisemitism would engulf the nations, including much of the Church, as we head into the end times, with anti-Christian attacks soon following. We believe now is that time.
(Just before sending this email we learned that New York City has fallen into Islamist hands. Hours ago, Zohran Mandami was elected mayor of that most important city in America. Mandami supports jihadi Islam, openly identifies as pro-Hamas and anti-Israel, and is an avowed Marxist. Around the world, jihadists are celebrating a major victory. Here in Israel, we anticipate a wave of aliyah by New York Jews.)
HOW TO RESPOND?
Regarding antisemitism, the main battle to which God has called us (the Teplinskys) is that of speaking truth to overcome deception in the Church. Your own battle may be in the Church, in your extended family, in a secular sphere of society, or all the above. In any case, we want to equip you as best we can to fulfill your calling. We want you to hear the Lord say, “Well done, good and faithful servant…Enter into the joy of your Master!” (Matthew 25:23)
Here is a very short list of many brief and user-friendly, informative resources to help equip you to withstand the historically unprecedented degree of antisemitism taking place on our collective watch.
A Light Still Burns by Michael Scott (2025) is an excellent, easy to read book replete with factual data. It is written by a former UN officer and military colonel who spent years stationed in Israel. The author, a personal friend of ours, is not a believer. However, he advocates for Israel and Judeo-Christian values from an important secular perspective. His book will equip you to stand against antisemitism in a way that can appeal to non-Bible believers or nominal Christians, as well as dedicated followers of Yeshua.
The Truth about Christian Zionism by Michael Brown (2025) is an easy read article with references and links to his excellent books on the same topic.
Christian Hate for Jews in the US: 2 links
Many of you may follow or respect Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, so we include here a link to a video he posted earlier this week, warning how American Christian influencers Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes are methodically following in the footsteps and strategies of Adolf Hitler. In the video, Nick Fuentes curses Jews with nothing less than hateful fury, punctuated with condemnatory expletives. Shouting angrily at American Jews, he demands they leave the US and go to Israel. It is obvious from other statements he makes that he hopes for their mass genocide once they get to Israel.
Tucker Carlson makes clear that he agrees with Fuentes, taking the extra step of hurling cruel insults at Christian Zionists. Carlson, who has approximately 25 million followers, is now an official speaker for Turning Point, the organization founded by Erika and the late Charlie Kirk. Some say that Carlson is making, or has just made, Christian antisemitism mainstream.
As an alternative to watching the video, a secular discussion of escalating antisemitism among American conservatives, many of whom identify as Christian, including Carlson, can be read here.
We cannot write off influencers like Carlson or Fuentes as marginal crazies or a lunatic fringe. The Nazi Party of the 1930’s began with Hitler and a small following of fiery malcontents. Their antisemitism was regarded as too extreme to be taken seriously by civilized Germans. As a result they were met with passive inaction by mainstream Christians. Within a few years, the Nazi movement quickly metastasized into the Holocaust—supported by most churches in Germany.
To paraphrase the familiar maxim, if we do not learn from history, we will be doomed to repeat it.
Overcoming Replacement Theology
Hostility toward, or hatred of, Jews by Christians usually traces to replacement theology. Most of you reading this know that replacement theology (a form of supersessionism) represents serious biblical error. Some of you, however, may not understand quite how or why replacement theology seemed to make good sense to our Church fathers, and therefore became formally institutionalized Christian doctrine, even to this day. You may not be familiar with the subtle deceptions that blinded our well-meaning forebears, and which are re-circulating today in disguised form.
Light of Zion’s resources were developed to help you understand how the toxin of replacement theology became mainstream Christian doctrine. Those resources also reveal how replacement theology has historically led to antisemitism at best, and at worst, attempted genocide of the Jews. In reading or listening to our books, articles and videos, you will be equipped to explain to others how to resist today’s pernicious errors of replacement theology. You will be able to inoculate others against the ancient, deadly virus now infecting multitudes in its novel variant forms: anti-Zionism, anti-Israelism, fulfillment theology, and more.
Our book Why Still Care About Israel? is available in hard form on amazon.com and through our ministry upon request. You can get our updated PDF of the book for free upon request. Write to [email protected]
Recordings of our teaching videos on replacement theology and the broader subject of God’s unconditional covenant with Israel are available here.
Next steps you can take:
- Contact us for additional resources if you would like more information on Christian antisemitism.
- Pray with us at our monthly Zoom prayer calls.
- Join or start a prayer group for Israel, the Jewish people, and overcoming antisemitism in your nation.
- Ask your nearest synagogue or Jewish (including Messianic) organization how you can aid in the battle against antisemitism.
- Write to all your governmental representatives, urging them to take action against antisemitism.
- Write editorials to your local news outlets about the dangers of tolerating antisemitism.
- Post pro-Israel content on your social media platforms.
- Respond forthrightly in a Messiah-like tone to any antisemitism appearing on your social media accounts.
- Talk to your pastor about replacement theology, Christian antisemitism, and the need to educate his or her flock on both.
- Encourage your pastor to host or co-host a gathering in support of the Jewish community or Israel or both.
- Organize a pro-Jewish/pro-Israel love rally in your community (with necessary infrastructure).
- Speak to your community board of education or parent-teacher association about the importance of educating students against antisemitism.
- Stay alert, look up, pray for Israel’s salvation and for the peace of Jerusalem.
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing … and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” (Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States)
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place—but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows whether you have attained royal status for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14)
We bless you and your father’s house!