I have spent the last 6 tidbits writing just ‘some’ of the terrible things past church leaders have said about Jews; however, those were just words! Now, what’s even worse…are the things that actually happened. In other words, whether the words of past ‘Christian’ leaders directly inspired the past horrendous violence against Jews or not, the acts of unmitigated terror—both past and present--require tears and introspection from every Christian…because as ongoing demonstrations around the world against Israel after the infamous October 7, 2023 Hamas attack testify--antisemitism is still alive and well!!
   Although there were many Catholic European Inquisitions, I would like to begin with what is arguably the most brutal: the Spanish Inquisition , beginning in 1478. Tragically, and of course unbiblically, the Spanish sought to uncover and destroy a “heresy” among baptized Jews. The Catholics created names for these Jews:
1.The Conversos, which referred to those Jews who were new converts.  
2.Marranos, which referred to those who were converts but still secretly
   practicing Judaism.
   The Church in Spain determined these groups needed to be watched closely to weed-out heretical practices. And, what was their heresy? “failure to eat pork; failure to work on Saturday; failure to where their best clothes on Sunday; keeping the Biblical feasts; observing Jewish customs of any kind; saying Jewish prayers; preparing food according to Jewish law; associating with non-baptized Jews; intermarriage of children of Marrano families with children of other Marrano families.”* Biblically, none of these things are heresy, but were invented accusations, unveiling the actually motive of the Inquisitions: antisemitism, i.e.Jew-hatred.
  Shockingly, many Jews were forced to adopt Spanish Catholicism to avoid torture, and even death. However, because conversion to Christ can only occur through love(2Cor5:14**) and free choice (Rom10:9,10); and because these Spanish Jews were converted by force, means more than likely, few became authentic Christians. And what’s worse, because these ‘so-called Christians’ tried to convert the Jews using force, means few of these Spanish Catholics were themselves ever actually converted to Christ!!
   Let’s allow Dr Michael Brown to continue to tell this absolute horror story. “Violators, or frequently those merely accused of being violators, would have their property confiscated. They would be subjected to harsh confinement and horrible torture, leading to mock trials, degradation and often death at the stake. If those sentenced to die would renounce their “heresies” and publicly confess ‘the Faith’, then the Church would show them mercy: they would be strangled and then put to the flame, burned dead instead of alive!”
“It is estimated that 30,000 Marranos were burned at the stake in Spanish Inquisitions from the fifteenth century until 1808. In addition to this, in 1492, all non-baptized Jews were expelled from the country. Stripped of their possessions, and without any means to defend themselves, the sentence of mass expulsion against these poor souls was virtually a sentence to mass death. Those who “converted” did not fare much better—they were treated as second-class citizens by the other Catholics, and just one wrong move could consign them to the fire.”  (pg78)
“Baptized Jews who wavered but then wanted to be reconciled to the Church were subjected to an act of penance called the “verguenza”(“shame”). They were paraded through the streets, men and women alike, bareheaded, barefooted, and naked to the waist. The procession was headed by a group of monks, followed by the half-naked penitents, cruel physical discomfort being added to their mental torture, for the weather was so raw and cold that it had been considered expedient to provide them with sandals, lest they should have found it impossible to walk.
   They held unlit candles in their hands (indicating that they were yet in spiritual darkness), and they were marched through the city until they arrived at the Cathedral. A chaplain would make the sign of the cross on the foreheads of these Jews---many of whom had been prominent citizens and respected leaders of their city before the Jew-hate craze erupted---and then he would recite these words: “Receive the Sign of the Cross which you denied, and which, being deluded, you lost.”
   After this, a sermon would be preached, and the sentence would be announced: They were to be whipped in procession on each of the following six Fridays, being naked to the waist, bareheaded and barefooted; they were to fast on each of those six Fridays, and they were disqualified for the rest of their lives from holding office, benefice, or honorable employment, and from using gold, silver, precious stones, or fine fabrics.
   When their six-week penance was completed, they had to give alms to the extent of one-fifth of the value of their property.
   THIS was how ‘the church’ treated those who returned to the fold!”  (pg78-79)
 
   Tens of thousands of Spanish Jews were humiliated, tortured, and murdered…in the NAME of Jesus, the Jewish Messiah! I have two questions:
            1.What scripture did these pseudo-Christians use to support these
                 actions?
            2.From what example of Jesus did they use to behave in this
​               manner?
 
   On the contrary, the people*** that did these things were demon-possessed!!!
 
 
*“Our Hands are Stained with Blood” Dr Michael Brown pg 77
** “…love of Christ controls us…” 2Cor5:14 (NAS)
***I will not call them Christians!!!

  In his great work “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”, Eric Metaxas writes regarding Martin Luther: “In the beginning of his career, Luther’s attitude toward the Jews was exemplary, especially for his day. He was sickened at how Christians had treated the Jews.  In 1519 he (Luther) asked why the Jews would ever want to become converted to Christianity given the…
            ‘cruelty and enmity we wreak on them----that in our behavior
             towards them we less  resemble Christians than beasts?’” (pg 92)
Metaxas continues, “Four years later, in the essay ‘That Jesus Christ was born a Jew’, he (Luther) wrote, ‘If I had been a Jew and had seen such dolts and blockheads govern and teach the Christian faith, I would sooner have become a hog than a Christian. They had dealt
with the Jews as if they were dogs rather than human beings, they have done little else than deride them and seize their property.’”  (pg 92)

   Edward Flannery* continues quoting from Luther’s essay ‘That Jesus Christ was born a Jew’:
“They (the papists) have dealt with the Jews, as if they were dogs rather than human  beings….If the Apostles, who were also Jews, had dealt with us gentiles as we gentiles deal with the Jews there would never have been a Christian among the gentiles…we in our turn ought to treat the Jews in a brotherly manner in order that we might convert some of them…we are but gentiles, while the Jews are of the lineage of Christ. We are aliens and in-laws, they are blood relatives, cousins and brother of our Lord.” (pg152)
   However, Luther later dramatically changed from his previous opinions on the Jews; and Metaxas attempts to offer a reason: “For much of his adult life Luther suffered from constipation, hemorrhoids, a cataract in one eye, and a condition of the inner ear called Meniere’s disease, which results in dizziness, fainting spells, and tinnitus. He also suffered mood swings and depression. As his health declined, everything seemed to set him off. When a congregation sang anemically, he called them “tone-deaf sluggards” and stormed out. He attacked King Henry VIII as “effeminate” and blasted his theological opponents as “agents of the devil” and “whoremongers”. He called the pope “the Anti-Christ” and “a brothel-keeper above all brothel-keepers and all lewdness, including that which is not to be named.” He blasted the Catholic church’s regulation of marriage and accused the church of being “a merchant selling vulvas, genitals, and pudenda.” Expressing his attempt for the devil, he said that he would give him “a fart for a staff.” He viciously mocked Pope Clement III’s writings: “Such a great horrid flatus did the papal arse let go here! He certainly pressed with great might to let out such a thunderous flatus—it is a wonder that it did not tear his hole and belly apart.” “So it is in this context that one has to take his attitude toward the Jews, which, like everything else in his (Luther) life, unraveled along with his health.”   (pg93)
   Metaxas continues, “The troubles started in 1528 when, after a large meal of kosher food, he suffered a shattering attack of diarrhea. He concluded the Jews had tried to poison him. …In his last decade, his list of ailments ballooned to include gallstones, kidney stones, arthritis, abscesses on his legs, and uremic poisonings. Now his nastiness would hit its stride. He wrote in the vile treatise, ‘Concerning the Jews and Their Lies’, and the man who once described the Jews as “God’s chosen people” now called them “a base and whoring people.” “…three years before his death, Luther advocated actions against the Jews that included, among other things, setting fire to their synagogues and schools, destroying their houses, confiscating their prayer books, taking their money, and putting them into forced labor.” (pg93)
  Edward Flannery* offers his rendition on Luther’s treatise, “In 1542 he (Luther) published a tract “Concerning the Jews and Their Lies’ followed shortly thereafter another entitled ‘Shem Hamphoras’, in which he (Luther) raged at them in a language that at least equaled in violence anything uttered against them before or after. With biting sarcasm and occasional scatological insult, he renewed all the old charges of the past: Jews are poisoners, ritual murderers, usurers; they are parasites on Christian society; they are worse than devils; it is harder to convert them then Satan himself; they are doomed to hell. They are, in truth, the anti-Christ. Their synagogues should be destroyed, and their books seized; they should be forced to work with their hands; better they should be expelled by the princes from their territories.” “During his last years Luther made repeated efforts to have the German princes oppress and expel Jews. In his last sermon, delivered a few days before his death, he called urgently for their expulsion from all Germany.” (Pg152).
   Metaxas concludes, “One may only imagine what Luther’s younger self would have thought of such statements. But Goebbels and the other Nazis rejoiced that Luther’s ugliest ravings existed in writing, and they published them and used them with glee, and to great success…” (pg93).
   Even if we can explain Luther’s rantings and ravings by his ailments, his blasphemous words echo in eternity and cannot be excused…period! For this reason, Luther and John Chrysostom lead the way as the greatest of the historical ‘Christian’ antisemites!
   In conclusion, no human in history suffered like Christ, yet as our example, He offers us power to suffer with dignity (Heb12:4), by standing on the Word of God, dependent on the Holy Spirit! Therefore, I think it would have been so much better if Luther had chosen---in his sufferings---to declare the Word of God:
         
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. -Ps149:2
 
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. -Isa 45:17
 
*Edward Flannery, ‘The Anguish of the Jews’

  Christian antisemitism is an oxymoron…and historically the church’s greatest sin! Christian antisemitism is simply an abomination…and to be honest--an embarrassment to my life as a Christian! However, no matter how difficult the fact of ‘Christian antisemitism’ may be---as followers of Christ, we must first face it, repent, allow the Holy Spirit to change our hearts—and then ‘act’. One small step that our church does toward accomplishing the objective of ‘to act’ is to reach out to a couple of local Rabbis at synagogues near us with Christian love. A Chinese proverb declares, “A long journey begins with the first step.”
   Now, back to more difficult facts!
   Arguably…some of the greatest ‘Christian antisemitic’ statements made in antiquity were made by a preacher named John Chrysostom (344-407AD). However, before revealing his venom, I would like to offer a silver-lining. Once again using “The Anguish of the Jews”, author Edward Flannery writes, “…apparently some of his (Chrysostom) flock were frequenting synagogues and Jewish homes…”* After reading this, it gave me hope because--if true--this is evidence there were authentic followers of Christ in antiquity whom did not bow-the-knee to the plague of “Christian antisemitism”!
  Oftentimes when reading about ‘Christian antisemitism’ it can become overwhelming because not only is it difficult for any real Christian to accept the horror of its very existence, but that horror is exponentially magnified when it’s presented in such a manner as to cause us to think that it infects Christians everywhere, from the past to the present!! However, from Flannery’s previous statement regarding Christians “frequenting Jewish synagogues” in Chrysostom’s day, we now know that ‘like’ God reminded the prophet Elijah: “I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal” (Rom11:4; 1Kgs19:18); so too, Flannery’s words on the Christians and Jews, encourage us to know that  God always has a remnant of His own who will stand against the evil in their day, including the evil of ‘Christian antisemitism’! Amen & Amen!
  Moving forward. After Chrysostom finds out about the actions of his members “frequenting Jewish synagogues”…he snaps! Chrysostom’s nickname was “Golden-mouth” which refers to his incredible speaking gift. Chrysostom also has a planning gift. So, to his shame, he turns his spirit, soul, mind, gifts, and energies to literally create a series of sermons, even breaking down each sermon into categories, to more effectively articulate his attack on the Jews!
  So….brace yourself, and buckle your seatbelt of horror!!
 
1.‘Accusations’.
“Of their rapine, their cupidity, their deception of the poor, of thieveries, and huckstering?” How can Christians dare “have the slightest converse” with Jews, “most miserable of all men”! Men who are “…lustful, rapacious, greedy, perfidious bandits.” Are they not “inveterate murderers, destroyers, men possessed by the devil” whom “debauchery and drunkenness have given them the manners of the pigs and the lusty goat. They know only one thing, so satisfy their gullets, get drunk, to kill and main one another.” Indeed, “they have surpassed the ferocity of wild beasts, for they murder their offspring and immolate them to the devil.” “They are impure and impious…”
 
2.The Synagogue. Flannery writes, “Not only is it a house of prostitution, but a cavern of brigands, a “repair of wild beasts”, a place of “shame and ridicule”, the “domicile of the devil, as is also the soul of the Jews”. Indeed Jews worship the devil; their rites are “criminal and impure;” their religion is “a disease”. Their synagogue, again is “an assembly of criminals…a den of thieves…a cavern of devils, an abyss of perdition.”
 
  Flannery continues.
3.“Why are the Jews degenerate?” “Because of their “odious assassination of Christ.” “This supreme crime lies at the roots of their degradation and woes.” “And for this decide, Chrysostom declares, there is “no expiation possible, no indulgence, no pardon.” “Vengeance is without end. Jews, moreover, will always remain without temple or nation. The rejection and dispersion of the Jews was the work of God, not the emperors: “It was done by the wrath of God and His absolute abandon of you”. “Thus will Jews live “under the yoke of servitude without end.” “God hates the Jews and always hated the Jews, and on Judgment Day He will say to Judaizers, “Depart from Me, for you have had intercourse with my murderers.” “It is the duty of Christians to hate the Jews: “He who can never love Christ enough will never be done fighting against those (Jews) who hate Him.” “Flee, then, their assemblies, flee their houses, and far from venerating the synagogue because of the books it contains hold it in hatred and aversion for the same reason.” “Chrysostom himself gives the example: “…I hate the synagogue precisely because it has the law and prophets.” “I hate the Jews also because they outrage the law…” *
  Remember, these statements represent only the ‘highlights’--maybe a better word is ‘highlows’---of his sermon series!!!
  So…what does God think about Chrysostom’s diatribe?
 
1.I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2.God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew…
                                   -Rom11:1-2 (NAS)
 
11.I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.
12.Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!
                                               Rom11:11-12
 
For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O Lord, have become their God.
                                                                       -2Sam7:24 (NAS)
 
3.For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,
4.who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises
                                               -Rom9:3.4 (KJV)
 
Scatter & Regather
1.“So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the Lord your God has banished you,
2.and you return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons,
3.then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
4.“If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back.
5.“The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
6.“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
                       -Deut30:1-6 (NAS)
 
   The all-encompassing question is: Did Pastor John Chrysostom read any of these passages? Or, the literally hundreds of other passages just like them?
 
May God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy!!!
 
 
*“The Anguish of the Jews”, Andrew Flannery, pgs51-52
 
 
Quotebit
The Bible is the only book where the author must be present to understand it!
                                   -Jeremiah Ferguson, son of Pastor Collin Ferguson

     I believe one of the reasons the Church has not been as effective in doing the Great Commission is because we have not done it in THE WAY that Jesus commanded(Mat28:18-20)---to the Jew first (Rom1:16). Christian apathy has resulted in most churches having no relationship or connection with the Jews nor Israel. Just ask yourself the following question, does the pastor of your church preach about God’s “forever” calling upon Israel(2Sam7:24)? If not, why not? How is this evil even possible when the order of the Great Commission demands the gospel to go to the Jew FIRST?!?!
  However, I also believe that neglecting to take the gospel to the Jew FIRST is sin, and all sin, especially impenitent sin darkens (Lu11:34-35), obstructing further understanding, spiraling downward into further sin…and so on---aka lasciviousness (Gal5:19). Therefore, a consequence of the sin of neglecting to take the gospel to the Jew first has led downward into the sin of ‘Christian antisemitism’; and to say that its’ effect on both the Jew and Church has been, and is horrific…is vastly understated!!!
 
  Now…back to the topic at hand!
 
  Let’s continue from the last tidbit with author Edward Flannery quoting two more “Christians” who possessed antisemitic views. On page 50 of his book ‘The Anguish of the Jews’, he writes, “St Gregory of Nyssa (331-396AD), with wanton eloquence, describes the Jews as “slayers of the Lord, murderers of the prophets, enemies of God, haters of God, adversaries of grace, enemies of their fathers’ faith, advocates of the devil, brood of vipers, slanderers, scoffers, men of darkened minds, leaven of the Pharisees, congregation of demons, sinners, wicked men, stoners, and haters of good.”
 “St Gregory makes it abundantly clear that this century has added a new note of contempt to the Christian image of the Jew. St Jerome (340-420AD) meanwhile still exemplifies the strange ambivalence that marked the Christian attitude at this time: while continuing his personal relations with rabbis and even seeking lessons in Hebrew from them, he upbraids Jews in his writings as serpents, haters of all men, Judases. Their Psalms and prayers, he states, are the “braying of donkeys” and “they curse Christians in their synagogues.””
  Let’s examine the words of these two Christian “saints”. After reading his statement, the similarities of words used make it obvious that St Gregory takes some of his views from Jesus in Matthew 23. However, remember that all error possesses a modicum of truth; for even when the devil lies, he must use truth. If we look at Matthew 23, the context is a rebuke of the Pharisees and Sadducees for their hypocrisy. For example, in Matthew 23:29, Jesus calls the Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites; in Matthew 23:30,31 He reminds them of their being sons of those who murdered the prophets. In Matthew 23:33, He calls them serpents and vipers; in verse 34, He again reminds them of their murderous ways, along with those whom they beat and persecuted in their synagogues. I repeat, both St Gregory and St Jerome use some of Jesus words in Matthew 23—to attempt to support their antisemitism.
  However, what both “saints” miss is that after Jesus harshly rebukes the scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23:1-36, He turns the context to the purpose of His rebuke in verses 37-39…which is Israel. In other words, in these three short verses, in the same context of His rebuke of the scribes and Pharisees, Jesus laments over ‘Jerusalem’, by which he means ‘Israel’. In other words, Jesus uses a word picture of a hen gathering her chicks to herself to remind Israel—including these scribes and Pharisees—that although they are all guilty of murdering the prophets—like He sovereignly put away David’s sin with Bathsheba, He will also put away Israel’s sin! When? When they say “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord”(23:39 taken from Ps118:26). And Why? Because of His ‘forever’ covenant with the Jew(Jer31:34-37)!
  David’s prayer in 2Samuel 7:22-24 perfectly illustrates God’s unique calling upon Israel, while simultaneously revealing the errors of Gregory and Jerome:
22.Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23.And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
24.For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
 
  First, David establishes his prayer upon the very Sovereignty of God in verse 22. In other words, David is declaring that everything I’m about to pray has its’ origin in:
a.The Greatness of God; which itself originates in…
b.The uniqueness of God, Who alone rules, having no equal!
  Second, and most profound, are verses 23 and 24, where the Bible declares 5 different times:
              1.“whom God went to redeem to be his people”
              2.“to make him a name”
              3.“whom thou redeemedst to Thee from Egypt”
              4.“Thou hast confirmed to Thyself your people Israel”
              5.“to be a people unto thee forever”
These incredible…marvelous…unbelievable statements teach that God links Israel as a people with “HIMSELF” i.e.the very NATURE of God!!!
 In other words, God declares because there is no other God beside Him; and because He is the only Sovereign—He made Israel His own! In other words again, in the same way ‘as’ there is no other God—the Sovereign God reserved Israel for Himself!
  God has never made a statement like this about another people! This revelation alone destroys antisemitism…by offering God’s strong opinion on His people…Israel!!!
 
  On the contrary, where antisemitism exists, the Bible offers the reason:
“Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint…” (Pro29:18NIV)…and I repeat, “casting off restraint” was the error of Gregory and Jerome.
 
 
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"Pray until you can pray; pray to be helped to pray and do not give up praying because you cannot pray. For it is when you think you cannot pray that is when you are praying."  
-Charles Spurgeon

   Today I get into the nitty-gritty of some of the examples of ‘Christian antisemitism.’ At this point, I can only report on what happened, not why it happened. I want to begin with a quote recorded by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin on page 120 of their book ‘Why The Jews’ which so tragically sums-up ‘Christian’ antisemitism that I wept when I first read it:
“Thus Montesquieu in his essay, ‘The Spirit of Laws’, powerfully denounced ‘Christian anti-semitism’ by condemning the Portuguese Inquisition* through the mouth of a persecuted Jew: “You put us to death, who believe only what you believe, because we do not believe all that you believe. We follow a religion, which you yourselves know to have been formerly dear to God. We think that God loves it still, and you think that He loves it no more; and because you judge this, you make those suffer by sword and fire, who hold an error so pardonable as to believe that God loves what he once loved.””
  
  I have only one response: May God have mercy!!!
 
   Author Edward Flannery says there is debate over the degree of antisemitism prior to the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine who converted to Christianity in 329AD. However, before Constantine’s death in 337AD, ‘Christian’ antisemitism was on the rise.  
   Edward Flannery quotes several church leaders, “In the first half of the fourth century, Eusebius of Caesarea (340AD) in two massive volumes presented a review of Jewish history founded on the distinction between “Hebrews” and “Jews.” The Hebrews were considered primitive Christians, thus the patriarchs; the Jews, a less worthy people from the Law of Moses was a necessity. Hilary of Poiters (367AD) similarly reinterpreted Jewish history for the purpose of proving Jews a perpetually perverse people, despised by God.” “St Ephraim(373AD)…. inserted contemptuous references to Judaism in his liturgical hymns calling the Synagogue, for example, a “harlot.”  “St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386AD) an ardent preacher, denounced the Jews from the pulpit and wrote offensively of the Jewish partriarchate, which he considered a shameful institution. And St. Epiphanius (310-403AD), one of the great early heresiologists, in his analysis of Judaeo-Christian heresies did not hide his feeling for one group, the Herodians, who are the “real Jews because they are indolent and dishonest.” (pg49)**
    The first question I have for these ‘Christian leaders’ is…what is the source of your condemnation and hatred? Did you have negative experiences with the Jews in your area? If so, my second question is how are you as Christians to handle such difficult people? Even our enemies? The answer is easy but not simple.  Jesus declared in Matthew 5:44,45: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;45.That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven…” Verse 45 elucidates everything. The text declares to be a child of our Father, we must do verse 44, or we cannot be a child of God!!! In addition, Romans 2:4 declares “…the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?” The Greek word for “goodness” is kindness. In other words, to win the lost to Christ we must often endure their abuse, yet still show them kindness, for the Holy Spirit to lead them to repentance! Did these ‘Christians’ even bother to read these Matthew and Romans Scripture passages?
   As Christians, we are supposed to read the Bible and apply it to our lives. I would like to conclude by asking the aforementioned ‘supposed Christians’ ***a few more questions about the following passages:
 
1.“Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles” (Ps25:22). Did you either pray or act on these words from God?
 
2.“For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.”  (Deut32:9,10)
God calls His people (Israel/Jews) “His portion”; “His inheritance”; and the “apple of His eye”…and YOU attack them?!?!
 
3.“O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.” (Ps115:9) God promises to be Israel’s “help and their shield”. I wonder how you will answer to God for this?

4.In Psalms 83, Israel’s enemies declared: “They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
 
Asaph responded in prayer:
13.O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind!
14.As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
15.chase them with your fierce storm; terrify them with your tempest.
16.Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O Lord.
17.Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace.
18.Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
 
I repeat, may God have mercy upon ‘supposed Christian’*** antisemites’!!!
 
*Spain instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 before decreeing the expulsion of all Jews from Spain in 1492. Tens of thousands of Spanish Jews fled Spain, including to Portugal, where King John II granted them asylum in return for payment. However, the asylum was withdrawn after eight months, with the Portuguese government decreeing the enslavement of all Jews who had not left Portugal. Marcus, Jacob (1938). The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791. p. 61.
 
**Edward H. Flannery (August 20, 1912 – October 19, 1998) was an American priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, and the author of The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism, first published in 1965. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Flannery)
 
***I use the word “Christian” loosely because I do question the salvation of these early so-called Christians for some of the things they did and said.

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Jesus called Peter a “rock” long before he was stable and mature. He leads us by calling out of us His identity for us, and unique purpose in us, not by calling out our failures. – unknown.  (Rom4:17)

  Last week my tidbit was not an attempt to justify Christianity’s record of persecution of Jews but to better understand how it could happen. The persecution of Jews, i.e.antisemitism--is unequivocally sin—period—no excuse, no exception to the rule. Antisemitism by Christians can never be justified! Any attempt to justify sin---can never possess forgiveness, deliverance or reconciliation. On the contrary, sin must first be acknowledged and then followed by repentance. My objective in this series is to unveil the sin of antisemitism…with a special focus on the church--past and present---for the express purpose of reconciliation! Why? God’s word has the answer:
“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.”                  -Ps102:13
 
The Word of God declares there is a time for everything under the sun (Eccl3:1). Because God uses signs to reach humans (Gen1:14; Heb2:4), I believe God is using the massacre of October 7, 2023, as a sign to unveil the condition of the heart of contemporary man toward the Jew; which tragically but simultaneously reveals where we presently stand on God’s timeline. October 7th, perfectly unveiled the hidden evil in the heart of millions of people across the globe regarding the Jew---which I repeat, by default is a mirror in the heart of people regarding God! Remember, the principle God gave to Balaam in Numbers 22:12- “And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.” In other words, if one curses what God has blessed, the curse will return to him! God declared to Abraham regarding Israel, “I will bless them that bless you, and curse them that curse you!” (Gen12:3).
  Moving forward. In part 1 of this series, I promised to use the book “Why the Jews?” by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin for this series. Yet, as I thought about it, I have decided to add things from the book, “The Anguish of the Jews” by Edward Flannery, too.
  Let’s begin! The Jews/Israel—by far--have been the most persecuted people group in the history of the world---and it’s not even close! There is simply no way to argue against this fact without being either dishonest or irrational. Although Christians have been persecuted since the time Jesus ascended into heaven 2,000 years ago, we are a distant second to the Jews in being hated by the world!
   Jew-hatred is so universal that a name was invented to describe it: ‘antisemitism’! Regarding the term antisemitism, Prager and Telushkin write, “The term antisemitism was coined in 1879 by Wilheim Marr, an anti-Jewish spokesman in Germany, as a euphemistic substitute for Judenhass, Jew-hatred. The term is a misnomer, of course, since it has nothing to do with Semites” (Why the Jew? pg199). But Why? The word ‘Semite’ originates from the first son of Noah: Shem. From Shem ultimately came Abraham, who was the father of both Ishmael and Issac. From Isaac came Jacob and Esau. And from Jacob came 12 sons: 1.Reuben, 2.Simeon, 3.Levi, 4.Judah(by Leah); 5.Dan, 6.Naphtali (by Bilhah); 7.Gad, 8.Asher (by Zilpah); 9.Issachar, 10.Zebulun (and Dinah) (by Leah); 11.Joseph, 12.Benjamin (by Rachel). From the 12 sons of Jacob descended Israel; or…the Jews!
  On the other hand, from Abraham through Ishmael descended the Arabs. Therefore, in reality, the Arabs and the Jews are both Semites or Semitic. However, from its inception, the term ‘antisemitism’ refers only to the Jews---not the Arabs! Once again, why? Because of Wilheim Marr, a Jew-hater, who first coined the term! Therefore, the definition of antisemitism is Judenhass, which means Jew-hatred! I repeat, at its foundation—antisemitism is restricted to the definition of hatred for the Jew! Tragically, Jew-hatred has absolutely nothing to do with any actions of the Jew---good or bad---but is completely dependent on the identity of the Jew! For this reason…antisemitism, i.e.Jew-hatred is unique!!
 
 
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“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”                  -Thomas Sowell, Economist, Historian

    Starting out as a young Christian and naive in my theology, I believed that a Christian could not be deceived because of the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Jn14:17;Jn20:22; Acts2:4). I derived my theology from studying such incredibly rich passages like, John 16:13-“Howbeit when He the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth”. Or, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Rom8:14). After pondering these and many other such passages, I immaturely concluded, “How can Christians be deceived if the Holy Spirit is leading and guiding them!?!?” However, in God’s grace, He had mercy on me. As I continued to study scripture and Christian history, learning more and more about Satan, man’s sin nature, and good and evil, my theological naivete quickly abated.
  This foundation brings me to the topic of this tidbit. Tragically, after researching the historic role “Christians” played in antisemitism over my past 45 years in the ministry, makes THIS tidbit series the most DIFFICULT I have ever written…period! In my opinion, for Christians to persecute Jews may be Christianity’s greatest sin! Just think about it for a moment--how can one who claims to be a Christian disrespect, dishonor or persecute Jews when the One whom Christians claim as their Lord & Savior i.e.Jesus--is Jewish?
  Therefore, the hypocrisy of ‘Christian antisemitism’ demonstrates at least two things:
           1.the power of Satan to deceive (2Cor4:4;2Cor2:11)
          2.the evil capability of the human heart(Jer17:9), i.e. the sin nature!
 
  And what’s more, for Christians, the previous two facts don’t even include the following facts:
1.the New Testament cannot exist ‘without’ the Old Testament i.e. the Torah! The New  Testament is completely depended upon the Old Testament---which is the reason the NT so often cites the OT!
2.the Bible—Old and New Testaments…were written by Jews!!!
3.Jesus did not preach the New Testament—He preached the Torah…BECAUSE He was a Jewish rabbi!!
 
  NOW…because there is no safe place to begin on the tragic topic of ‘Christian antisemitism’, I would like to start with a little ‘Christian history’ from the Reverend John Wise(1652-1725), who offers a short explanation on how Christians have been deceived in the past. I would like to defer to Providential Historian David Barton who explains Reverend Wise’s views best:
“Reverend Wise divided Christianity up into three epochs:
Period I includes the three centuries of Christianity immediately following the life of Christ. According to Wise, this was “the most refined and purest time, both as to faith and manners, that the Christian church has been honored with.” Period I is the “Period of Purity,” and Jesus’ followers throughout that time largely did just what He had taught them to do.
Period II spans the next twelve centuries, and according to Wise, it was a period that “openly proclaimed itself to the scandal of the Christian religion.” The State took control of the Church, with the State decreeing Christianity to be the official religion of the State and all other religions illegal. This was a time of “the secularization of the Church and the depravation of Christianity” a time when the State seized and corrupted the Church and its doctrines, wrongly asserting “that one of the chief duties of an imperial ruler was to place his sword at the service of the Church and orthodoxy.” Christianity became coercive through brutal civil laws attempting to enforce theological orthodoxy.
This age was characterized by autocratic leaders in both State and Church, with monarchies and theocracies (usually oppressive ones) as the primary forms of governance. The Founders frequently described Period II as a time of “kingcraft” and “priestcraft” – a time when kings and priests joined together against the people, using selfish ambition to gain personal wealth and power. Period II is called the “Period of Apostasy” or “Period of Corruption.”
Period III, according to Wise, is that which “began a glorious reformation.” Wise explains: “Many famous persons, memorable in ecclesiastical history, being moved by the Spirit of God and according to Holy Writ, led the way in the face of all danger . . . for the good of Christendom.” Early seeds of this change began with the efforts of numerous Christian leaders, including John Wycliffe (1320-1384), called the “Morning Star of the Reformation.” Nearly two dozen other Christian leaders also worked to spread Bible teachings across their respective countries, including Englishmen such as Thomas Cranmer, William Tyndale, John Rogers, and Miles Coverdale; Czechs such as John Huss and Jerome of Prague; Germans Martin Luther, Thomas Münzer, Andreas Carlstadt, and Kaspar von Schwenkfeld; Swiss Ulrich Zwingli; Frenchmen William Farel and John Calvin; Scotsmen John Knox and George Wishart; Dutchmen Jacobus Arminius, Desiderius Erasmus, and Menno Simons; and others.
This third era, called the “Period of Reformation,” emphasized a return to the Bible as the guidebook for all aspects of life and living.”
  American Founding Fathers and leaders (including John Adams) made a clear distinction between America’s Period III Christianity and Europe’s Period II Christianity. For example, Noah Webster emphatically declared: the ecclesiastical establishments of Europe that serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it.
  Other Founding Fathers made similar distinctions, including John Jay (the original Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court and a co-author of the Federalist Papers), who declared that the Period III Christianity practiced in America was “wise and virtuous,” and John Quincy Adams described it as “civilized”– terms certainly not associated with Period II Christianity.”  Here
  
  As I mentioned earlier, ‘Christian antisemitism’ is an oxymoron! However, because Satan deceives through his devices(2Cor2:11), as well as through the human sin nature(Jer17:9), it is therefore possible to understand how even Christians can be deceived---even though the Holy Spirit indwells us.
  Allow me to conclude with two critical points. First, it is possible for people to declare, “I am a Christian!”, yet not be a Christian…at all! Jesus said, at the judgment there will be those who call Him “Lord, Lord”, and His response will be “I never knew you! Depart from me!” (Mat7:22-23). This is a terrifying thought for everyone who is literally born-again(Jn3:3; 2Cor5:17) because salvation comes ONLY through the acknowledgment of the Lordship of Jesus …with our mouths (Rom10:9,10)!!!
 And second, 1 John 3:15 declares, “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.” The Christian’s greatest earthly hope is to be with Jesus in heaven forever. However, if a Christian murders’ another human---this verse says ‘that’ Christian will go to hell!
  My point is that every person who declares, “I am a Christian!” does not mean he/she is a Christian!!
 
  Moving forward, for this series on ‘Christian antisemitism’, I would like to use the incredible work ‘Why the Jews?’ by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin. Although I will primarily focus on ‘Christian antisemitism’, I will do my best not to leave too much out on other forms of antisemitism.
 

  Maulana Ronald Karenga, the founder of Kwanzaa writes: “Kawaida philosophy was forged in the fire and water of the ideological and practical struggles waged in the Sixties.” “Kawaida defined itself as an ongoing synthesis of the best of African thought and practice in constant exchange with the world.” “…the role and work in the Black Liberation Movement in the 60s and now of the organization Us*, in which Kawaida was conceived, created and first embraced and practiced. The uniqueness of Kawaida’s past, present and continuing contribution is evident, first, in the enduring embrace and practice of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) in various forms and formations throughout the world African community. For it is out of Kawaida philosophy that Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba were conceived and thru which they are continually renewed, enriched and expanded.”
Here
  These statements are typical of Karenga’s philosophy. What do I mean? After reading the above statements one is no more enlightened as to the meanings of Kawaida, Kwanzaa, and Nguzo Saba then before reading them. I simply scratch my head and think: What in the world does all this mean? I call it ‘articulate confusion’ at best, or ‘intentional deception’ at worst. 
 For example, Karenga declares Kawaida conceived Kwanzaa and Nguzo, yet Kawaida was conceived in the Black Liberation movement in the 1960’s. But if that is true, how can Kawaida be an “ongoing synthesis of the best of ‘AFRICAN’ thought”? I have questions:
1.So, what exactly is African thought?
2.Where was “African thought” prior to the 1960’s?
3.How can Black “struggles waged in the Sixties” synthesize (combine) African thought?
4.How does Karenga jump to African thought while being born and raised in America?
5.Why would Africans not synthesize their own thoughts?
6.The continent of Africa has been in existence for thousands of years, long before there was an America or Black “struggles” in America. Why would the ongoing synthesis of the best of ‘AFRICAN’ thought need to wait for Maulana (teacher) Karenga? Who is Ronald Karenga to Africans?
7.The words Kwanzaa and Nguzo Saba are Swahili words spoken primarily in Kenya and Tanzania, or East Africa. However, there are hundreds of languages and tribes in Africa, many violently opposed to one another—at times fighting for centuries!! In addition, the two dominant religions in Africa are Islam and Christianity which are irreconcilably different! And, the differences between the Black African nations are as stark as the differences between Black Africa and Russia, or China, or Indonesia!! How can Kawaida, Kwanzaa, and Nguzo Saba which began in 1960 America—synthesize all these differences into umoja (unity)?
8.How can Kawaida define itself? Does it have being? Does it have a mind? Is it alive?
9.I have spoken to Africans who unequivocally reject Kwanzaa as an African celebration! Why are they wrong…and you (Karenga) right?
 
  Moving forward. Kwanzaa is NOT African at all! Karenga borrowed the term  “First Fruits” from the Jewish celebration Feast of Harvest(Ex23:16); Karenga borrowed the Jewish Menorah  renaming it a Kinara; Karenga borrowed ‘his’ “seven principles” (Nguzo Saba) from the Symbionese Liberation army. Here Karenga placed ‘his’ celebration after Christmas and borrowed its gift-giving, with the sole intention of giving Black people a celebration of their own tied to their African roots and culture. Of course, the problem with this is two-fold:
           i.Kwanzaa has nothing to do with African culture—it is wholly a
              Black nationalist invention from America
           ii.American Blacks are tied to Christmas through faith in Christ,'                     which has nothing to do with skin color!
  On the contrary, Karenga is a black nationalist, which means he interprets life through his skin color…which inspired him to create: “The ‘Seven-fold path to Blackness’; Think Black, Talk Black, Act Black, Create Black, Buy Black, Vote Black, and Live Black."
  First, only a Black person could get away with inventing ‘The Seven-fold path to Blackness’…
and not be called a racist! Why? Because liberalism declares Blacks cannot be racist. On the contrary, racism is a sin that any person or group of humans can commit. Can you imagine what would happen if a White person declared a “Seven-fold path to Whiteness”?!?!    
  Furthermore, even worse than the confusion of the seven principles (Nguzo Saba), the list of seven things on the Seven-fold path can only be defined by Karenga!!! I mean, what exactly does it mean to “Think Black? Is Blackness a language? Do Black people see a house, car, boat, or bicycle differently than do White, or Brown people? How does one Talk Black? Does this refer to ebonics? If so, how many African countries speak ebonics? How does one Act Black? Does this mean walking, producing, or dancing a certain way?
  How does a Black person Create Black? Does this mean Blacks only create for Blacks? Or, maybe Blacks only create Black things? How does one ‘Live Black’? Does this mean Blacks only wear Dashikis? Or, that Blacks ought to limit our clothes to the color Black?
   The one that interests me most is “Vote Black”. How does one ‘Vote Black’? Does that mean Blacks should only vote for the Democrat party? I mean presently the vast majority of Blacks vote Democrat…so Maulana Karenga must mean ‘Vote Democrat’! Right?
  Tragically, there is a major problem with the ‘Vote Democrat’ idea! While the Democrats did not invent racism against Blacks, they certainly perfected it! How many Black people know the Democrats enslaved Blacks in America? How many Blacks know that the KKK was created by the Democrat party? Do Blacks even care that the Democrat party created ‘every’ draconian law in the south against Blacks voting---from the Poll Tax, to Literacy Tests, to the Grandfather clause, to Black Codes, to sharecropping, to Convict Leasing, to Peonage, etc., etc., etc., etc!?!?! The sin of racism makes people extremely ignorant!  
  In conclusion, although Kwanzaa may be an invented holiday, Blackness is a reality! Blackness is the sin of idolatry and yet another sad example of Black nationalists propagating the sin of racism!
 
*US Organization - Wikipedia (I think this link would help explain some more background about Karenga and his agenda)
 
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Addiction is an ever-increasing desire for something that has an ever-decreasing ability to satisfy.
              -Derrick Jackson

   So, what is the celebration of Kwanzaa? Using its founder Maulana Ron Karenga's own words: “For it is out of Kawaida philosophy that Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba were conceived and thru which they are continually renewed, enriched and expanded.” Here Don’t worry if you don’t completely understand, because there is much circular reasoning and contradiction involved in Karenga’s philosophy.
   What is Kawaida? Kawaida is Swahili for “Common”. What is ‘Nguzo Saba’? It is Swahili for ‘seven pillars’ or as Maulana Karenga calls it, “The Seven Principles”: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamma (cooperative economics), nia (purpose), kuumba (creativity), imani (faith).
   As you read the seven principles, I'm certain your initial response is probably that they all sound really good, right?  I mean, how can there be anything wrong with these powerful words? On the contrary, THE initial reading of these principles is THE primary factor contributing to THE acceptance of Kwanzaa by both Black and White people—which is why a closer look is necessary.
  To begin, we must understand the principle of: ‘return to the origin’. This means if you want to fully understand something, return to its’ origin.  In Matthew 19, when the Pharisees asked Jesus about divorce, he said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female”. In other words, if we want an answer to our questions about Kwanzaa, we must return to its beginning.  
   In the case of ‘The Seven Principles’ their origin is complex. In short, the 1960s’ and early 70’s saw the rise and heavy influence of the Black Liberation Army(movement), i.e.Black Panthers, United Slaves, Black Muslims, etc. One of the branch-off organizations was the Symbionese Liberation Army, which was a small group of around 10-15 Black and White ‘soldiers’.*  The word ‘symbioese’ is a word invented from the word ‘symbiosis’, which in biology means two dissimilar organisms living off one another or parasitism (Dictionary.com).   The symbiosis of the ‘Symbionese Liberation Army’ was a few Whites, and primarily one Black named Donald Defreeze**. This was an unusual relationship at that time among the Black Liberation movement because they preached hatred of Whites.  Like Karenga, DeFreeze changed his name. He took on the name ‘Cinque’ from Joseph Cinque, a West African who was taken from the Spanish slave ship during the ‘Amistad rebellion’ in 1839. Interestingly, DeFreeze added the Swahili name Mtume, which means prophet: Cinque Mtume, or Cinque, the prophet.   What does DeFreeze have to do with the Seven Principles? Everything! The seven principles of Kwanzaa are verbatim with the same seven principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army!!! The question is how did this happen? As of this writing, I cannot prove Karenga took his seven principles from DeFreeze’s organization.  However, I highly suspect that he did because of Karenga’s poor character as I revealed in part 1 of this series. If Karenga could torture Black women---of which to this day he denies, it is hard to believe he would not stoop to plagiarism! Of course, there will be those who disagree, arguing that DeFreeze copied Karenga because Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966. In reality however, it really makes no difference ‘who plagiarized  who’ because some of the seven principles have deeper meanings than what appears in their initial reading. In other words, the literal meaning of at least a couple of the words can only be understood in the Swahili language.
   For example, Karenga says the principle ‘Ujamaa’ means ‘cooperative economics’. The first thing that came to my mind after reading this principle was: i.money (economics); and ii. cooperating together to make money! Well, certainly nothing is wrong with that! Actually, God has called humans to these very two points, see Gen1:28; Eccl5:19; Ps128:2. However, if you google the translation of ‘Ujamaa’ from Swahili to English two things popup: 1.“Believe in Socialism” or 2.“Socialism”.   Here, Here, Here are THREE different google links to translations of the word Ujamaa to ‘FACT CHECK’ me! 
      The shock of this quickly fades however, when we recall that Black nationalism, especially of the 1960’s rejected free markets(capitalism). Communism heavily infiltrated the Black nationalist thinking beginning in the 1950’s (see ‘Color, Communism, and Common Sense’ by Manning Johnson).  For example, the Black Panthers were Communists!! Remember, Communism/Socialism/Fascism is the economic system of the religion of atheism!! I repeat, because ‘theology drives philosophy’ or ‘theology creates philosophy’, the religion of atheism is the driving force behind the philosophy of Communism/Socialism/Fascism.  Remember, Colossians 2:8 in part 1 of this series!!!    Moving forward, of course the principle “Ujamaa” is supported by the principle “Ujima” which Karenga says means “collective work and responsibility”. The term ‘Collective Work’ is Communism…plain and simple! These two principles--at least--make Communism a large contributing factor to Nguzo Saba (seven principles).
   Let’s look at another principle: “Imani”, which Karenga says means “Faith”. In Arabic the same word “Imani” means “My faith”. First, what is often true when cultures and their languages meet together is that entire words from one language are adopted into the other. What is probably true is that “Imani” was incorporated into Swahili from Arabic because of the trans-Arabian slave trade that dominated East Africa. If that is true, because the Swahili men-stealers were Muslims, the ‘faith’ of the principle of “Imani” probably refers to “faith” in Allah, the Islamic god!
   Second, what is absolutely true however, is that the fundamental question regarding the principle of ‘Imani’ is: “faith” in what? The word “faith” is normally a spiritual word taken from “Faith in God” (Mk11:22). However, we learned last week that Maulana Karenga hated Jesus***! His hatred for Jesus is also confirmed by the color red in the Kwanzaa flag and candles, which refers to the blood that was shed for Black people to be redeemed. On the contrary, this is blasphemy!! Only the blood of Jesus can redeem humanity! NO! The blood of past or present Blacks cannot redeem Black people!! 
   Furthermore, Maulana Karenga taught, “Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday not a religious one” Here  So, because Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday, what then does Maulana Karenga teach that we should have faith in, or for? On the contrary, because of Karenga’s sin (Jn1:4,9; Ps36:9) he cannot understand spiritual things (Lu11:35,36), such as ‘faith in God’, therefore one can only speculate, i.e.invent, what he believes we should have ‘faith’ in. However, for the Christian who celebrates Kwanzaa, he/she has an absolutely unresolvable problem! Why? Because he/she cannot bring Christianity into Kwanzaa because as I just revealed Karenga hated Jesus, “calling Christianity a “White religion”***. 
   Yet, the designation of Christianity as a “White religion” simply defies logic, highlighting the hypocrisy, and the many contradictions in Maulana Karenga’s thinking, who declared: “Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be both African and human…”   Here
   What?!?! Really…Maulana Karenga?!!? First you call Christianity a “White religion”; and then you declare that Kwanzaa is “the best of what it means to be …African”? Wow, this logic has serious problems! Why? How can Christianity be a “White religion” when the majority of Black Africa is Christian!!
   And what’s more, the Christianity of Africa is not a recent development because Christianity was in Africa before Europe! Confirming this is the fact that the apostle Thomas had much success in taking the gospel to Africa just after Pentecost in 33AD: which is 2,000 years ago!!!
   And again, Islam performed Jihad in Africa after the death of Muhammad in 632AD turning much of Northern Africa to Islam by force---which is an ‘enemy attestation’! What is that? An ‘enemy attestation' means because Muhammad--who is an enemy of Christianity--performed Jihad in northern Africa converting many to Islam after 632AD is perfect evidence that Northern Africa was NOT Islamic before the Jihad! Well, what religion dominated Northern Africa prior to Islam’s Jihad? Christianity!!! In other words, Christianity was in Africa 600 years prior to Muhammad!
 
Stay tuned for part 3
 
*The Symbionese Liberation Army gained national attention in 1974 with the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.
​*Others believe SLA was created by a White man named Willie Wolfe and a White woman named Patricia Soltysik. Regardless, the Black man DeFreeze was the leader.
***“Christianity is a White religion. It has a White God, and any Negro who believes in it is a sick Negro. How can you pray to a White man? If you believe in him, no wonder you catch so much hell.”

  Is Kwanzaa innocuous? A simple celebration of African-American heritage occurring just after Hanukkah and Christmas? Vice President Kamala Harris certainly thinks so: “Our Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my favorite childhood memories. The whole family would gather around across multiple generations and we’d tell stories and light the candles. Whether you’re celebrating this year with those you live with or over Zoom, happy Kwanzaa!”  Here
  Of course, President Joe and Jill Biden also agree: “During this celebration, millions will gather with their families to reflect on the struggles and triumphs of the past and look towards a brighter future,” Jill Biden said. “With each candle you light, we hope your home is warmed by the laughter of your family and friends, your hands are inspired to creativity, and your heart is filled with determination, faith, and love.” Here
 Let’s take a deeper look into the celebration of Kwanzaa, beginning with the Word of God.
See to it that no one takes you captive (lead away, seduce) through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. -Col2:8 (NAS)
 
Notice what this passage lists as ‘oppositions’ to Christ: 1.philosophy; 2.empty deception; 3.tradition of men; 4.elementary principles of the world. Also notice what is left off the list: ‘religions’. Therefore, two things leap from this text as to how men are taken captive, led away, or seduced:
1.Anyone or doctrine that rejects Christ (Who is the Word of
God(Jn1:14) sums-up the four areas.
2.‘religions’ are part of the four listed areas because God defines
religion.
Remembering that Jesus is the Word of God made flesh(Jn1:14), this passage unequivocally asserts that anti-Christ doctrines and anti-Biblical doctrines--are the same. Therefore, Colossians 2:8 teaches that anti-Christ doctrines can take a person, a family, a church, and even a nation—captive! The foundational question that lay before us is, is Kwanzaa one of those doctrines?
  First, let’s begin with Kwanzaa’s inventor, ‘Maulana Ronald Karenga’. Karenga was born in Parsonsburg, Maryland in 1941 as Ron Everett, and the youngest of 14 children. His father was a sharecropper, and most interestingly—a Baptist preacher.
  Second, the word ‘Maulana’ is a Swahili word meaning “Master teacher”. And the word ‘Karenga’ means “keeper of tradition”. So, Kwanzaa’s inventor is ‘Master Teacher’ Ronald Karenga, the keeper of tradition.
  Third, Karenga currently possesses two doctorate degrees. One earned in Political Science in 1976 and another in Social Ethics earned in 1994. He is a professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach. 
  Fourth, the LA Times reported on Karenga’s torture of two Black women, Deborah Jones and Gail Davis, whom he accused of trying to murder him.
 "The victims said they were living at Karenga’s home when Karenga accused them of trying to kill him by placing crystals in his food and water and various areas of his house. When they denied it, allegedly they were beaten with an electrical cord, and a hot soldering iron was put in Miss Davis’ mouth and against her face. Police were told that one of Miss Jones’ toes was placed in a small vise, which then was tightened by the men and one woman. The following day Karenga told the women that ‘Vietnamese torture is nothing compared to what I know."
 “Miss Tamao reportedly put detergent in their mouths; Smith turned a water hose full force on their faces, and Karenga, holding a gun, threatened to shoot both of them. The victims Deborah Jones and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothing."  "Karenga Tortured Women Followers, Wife Tells Court". 13 May 1971, 3 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com He was convicted and served 4 years in prison. Here
    Fifth, Maulana (master teacher) Ronald Karenga started the ‘United Slaves’ (US) in 1965, and Kwanzaa in 1966. United Slaves is a Black nationalist organization, and part of the pan-African movement, espousing the belief that "African people everywhere share both a common history and destiny.” Here
  The United Slaves organization was a rival of the Black Panther Party in the middle of the 1960s. Two of Karenga’s United Slave followers George P. Stiner and Larry Joseph Stiner shot dead two Black Panthers John Huggins, 23, and apprentice "Bunchy" Carter, 26, after they disrespected Karenga’s name in an argument over who would lead the Afro-American studies department at UCLA.
 Sixth, in ‘QUOTABLE KARENGA’ Maulana(master teacher) Karenga informs us of some of his beliefs, i.e.his master teachings:
“…everyone but the Negro has a god who looks like him. Jesus said, My blood shall wash you white as snow. Who wants to be White but sick Negroes, or worse yet –washed that way by the blood of a dead Jew. You know if Nadinola cream couldn’t do it, no dead Jew’s blood is going to do it." 
https://www.governmentattic.org/docs/FBI_Monograph_US_April-1968.pdf. Pg17
 “We must gear the money going from the church to the support of the revolution. Revolution cannot succeed with finance.” https://www.governmentattic.org/docs/FBI_Monograph_US_April-1968.pdf. Pg18
“Christianity is a White religion. It has a White God, and any Negro who believes in it is a sick Negro. How can you pray to a White man? If you believe in him, no wonder you catch so much hell.”
https://www.governmentattic.org/docs/FBI_Monograph_US_April-1968.pdf. Pg35
 “the time we spent learning about Jesus, we should have spent learning about Blacks. The money we spend on church should have been spent on our community and the respect we gave the Lord should have been given to our parents.” https://www.governmentattic.org/docs/FBI_Monograph_US_April-1968.pdf. Pg33
  Well, now we better understand WHO the “master teacher” Ronald Karenga is: i.Black racist, ii.antisemite; iii. impenitent criminal; and, iv.hater of Jesus!  
Stay tuned for part 2 and Karenga’s creation of Kwanzaa!

​* “A psychiatrist who examined Karenga in 1971 concluded he was insane. A September 1971 sentencing hearing transcript shows that the unidentified psychiatrist believed that the founder of Kwanzaa was “both paranoid and schizophrenic.” https://dailycaller.com/2016/12/24/kwanzaa-was-concocted-by-a-deranged-felon-who-tortured-naked-women/