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Israel and the Church: An Israeli Examines God's Unfolding Plans for His Chosen Peoples
As the day of the Lord rapidly draws near, we must appreciate God’s plans for all His people
To truly grasp Bible prophecy, we must first understand how God’s promises to Israel complement His vision for the church. While some believe God has forsaken Israel for the church, this goes against the nature of the faithful Lord we find in Scripture.
In his latest book, native Israeli and bestselling author Amir Tsarfati makes clear what the Bible says about God’s unique master plans for His two chosen groups, Israel and the church. Amir gets to the heart of key questions, such as…
Do the promises God made to the Old Testament nation of Israel still apply to the Jewish people today?
Has God replaced rebellious Israel with the church?
Now that the church exists, does Israel possess a distinct role in the present age?
How are current events in Israel relevant to the church?
What should the church’s attitude be toward Israel?
Israel and the Church provides a fascinating look at all that God has prepared for His two peoples—and why it’s so relevant to us today!
To truly grasp Bible prophecy, we must first understand how God’s promises to Israel complement His vision for the church. While some believe God has forsaken Israel for the church, this goes against the nature of the faithful Lord we find in Scripture.
In his latest book, native Israeli and bestselling author Amir Tsarfati makes clear what the Bible says about God’s unique master plans for His two chosen groups, Israel and the church. Amir gets to the heart of key questions, such as…
Do the promises God made to the Old Testament nation of Israel still apply to the Jewish people today?
Has God replaced rebellious Israel with the church?
Now that the church exists, does Israel possess a distinct role in the present age?
How are current events in Israel relevant to the church?
What should the church’s attitude be toward Israel?
Israel and the Church provides a fascinating look at all that God has prepared for His two peoples—and why it’s so relevant to us today!
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First published April 6, 2021
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About the author
Amir Tsarfati
78 books359 followersAmir Tsarfati was born in Israel and has lived there most of his life. Since fulfilling his mandatory service in the Israeli Defense Force, he has continued as a major in the IDF Reserve. Amir has been a tour guide in Israel for the last twenty years, and served as chief tour guide of Sar El Tours and CEO of Sar El Tours and Conferences. In 2001, he became founder and president of Behold Israel – a non-profit organization which provides worldwide real-time access to reliable sources of news and information about Israel from within the powerful context of Bible history and prophecy.
Amir is married to Miriam, and together they have four children. His home overlooks the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) which is a constant reminder of the call that the Lord has placed on him to teach from the Bible what God’s plans are for the end of times.
Amir is married to Miriam, and together they have four children. His home overlooks the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) which is a constant reminder of the call that the Lord has placed on him to teach from the Bible what God’s plans are for the end of times.
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July 16, 2023
A friend suggested I read this book. I found it very interesting, well written, well researched, and steeped in Biblical references. Many seem to believe that God has discounted Israel once He moved toward the Gentile nations. But that is so far from the truth it seems crazy to me that anyone would think such. The Bible blatantly tells us there is "...no difference between Jew and Gentile..." However, Amir Tsarfati explains much within this short book. As a Christian, it is an excellent book to read. If you are one who thinks God will no longer consider the Jews, you need to re-read your Bible and this book!
August 5, 2024
Another great book by Amid Tsarfati
Amir Tsarfati has written another excellent book. This one about Israel and the Church and each one's role in God's plan for the world and each one's future in the world. I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about these different roles for both Israel and the church!
Amir Tsarfati has written another excellent book. This one about Israel and the Church and each one's role in God's plan for the world and each one's future in the world. I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about these different roles for both Israel and the church!
August 4, 2021
Excellent writing!! Amir did a great job explaining how the true church MUST support Israel. For those confused about Replacement Theology and Dual Covenant Theology, he explains not only what it is, but why it is so wrong! This is a must read after you read his first two books, “The Last Hour” and “The Day Approaching”. Amir is an excellent writer and I always look forward to his books!
April 8, 2021
What a rebuke
Amir pulls no punches in his latest book. He tells it to you like it is. At the same time he strongly rebukes those who teach the false doctrine of replacement theology.
Every one who calls themself a Christian needs to read this book.
You don't want to be caught standing on the wrong side of history.
Amir pulls no punches in his latest book. He tells it to you like it is. At the same time he strongly rebukes those who teach the false doctrine of replacement theology.
Every one who calls themself a Christian needs to read this book.
You don't want to be caught standing on the wrong side of history.
November 21, 2021
Excellent read! This book made me want to teach a Bible class on this subject. Amir has such a down-to-earth way of explaining biblical concepts that have been misunderstood through the years. My husband and I have read two of his books and plan to read another. Thank you, for helping us comprehend difficult topics through the use of scripture.
June 5, 2022
As always, Amir is a wonderful teacher and I enjoy every one of his books. I alway learn so much from his books (teachings) and I am so blessed to have read this one!
Here are a few things I learned.
Chapter 11 is title, “Who goes where?”
This chapter is all about where we go when we die and the hope that Christ brings to us in this fallen world. It is also about where the people went after death who have already died.
I learned that in the Old Testament era, bot the faithful and the unfaithful went to Hades - The faithful to Abraham’s bosom (the good side) and the unfaithful to the place of torment. However, after the cross, unbelievers still went to the bad side of Hades but believer began going directly into the presence of God. At the rapture, church age believers who have already died will lead the way into resurrection, followed by believers who are still alive. I did not realize that the Old Testament saints would not be resurrected until the Second Coming. This is very new to me. The tribulation martyrs will also be resurrected at the same time along with the Old Testament saints.
Chapter 12 is titled, “A Sinister Strategy”
This chapter is all about Satan’s plan to get rid of Israel and why he wants to do this. The question being answered in this chapter is: “Why throughout history has there been such a concerted global effort to, at the least, marginalize the Jewish people, and at most, to eradicate them altogether?” Satan lives for two purposes: 1) To destroy God’s plan which we learn about in Revelation and which involves God’s chosen people-Israel and which also ends with him in the Lake of Fire. 2) If this does not work, he is trying to take as many people with him. Satan is trying to deceive the world and his primary target is Israel but why? 1) If Satan can destroy Israel, then God’s plan of salvation for Israel cannot work and 2) Because Satan hates what God loves.
“We can see Satan deceiving the nations and God using that for His good all the way back to the time of the Egyptian pharaohs. They want to destroy the Jews by killing the male children, but God rescued them through His mighty works.”
For many centuries, many people hated the Jews. In 1099, the Crusaders brought in the cross. The cross was a big problem for the Jews because many saw this as a bloody history. The crusaders (primarily Christian Catholic Knights from Western Europe) marched into the Middle East and beheaded thousands of Jews. In Spain during the Spanish Inqusition, the Jews were severely persecuted and then several years later completely banished from Spain. Portugal followed suit for years later in 1496. Throughout Europe, violent attacks would happen from time to time forcing Jews to relocate.
(Page 212) “At the beginning of the 20th century, a new attack took placed with the publication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This completely fabricated book detailed the supposed secret plan of the Jews to take over the world and called on people to stop this sin sister plot before it was too late. First published in Russian, The Protocols, spread throughout Europe, leading to the massacre of many Jewish people. It even found its way into the United States, where Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, financed the printing and distribution of half a million copies of this evil book of lies. In the midst of this anti-semantic evnironment, an Austrian man rose to power in Germany. In order to accomplish this “Final Solution” to get rid of the Jews, he had to convince the Germans that the Jewish people were not actually people. Using movies and radio and print, he convinced them that the Jews were nothing but rats who were eating their food and sucking their blood and spreading diseases. If the Germans didn’t get rid of the Jews, the Jews would surely wipe out the Germans. Through a constant barrage of propaganda, the humanity of the Jews was removed in the eyes of millions of people in the Third Reich. Once humanity was removed, concentration camps and gas chambers soon followed.
(Page 213)”In 1973, on Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year-a coalition army led by Egypt and Syria opened a coordinated attack against Isreal. It was a terrible mismatch, with the Arab armies mobilizing forces equivalent in size to that of NATO and Europe on Israel’s border. There were 1400 Syrian tanks on the norther front going up against Israel’s paltry 100 tanks. On the southern border, Egypt brough 600,000 soldiers backed by 2000 tanks and 550 aircraft. Israel had nearly nothing standing in their way. When the attack began, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir picked up the phone and placed a call to US President Richard Nixon. Even though it was 3:00am, Nixon took the call. Meir told him, “Mr. President, if you are not going to help us, then Israel will not survive even 24 hours.” After a pause, the president replies, “Gold, every night when I was young, my mother used to read Bible stories to me at night. One evening, as she was reading, she paused and said, ‘Richard, I want you to promise me that if you every get to the point that you can save the lives of Jewish people, that you won’t ever hesitate to do so.’ Then my mom went back to reading this story, and she never talked about it again. Now with this phone call, I understand for the first time why I became president of the United States.’ Nixon hung up the phone, and over the next 24 hours, the largest airlift of armaments since WW2 took place. Every US military base in the Middle East was mobilized and Israel survived the 1973 war.
Something in Nikon’s mother, because of her being consumed by the Word of God, made her understand that the role of the Christian is to be on the side of Israel. Satan seeks to destroy; God seeks to preserve. “
(Page 216)
Not only does Satan try to destroy Israel with hate and wars but he seeks to make Christians believe that God is done with Israel. This is done with something called, “Replacement Theology” and it is Satan’s way of deceiving the church. Replacement theology says that God once chose Israel to be the apple of his eye (Zechariah 2:8), but then Israel messed up. The people rebelled, they worshipped idols, and worst of all, they rejected the Messiah. Because of those egregious sins, God is no longer interested in them. He condemned them and they are now out of the picture. And what of all the promises given to Israel throughout the Old Testament? They belong to the church - the “new Israel”.
(Page 218)
Another way Satan tries to destroy Israel is by making them tired of being persecuted. This makes Israel give in to the demands of other nations, give up land in pursuit of peace. Of course this does not lead to peace because these nations hate Israel and no matter what they do, nothing will make them give Israel peace. In the end it just hurts Israel and the land they give away leads to more terrorist occupying their land and being used again Israel by launching attacks on them through that space.
-An example of this took place in 1993 when Israel Prime Minister met with Yasser Arafat and Bill Clinton and signed the Oslo Accords, which were supposed to bring peace to the Middle East. Did peace come? Of course not.
-In 2004, “after years of being brainwashed that Gaza and the West Bank belonged to the Palestinians, we finally bought into the lie that if we would only evacuate those area we would have peace. So Israel cleared out all the Jewish settlers and settlements from the Gaza Strip and bulldozed the houses. We gave the land to the Palestinians free and clear. Why? Because we though Peace! Finally! Do you know that the Palestinians did? Every settlement that was evacuated was replaced with a terrorist camp. And now - even to today - many misses fly from Gaza into Israel. “
(Page 221). “In the same way that the church has been eternally chosen by God to be His people, so have the Jews been chosen. We in the church need to recognize the truth. It is our responsibility to let the nations know that Israel is loved by God. It is also our duty to protect the truth of Scripture within the church from deceptive doctrines that remove the Jews from the heart of the Creator.”
(Page 231) What the church should do:
1) Pray for Israel - their safety and their salvation.
2) Proclaim - the church needs to preach the truth about God’s continued love for the Jewish people.
3) Give - we should financially support the Jewish people. There are many wonderful missionaries and ministry’s that are directly ministering to the Jewish people.
Here are a few things I learned.
Chapter 11 is title, “Who goes where?”
This chapter is all about where we go when we die and the hope that Christ brings to us in this fallen world. It is also about where the people went after death who have already died.
I learned that in the Old Testament era, bot the faithful and the unfaithful went to Hades - The faithful to Abraham’s bosom (the good side) and the unfaithful to the place of torment. However, after the cross, unbelievers still went to the bad side of Hades but believer began going directly into the presence of God. At the rapture, church age believers who have already died will lead the way into resurrection, followed by believers who are still alive. I did not realize that the Old Testament saints would not be resurrected until the Second Coming. This is very new to me. The tribulation martyrs will also be resurrected at the same time along with the Old Testament saints.
Chapter 12 is titled, “A Sinister Strategy”
This chapter is all about Satan’s plan to get rid of Israel and why he wants to do this. The question being answered in this chapter is: “Why throughout history has there been such a concerted global effort to, at the least, marginalize the Jewish people, and at most, to eradicate them altogether?” Satan lives for two purposes: 1) To destroy God’s plan which we learn about in Revelation and which involves God’s chosen people-Israel and which also ends with him in the Lake of Fire. 2) If this does not work, he is trying to take as many people with him. Satan is trying to deceive the world and his primary target is Israel but why? 1) If Satan can destroy Israel, then God’s plan of salvation for Israel cannot work and 2) Because Satan hates what God loves.
“We can see Satan deceiving the nations and God using that for His good all the way back to the time of the Egyptian pharaohs. They want to destroy the Jews by killing the male children, but God rescued them through His mighty works.”
For many centuries, many people hated the Jews. In 1099, the Crusaders brought in the cross. The cross was a big problem for the Jews because many saw this as a bloody history. The crusaders (primarily Christian Catholic Knights from Western Europe) marched into the Middle East and beheaded thousands of Jews. In Spain during the Spanish Inqusition, the Jews were severely persecuted and then several years later completely banished from Spain. Portugal followed suit for years later in 1496. Throughout Europe, violent attacks would happen from time to time forcing Jews to relocate.
(Page 212) “At the beginning of the 20th century, a new attack took placed with the publication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This completely fabricated book detailed the supposed secret plan of the Jews to take over the world and called on people to stop this sin sister plot before it was too late. First published in Russian, The Protocols, spread throughout Europe, leading to the massacre of many Jewish people. It even found its way into the United States, where Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, financed the printing and distribution of half a million copies of this evil book of lies. In the midst of this anti-semantic evnironment, an Austrian man rose to power in Germany. In order to accomplish this “Final Solution” to get rid of the Jews, he had to convince the Germans that the Jewish people were not actually people. Using movies and radio and print, he convinced them that the Jews were nothing but rats who were eating their food and sucking their blood and spreading diseases. If the Germans didn’t get rid of the Jews, the Jews would surely wipe out the Germans. Through a constant barrage of propaganda, the humanity of the Jews was removed in the eyes of millions of people in the Third Reich. Once humanity was removed, concentration camps and gas chambers soon followed.
(Page 213)”In 1973, on Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year-a coalition army led by Egypt and Syria opened a coordinated attack against Isreal. It was a terrible mismatch, with the Arab armies mobilizing forces equivalent in size to that of NATO and Europe on Israel’s border. There were 1400 Syrian tanks on the norther front going up against Israel’s paltry 100 tanks. On the southern border, Egypt brough 600,000 soldiers backed by 2000 tanks and 550 aircraft. Israel had nearly nothing standing in their way. When the attack began, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir picked up the phone and placed a call to US President Richard Nixon. Even though it was 3:00am, Nixon took the call. Meir told him, “Mr. President, if you are not going to help us, then Israel will not survive even 24 hours.” After a pause, the president replies, “Gold, every night when I was young, my mother used to read Bible stories to me at night. One evening, as she was reading, she paused and said, ‘Richard, I want you to promise me that if you every get to the point that you can save the lives of Jewish people, that you won’t ever hesitate to do so.’ Then my mom went back to reading this story, and she never talked about it again. Now with this phone call, I understand for the first time why I became president of the United States.’ Nixon hung up the phone, and over the next 24 hours, the largest airlift of armaments since WW2 took place. Every US military base in the Middle East was mobilized and Israel survived the 1973 war.
Something in Nikon’s mother, because of her being consumed by the Word of God, made her understand that the role of the Christian is to be on the side of Israel. Satan seeks to destroy; God seeks to preserve. “
(Page 216)
Not only does Satan try to destroy Israel with hate and wars but he seeks to make Christians believe that God is done with Israel. This is done with something called, “Replacement Theology” and it is Satan’s way of deceiving the church. Replacement theology says that God once chose Israel to be the apple of his eye (Zechariah 2:8), but then Israel messed up. The people rebelled, they worshipped idols, and worst of all, they rejected the Messiah. Because of those egregious sins, God is no longer interested in them. He condemned them and they are now out of the picture. And what of all the promises given to Israel throughout the Old Testament? They belong to the church - the “new Israel”.
(Page 218)
Another way Satan tries to destroy Israel is by making them tired of being persecuted. This makes Israel give in to the demands of other nations, give up land in pursuit of peace. Of course this does not lead to peace because these nations hate Israel and no matter what they do, nothing will make them give Israel peace. In the end it just hurts Israel and the land they give away leads to more terrorist occupying their land and being used again Israel by launching attacks on them through that space.
-An example of this took place in 1993 when Israel Prime Minister met with Yasser Arafat and Bill Clinton and signed the Oslo Accords, which were supposed to bring peace to the Middle East. Did peace come? Of course not.
-In 2004, “after years of being brainwashed that Gaza and the West Bank belonged to the Palestinians, we finally bought into the lie that if we would only evacuate those area we would have peace. So Israel cleared out all the Jewish settlers and settlements from the Gaza Strip and bulldozed the houses. We gave the land to the Palestinians free and clear. Why? Because we though Peace! Finally! Do you know that the Palestinians did? Every settlement that was evacuated was replaced with a terrorist camp. And now - even to today - many misses fly from Gaza into Israel. “
(Page 221). “In the same way that the church has been eternally chosen by God to be His people, so have the Jews been chosen. We in the church need to recognize the truth. It is our responsibility to let the nations know that Israel is loved by God. It is also our duty to protect the truth of Scripture within the church from deceptive doctrines that remove the Jews from the heart of the Creator.”
(Page 231) What the church should do:
1) Pray for Israel - their safety and their salvation.
2) Proclaim - the church needs to preach the truth about God’s continued love for the Jewish people.
3) Give - we should financially support the Jewish people. There are many wonderful missionaries and ministry’s that are directly ministering to the Jewish people.
December 23, 2021
This book is very well written. I felt engaged and understood Tsarfati's message quite clearly. He shows passion for the people of Israel and God's word in ways that are understandable for observers of history. I particularly learned more about the history of Israel as a nation in the past 2000 years. I now know why some Americans support Trump regarding his hand in Israel's politics. It was informative to read this Christian Jew's perspective and theology on the events of the last century.
A reader of this book should be aware that Tsarfati falls into a dispensational theology, making a firm distinction between the church and Israel. For example, he states that God's bride is Israel, and Christ's bride is the church. The biggest distinction made is God's *plan* for Israel, where Tsarfati speaks against those who believe the church has replaced Israel in God's redemptive plans.
Therefore, I am one who lacks the theological assumptions in reading this book. In addition to the dispensationalism described above, a pre-tribulational rapture and the hermeneutic that reads Revelation 5-20 as a *literal* prophecy of what will happen in the world after the rapture, are beliefs that I do not hold. I may be wrong and Tsarfati may be right (eschatology is one of the most debated areas of theology), but I simply couldn't agree with many of the statements in this book. What would have made this book better (4 stars from me, even though I have many disagreements), is if Tsarfati engaged in some of the arguments against dispensationalism.
A reader of this book should be aware that Tsarfati falls into a dispensational theology, making a firm distinction between the church and Israel. For example, he states that God's bride is Israel, and Christ's bride is the church. The biggest distinction made is God's *plan* for Israel, where Tsarfati speaks against those who believe the church has replaced Israel in God's redemptive plans.
Therefore, I am one who lacks the theological assumptions in reading this book. In addition to the dispensationalism described above, a pre-tribulational rapture and the hermeneutic that reads Revelation 5-20 as a *literal* prophecy of what will happen in the world after the rapture, are beliefs that I do not hold. I may be wrong and Tsarfati may be right (eschatology is one of the most debated areas of theology), but I simply couldn't agree with many of the statements in this book. What would have made this book better (4 stars from me, even though I have many disagreements), is if Tsarfati engaged in some of the arguments against dispensationalism.
February 21, 2022
This book reveals for many while confining for others the simple truths found throughout both the Old and New Testaments. Amir’s Jewish heritage used by God to correct past errors whether intentional or unintentional. Praise God for His anointing the life and service of my Brother, Amir Tsarfati!
I recommend this book to all pastors and teachers desiring more insight into God’s plan for Israel and the Church.
I recommend this book to all pastors and teachers desiring more insight into God’s plan for Israel and the Church.
August 9, 2025
I recently was introduced to Amir Tsarfati by a few friends and have been following his teachings since the lockdown. Amir is clearly an anointed individual for such a time as this and he makes the scriptures relevant and easier to understand. His sense of humor, insights and concise avenues of communication through his writings, lectures and even social media satiate my mind and nourish the spirit. I have become a voracious reader of his writings and messages. Well written.
June 12, 2021
Interesting read , picked up some interesting concepts
Easy read and edifying. Gave me something to ponder about Hades and heaven. Never really knew what Replacement Theology was all about and this book enlightened me on the topic. Book reinforces our need to be a blessing to Israel.
Easy read and edifying. Gave me something to ponder about Hades and heaven. Never really knew what Replacement Theology was all about and this book enlightened me on the topic. Book reinforces our need to be a blessing to Israel.
August 3, 2021
God has not abandoned His chosen people!
A must-read for every believer and non-believer alike. Mr. Tsarfati rightly interprets God's Word, with the unique perspective of a Jewish believer in Jesus Christ. What a blessing and an encouragement to know God's faithfulness and mercy never fails!
A must-read for every believer and non-believer alike. Mr. Tsarfati rightly interprets God's Word, with the unique perspective of a Jewish believer in Jesus Christ. What a blessing and an encouragement to know God's faithfulness and mercy never fails!
April 18, 2021
Awesome wonderful and informative
Always thankful for Amirs teaching. I learn so much with every book and teachings. A must read for Americans that question Israel being Gods chosen.
Always thankful for Amirs teaching. I learn so much with every book and teachings. A must read for Americans that question Israel being Gods chosen.
May 20, 2021
God loves Israel and God loves the Church
This is a scriptural based history of Israel, then the church. Amir Tsarfati is such an interesting writer. He shows through the Bible how God will never forsake His chosen people Israel. Nor will He forsake Christ's church.
This is a scriptural based history of Israel, then the church. Amir Tsarfati is such an interesting writer. He shows through the Bible how God will never forsake His chosen people Israel. Nor will He forsake Christ's church.
June 2, 2021
A very good book.
Thankful that God is still concerned about Israel and will fulfill all the promises in His covenant with them. If that were not true why should we believe that the covenant He made with gentiles will be fulfilled. He does not break His promises, they will ALL be fulfilled!!
Thankful that God is still concerned about Israel and will fulfill all the promises in His covenant with them. If that were not true why should we believe that the covenant He made with gentiles will be fulfilled. He does not break His promises, they will ALL be fulfilled!!
April 21, 2021
This is so excellent.
June 1, 2021
Amir Tsarfati is a Christian Jew with incredible insight & a great talent for communicating truths about Jesus & the Bible. Very interesting! I learned so much.
June 4, 2021
Very infotmatuve
Another great book. Thank you Amir. I learned a lot about the church and israel. I highly recommend this book.
Another great book. Thank you Amir. I learned a lot about the church and israel. I highly recommend this book.
September 20, 2021
A must read to understand the days we live in from God’s point of view. It helps to use the study guide to get a more in depth understanding.
November 27, 2021
INCREDIBLE! This one was almost as good as the last hour. Hope for God’s chosen people and ho the church can witness and bless them per Genesis and Romans. Every born again believer should read this.
January 2, 2022
Very informative
January 17, 2022
A clear biblical explanation of Israel and the church and the way we are connected. A wonderful book!
August 1, 2025
Well written, biblically sounds
Amir shows through a historical grammatical view of the Bible. That God is not done with the Jewish people.
I came away encouraged, galvinised and wanting to bless Israel for being the channel through which Jesus the Messiah came and gave me salvation.
If you are willing and your heart is open to truly understanding the bible, simply, deeply and solidly as it concerns Israel and the Body of Christ (The Church) I challenge you to read or listen to the audiobook. I pray the Holy Spirit imparts truth to you
Amir shows through a historical grammatical view of the Bible. That God is not done with the Jewish people.
I came away encouraged, galvinised and wanting to bless Israel for being the channel through which Jesus the Messiah came and gave me salvation.
If you are willing and your heart is open to truly understanding the bible, simply, deeply and solidly as it concerns Israel and the Body of Christ (The Church) I challenge you to read or listen to the audiobook. I pray the Holy Spirit imparts truth to you
August 31, 2025
Had to power through this train wreck. On the one hand its not terrible and shows some interesting biblical viewpoints though nothing groundbreaking or particularly new to me. On the other hand though the author makes some downright absurd claims like calling BLM (black lives matter) an extremist radical socialist movement apparently forcing christians to bow down to black people instead of God?? Its a shame this book contains more politically charged bullshit than it does actual biblical or historical information about Israel and the church
November 2, 2022
I'm a pastor leading a congregation and I started hearing of this author. He has a massive following. A friend was given this book as a present so I decided to read the book. I agree with Amir on many things he has to say. But there are some really dodgy sections that has to do with the theology of the trinity. I don't see this book as beneficial to the body of Christ. I would encourage saints in my congregation not to read this book.
March 9, 2025
Amir Tsarfati, a Messianic Jewish teacher, explores the relationship between Israel and the Church through a biblical lens. He emphasizes the distinct roles of both in God’s plan, addressing theological misunderstandings, particularly regarding replacement theology.
His writing is clear and engaging, making complex topics accessible to readers interested in biblical prophecy and Israel’s role in Scripture. Absolutely recommend this book!
His writing is clear and engaging, making complex topics accessible to readers interested in biblical prophecy and Israel’s role in Scripture. Absolutely recommend this book!
December 27, 2022
This was a moving and informative look at the relationship of the Church and the Jewish peoples. I didn’t agree with everything Amir said regarding the State of Israel and some of his views on theology, but the biggest take away is the fact that God is not done with His chosen people, Israel. The Church has not replaced them. We were grafted into the family of God.
September 17, 2024
While I'm not sure I agreed with everything stated in this, I did appreciate a really reasoned approach to describing how both God's character and scripture cannot point to replacement theology, and just how dangerous and off-base this rhetoric is, both historically and for things yet to come. We would do well to listen to more messianic Jewish believers.
December 10, 2024
Boilerplate stuff that has been said many times. But the perspective of Tsarfati makes the book worth reading and quite unique. An Israeli, messianic Jew from the tribe of Judah living in Galilee. His wit is there and he brings a fresh perspective to the otherwise trampled on genre of prophecy, but again, the content related to Israel and the church has more or less all been said before.
February 20, 2025
Excellent perspective of the purpose and place of both groups of God’s people. There is no easy answer for what’s going on in the region—lots of opinions, lots of political and historical information that may not make it any clearer. Bottom line is that we have to figure out a way to support Israel—whatever that looks like in the current climate—keeping our eyes open and minds engaged.
February 7, 2022
An excellent book written by a Messianic Jew! I always enjoy Amir Tsarfati and I highly recommend everything written by him!
I have read the book in Romanian. The translation is quite good but rather clumsy at times!
I give the book 4 stars and the translation 3 stars!
I have read the book in Romanian. The translation is quite good but rather clumsy at times!
I give the book 4 stars and the translation 3 stars!
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