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Your People Shall Be My People
"Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God" (Ruth 1:16). Like Ruth in the Old Testament, every Gentile believer has come out of the land of famine and into the spiritual realm of abundance in the name of Jesus. But unlike Ruth, we have turned our backs on the Jewish people, the relatives of the Messiah. We need to confess personally and corporately on behalf of the Church for centuries of persecution of the Jewish people, looking in these days for every opportunity to bless and not curse them. Once again, Israel and her people are center stage at a crucial moment in world history, and this book shows why the Church must effect reconciliation and why our prayers are vital in this hour. If we will make the same covenent pledge to Israel that Ruth made to Naomi, the Church will never be the same!
204 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2001
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March 14, 2022
What a great book for our time, and complementing Floodgates: Recognize the End-Time Signs to Survive the Coming Wrath perfectly. Many, many biblical answers to many of my questions.
If not now, when?
If not now, when?
June 19, 2025
The first few chapters kinda blew my mind and made me really excited for Jesus to come back. This book brought up things that I had never thought about and revealed more of the Lord's heart toward Israel and his chosen people. This was very fascinating to read in light of current events and I want to talk to someone about it badly, so someone else read this!
December 26, 2022
Highly recommend. A real eye opener that provokes deep thought and may change the way you think.
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March 15, 2009I'm heading to Israel with my mom and her church in March...this book is a christian perspective on how Christianity has disrespected and misunderstood the jewish people. It is a welcome and needed call to the recanting of the antisemitism that has been around since the church has, although a very evangelic viewpoint.
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May 14, 2010The most amazing prophecy over the Jews and how the Jews and the Christians will come together in the end times. An absolute must read for every Christian.
June 6, 2012
This was such an inspiring book for me..
November 7, 2023
thought provoking but obviously very one sided, would rather read a book that offers both perspectives
February 8, 2022
In the well-written and highly informative book “Your People Shall Be My People: How Israel, the Jews and the Christian Church Will Come Together in the Last Days” Don Finto, a leader in Christian-Jewish relations urges the Church to embrace the Jewish people and look for opportunities to bless them especially as “Israel and her people take center stage” in a growing prophetic time in world history.”
With clear insight he discusses history and prophecy emphasizing the need for the Church who biblically "was grafted on to the Jewish olive tree", to abandon the idea of replacement theology accepted over the years and commit to reaching out to the Jewish community at home and abroad.
A timely and compelling book, this is a must read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to others.
With clear insight he discusses history and prophecy emphasizing the need for the Church who biblically "was grafted on to the Jewish olive tree", to abandon the idea of replacement theology accepted over the years and commit to reaching out to the Jewish community at home and abroad.
A timely and compelling book, this is a must read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to others.
April 13, 2024
This book completely reorients your thinking about the land and people of Israel. It also challenges what a Christian’s approach and action should be towards the people of God. I finished this book during my first trip to Israel where we were primarily serving and supporting the people of Israel. This book in combination with meeting so many Israeli’s has radically changed my understanding of Judaism as the foundation of my faith. The Christian faith springs out of Jewish faith, is founded in a Jewish Messiah, and continues and thrives based on our support and blessing of the Jewish people.
February 2, 2020
This book is a MUST READ for all believers who desire to be stirred up by the the truth of God and Jesus’ second coming. This book does a great job at shining light on the prophecies and our role as gentile believers of Yeshua!
July 3, 2020
All followers of Jesus Christ NEED to read this book!
February 16, 2023
Great read! Eye-opening and humbling.. It was refreshing to better understand the relationship between Jews and Christians in the present day, as well as the future.
May 26, 2023
great stuff on loving Israel and its people
Learned a lot about getting a bigger heart
For Israel and its people
Well Done and helpful
Appreciated the scriptures and stories
Learned a lot about getting a bigger heart
For Israel and its people
Well Done and helpful
Appreciated the scriptures and stories
December 6, 2021
Great start and interested in finding more books like rgis
April 21, 2016
A great number of things come to mind when someone mentions the word family. Those with a difficult family background may remember elements of despair, brokenness, and neglect. Others who experienced a less difficult upbringing likely cherish thoughts of togetherness, bonding, and the beauty of relationship. The symbolism of family is used quite often in Scripture. God is our heavenly Father. The people of God are called members of His family. What is this family? Do we really grasp what that is all about, in particular the statements made in Scripture about being grafted in to a family? What is that all about and what are the ramifications for our understanding of Scripture?
Don Finto, in his excellent book titled, Your People Shall Be My People, explores this family dynamic. For too long, the church has misunderstood, neglected, and on numerous occasions outright rejected her family roots. In many regards, there has been an attempt over the centuries, to ungraft ourselves if you will from the root which God grafted us into. We see ourselves as a separate entity, a distinct family unit seemingly unrelated. The reality of our family tree has been pushed to the side.
While it can be argued that certain theological systems have not helped matters, laying blame solely at the feet of a theological train of thought is too easy. As Finto saliently points out in this book, the family separation of Jew and Gentile took place long before those aforementioned theological systems came into vogue amongst scholars and pastors. The family split happened in the early centuries of the church during a time when a connection to anything marked as Jewish was severed.
Finto aptly notes that in the book of Acts, we find the early believers (Jewish believers might I add) coming together with one mind and purpose. Contrast that to today with the plethora of denominations and disparate manner by which Scripture is approached, taught, and applied. Why the various divisions? Finto suggests it is in part to our lack of understanding of our heritage and family tree; an alarming lack of grasping what it means to be grafted in to a particular family unit. I have to agree with his assessment.
Many in the church wonder why the Jewish people have such a hard time seeing Jesus as the promised Messiah. Have we pondered that perhaps our own actions against the very people that are our spiritual ancestors is part of the issue? Finto walks the reader through some of these dark and horrific periods of church and secular history, times when the church engaged in or turned a blind eye to the persecution of the Jewish people. Instead of understanding our family roots, we picked up the axe and attempted t chop our way from the roots of our faith. A sad commentary but a necessary one to provide to the reader.
So what do we do? Is it too late to make amends both personally and spiritually? Absolutely not and in fact, there is no time like the present to embark on gaining a solid understanding of what it means to get back to the roots of the faith. Finto correctly states that when it comes to being an adopted child of God, we need to recognize passages such as Galatians 3:29 where Paul declares, “And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” What promise or promises? Those made by God to the seed of Abraham. We are members of the household of faith and thus we should not reject the household to which we belong nor the promises made to that people.
If I had one suggestion for this book it would be for the author to be not so quick to relegate things such as the Feasts of the Lord and the Sabbath as unimportant to those who have been grafted in. If we are part of this household of faith, I firmly believe these are provided by God as His appointed times throughout the year and each week for His people to participate in as members of the household of faith which yes does include us as adopted children of God. After all, they point us straight to the Messiah while providing a means to grab hold of the roots of the faith, roots that have long been neglected.
This is a timely and excellent book, full of reminders of who we are as the people of God. I highly recommend this book. Having read the first edition, I was also pleased with this new updated and expanded edition. Finto outlines a number of key issues we need to address, walks the reader through some troubling periods of our history, reminds us of our family roots, all in an effort to bring this family unit together for the glory of God.
I received this book for free from Chosen Books and the opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Don Finto, in his excellent book titled, Your People Shall Be My People, explores this family dynamic. For too long, the church has misunderstood, neglected, and on numerous occasions outright rejected her family roots. In many regards, there has been an attempt over the centuries, to ungraft ourselves if you will from the root which God grafted us into. We see ourselves as a separate entity, a distinct family unit seemingly unrelated. The reality of our family tree has been pushed to the side.
While it can be argued that certain theological systems have not helped matters, laying blame solely at the feet of a theological train of thought is too easy. As Finto saliently points out in this book, the family separation of Jew and Gentile took place long before those aforementioned theological systems came into vogue amongst scholars and pastors. The family split happened in the early centuries of the church during a time when a connection to anything marked as Jewish was severed.
Finto aptly notes that in the book of Acts, we find the early believers (Jewish believers might I add) coming together with one mind and purpose. Contrast that to today with the plethora of denominations and disparate manner by which Scripture is approached, taught, and applied. Why the various divisions? Finto suggests it is in part to our lack of understanding of our heritage and family tree; an alarming lack of grasping what it means to be grafted in to a particular family unit. I have to agree with his assessment.
Many in the church wonder why the Jewish people have such a hard time seeing Jesus as the promised Messiah. Have we pondered that perhaps our own actions against the very people that are our spiritual ancestors is part of the issue? Finto walks the reader through some of these dark and horrific periods of church and secular history, times when the church engaged in or turned a blind eye to the persecution of the Jewish people. Instead of understanding our family roots, we picked up the axe and attempted t chop our way from the roots of our faith. A sad commentary but a necessary one to provide to the reader.
So what do we do? Is it too late to make amends both personally and spiritually? Absolutely not and in fact, there is no time like the present to embark on gaining a solid understanding of what it means to get back to the roots of the faith. Finto correctly states that when it comes to being an adopted child of God, we need to recognize passages such as Galatians 3:29 where Paul declares, “And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” What promise or promises? Those made by God to the seed of Abraham. We are members of the household of faith and thus we should not reject the household to which we belong nor the promises made to that people.
If I had one suggestion for this book it would be for the author to be not so quick to relegate things such as the Feasts of the Lord and the Sabbath as unimportant to those who have been grafted in. If we are part of this household of faith, I firmly believe these are provided by God as His appointed times throughout the year and each week for His people to participate in as members of the household of faith which yes does include us as adopted children of God. After all, they point us straight to the Messiah while providing a means to grab hold of the roots of the faith, roots that have long been neglected.
This is a timely and excellent book, full of reminders of who we are as the people of God. I highly recommend this book. Having read the first edition, I was also pleased with this new updated and expanded edition. Finto outlines a number of key issues we need to address, walks the reader through some troubling periods of our history, reminds us of our family roots, all in an effort to bring this family unit together for the glory of God.
I received this book for free from Chosen Books and the opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
August 24, 2024
I appreciated the condemnation of anti-semitism throughout Church history. However, I found this book frustrating at times in the way it characterized those who disagree with its own position. One example of this is on Pg 166, Finto says “pastors who are preaching in an expository way through the book of Romans will no longer ignore chapters 9 through 11 as if they were an interruption in an otherwise excellent epistle”. This attitude - sort of, my interpretation is the only way to read this passage - is present at many points throughout the book, and the only opposing view that’s mentioned is a sort of “Gentile church replaced Israel” position.
Overall, if you agree with the author’s understanding of the relationship between Israel and the Church and are looking for a way forward, this may be a good read for you. However, if you don’t know where you stand on this issue, I recommend going elsewhere as this book doesn’t take the time to carefully establish its positions from scripture, and commonly doesn’t even acknowledge opposing viewpoints.
Overall, if you agree with the author’s understanding of the relationship between Israel and the Church and are looking for a way forward, this may be a good read for you. However, if you don’t know where you stand on this issue, I recommend going elsewhere as this book doesn’t take the time to carefully establish its positions from scripture, and commonly doesn’t even acknowledge opposing viewpoints.
February 10, 2013
This book has made me revisit Old Testament prophecy and rethink the role of the church. It's an important read in many ways for Christians who think they have replaced the Jews as God's chosen people. Finto reminds readers that "salvation is for the Jews" first and Gentiles second. Still, I had problems with the anecdotes: they left me feeling like I was the enemy, not a good evangelistic tool.
March 13, 2013
I had a chance to visit with the author personally in his office. He brought beautiful perspective to what God - the Redeemer is accomplishing in the end times to save his people. Through expounding on Romans 11 you begin to see how together, Jews and Gentiles, we will usher in the plans and purposes of God. Awesome!
January 27, 2017
As the subtitle states, I learned so much about "how Israel, the Jews and the Christian Church will come together in the last days." This book was exciting, informative, and full of history surrounding the Jewish and Christian church. I would read this book again and again!
August 20, 2008
A good introduction to Messianic thought and theology. It may become obsolete fairly quickly unless it's regularly updated since it makes reference to current people and places.
August 23, 2008
Excellent resource on the Messianic Jewish movement & God's plan for His Covenant people. Planning to re-read.
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June 20, 2008Since meeting our sons birth family
(Messianic Jews) this is an interseting topic.
(Messianic Jews) this is an interseting topic.
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