Posted on 04/18/2015 5:41:37 PM PDT by IsraelBeach
By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
Ra'anana, Israel --- April 18, 2015 ... No, the Jews are not running to Pontius Pilate and the Romans have no crucifixions scheduled for this weekend.
But someone forgot to fax the Jehovah's Witnesses that Jews do not live in Israel to become converts to Christianity.
Ra'anana residents, municipal officials, a city Chief Rabbi and the Yad L'Achim anti-assimilation organization coordinated efforts to cancel a Jehovah's Witnesses baptism ceremony today.
This is the second time that Yad L'Achim has succeeded in heading off the same baptism-of-Jews ceremony. It was first scheduled to be held in the city of Holon, just south of Tel Aviv two months ago.
The activist organization received word of the planned event, which was to be held in the city's Yad LeBanim building erected in memory of fallen IDF soldiers.
City officials were contacted, and the baptism was called off.
However, the Jehovah's Witnesses missionary group found a new site for the ceremony: the MetroWest Sports Center of Raanana, between Tel Aviv and Netanya.
Once again, Yad L'Achim went into action, contacting hundreds of city residents and asking them to do what they could to have the ceremony canceled.
Raanana's Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Peretz and several City Council officials were also made known of the event and the local residents' efforts to stop it.
Finally, on Wednesday, the city council members of the United Religious List of Raanana drafted a clear ultimatum to Ra'anana Mayor Ze'ev Bielski: "If the ceremony is held, we quit the city government coalition."
The party also threatened to take other action, such as organizing a protest and taking the case to the courts.
The next day, with fewer than 48 hours before the baptism, Mayor Bielski announced that the ceremony would not be held. A special protest prayer service was to have been held outside the Sports Center if the baptism had not been called off.
Yad L'Achim also notes the inter-city cooperation in this success: Deputy Mayor Rabbi Chaim Steiner of the city of Kiryat Malachi, a personal friend of Raanana's mayor, called him personally and pleaded with him to prevent the anti-Jewish ceremony.
Jehovah's Witnesses actions were also particularly offensive given that the Jewish nation had just finished observing International Holocaust Memorial Day.
Relations betweens Jews and Christians have never been warmer. We are the Infidels of a global conquest waged by Islamic Jihad. But please, let us respect one another's religion without trying to convert one another.
Israel may practice freedom of religion, but please respect the ancient and sacred Jewish values for which we Jews embrace. Israel allows individuals to practice their own religion but there are laws that specifically prohibit proselytizing.
And after all, we don't go around telling you not to eat pork or attempting to behead you.
Want to convert someone?
Go to Syria, Sudan, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Iraq - not Israel.
The truth of God is veiled to those who are perishing. God will not excuse you to an eternal extinguishment, either.
So God is a “pestilence”, right?
To you, He is.
Those were your words, not mine.
I described your attitude well.
You have nothing to be afraid of. Come to Christ Jesus. God forgives you. No questions asked.It is a free gift.
Creepy yes, Christian, no.
All false religions believe in obtaining salvation, in this world or the next, by doing good works.
What makes the JWs different from "Christians" is that they do not believe that Jesus is Almighty God in the flesh. What makes them different from Muslims is that Allah had no son, therefore the JW God is not Allah.
Some "Christians" believe that they can earn their way to Heaven through good works.
True "Christians"Arre totally committed to following the Jesus of the Bible as God come in the flesh as son of God, Lord and Anointed King of all that exists; and that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus alone apart from any good works other than those of Jesus, no matter how high the motivation; and that the path to holiness is by obeying and preserving unchanged, without any kind of embroidery, all the commands whatsoever Jesus has commited ro their care and keeping.
You bet! AND ... it’s unfortunate that those Jews don’t know the difference between a true Christian group versus a CULT GROUP.
In the USA the two largest “homegrown” cult groups are the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormons. You can easily look up the differences from historic and true Christianity and these two “American” cult groups. Any Christian organization that specializes in documenting cult groups will give you this information.
Walter Martin and his “Kingdom of the Cults” ... a very good reference work ... is something to have in your library to quickly look up basic information about different religious groups!
He’s promoting a cult group ... so, it’s kind of like one cult group criticizing another cult group ... :-) ...
Want to convert someone?
Go to Syria, Sudan, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Iraq - not Israel.
Calling all JW’s. LOL!
If it was good enough for John the Baptist and Christ Jesus, shouldn't it be good enough for the Jehovah's Witness.
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