This Is Why Judaism Is Important to Christians

COMMON SENSE: I want to address anti-Semitism from a little different perspective than most. At bare minimum, I hope it stirs some to reflect.

For Evangelical Christians, because of future events, because of biblical eschatology, the nation of Israel is vitally important. That being a given, instead of focusing on chiliastic events, I would like to reflect backwards instead. My position is this: From the beginning, Judaism has always been vitally important to us. Here’s why.

Jesus was a Jew. He was always a Jew. In fact, Jesus was never a Christian, even though His life, death and Resurrection are the core of what Christianity is all about.

Christianity began at Pentecost, not before. It happened fifty days after Christ’s Resurrection. By the time Christianity began, Jesus was already with the Father, sitting at His right hand.

What that means is this: Without Judaism, Christianity could not exist. Without Jews, without Jesus being a Jew, we would be lost, without God, and without hope. So, we owe a great deal to the Jewish people, not just for future events, but also for the foundation of who we are. That debt will never change. It cannot be changed. Because it can’t, our commitment to Jewish people, whether in Israel or not, must always be firm, must always be unassailable.

—Jack Watts