Messianic Judaism Quest

I just came across the following article written by Daniel Lancaster of FFOZ. The full article is below, but Lancaster  makes a statement that I believe is incorrect: “Whether you realize it or not, it is the Holocaust that is responsible for the birth of the modern state of Israel and the reassessment of Christian tradition and theology.”

The problem lies in the first half of the statement assuming that the rise of the state of Israel lies in its rise as a phoenix from the ashes of the Holocaust. This is important since this assumed linkage in the “creation” or “birth” of the state  is often used byArab revisionists of Israel’s history. Its important to remember the rise of the Zionist movement, particularly in the reaches of Russia stemming from the days of Hovavei Tzion and others. An important book to read is the Zionist Idea which includes a collection of essays by every major Zionists in the 19th and early part of the 20th century.

<a href=”http://www.ffoz.org/blogs/2008/04/the_ghosts_of_auschwitz.html”>The Ghosts of Auschwitz</a><p>Whether you realize it or not, it is the Holocaust that is responsible for the birth of the modern state of Israel and the reassessment of Christian tradition and theology. Those things do not justify the Holocaust or make sense of it. …</p>

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