A Must-Watch for Christians: The Relationship Between the Church and Israel

Ezra Benjamin, Vice President of Global Ministry Affairs at Jewish Voice Ministries International, sits down with Teaching Pastor David Blease of Gateway Center for Israel. David asks Ezra to discuss the “holy discontent” that God has given him regarding Israel, the Jewish people and the Church.
Ezra shares the biblical calling for Jewish and Gentile Believers in Jesus to be in “unity with distinction,” and our own God-given responsibilities toward the other as laid out in Scripture. They discuss what Romans chapter 11 means by Gentile Believers “provoking Israel to jealousy.”
Ezra discusses types of relationships Gentile Believers can have with Israel, including “transactional” and “devotional” and how God calls us to a relationship of interdependency.
They wind down the conversation with the amazing reality that, as distinct groups of Believers in Jesus, the bottom line of our assignments toward one another is that it’s a deep privilege and honor to be used by God in any way for His kingdom.