On May 21, 2025, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli embassy, were murdered in cold blood on the streets of Washington D.C. —because they were Jews. Regardless of the shooters professed political motivation, the only distinguishing factor about Yaron and Sarah was that they were Jews. It made headlines, briefly, and quickly disappeared. As a point of reference, when I Google “Jews murdered in DC” it generated 45 thousand results. When I entered “Taylor Swift engaged,” it generated 26 million. “Trans school shooting” generated 16.5 million. “Famine in Gaza” came in at 45 million.
The world has little interest in the murder of innocent Jews and according to the Combat Antisemitism Movement, antisemitic incidents worldwide have increased by over 20% in the last year. Sadly, I expect this will only increase in the days ahead, in frequency and severity.
As Christians, we are people of the Book—anchored in Scripture, shaped by covenant, and called to walk in the ways of the Lord. In an age where hatred and violence against the Jewish people are rising once again, it is time for the Church to remember her spiritual roots and take up the responsibility of covenant with clarity, courage, and compassion.
A Shared Heritage: Grafted In
The apostle Paul, in Romans 11, offers a powerful image of the Gentile believers as wild olive branches grafted into the cultivated olive tree of Israel. This metaphor isn’t simply theological poetry—it’s a calling. As those who have been grafted in, we are not to boast over the original branches (Romans 11:18), but to honor them.
God’s covenants with Israel are not obsolete. The Abrahamic covenant was not nullified by the new covenant in Christ—it was fulfilled and extended. Jesus Himself was born into a Jewish family, lived as a Jew, taught in synagogues, and wept over Jerusalem. Our Messiah is Jewish, and our spiritual heritage flows through the promises given to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets.
The Sin of Silence: Remembering History
History bears grim witness to the consequences of Christian silence—or worse, Christian complicity—in the face of anti-Semitism. From medieval pogroms to the Holocaust, the Church has too often failed to stand with the Jewish people. Today, we face another critical moment.
Anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise across Europe, the United States, and beyond. Synagogues are being vandalized. Jewish students are facing harassment. Online hate is translating into real-world violence. Some of this is cloaked in the language of political criticism, but make no mistake: when the language becomes dehumanizing, when conspiracy theories flourish, and when violence is excused—this is anti-Semitism, and it must be condemned.
Covenant Brings Blessing and Responsibility
To be a covenant people is to be a people of responsibility. The covenant God made with Abraham carried not only the promise of blessing, but the purpose that “all nations of the earth shall be blessed” through him (Genesis 12:3). As Christians, we are heirs to that blessing—and we are also called to be channels of it.
Standing against anti-Semitism is not a political stance. It is a spiritual imperative. It is an expression of covenant loyalty. To love the Jewish people is to love the people through whom God chose to author and steward the Scriptures and ultimately, through Jesus, bring redemption into the world.
Watchmen on the Wall
Isaiah 62:6 says, “I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night.” Christians often take this verse as a call to pray for and support Israel. But today, we must also be watchmen in our own communities—in our churches, schools, and online spaces—refusing to allow anti-Jewish rhetoric to go unchallenged.
Being a watchman is not passive. It means speaking up. It means building relationships with our Jewish neighbors. It means teaching our children the truth about Jewish history and God's enduring covenant. It means confronting anti-Semitism wherever it rears its head.
Blessing the Sons and Daughters of Abraham
The promise of Genesis 12:3 is both a blessing and a warning: “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.” In blessing the Jewish people, we bless the heart of God. In defending them, we honor our own spiritual lineage. And in standing with them, we fulfill part of what it means to be faithful covenant partners.
Daystar has a long, unbroken history of embracing covenantal faithfulness and recognizing God’s eternal and unconditional promises concerning the land and people of Israel. Since October of 2023, thanks to the generosity of Daystar partners around the world, over 20 million dollars has been invested in Israel—the apple of God’s eye. Daystar takes the responsibility of covenant seriously and invites all of us to courageously do the same.
Let us not miss this moment. Let the Church rise—not with hatred or fear, but with love, truth, and unshakable solidarity. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob still watches over His people. And we, as disciples of the Jewish Messiah, have the sacred responsibility to do the same.
