What does Tribe teach about israel war?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on the Israel war starts with the conviction that followers of Jesus cannot afford to be without a biblical framework when events like the Hamas attack unfold. Brian Hunter opened the Sunday after the attack not with a prepared sermon but with a direct conversation about what had happened and why it matters to the church. He drew on Zechariah 12, where Jerusalem is described as an intoxicating drink that causes surrounding nations to stagger, and made the point plain: without a biblical narrative already in place, believers will simply be swept into someone else's story. As Brian put it, "If we do not approach Israel with sobriety and a biblical narrative, we will reel and stagger and trip all over ourselves."
The teaching also pressed the congregation not to stay neutral or passive. A week later, Pastor Brian returned to Isaiah 62:1 and the posture of Isaiah himself, a man whose encounter with God in Isaiah 6 had transferred God's own heart for Israel into him. From that passage, Brian drew out three things: not keeping still, not remaining silent, and not stopping in prayer for Israel. He was direct that silence or neutrality on Israel in this moment is not a Christian option, and he challenged the idea that changing a profile picture or posting online is a substitute for real conversation. He said plainly, "You cannot claim to be a Christian and have a narrative that is contrary to God's narrative on Israel in this situation."
Running through both messages is a confidence that Tribe fam's years of studying Israel and the coming kingdom were not accidental preparation. The twenty-one day fast the congregation had done for Israel ended the same Saturday Hamas invaded. Steve, the guest worship leader on October 9, walked through Romans 11 and the question the apostles asked Jesus before the ascension to show that a literal, physical, earthly restoration of Israel belongs at the center of the apostolic gospel, not on its edges. The grief and confusion the war produces in believers who hold it honestly is not a problem to be solved quickly, but Brian described that honest tension as exactly what moves a person from spectator to participant.
Taught from Zechariah 12:2 · Zechariah 12:3 · Isaiah 62:1 · Romans 11 · 2 Kings 6:13-17
“You cannot claim to be a Christian and have a narrative that is contrary to God's narrative on Israel in this situation.”
From I Will Not Keep Still
The passage taught · Isaiah 6 (broader passage)
1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
3 One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- October 30, 2023 I Will Not Keep Still Tribe Church marks its seventh birthday with a study of Isaiah 62, exploring what it means to pray, speak up, and act on behalf of Israel in a time of war.
- October 9, 2023 More On Our Side Than On Theirs A Wyoming congregation wrestles with the Hamas attack on Israel, asking what Scripture says about why these events matter and how Christians should respond.