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 narrative when something like this happens. Brian Hunter addressed the Hamas attack almost immediately after it unfolded, telling the congregation that without that framework already in place, people will be swept into someone else's story or into no coherent story at all. He pointed to Zechariah 12, where Jerusalem is described as something that causes the surrounding nations to stagger, and said the confusion and division people feel watching the news is not an accident. It is exactly what scripture warned would happen.
Brian was direct that neutrality is not a Christian option. He pressed into the cognitive dissonance of believing God will not keep still while watching rocket fire and hostages on the news, and he refused to offer a tidy religious answer. He held the tension honestly, and said holding it honestly is what moves a person from spectator to participant. He noted that the twenty-one day fast Tribe had done for Israel earlier that fall ended the same Saturday Hamas invaded, which he read as preparation the congregation did not know they would need. As he put it, "You cannot claim to be a Christian and have a narrative that is contrary to God's narrative on Israel in this situation."
The deeper anchor in both messages is Romans 11 and the prophetic passages around Israel's restoration. Steve, who helped shape the October 9 teaching, walked through how God's hardening of Israel was purposeful and how the new covenant was first made with Jewish people at Pentecost. Brian drew on Isaiah 62:1 to show that Isaiah's posture of praying, speaking, and refusing to stay still is the posture the Lord calls his people into as well. He said of the hope in Zechariah 12:10-11, "We have not seen the perfect fulfillment of that yet. That's an honest answer, but in my mind it is also dripping with hope."
Taught from Isaiah 62:1 · Zechariah 12:2 · Zechariah 12:3 · Romans 11 · Zechariah 12:10-11
“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.