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Our Hands Are Stained with Blood

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This excellent book, which desperately needed to be written, is devoted primarily to the tragic relationship between the Christian Church and the Jewish people.

The writer strives to impart to Christians the recognition of their legacy & heritage from the Jews that indeed existed in the early days of the Church whose members were nearly all Jews themselves.

The author also studies the 'Israel bashing' in today's press/media together with the anti-Israel bias of the UN in relation to the Middle East situation. This plus the 'Christian' persecution of the Jews through the ages and even anti-Semtism preached through some channels of the 'Church' today.

Included foremost is the flawed doctrine taught in some areas of 'replacement theology', which teaches that the 'Church' has 'replaced' Israel in all of God's promises. Despite these Divine promises being made directly to and in relation to the people and nation of Israel, and where those promises were unequivocally & unconditionally everlasting !

Further to this the author actually examines & emphasises many of these Divine promises to Israel & the Jewish people in Scripture, past, present and future (Old & New Testaments).

This superb book stresses in no uncertain terms that Christians need to understand the pain and suffering that countless 'pseudo-Christians' have brought upon the Jewish people over the years and the increasing necessity now for a healing and reconciliation of some magnitude.

The writer illustrates that without an understanding of Scripture, many readers will fail to understand or in any way comprehend, the hatred and vilification towards the Jews throughout history & even the present day. The author reveals the force/person behind the massacres, the holocausts, the attempted genocide of the Jews and the attempts to destroy the State of Israel.

That force being the Devil/Satan, whose passionate hatred and despising of the Jews is a reflection of his hatred of God outlined in the Bible. The same God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob and their descendants, the Jewish people. The people through whom God has chosen to reveal his plan of Salvation, His prophetic plan to return the Jewish people to their Land in the latter days and His prophetic plans for the nation surrounding where the Messiah will return.

By destroying the Jewish people & their state, it is highly likely that Satan will be trying to fulfill his own probable intent of destroying God's prophetic plans in relation to His People and Land, of proving God's promises to be false and subsequently to have thwarted God's plans. Plans revealed that have promised that the Jewish people and Israel will never cease to exist and that God's promises will indeed be fulfilled.

To those dubious amongst you I can only recommend that you get a copy of this book, read it for yourself and actually put everything to an intense personal scrutiny...irrespective of which faith, if any that you profess. This is a message and a book that should not, indeed cannot, be ignored.

This book is astounding and will make you cry and rejoice all in one reading. The author, a Messianiac Jew (believer in Yeshua, or Jesus), delivers a powerful message about the relationship between God and His chosen people, the Jews. The book dispells a number of commonly held misconceptions about the Jewish people and Christian views of Israel. He does this through historical writings and Biblical references. You will be amazed at the number of anti-semitic comments a number of "promminent christians' have made, including popes and Martin Luther. There is a detailed discussion about some incredible bias from the media; it is all in there. The author also has many Scriptures to explain those who believe (in error) that the Church has somehow replaced Israel. All of this is done in a loving, and non-arrogant tone which I appreciated.

I would recommend this book to any Christian. To see the hideous statements/actions made by christians towards the Jews will break you heart, and help you understand God's heart a little better. I would also recommend this book to any Jew. You will begin to understand what Yeshua (Jesus) and Rabbi Saul (Paul) really said, and to see that the Christianity in the Bible is not what has been on display in the anti-semitic 'church'.

Worth every penny and more, this book tells it like it was and is. Covers from the first Christian persecution of the Jews to the Holocaust through today. No-one could ever be the same towards the Jewish people after reading this book!

Highly Recommend!

After centuries of persecution and anti-semetic feelings towards the Jewish people, the truth is clear, The Church (our) hands are stained with blood. I read this book almost a year ago and the message still touches my heart. If you want to know the extent at which you have been effected by anti-semetic feelings towards the Jewish people, read this book. Dr. Brown, a Messianic Jew, is a scholar and does a very complete job of handling the anti-semetic attitudes of past Church leaders who are highly recognized and respected. This book is very helpful in it's history and in it's tenderness and forgiveness offered to the Church for her persecution of the Jews. Dr. Brown also very scholarly answers the assumptions and speculations that Church has replaced the Jewish people as God's chosen people. No, God will save the Jewish people. The veil will be removed and they will see their Messiah and turn to him with all their hearts. And the Church and Israel will kiss. Glory!

Oh, my word, this book is a must read. Michael Brown does a great job at getting his point across about the understanding of the persecution of the Jews and the future and our place in it. We need to know this information and I am so changed by knowing it. I recommend this book to anyone no matter the level of knowledge you have on the matter.

Everyone should read this book especially anyone charged with teaching in Church or in a Christian school they should teach this book as well. Well written and brief like most of Dr. Brown's books, Dr. Brown fairly looks at Chruch history how Anti-Semitism snuck in and harmed the Jewish people and our testimony world wide and how that can still posion us today. We all need to be aware of this information

This book was recommended by our Rabbi in order for us that are new to the Messianic/Jewish faith would have some understanding of the Jewish thoughts surrounding Christianity and the Cross. This was one of five books that he has asked us to read - and I must say - my heart was nearly torn from my chest - It is a wonderful book that will open your heart and eyes (if you are really looking) to review everything you have ever been taught as a Christian. Look deep in your heart - read G-d's Word and read this book - a lot of light will come through.

Dr. Michael L. Brown is founder and president of ICN Ministries and of FIRE School of Ministry; he was also a key figure in the (now defunct) Brownsville Revival. He is also of Jewish background, and is certainly the most "scholarly" (see the five volumes of his Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: General and Historical Objections) of converted Jews who are seeking to convert other Jews to evangelical Christianity.

He writes in the Preface to this 1992 book, "This book has been written with a burning (and often broken) heart, in the hope that the people of God TODAY would utterly repudiate the Church's sins of yesterday. This will bring reconciliation---reconciliation of the Church to the Jewish people, and reconciliation of the Jewish people to their Messiah."

Here are some quotations from the book:

"Basically, the Talmud is not an anti-Christian series of books! It is more NON-Christian than ANTI-Christian, more WITHOUT Jesus than AGAINST Jesus. This should make us feel sad, not angry." (Pg. 31)
"Under Israeli control, the quality of life for the Palestinians living in the so-called Occupied Territories ... has greatly improved. Life expectancy has increased from 48 years to 62 years; infant mortality has dropped sharply..." (Pg. 73)
"While the New Testament often describes Israel and the Church in similar terms... on no definite occasion does the New Testament ever call the Church, 'Israel.' ... 'The Israel of God' does not refer to the whole Church. It refers to believing Jews." (Pg. 129)
"The Church erred fatally by thinking that God's disfavor toward Israel was permanent! Yet as the chosen people, Israel has suffered greatly because of its national disobedience." (Pg. 158)

This is an interesting book so far...covers the rather unreported mistreatment of Jews by the Church over the centuries...not the most gripping read (because of writing style) but interesting nonetheless...I'm still reading it though, so maybe it gets better as you go along...

I just found out about this little book a couple of weeks ago. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. Brown's research is excellent, his grasp of the topic is first-rate, and his condemnation of the church's dealings with the Jews through history is spot-on. Any history student has long known that Martin Luther was a virulent anti-Semite, as was Augustine - indeed Hitler quoted them many times. But hatred of the Jews is not to be relegated to the ranks of the extremists - it's right in the church's lap. The Bible is split into 9 chapters before the Jews, then the rest is about the Jews - even Revelation is about the restoration of the Jews, with worship taking place in the temple once again. Most evangelicals today give tacit acknowledgement of the Jews ("Jesus was a Jew"), but they surely plop Him down in history 2000 years ago, with barely a nod at the Old Testament. No wonder theology is so messed up these days - the foundations are ignored. Please read this book. another great source is [...]. As a dear friend said to me after she read it, "Where have I been???" My answer, "Unfortunately, in the church."