Ruslan KD Podcast Interviewing A Messianic Rabbi On Israel/Palestine
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Feb 28, 2026 Rabbi Jason Sobel, a Messianic rabbi and spiritual advisor on The Chosen, discusses Jewish roots of the Christian faith. He covers first-century Jewish streams, how rabbinic Judaism developed after the Temple, Messianic Jewish practice today, and the complexities of Israel/Palestine including Christian Zionism, biblical land promises, and balancing critique with support.
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Conversos and Persecution Shrunk Messianic Movements
- During the Spanish Inquisition many Jews who privately believed in Jesus (Conversos) were expelled or persecuted because they maintained Jewish practices.
- Sobel links this and the Holocaust to destruction of earlier Messianic Jewish movements in Europe.
Don't Confuse Orthodoxy With Cultural Expression
- Cultural assimilation in missions often equated Christianity with Western forms, erasing indigenous expressions of faith.
- Sobel distinguishes orthodoxy (fixed beliefs) from orthopraxy (flexible cultural forms) and warns against conflating culture with faith.
Criticize Policies Not People Or Peoplehood
- Criticize Israel's policies when warranted but avoid labeling reasonable critique as anti-Semitic; apply consistent standards across nations.
- Sobel advises Christians to support Israel's existence while holding its leaders accountable for wrongdoing.
