Who taught the nations to rage against Zion?
The kings of the earth set themselves… against the LORD and against his Anointed. (Psalm 2:2)
That rage didn’t start with a news cycle. It’s ancient. It’s spiritual. And it keeps returning, because the God of Scripture tied His name, His promises, and Messiah’s Kingdom to Zion.
❖ Genesis: the rage begins where the covenant begins
I will bless those who bless you… and him who dishonors you I will curse. (Genesis 12:3)
To your offspring I give this... moreWho taught the nations to rage against Zion?
The kings of the earth set themselves… against the LORD and against his Anointed. (Psalm 2:2)
That rage didn’t start with a news cycle. It’s ancient. It’s spiritual. And it keeps returning, because the God of Scripture tied His name, His promises, and Messiah’s Kingdom to Zion.
❖ Genesis: the rage begins where the covenant begins
I will bless those who bless you… and him who dishonors you I will curse. (Genesis 12:3)
To your offspring I give this land.(Genesis 15:18)
The hatred is not random. The moment God set His covenant love on Abraham’s line, the war lines formed. Antisemitism is not “a different political view.” It’s contempt aimed at God’s covenant purposes in history.
❖ Exodus: the rage targets God’s “treasured possession”
“You shall be my treasured possession… a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:5–6)
Let my people go. (Exodus 5:1)
Pharaoh’s defiance wasn’t merely against slaves. It was against the Lord who claimed them. When a people are set apart to carry revelation and witness, the enemy always tries to erase them.
❖ David and Zion: the rage locks onto a throne and a city
I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” (Psalm 2:6)
The LORD has chosen Zion… ‘This is my resting place forever.’
(Psalm 132:13)
Zion (צִיּוֹן) is not a modern slogan. God chose it. God desired it. God attached it to the Son of David and the coming reign. So the rage intensifies, because prophecy has an address.
❖ Prophets: the rage tries to cancel restoration
I will take you from the nations… and bring you into your own land.(Ezekiel 36:24)
“For out of Zion shall go forth the law… and he shall judge between the nations.” (Isaiah 2:3–4)
The prophets don’t present Israel’s future as a footnote, but as a billboard of God’s faithfulness. When God says He will regather, cleanse, and restore, the enemy’s instinct is always the same: disrupt, defame, and divide.
❖ Repudiation of antisemitism: God calls it a personal offense
He who touches you touches the apple of his eye. (Zechariah 2:8)
We do not wrestle against flesh and blood… . (Ephesians 6:12)
So hear this clearly: antisemitism is sin. Slander, conspiracy, dehumanization, harassment, violence, and hatred toward Jews are never “nuance,” never “discourse,” never “just politics.” It is spiritual darkness expressing itself through human mouths and movements.
❖ Messiah: the rage is aimed at the storyline of redemption
“Salvation is from the Jews.” (John 4:22)
“The Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.” (Luke 1:32–33)
Jesus is Israel’s Messiah and the world’s King. Hatred for Jews is hatred for the root that carried the promises, the Scriptures, and the Messiah into the world (Romans 9:4–5).
❖ The Church age: the rage tempts believers into arrogance
“Do not be arrogant toward the branches.” (Romans 11:18)
Has God rejected his people? By no means! (Romans 11:1)
When the Church forgets its roots, it becomes vulnerable to a “religious” form of antisemitism. Paul doesn’t merely correct it, he forbids it.
❖ The future: the rage collapses under God’s irrevocable calling
The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.(Romans 11:29)
If the fixed order departs… then shall the offspring of Israel cease.(Jeremiah 31:35–37)
God stakes Israel’s continuity on the permanence of creation itself. The rage can roar, but it cannot rewrite covenant.
❖ A common objection.
“Zion is only spiritual now; Israel’s role is over.”
But Scripture keeps pointing to Zion as the place nations stream to learn (Isaiah 2:2–4), the place Messiah reigns from (Psalm 2:6), and the place His feet stand in the day of the LORD (Zechariah 14:4). Spiritual blessings to the nations do not erase literal promises to Israel.
❖ Adrian Rogers
You are very foolish and on shaky and dangerous ground if you pronounce a curse upon Israel.
This is not a demand for blind agreement with each policy. Let’s stand with the God who chose Zion.
✠Sir John Scivoletti✠
✠Turco, Joan of Arc Priory✠
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