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Jewish youth adopting New Covenant worldview

A New Covenant worldview is one which adopts the principles of equality and impartiality found in the law of God. How often the law tells Israel to love foreigners as themselves and to treat them the same as they would treat fellow Israelites (Leviticus 19:34). Yet the Jews generally reject this, and many believe that non-Jews are equal only to animals.

The law explicitly tells us, however, that “there is to be one law and one ordinance for you and for the alien who sojourns with you” (Numbers 15:15). The stated reason is that they should remember how they themselves were oppressed in the land of Egypt—which did not give them equal rights with the Egyptians. In other words, Israelites should have learned the lesson from the past about what it means to be unequal and ruled by partiality toward Egyptians.

Jesus rejected the injustice of His day, treating Greeks, Romans, Samaritans, and Phoenicians with love and equality. He even took His disciples on a field trip to Phoenicia for one purpose alone—to show them the faith of a Phoenician woman. He pretended to adopt the normal Jewish view of the day, saying, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 15:24). The disciples no doubt nodded in agreement. But the woman persisted, and when her astonishing faith was evident to all, the lesson was made on the disciples, and she received her request. Then they turned around and walked back to Galilee.

Jesus’ actions reflected the law of God, but He had to correct the injustices and inequalities of the day. These are also the principles of the New Covenant, where the dividing wall was abolished, and everyone received the right to approach God on an equal footing (Ephesians 2:14).

Today we are seeing the rise of a new generation of Jewish youth that have discovered this principle of equality, contrary to their upbringing. The genocide in Gaza has been largely responsible in bringing forth this New Covenant way of thinking. In a time when mainstream thought attempts to equate Zionism with Judaism, these young Jews are rejecting that association. In return, they are often reviled as “self-hating Jews,” but yet they are standing firm on these principles—whether or not they see the principles in the law itself.

Here is an interview with Simone Zimmerman, who has emerged as a leader in the movement that rejects Zionism and inequality. She may not realize that her beliefs are very close to what Jesus taught and how He treated the “Palestinians” of His day. If I were to give her my recommendation, I would suggest that she read the gospel of Luke in particular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqg0IvUiVWY

Here is another (short) video of an interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson who insists that Netanyahu is the biggest cause of anti-semitism today. In this, he is in agreement with Simone Zimmerman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tar23KYwjLk