Tag: Acts 7:57-59

The destruction of the Temple and the Roman conquest over the Jewish people was confusing to the new Gentile church.  They questioned why God would allow such horrible things to Israel, the people and the land He had chosen.  With their limited understanding of the Hebrew prophets, they reasoned God allowed it because the Jews had rejected Yeshua.  They tried to interpret Scripture by “the facts on the ground” instead of interpreting the facts on the ground by Scripture.  As a result, they incorrectly blamed the Jewish people for Yeshua’s death. *

The destruction of the Temple and the Roman conquest over the Jewish people was confusing to the new Gentile church.  They questioned why God would allow such horrible things to Israel, the people and the land He had chosen.  With their limited understanding of the Hebrew prophets, they reasoned God allowed it because the Jews had rejected Yeshua.  They tried to interpret Scripture by “the facts on the ground” instead of interpreting the facts on the ground by Scripture.  As a result, they incorrectly blamed the Jewish people for Yeshua’s death. *