Sermon on women in worship/fellowship hits intriguing snag in service wrap-up

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I recently heard a fair treatment of I Tim 2B--quietness and dress for women; not having authority over men, etc. There were sensible qualifications, especially pointing out that the passage was particularly about worship times, as opposed to general life. It was also quite interesting to hear that 'good works' were the 'dress code.'

The church has an after-sermon wrap up by a leader other than the one who spoke. These are often the person who preached the previous week, and usually useful. On this occasion, a woman (!) raised her hand and asked for prayer for the 4 Jewish girl hostages in Gaza. For that matter, we should pray for anyone in a hostage situation, and as I recall, the group had prayed for CA victims at the beginning of the service.

It did surprise me, though, that this one item would be especially prayed for, and it was. The teacher said we needed to remember 'they are God's people.' Apparently modern agnostic Israel's land claims are right up on the same level as evangelism. That same week there were some 1500 families waiting for their J6 member to be released. The NC people had waited months for help and had just heard that Fema help was to expire, and during difficult weather. And of course, millions in LA. But these were not prayed for especially.

Does anyone find this burning passion for the land of Israel in NT teaching? So that when some agnostic Jews go to a secular rock concert and get captured, the NT would say 'they are God's people' and need our prayer--for that reason?
What I mean is that it could be a case of a woman exercising authority in a misguided way that was never countered.

 

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The teacher said we needed to remember 'they are God's people.' Apparently modern agnostic Israel's land claims are right up on the same level as evangelism. That same week there were some 1500 families waiting for their J6 member to be released. The NC people had waited months for help and had just heard that Fema help was to expire, and during difficult weather. And of course, millions in LA. But these were not prayed for especially.

Does anyone find this burning passion for the land of Israel in NT teaching? So that when some agnostic Jews go to a secular rock concert and get captured, the NT would say 'they are God's people' and need our prayer--for that reason?
What I mean is that it could be a case of a woman exercising authority in a misguided way that was never countered.

As to exercising authority in a misguided way it is unclear from the post that she had authority. It should have been those in authority that countered what she said. Chances are, given all the dispensationalism in the modern church, the authority agreed with her. (I am not saying they should not have prayed for them, but the statement implying that all Jews are God's people, and even further implication, that only God's people should be prayed for.

In D'ism Israel becomes the central focus of the entire Bible and of redemption. Therefore, "whatever Israel does is good and we are all for it." And I am not saying they have done anything wrong. But Israel is concerned with their territory and position of a geo/political state---same as all nations---not God and certainly not Christ.