Invoking legacy of the Holocaust, Texas senator warns that the West, including many American churches, is ignoring the surging antisemitism among young people.
By World Israel News Staff
American churches are “asleep” at the wheel when it comes to antisemitism, Texas Senator Ted Cruz claimed while addressing a pro-Israel event last week.
Last Thursday, Cruz spoke at an Israel Allies Foundation event in Washington DC, warning that while antisemitism is on the rise in the US – particularly among young people – American churches appear to be largely “asleep” on the issue.
The Republican lawmaker invoked the legacy of the Holocaust during his speech, calling the sharp rise in antisemitism globally since October 7th, 2023 an echo of the “same hatred” that led to the genocide of the 1930s and 1940s.
“We find ourselves facing echoes of the same hatred which fueled the Holocaust,” Cruz said. “The world’s response to the October 7th attacks made clear that the hatred of the Jewish people did not end in 1945. The hatred that fueled the Holocaust is still alive today and is not confined to geography.”
Cruz took aim at Christians promoting supersessionism, also known as “replacement theology,” which argues that the eternal biblical covenant between God and the Jewish people was nullified and replaced with the “new covenant” of Christianity.
“The poison is yielding results, especially among young people. The poison pouring into their ears is twisting their view of the world.”
“The Church is asleep, fueled by a heresy called replacement theology. If we lose this battle, we lose our nation.”
Far-right podcaster Tucker Carlson, who clashed with Cruz in an interview earlier this year, has in recent months openly promoted replacement theology, declaring that there is no longer a “chosen people” of the Bible, adding that Christians have now taken on that role.
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