The Bible urges us to forgive—totally. It is very surprising, therefore, to learn that there is no teaching of this kind of forgiveness in Judaism. After the Holocaust, there was a consensus that the Jewish people would never forget—ever. The idea of a Jew becoming a believer in Jesus as the Messiah and then praying with a Palestinian believer is unthinkable for the majority of Jews today. But that is happening—even in Israel. One wishes that this sort of thing would happen in Gentile Christian churches, where bitterness is often justified!
