Jews, Christians Agree: 'The Bible is Our Core Identity'

Jewish and Christian leaders recently gathered at Israel's parliament, the Knesset, to talk about the Bible. The discussion centered on how Scripture says the law of the Lord will come out of Jerusalem.

The religious leaders focused on a key verse from the Hebrew Scriptures.

Micah, chapter 4, verse 2 says, "For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."

Rabbi Yehuda Glick of the Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, explained, "And to understand that the word (of the) Torah and the word of HaShem (the Lord) does not belong to the Jewish people. It's the word of HaShem to all nations. And we heard different implementations, different impacts of the word, these words to different people from different countries and how they connect and how the light of HaShem goes out from Jerusalem."

The meeting represented the 7th Knesset Bible study, an idea birthed between Rabbi Glick and Dr. Jim Garlow and his wife Rosemary, founders of Well Versed Ministries.

"I have felt in our first one, I came out of that first one feeling the way—best way I can say it—there was a smile on the face of God," Dr. Garlow said. "There was something extraordinary about each one of them we've had here. It was so meaningful to be at this location in this city talking about the very passage that Yehuda Glick assigned to us today."

Two Knesset members from both the Netanyahu coalition and the opposition came to address the scripture.

Ohad Tal, from the Religious Zionist Party said, "The Bible is the core of the base and the core of our identity and of all Western civilizations. Therefore, we all need to strengthen and to deepen our relation, connection and knowledge of the Bible."

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