Global anti-Semitism is not merely resurging. It is exploding.
“Global anti-Semitism has been on the rise since Oct. 7, and it’s raging across Europe,” the 700 Club reported, documenting violent attacks, riots and a flood of online hate stretching from Italy to England to Australia.
But what is unfolding across the world is not simply political unrest or social tension. It is a spiritual war that began in Genesis and will culminate in Revelation.
Near Florence, Italy, faith leaders, activists and academics gathered to confront what one speaker described plainly: “We are in the time of a strong anti-Semitism.”
Europe, they argued, is facing something far deeper than policy failure. It is experiencing spiritual collapse.
“Europe it’s in a huge spiritual and idealistic crisis because politics because of wrong teaching because young rebels,” one leader warned.
Another voice placed responsibility squarely on a compromised church.
“Where are our churches? Where are the young people in the churches? What do they believe?” asked Dr. Jonathan K., an international law specialist from Switzerland. “It’s normal that a strong identity like Islam comes to substitute the lack of identity to this Europe that has totally lost the Judeo-Christian values, principle, history. And the Jews are fleeing from this place.”
That diagnosis aligns directly with Scripture. When societies abandon the covenant foundations God established, they create a vacuum. That vacuum never stays empty.
Genesis 3 reveals the origin of this conflict. After the fall, God declared enmity between the serpent and the woman, between his seed and her seed. From that moment forward, Satan has sought to destroy the line through which the Messiah would come. He has never stopped.
In Revelation 12, John describes “a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” A great red dragon stands ready to devour her child. The imagery is unmistakable. The woman represents Israel. The child is the Messiah. The dragon is Satan.
The war against the Jewish people is not new. It is ancient.
Gordon Robertson addressed this reality directly.
“It is time for us to wake up and realize that this is a spiritual battle. This isn’t in the natural at all.”
He continued, “There is no natural explanation for it. It just seems to be incredible that it seems to worldwide now.”
The rhetoric flooding campuses and streets today is not accidental. Robertson pointed to the spiritual source behind slogans and accusations.
“Every time you hear these things, ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ or that you hear someone accusing Israel of genocide or being a colonial power, all of those things, recognize what is behind it. You’re not fighting flesh and blood. You’re fighting a very powerful spiritual force.”
Scripture confirms this. Ephesians declares that believers wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers. Satan’s objective has always been clear. If he could eliminate Israel, he would attempt to invalidate the covenant promises of God Himself.
Robertson reminded viewers of the biblical foundation.
“When God wants to speak to the world, he usually calls somebody from the Jewish people to be a secretary to take it down. All of the prophets are Jewish. Jesus, Jewish; all the disciples Jewish; all the apostles Jewish.”
Then he quoted Jesus directly.
“Salvation is of the Jews.”
That statement is not symbolic. It is covenantal. God made promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that He has never revoked. Attempts to delegitimize Israel’s existence or deny its right to the land are not merely political disagreements. They are assaults on God’s declared purposes.
The pattern is visible across history. Empires have risen and fallen. Pharaoh, Haman, Rome, Nazi Germany and modern terror regimes have all attempted to destroy the Jewish people. Yet Israel remains.
As Robertson said, “The rabbis say in every generation a Haman arises who tries to wipe out the Jewish people.”
Why?
“There is an enemy of our souls.”
Christians today underestimate that enemy. As churches grow lukewarm and biblical literacy declines, cultures drift. When Judeo-Christian values erode, moral confusion follows. When moral confusion spreads, hatred festers.
The summit in Italy warned that governments have been too passive. “The politicians have not yet understood without a fight to suppress the causes of this problem,” one speaker said. Violent minorities dominate headlines while leaders hesitate to confront the ideological roots of the hatred.
Yet this is not merely a European issue. The hostility is global. Anti-Zionism has become fashionable. False accusations are repeated as truth. The narrative spreads quickly through social media and academia.
This is not coincidence. Revelation shows a dragon enraged because he knows his time is short. Genesis shows a serpent determined to corrupt what God declared good.
Satan is relentless.
But he is not victorious.
Robertson offered both warning and confidence.
“You’re not fighting flesh and blood. You’re fighting a very powerful spiritual force. But here’s the great news. We have a lot more power.”
The covenant God made with Israel stands. The Messiah has already come through the line Satan tried to destroy. The cross sealed the enemy’s ultimate defeat. Yet the war continues until its final conclusion.
Christians cannot afford spiritual apathy in this hour. The rise of anti-Semitism is not random history repeating itself. It is the ancient dragon raging once more against the woman and her offspring.
Scripture foretold it. History confirms it. The covenant guarantees how it ends.
And God does not lose.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
