Avi Mizrachi, a Messianic believer and founding pastor of Adonai Roi Congregation in Tel Aviv, finds it difficult to commemorate the Oct. 7 second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.
“It’s a sad day, because we remember that so many people have been killed, so many people have been slaughtered,” Mizrachi said. “People are crying.
“Every Israeli, believer or not believer, we want the war to end. We are tired. For two years, we are tired.”
When Mizrachi spoke with Baptist Press Oct. 3, he planned to gather with other Messianic Jews and Christian Arabs in a solemn assembly in Tel Aviv Oct. 14, the eighth day of Sukkot, praying for Israel’s salvation and the release of the remaining 48 hostages, only 20 of whom are believed to be alive.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Diana Chandler and originally published by Baptist Press.
