Sanctuary Church Open Report from Hong Kong 2023-11-01
Alan Kwan

Hey, that's not a "summary", that's a mutilation
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With appreciation and applause, I watched on Rumble our latest Sunday service "Israel's Choice", which rebuked Christian Zionism and debunked the "antisemitism" taboo. [1]

So I posted the link to the video in our Chinese SC group on Signal, with the comment "Oh my God! Hyung Jin claims to be antisemite alongside Jesus, Paul, and Peter!", with the joking (sarcastic) intent of ridiculing (my bad) my brothers and sisters on their stubborn pro-Zionist position.  Well, they misinterpreted it to mean that I was accusing Hyung Jin of antisemitism, the greatest sin among all sins, and criticized me for making that /false/ accusation by quoting Richard Panzer's "official summary" of the sermon, which made no mentioning about Zionism or antisemitism.  Indeed all the hour-long content criticizing the Jews and rebuking Zionism has been condensed into one sentence:

"He then discussed a series of passages where Jesus and the early Christians expressed their frustration and anger at the Jewish leaders for their hard-heartedness and rejection of the Gospel." [2]

This could not be considered a "summary" of the actual sermon by a long stretch.  It should be considered, at best, a completely inaccurate and unacceptable misrepresentation of the message.  Panzer also attached several passasges (including an old 1976 church statement to the Jewish community) which seems to support Zionist Israel, as though he was trying to defend his views and standpoint *against* the Sunday sermon ...

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[1] https://rumble.com/v3sfqq7-sanctuary-church-sunday-service-10292023.html

[2] https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Israel-s-Choice--Our-Choice.html?soid=1120290311602&aid=RESSM9NCKYc