DAVID BARON
“… Expository addresses
by David Baron were given as long ago as 1888; they are as relevant and
significant today as then.
“Mr. Baron was a Jew, well versed in Hebrew customs and
literature. After his conversion to
Jesus Christ as Saviour and Messiah he enjoyed a remarkable insight into the
Scriptures and under the unction of the [Holy]
Spirit exercised an effective ministry both as a Missionary to his own people
and as a Bible teacher.
“Although he only lived to see a trickle of Jewish immigrants
return to their land, we have seen the establishing of the State of Israel with
a population of over three million.
Nevertheless the majority of Jews (estimates put the figure around ten
million) are still scattered among the nations; many still suffering privation
and hardship. After several wars with
her Arab neighbours, the future of
“Speaking and writing at the end of the 19th
century, Mr. Baron foresaw from Scripture a
partial return in unbelief as has taken place. He speaks with deep feeling of the trials
that still lie ahead and glowing enthusiasm of
“He concludes with a reasoned appeal that the Gospel be taken to the Jews now, that a
remnant might be saved, the token of those multitudes who will own the Lord
Jesus at His second coming.
“So from Scripture, he diagnoses the Jewish Problem, and
presents the only solution, not man’s,
but God’s.”
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