For Zion’s Sake – Unexpected Advocates for Israel

Former Muslims who follow Jesus are among Israel’s fiercest—and most unexpected—advocates. Not because of politics, but because of prophecy.

We’ve lived behind the veil of Islamic ideology, breathed the air of antisemitism, and swallowed the poison of falsehood. But when the Spirit of Truth sets you free, you don’t just believe differently—you see differently.

 The Jewish Messiah, Yeshua, didn’t just save us. He realigned us with the ancient story—the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He brought us home to the God of Israel. And in that homecoming, our hearts began to beat in rhythm with His heart for His people.

I was born into the shadows—into a world where religion reigned, but love was absent. A world where darkness weighed heavy on the soul. But that very darkness made the light of the Jewish Messiah pierce deeper and shine brighter.

In that world, fear wore the mask of holiness, and hatred toward the Jewish people was planted in us like sacred duty. I grew up in a land where curses against Israel echoed in the streets and were whispered like prayers. But everything changed the day I encountered the Light—the Jewish Messiah.

When Muslims meet the real Jesus—not the Isa of Islam, a mere prophet in a long line of Jewish lineage, but Yeshua, the Son of the Living God—everything changes. The veil begins to tear—not just from our faces, but from our hearts. Truth breaks in like dawn, and with it comes the revelation: the people we were taught to despise are, in fact, God’s beloved. The scales fall. The lies unravel. And suddenly, the children of Ishmael see their estranged brothers—the children of Isaac—not as enemies, but as family.

We who once walked in darkness now burn with holy light.

Israel is not merely a place on a map—it’s a living testament to a covenant God has not forgotten.
As Romans 11 declares, “The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”

Our love for Israel is not political theater. It is a prophetic awakening.
It is the cry of hearts once filled with hatred, now overflowing with compassion.

It is redemption’s roar.

We come from the tents of Ishmael, and yet, by the blood of the Lamb, we’ve been grafted into the olive tree—which represents Israel, His chosen people. We are humbled and honored to be grafted into your family.

Our faith is rooted in yours.
The tree is nourished by your faith, your resilience, your covenant history with the Living God.

And in that grafting, we’ve discovered a mystery deeper than centuries of division: the unity that only the Jewish Messiah can bring—a unity not of culture or history, but of Spirit and Truth.

I have walked the streets of Israel—not as a tourist, but as a seeker, a sister, a daughter returning home. And what I found there was not an enemy.

I found a family.

I found faces that mirrored my own, hearts marked with both pain and resilience, and a people still clinging to a covenant. In their story, I saw the unfolding of my own redemption. We are not strangers; we are united by the love of God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

As Queen Esther rose in a foreign land to intercede for her people, we too rise—as modern-day Esthers. And like her, we proclaim with unwavering faith:
“If I perish, I perish.”

Many of us are hated and rejected—by our families, by our communities, even by our governments. We carry scars of exile and silence.
But we are not broken. We are alive.
We are burning with love—for the lost and longing hearts of the Middle East.

We were not saved to play it safe; we were saved to stand.

As Joseph stood in Egypt, betrayed yet unbroken, he declared to his brothers: “You sold me, but God sent me.”
We echo that truth—what man meant for evil, God has turned for redemption.

As Moses stood before Pharaoh and cried, “Let my people go,”
we too stand in the face of hatred, fear, and spiritual bondage, proclaiming:
Let truth go forth. Let the people of God be free. Let love triumph over lies.

And as Gideon—timid, unsure, and hiding in fear—heard the voice of the Lord call him to rise and deliver Israel from the Midianites, the very descendants of Arabia, he was told:

“Go in the strength you have. Am I not sending you?”

I too have heard this call.
Not because I feel mighty on my own, but because the Spirit has chosen me to rise in obedience.
Like Gideon, I answer—not with might alone, but with truth in my mouth and fire in my bones.

We, the once-veiled, now rise with unveiled faces—mirrors of mercy and messengers of truth, burning with the fire of reconciliation.
We are not afraid to face death, for we have already died with Christ.
As Paul said, “To live is Christ, and to die is gain.”- Philippians 1:21

What radical Islamists did to the Islamic world backfired. In the name of religion, they unveiled its emptiness. Their violence opened our eyes to the truth, forcing many of us to reject Islam and begin searching for God elsewhere.

And guess what? That search led us to the Jewish Messiah.

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”— Jeremiah 29:13

We weren’t searching for a religion. We were searching for truth. And we found a Person—the Jewish Messiah, full of grace and truth.

In that encounter, we realized something else: the Jewish people are our long-lost family—separated from us because of a lie.
Talk about the power of a lie.

Arabs and Jews were never meant to be enemies—we are family. We are sons and daughters of Abraham, woven from the same promise. But the toxic teachings of radical Islam built a wall of hatred between us—a wall rooted in deception, fear, and centuries of division.

Yet the unity of Arabs and Jews is not only possible—it is powerful. And the enemy of our souls fears it more than anything. Because especially when Arab followers of the Messiah and Messianic Jews come together—united in love, in truth, and through the power of the blood of Yeshua—a spiritual family is restored. Heaven rejoices, and prophecy begins to unfold.

And when that restoration takes place, we step into prophetic alignment.

That’s when the Messiah come back.

“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her righteousness shines out brightly,
and her salvation as a blazing torch.
² Nations will see your righteousness,
    and all kings your glory.”- Isaiah 62:1-2.