What We Know so Far About the Sydney Mass Shooting Against a Jewish Festival
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Category: PERSECUTION OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Summary:
A mass shooting occurred on December 14 at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, resulting in 15 victims and one of the two gunmen dead. The event, called “Chanukah by the Sea,” was organized by the Chabad mission in Bondi. Among those killed were a 10-year-old girl and Eli Schlanger, a British-born rabbi and head of the local Chabad mission. Twenty-nine people, including responding police officers, were hospitalized, some in critical condition, and the death toll may increase.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Matthew 24:9-10
""Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another.""
Commentary:
This attack struck during a public celebration of Jewish faith in Australia, far from the conflict zones many associate with such violence. It’s painful to witness children and community leaders targeted in a setting marked for joy and solidarity. People attending an event like this never expect terror—yet suddenly find themselves in the worst kind of uncertainty. The targeting of Jews globally fits a prophetic pattern, as Scripture describes hostility against God’s covenant people intensifying in various nations as history unfolds.
Prophetic Trend:
Anti-Jewish violence at public gatherings outside Israel reveals prophetic patterns of hostility against God’s people spreading to new regions.
Mysterion Prophetic Impact Rating: C - Measured What does this mean?
Source Excerpt:
The death toll from Australia’s second-worst mass shooting so far stands at 15 victims plus one of the two gunmen who opened fire on a crowd gathered for a celebration to mark the first day of Hanukkah on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Dec. 14. Some of the 29 people taken to hospital—including police officers responding to the scene—are in critical condition, and the toll may yet rise. Among those killed were a 10-year-old girl and a British-born rabbi, Eli Schlanger, who was the head of the Chabad mission in Bondi and one of the organisers of the “Chanukah by the Sea” event.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 12-14-2025 19:43