Several weeks ago, I was honored to host Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) at my church’s 45th annual Night to Honor Israel in San Antonio. In typical fashion, the senator spoke passionately and from the heart. Little did I know that his clarion call from the stage to combat the scourge of antisemitism on the fringe right would ruffle so many feathers.

But we should not be surprised. The Bible reminds us that “what has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:19).

From the Pharaohs who “knew not Joseph” to Haman, Hitler, and Hamas, and from…