Well done!
Zechariah 12:9
At that time I will destroy every nation that tries to attack Jerusalem. ... Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, ...
The LORD Destroys Israel’s Enemies - This is a prophecy. It is the LORD’s message ..
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It is unwise to connect these sorts of topics (anti-Semitism, the secular state of Israel) with Biblical notions of the chosen people. The chosen people are the Christians. The scripture is quite clear:
(1) Jesus, whose family fled to Egypt, who fasted 40 days in the wilderness, is spiritual Israel. He mirrored the biography of the Jewish people but prevailed where they did not.
(2) Paul calls Jesus the true seed of promise.
(3) Paul calls Christians the children of Abraham through faith in Christ.
This is accomplished by being joined to Christ, true Israel and the seed of promise. Christ is the head of the Church and believers are the members of His body. But all those who disbelieve, whether Jew or Gentile, is condemned, reprobate, lost in unbelief. No Rabbi who has died an unbeliever is in heaven, and if that is the case, he is not the seed, which is imperishabke and held tight in God’s bosom.
The Torah is the link between Heaven and A Jew is one who transmits the Torah INTACT through Time.
You are such a clown.
Sorry, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
G-D is not capricious. G-D is steadfast, and His word is True, and Forever.
Once I encountered an atheist who smugly, dismissively, challenged me to show him a single proof of the existence of G-D. Just one. “The Jewish People,” I answered, “their mere existence, let alone their repeated prosperity, time and again, under the worst of circumstances, is proof to satisfy the greatest skeptic.” He was of the educated class, so he snarled, soundlessly, and looked at me with the eyes of the Devil himself, his jaw so tightly clenched that I thought his teeth would shatter. A low rumble came out of his throat, and he abruptly turned from me and walked away.
I do not know how it is possible to know of the history of the Jewish people, and be, or remain, an atheist.
What you have said is true up to the point of Christianity, which, as a Jew, despite the fact that I have more than passing knowledge of it, have no visceral, or intellectual acceptance of it beyond the account of a righteous Jewish Rabbi, exhorting the Jewish people to return to the Law. I sincerely hope that does not offend the many good hearted Christian people here, but I can do nothing else. I am a Jew, who by the example of my unswerving obedience to the Law that the G-d of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, My G-D, gave to Me, on Mt. Sinai, has been Chosen to be a light unto the Nations to Illuminate His Law for all the Nations to see, and observe, and be blessed by.
Jews are erroneously described as being very exclusive, and clannish, yet our only function is to follow G-D’s Law, thereby prosper and have Peace, and show the world what good comes of following G-D’s Law. So far, the only people that have accepted and absorbed G-D’s 10 Commandments, other than the Jews, are the Christians. That’s not a bad start. Of course there’s more to the cannon of the Law than Just the 10 Commandments and therein lies the rub, but in essence, it’s a good start.
And clearly it is stated by the G-D of Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and Me, that He will Bless those who Bless Israel, and Curse those who Curse Israel, and it has always been so, and will always be so, until all the families of the Earth have been blessed by Israel.
I wish I could express how wonderful it is to be a Jew, how much it fills the heart and soul to follow G-D’s Law. To rise every morning and recite almost immediately, “I hereby take it upon myself to fulfill the Commandment to Love my Fellow as Myself.” It’s wonderful. Again, I hope I’ve not offended anyone by giving this slight insight into what it is like to be a Jew. I ain’t talkin’ about a liberal G-Dless, JINO here, but a Law abiding Jew.
To quote Jerry Lee Lewis:”I’m really nervous, but it sure is fun!”
G-D Bless You All.
For some reason I was thinking about the song “ The Neighborhood Bully “ a Bob Dylan song about Israel.
Take comfort, the USA Embassy has been moved to Jerusalem as of this year.
Thank you for encapsulating biblical history into an easy to read version. Don’t usually read stuff like this because it gets too complicated and difficult to read but did enjoy this. Thumbs up!