One Year Later, Israel Is Still in Agony

One full year after October 7, the nation of Israel is still traumatized and many of its people are still in great pain. One full year later, there are still scores of hostages languishing in Gaza, if not dead, and their families remain in daily agony. One full year later, the war with Hamas continues, but now there is also war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as possible war with Iran itself. One full year later, rather than sympathy for Israel growing it is hatred for Israel that is growing.

How can one comprehend that a people, the Jewish people after a horrendous attack brought upon them are actually blamed for carrying out a “Genocide” on Islamic and Arabic peoples when in reality the opposite is true?

The Arab-Israeli conflict, (not called the currently popular and inaccurate term) Palestinian-Israeli conflict is only the result of the PLO/HAMAS/Islamic Jihad, Hizbollah, Nukba and a myriad of other terrorist organizations coupled with pure educative propaganda in their education system which the Palestinian people have tied into, completely.

Is there a real word in Arabic for “compromise”? If there is, these people (if you can call them that) have always chosen violence, mayhem, rape, murder, mutilation and warfare over every other alternative.

Since 1917, they have ALWAYS rejected Peace. The violence of course starts in their own communities and towns. WHEN ARABS MURDER ARABS, THIS IS CALLED PEACE, EXAMPLE, SYRIA. WHEN ARABS MURDER ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS RESPOND, THIS IS CALLED MIDDLE EASTERN WAR.

If you go watch the Rabbi’s videos about Isaiah 53 you will see that it is the Jewish people who is the Suffering Servant.

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How do I know this?

Deuteronomy 4:2
לֹ֣א תֹסִ֗פוּ עַל־הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תִגְרְע֖וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ לִשְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־מִצְו‍ֹת֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָֽנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶֽם:

which translates as...

“Do not add to the word which I command you, nor diminish from it, to observe the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.”

Firstly, Tom -- if you go literally by Deut 4:2 in excerpt that would make you a Torah ONLY Jew - rejecting the Nevi'im (the prophets), and the Ketuvim (the writings).

Secondly, while the Suffering Servant passage is commonly associated with Isaiah 53, it begins at the end of Isaiah 52. It’s also the fourth time Isaiah speaks of a servant (see Isaiah 42, 49, and 50). This passage is part of a larger whole.

“See, my servant will act wisely;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
Just as there were many who were appalled at him—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
so he will sprinkle many nations,
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.
Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.” —Isaiah 52:13-53:12

You may have noticed that some of the descriptions of the suffering servant could apply to a leper, such as “his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness” (Isaiah 52:14) and “he was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain” (Isaiah 53:3).

But other descriptions seem to clearly portray a messiah figure, and they become problematic if we apply them to anyone besides Jesus.

God alone has the authority—and ability—to forgive sins. In fact, that’s one of the reasons the Pharisees and religious leaders had such a problem with Jesus: he claimed he had the authority to forgive sins (Matthew 9:1-8).

While the Suffering Servant doesn’t give us a picture of someone forgiving sins themself, it does tell us that the servant:

Suffered in our place (Isaiah 53:4)
Bore the punishment for our sins and even the sin itself (Isaiah 53:5, 11, 12)
Interceded on our behalf (Isaiah 53:12)

With the Suffering Servant, Isaiah paints a picture of a coming time when God will pour out the punishment for our sin on one individual—one who has been rejected by the world (Isaiah 53:3), and through whom people have been healed (Isaiah 53:5).

I'm sorry, but the Suffering servant is an individual, not the entire Rabbinical Jewish people

The Nevi’im and the Khetuvim are commentaries on the Torah and not the Torah itself or a replacement of any kind for it.

In regards to who is the servant of God...

Take a look at Isaiah 41:8 which says,

But you, Israel My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, who loved Me,

Take a look at Isaiah 43:10 which says,

“You are My witnesses,” says the Lord, “and My servant whom I chose,” in order that you know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me no god was formed and after Me none shall be. (notice the word ‘witnesses’ and not ‘witness’)
(It’s also interesting to note that God makes it clear He is not physical in any way, shape, or form and will never be so.)

Take a look at Isaiah 44:1-2 which says,

And now, hearken, Jacob My servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.

So said the Lord your Maker, and He Who formed you from the womb shall aid you. Fear not, My servant Jacob, and Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

Take a look at Isaiah 44:21 which says,

“Remember these, O Jacob; and Israel, for you are My servant; I formed you that you be a servant to Me, Israel, do not forget Me.”

Take a look at Isaiah 45:4 which says,

For the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen one, and I called to you by your name; I surnamed you, yet you have not known Me.

Take a look at Isaiah 48:20 which says,

Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare, tell this, publicize it to the end of the earth; say, “The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”

Take a look Isaiah 49:1-3 that says,

Hearken, you islands, to me, and listen closely, you nations, from afar; the Lord called me from the womb, from the innards of my mother He mentioned my name.

And He made my mouth like a sharp sword, He concealed me in the shadow of His hand; and He made me into a polished arrow, He hid me in His quiver.

And He said to me, “You are My servant, Israel, about whom I will boast.”

Take a look at Isaiah 49:6 which says,

And He said, “It is too light for you to be My servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the besieged of Israel, but I will make you a light of nations, so that My salvation shall be until the end of the earth.”
(Who is supposed to be a light to the nations? It’s certainly not Jesus!)

God makes it very, very clear it is not an individual, but Israel (aka The Jews) who are His servant. This isn’t coming from the rabbis’ opinions, but of God Himself!

The Suffering Servant is Israel. When you look at Jewish history you will see for the past 2000 years a group of people who have suffered immensely at the descendants of Esau (ancient Rome and later Christians) as well as the Muslims.

How many times does God have specify who exactly his servant is before you and all the other Christians in the world accept the fact of who it is, too?

At some point this will happen. How do I know? Zecharyah 8:23 says so!

So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”

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