Posted on 10/28/2011 6:16:09 PM PDT by Ari Bussel
What to Do? What to Do? By Norma Zager
“After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now?” Ernst Toller
Sadly, history repeats itself. Even more tragic, mistakes of the past are repeated with very little hesitation or interference from what should be an intelligent life form. We should know better.
If the human race is racing anywhere, it is backwards at warp speed. In an effort to lighten the mood of this Postcard, and I can’t imagine even the great Mel Brooks or Carl Reiner could achieve that considering the subject matter, I will add a joke.
Two Jews walked into a bar. Oops. Forget it. Couldn’t happen. Not because Jewish people don’t drink, but because two Jews could never agree on which bar to enter.
An average day of news watching or reading stories features the rise of anti-Semitism, demands by Muslim students to remove Christian religious symbols in one’s own church, acceptance of Shariah law, shouts of “blame the Jews and drive them out of America” and “Israel is an apartheid state that performs egregious acts against innocent Palestinians.”
Whoa, one’s head almost spins with the insanity and evil of it all. The fact that crazy, horrible people exist is no great revelation, the fact that no normal voices rise to shout them down, extremely troubling.
Seeking to rid my psyche of anti-German sentiment throughout my life, I have often tried to convince myself that all Germans did not agree with Hitler. They were swept up in the blanket of evil that engulfed the country.
A generous notion to be sure and one that enables forgiveness and the will to move on.
In recent years I have accepted the new reality that is Germany. Even applauded its sensible and logical demeanor as a country in a Europe weighted down with an oppressive Muslim presence.
Watching today as the insane in the streets of America espouse their hateful “blame-the-Jews” rhetoric, I am not as surprised by their hatred, as by the fact no one is speaking out against this evil.
The President of the United States refuses to refute their hate speak. As the leader of the greatest nation on earth, he should shout loud and clear that hatred will not fester on his watch. Yet, through his silence and support, he enables the divisive and dangerous behavior. One must wonder if he sees his job description as the great enabler of hatred.
Friends I speak with are waking up to this new reality. One that is frightening and impossible to process.
I, and many others, have long been aware of the rise of anti-Semitism. The murders of innocent Jewish people in Europe and all around the globe, and the anti-Jewish ravings in the world, especially the United Nations, evil’s greatest purveyor on the planet.
Now it is too late to fight the rising tide.
The spread of Jewish hatred has made it impossible to find a safe harbor.
Where shall the Jews run? To Israel? Or back to Germany?
Are we safe anywhere when the bombs of the world are pointed in our direction? Waiting patiently to explode and conquer once and for all the dangerous and troublesome Jews? There are 14 million Jewish people in the world, half in Israel. Are our enemies waiting until we are all driven there to finish their evil agenda?
Where shall our children go?
Where will they be safe from the evil that is now infesting itself into our midst?
The world is now drinking Kool Aid laced with the flavor of anti-Semitic apple.
Man has devolved and will continue to do so?
Who is powerful enough to stop the hatred?
Who is smart enough to convince the Jews to stop self-destructing?
Who is caring enough to prevent another Holocaust?
Sadly, I cannot answer these questions, yet I seek with all my strength someone who can. If there is an answer, can it be found in time to save the Jewish people?
The greatest tragedy for our children is that while our enemies danced, the Jewish people played the music. While they gathered their armies, the Jewish people gave them gold to buy weapons. While they threatened to destroy us, the Jewish people joined in the chorus chanting for blood.
Where is the hope for a people that contribute so greatly to its own demise?
The anti-Semitism in Europe is quite expected. The Catholic Church has espoused this hatred for centuries and of course Europe is all too willing to awaken that hateful effort at a moment’s notice.
Soon the Catholic Church will disavow their handiwork, but the groundwork and seeds of hate were planted eons ago.
The Catholic Church and the United Nations are brothers in arms. Each aiding the other in their ultimate goal: to create a Jew-free world.
Of course whom will they blame for the ills of mankind when the Jews are gone? Sadly, many will not be around to know the answer. The Final Solution seems to be on the rise again.
Hate is the new “in” thing with governments and humankind.
There is a story in the Torah about mitzvahs. Each time a good deed is done a little light goes out and falls on the earth. There it sits until the moment the Messiah comes. At that time God will turn off all the lights on earth and only the goodness will shine.
If there is more light than darkness, man will be saved. If not…
I am afraid evil has far exceeded the light and good people have a world of catching up now.
It is up to the sane of planet earth to make goodness their goal. To stop the hatred, stop allowing tyrants to starve and murder children, and accept kindness and love into their hearts. To evolve at last into humankind’s highest form, not to sink to its lowest level once again. Otherwise, it won’t be long until the lights are turned off for good.
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The series “Postcards from America—Postcards from Israel” by Ari Bussel and Norma Zager is a compilation of articles capturing the essence of life in America and Israel during the first two decades of the 21st Century.
The writers invite readers to view and experience an Israel and her politics through their eyes, Israel visitors rarely discover and Israelis often ignore.
This point—and often—counter-point presentation is sprinkled with humor and sadness and attempts to tackle serious and relevant issues of the day. The series began in 2008, appears both in print in the USA and on numerous websites and is followed regularly by readership from around the world.
Zager and Bussel can be heard on live radio in conversation on the program “Conversations Eye to Eye between Norma and Ari.”
© “Postcards from America — Postcards from Israel,” October, 2011 Contact: bussel@me.com
First Published October 28, 2011
Soon the Catholic Church will disavow their handiwork, but the groundwork and seeds of hate were planted eons ago.
The Catholic Church and the United Nations are brothers in arms. Each aiding the other in their ultimate goal: to create a Jew-free world.
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If the human race is racing anywhere, it is backwards at warp speed.
It certainly is.
Scripture warns us: “In the last days....even the elect will be deceived....”
I wonder how the Jews who voted for 0bama read that passage?
Sadly, I cannot answer these questions, yet I seek with all my strength someone who can. If there is an answer, can it be found in time to save the Jewish people?
God's Word has the answers for God's People, Israel. It reveals Israel's Friend.
The Bible characterizes the Jews as "the lost sheep of Israel." The Jews have for so long tried to find a friend somewhere in the world. I believe the Jews will soon discover they have only one Friend, but He's all they need and, yes, He's able to heal them of their self-hatred. He also has all the answers because He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is Jesus Christ, God's Son, their Messiah whom they didn't recognize but soon will.
One of many Biblical promises to Israel, soon to be fulfilled:
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. Romans 11:26-27; Isaiah 59:20-21.
Seems to me you have your own issues with hate. But you did attract some new allies with that inflammatory statement. Congratulations.
‘Scripture warns us: “In the last days....even the elect will be deceived....”
I wonder how the Jews who voted for 0bama read that passage?’=========
false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible” (Matthew 24:24).
You left out the-IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE-, part...
Scripture warns us: “In the last days....even the elect will be deceived....” I wonder how the Jews who voted for 0bama read that passage?
Two fatal errors in those two statements.
1) Your false quote is a corruption of Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 something you would not have done if you actually read the passages or if you understood the doctrine of Election. Matthew 24:24 reads: "and false prophets will rise and show signs and great wonders to deceive, if possible the Elect."
The Elect cannot be deceived because the Paraclete is the one who teaches the Elect (1 Cor 2:14). In Jn 6:39 our LORD says that all that the Father has given Him (the Elect) "I shall lose none of them, but will raise them up at the last day.". (see also John 10:28-29) What is the point of deception unless it results in estrangement from God? Are you willing to accept the idea that Satan is more powerful than God, so much so that our LORD is made a liar?
In 2 Peter 2:1-3, the apostle wrote that there were already false prophets among the people and up to this very day. The whole chapter is about the false teachers that occupy many of the pulpits today and for the last two thousand years.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Paul tells us the scope of the deception "among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved". So here the Apostle confirms that the Elect will not be deceived. Peter in 2 Peter 3:17 says that we have been told this "beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastsness, being led away with the error of the wicked" which is consistent with Galatians 2 in that preservation of the Gospel is the ticket to keeping the faith.
[Insert sermon regarding the vast majority of Big Box American Religion pulpits being staffed by reprobated false prophets]
2) The second flaw, is not doctrinal, nor is it simply a matter of not knowing what you are talking about, but is much more fundamental than that. The Jews hated Jesus Christ so much that they crucified Him. To this day Jews still hate Jesus Christ and do not believe that the NT is about God but rather an imposter and fraud. Therefore, the Gospels, to the Jew, are rubbish and not worth commenting on beyond heckling and trying to find contradictions to shake you from your faith.
After a moment's thought, I remembered that an observant Jew actually did comment, in a roundabout way concerning the deceivers...
3) Extra added bonus (but not necessarily fatal) flaw in your statement. It has already been fulfilled. Flavius Josephus, well known and respected historian writes in Antiquities of the Jews, book 20, chapter 8, section 6 "... now these imposters and deceivers persuaded the multitude to follow them into the wilderness and pretended that they would exhibit manifest wonders and signs, that should be performed by the providence of God..."
I hope you sleep better now knowing the truth and need not be anxious over a lie.
Peter's polemic against these false prophets in 2 Pet. 2 is some of the harshest invective in the NT. He says their tactic is sensuality and their motive is greed.
maybe he can do the same for electricity in December.
So you both reject the idea that “the elect” (does this include yourselves?) can be deceived? Good luck with that. Thanks for your opinions.
So you both reject the idea that “the elect” (does this include yourselves?) can be deceived?
Depends on whose definition of deceived. If, since you have a penchant for eisegesis, you mean your definition of deceived, then I don't know because you haven't bothered to define it for us. If you mean deceived in the 'πλαναω' way as a technical term and doctrine in Scripture - the elect, "no".
Granted, there are numerous exhortations and warnings regarding deception (1 Co 6:9; 15:33; Jas 1:16) Yet Paul writes to Titus (3:3-7) "For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures..." until our LORD saved us and the Spirit "poured out on us abundantly".
Combine this with Col 1:21 which reads "And you were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now he has reconciled you." The idea being that the natural man is deceived, the reconciled man has the knowledge of the Truth. If you don't have the KotT, then you aren't saved. 1 Cor 2:14 puts the burden of you receiving the Truth on the Paraclete.
What you would have to claim, is that the Paraclete is a failure if the Elect were to stray away from the faith. I'm not going to walk that path of blasphemy with you.
Boca Raton and Great Neck.
America is the most welcoming and open society to Jewish people in the history of the world, and to even suggest otherwise s obscene.
WOW! Now you’re accusing me of blasphemy. You Pharisees can really beat up on us plain old christians.
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