| Will anti-Zionist, anti-Semites blame God for | | | | that every nation on earth will suffer when the |
| encouraging and enabling the Jewish "monopoly" | | | | nuclear bombs begin to drop? Yes. However, |
| on suffering? After all, aren't those who refuse to | | | | presently, other nations are expendable on |
| forget the horrors of the Holocaust and warn of | | | | account of Israel, if necessary. "For I am the |
| man's inhumanity to man, following a biblical | | | | LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: |
| precedent?Didn't the Hebrew God enshrine Israel's | | | | I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba |
| suffering by creating a holy day to | | | | for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, |
| commemorate their deliverance from Egyptian | | | | thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: |
| bondage? Didn't the God of the Hebrews sear | | | | therefore will I give men for thee (individuals), and |
| Israel's suffering into mankind's memory by | | | | people (nations) for thy life" (Isaiah 43:3-4). And, |
| instituting Passover, a religious festival God | | | | again, "For I am with thee, says the LORD, to |
| commands all nations to observe? Didn't the | | | | save thee: though I will make a full end of all |
| Egyptians enslave other peoples, as well? Yet who | | | | nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I |
| hears about them, except perhaps in a passing | | | | not make a full end of thee..." (Jeremiah |
| comment?Didn't the God of Israel dedicate a | | | | 30:11).Jesus, as an individual, and Israel nationally, |
| WHOLE BOOK to a Jewish tragedy that was | | | | and the Church spiritually, represent God's Son on |
| averted? Doesn't the Book of Esther warn | | | | earth. We are "the Suffering Servant" that the |
| anti-Semites to this day that "he that touches | | | | world isn't worthy of (Isaiah 53; Hebrews |
| you touches the apple of His eye?"(Zechariah 2:8). | | | | 11:35-38). We are the "Royal Priesthood" |
| Of what other nation has such been said? Weren't | | | | compared to other nations and people (Exodus |
| other peoples threatened throughout history and | | | | 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9).Does that mean that we're |
| yet the Bible doesn't make mention of them?And | | | | without sin, and that the other nations are more |
| is it some part of a "Jewish conspiracy" for the | | | | righteous or justified in persecuting us? No! God |
| whole world to mourn the murder of Jesus Christ | | | | warns against that dangerous delusion: "I was |
| by the Romans (yet the Italians aren't branded to | | | | wroth with my people, I have polluted mine |
| this day as "Christ-killers")? Didn't the Romans | | | | inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou |
| torture and crucify thousands of individuals? Are | | | | didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast |
| Christians the biggest cry-babies? Has Jesus' death | | | | thou very heavily laid thy yoke" (Isaiah 47:6), and |
| been exaggerated and milked for all it's worth by | | | | "All that found them that devoured them: and |
| Christians fixated with His suffering and | | | | their adversaries said, We offend not, because |
| self-sacrifice? I'm speaking foolishly (like those | | | | they have sinned against the LORD..." (Jeremiah |
| who think the Jews have exaggerated their | | | | 50:7), and "I am very sore displeased with the |
| misery) to make a point.It's not politically-correct, | | | | heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little |
| however, the plain truth is that not all lives are | | | | displeased, and they helped forward the affliction" |
| equal. Ancient Israel recognized that the life of the | | | | (Zechariah 1:15). I discuss this in my book, Beyond |
| king, the nation's leader, was far more important | | | | Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall, within the chapter |
| than that of his soldiers (1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel | | | | "Europe's Fate."Sometimes God utilizes our |
| 21:17).Some people and nations have a greater | | | | enemies to help bring us back to our spiritual |
| influence and impact upon history. It's not because | | | | senses, and then He judges those haughty |
| of Israel's inherent goodness or superiority (we've | | | | individuals and nations and reminds them that |
| been warned about believing that), but because of | | | | they're only mortal (Isaiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:35). |
| God's overall plan and purpose.At this time, in | | | | At other times, Israel suffered unjustly in Egypt, |
| God's plan of salvation, the lives of Jews and | | | | Judah faced extermination for refusing to |
| Israelites are incomparable to any other, even as | | | | assimilate (Esther 3:8) and the early Christians |
| true Christians (in whom God's Spirit dwells) are | | | | Aquila and Priscilla were wrongly persecuted for |
| greater and different than other humans who are | | | | simply being Jews and were required by law to |
| only ordinary (1 Corinthians 2:9-16). That's why it | | | | leave Rome (Acts 18:2).God exposes the twisted |
| is written, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the | | | | mindset of those anti-Semites who wrongly feel |
| death of His saints" (Psalms 116:15; Numbers | | | | that Israel and Judah have too much power and |
| 23:10). Isn't God concerned with the death of | | | | influence and control over their lives and nations, |
| everyone?The big difference between Jesus and | | | | and are threatening to revolt against their |
| Israel (physical & spiritual) versus other individuals | | | | "oppressors," yet will find themselves fighting a |
| and nations, is simply that we are GOD'S SON! | | | | loosing battle against God! (Psalms 2; Revelation |
| (Hosea 11:1; Amos 3:2). The Bible only mentions | | | | 17:14).Individuals and nations must come to know |
| other nations insomuch as they come in contact | | | | and recognize whom God has chosen (an Elect, |
| with Israel. The Bible is an ethnocentric book; it's | | | | not an elite) for His PURPOSE of ultimately saving |
| all about a FOCUS ON THE FAMILY on | | | | every individual and nation (Isaiah 49:22-23; |
| Jacob-Israel!God doesn't record the suffering of | | | | Revelation 3:9).So despite anti-Zionist, |
| others at this time, because as far as the plan of | | | | anti-Semites, the damnable heresies of |
| salvation goes, genocides in Africa or Asia are | | | | replacement theology and genealogy, personal and |
| inconsequential! And those innocent victims who | | | | national sins, "all Israel shall be saved: as it is |
| suffered and died during Hitler's War against the | | | | written, There shall come out of Zion the |
| Jews (first and foremost), were basically collateral | | | | Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from |
| damage! That's not how mankind would view it, | | | | Jacob" (Romans 11:26). Israel will prevail and |
| but it is how God sees things (Isaiah 55:8-9). I'm | | | | become God's light to all nations, blessing others |
| not attempting to minimize their loss, I'm just | | | | as they've been blessed!David Ben-Ariel is a |
| seeking to put things in a biblical perspective, | | | | Christian-Zionist writer in Ohio and author of |
| however unpopular.I'm not magnifying Israel's | | | | Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall. With a |
| suffering at the expense of others, I'm just | | | | focus on the Middle East and Jerusalem, his |
| emphasizing it as the Bible would. Even the coming | | | | analytical articles help others improve their |
| Great Tribulation is referred to as "the Time of | | | | understanding of that troubled region. Check out |
| Jacob's Trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7). Isn't God aware | | | | Beyond Babylon. |