No 10

(How to destroy Israel)

There is a formula in the Bible on how to destroy Israel. Several great nations have tried but not one has succeeded. The Babylonians, the Medo-Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Germans and lastly the Arab nations have all tried to destroy Israel but to no avail. In the centuries following the death of the Messiah, Jews were killed by the thousands, millions even and most of the time, it was in the name of Jesus Christ. The Jews were called “Christ killers”, so let’s not be surprised that they don’t necessarily love Christians. As we know, there are two “kinds” of Christians : the born-again kind and the non-born-again kind; the former love the Jews, the latter hate them. Let’s get back to the Biblical formula on how to destroy them; but first, let me tell you a little story that happened in the city of Philadelphia. A certain Christian speaker was coming to this city to hold a three-day conference on Israel. The title of the conference was “How to Destroy Israel” and the local newspapers had mentioned it on their pages. The chief rabbi of Philadelphia saw the notice and immediately called the church to complain about this anti-Semitic conference. The pastor hadn’t seen the newspaper and did not know what this visiting speaker was to talk about so he invited the Rabbi to attend. Sure enough, he arrived in the Christian church on the Thursday evening to hear what this speaker had to say; the atmosphere was so heavy, you could almost cut it with a knife. He sat down in front so as not to miss anything. After the traditional hymns and introductions, the visiting speaker began to talk about his subject : “How to Destroy Israel”. However, not very long into the lecture, the Rabbi soon realized that this visiting Christian speaker actually loved the Jewish people because he spoke on a passage of scripture that was very familiar to the rabbi; it was Jeremiah 31 : 35 – 37. It says and I paraphrase : “If the sun, the moon and the stars were to cease and if the heavens were to be measured, then Israel would cease to exist”. The rabbi went back to his synagogue with a smile on his face and a different opinion of Christians. The Jewish people are God’s people and they will never cease to exist.