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If God wanted a ‘flagship’ nation that was an example to the world he sure has got one now.

Not just a whaling wall of religious forgiveness, stricking chest’s, in the hope of jolting awakness.. but a land of no promises with a revelation that no matter what you belive in, there go I but for the grace of God.

Forgive us our Father for we have erred… is now burning example of vengeance. Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth not as God said, turn the other cheek.

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.” (John 18:36, NIV)  I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

Of course there are Bibilical quotations for ever situtation.

For the Christian, the Holy Land is birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth and the site of his ministry, for the Moslem, Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock marks the spot from which the Prophet Mohammed is said to have ascended to heaven. The Qur’an specifies that the Land of Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people, that God Himself gave that Land to them as heritage and ordered them to live therein.

For jews its the promised Land.   In Genesis, God promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan, so Canaan became known as The Promised Land. Modern Israel and Palestine encompass the majority of Canaan.

For the rest of us its any land of promised, any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.

In reality the promised land is a theological concept.

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There is no other example in all of recorded human history where a people were conquered, expelled from their country, exiled, dispersed and then, as a unique community suffered persecution, oppression and multiple attempts at genocide over a period of 2,000 years than Palistian.

On the other hand the list of massacres of Jews in Europe is virtually endless, but the birth of the State of Israel in 1948 did not, in any way, reduce antisemitism, which is on the rise.

Any society that has been influenced by Christianity, Islam, or European civilization will have antisemitism in it, even if there are no Jews living there.

The Islamic persecution of the Jews has its own unique history which is in full swing today.

Israil is now a spiritual cancer without a cure.

So tell me what exactly is Israel’s singularly unforgivable fault, because of which a permanent peace deal with it simply cannot be achieved. Fighting wars? Occupying territories? Having security and repressive apparatus? Granting citizenship on ethnic basis? Being set up by the British in early 1900s upon ruins of Ottoman Empire?

What exactly is a person called Jewish?

Judaism isn’t just a bunch of men in black suits and white shirts, it is a mystical religion that is about revealing the divine presence in this world. They spread throughout the world not by conquest and colonization, but by being conquered and scattered around, persecuted and exiled from one place to another.

Who wrote the Torah?  (Consists of the five books of the Hebrew Bible, its primary goal is to convince Jewish people that Yeshua (Jesus Christ) is their Messiah.)

We don’t know. The tradition claims it was Moses, but the Torah itself says otherwise.

The black boxes are called “tefillin.” are actually a set of 2, one worn on the head and a second worn on the non-dominant arm is always bearing God and religion in their minds, giving a sense of masculinity and gender roles, since they are only worn by men.

Why do Jews sway from side to side when reading Torah or praying, trembling.

There seems to be no single reason and I am left scratching my head.

The skull cap is called a yarmulke or a kippah.

It is worn as a sign of humility before God. Some say that wearing the kippah is a reminder that God is always above us, others that it helps to remind Jews that we are separate from the rest of the Nations.

God revealed his character in this declaration to Israel:

“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.”

How is any of that different from any other state in the region?

One of the things which always impressed me about traditional Jewish law (Halakhah) is the principle of pikauch nefesh, which states that if human life is in danger, an observant Jew is not merely allowed, but obliged to break any other of Jewish intricate laws that could stand in the way of saving it:

Now compare that to Hamas’ interpretation of Islam, or for that matter with any fascist’s interpretation of their national or religious idea; that unless you’re willing to kill yourself and as much as other people possible in heroic death for the Grand Idea, you’re a traitor to the cause and deserve nothing but death yourself.

So which of these two approaches do you think will be more likely to win wars, build states, maintain a society and endure in the long run?

The Jewish way has shown itself, time and again, able to survive even under the rule of a fascist death cult; while a fascist way cannot even survive on its own, because it will eat itself alive. Hence, the only thing left for it is to blame the Jews, who ruin everything by refusing to die!

Political Zionism, is seeing it as a an attempt to ‘force God’s hand’.

I supported Israel’s right to exist and defend herself, but not to expand by means of genocide and not to treat others whose homes were there unfairly.

(Since Israel is a Jewish state and governed by Jews, many people throughout the world feel increasing support for the Palestinian cause and concomitant opposition to Israeli policies/actions. These attitudes toward Israel may shift into, or be manipulated into, hatred of Jews (i.e., anti-semitism. Many Jews perceive anti-Israel activities as anti-semitic, though this is subject to some debate even within the Jewish community.)

So long as Judaism exists, (a religion out of time) the validity of Christianity and Islam is cast in doubt.

What it boils down to is their religious stance of “being the chosen people.”

When we wonder, “Did God choose Israel and not the other nations?”

For example Iran, which is notable for its anti Israel policies, does not limit the practice of judaism within the country.

Is there any soloution.  One State Two State.

The religious affiliation of the Israeli population as of 2022 was 73.6% Jewish, 18.1% Muslim, 1.9% Christian, and 1.6% Druze.

All prophecies are fulfilled in a Federation with a written constitution ( See previous posts)

“Let there be light” is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר‎ found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible.

So God created in darkness, hopefull it would turn out all right.

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