DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD LOVES THE JEWS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD LOVES THE JEWS

"For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, and consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.' " (Psalm 83:1-4)

The attack on the Jewish people is nothing new. It has been in effect for thousands of years. We remember the attempt by Haman to destroy the Jews in the Book of Esther. We are most familiar with the holocaust and Hitler's desire to get rid of the Jewish people. And in more recent times, the threats from Iran have been evident – to rid the world of the Jews and the nation of Israel.

I believe that this is the work of Satan who hates the people God has chosen to be His own special treasure, as the Bible says five times (Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2; I Chronicles 19:3; Psalm 135:4). He knows that the Messiah – his nemesis -- was predicted to come through the seed of Abraham, and He has done everything he could do to destroy that seed and that nation.

But none of these attempts throughout history have been or will be successful. God has a special purpose for the descendants of Abraham and He will not allow His people to be obliterated from the face of the earth. He has kept them for thousands of years and He will keep them in the future.

Anti-semitism is alive and well around the world. When we read of these threats to annihilate the Jewish nation, we can be sure that God will protect His people from genocide in order to fulfill His plan for the future.

We can trust God to be faithful to His word, but we can also pray for the nation of Israel. So, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6).

Love, Dad