February 5
The Jews are God’s chosen people. Sometimes it must seem to them that they were pre-ordained for sorrow and persecution. Indeed, much of history is filled with the result of hatred directed against the Jews. What culminated in the Holocaust of the Twentieth Century was preceded by much recorded vitriol.
Today, there is a resurgence of animosity against the people who were trusted by God to be the chroniclers of His truth, against the ones through whom His Deliverer was promised. It is embodied in the hatred of their moslem cousins. The conflict between the two sons of Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac, seems to have peaked in our generation.
Governments that once supported the right of Jews to occupy their ancient homeland of Palestine have withdrawn that support and instead affirm the claim of those who call themselves Palestinians to more and ever more territory from the small parcel of land that was allotted to the Jews.
But though the world may turn its back on the Jewish people, God will not. Nor will He turn Himself away from their persecutors! It is His desire that ALL come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ! Ephesians 10:12, 13 says, “There is no difference between Jew and Gentile…the Lord blesses and saves all who call upon the name of Jesus.”
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