Reveals Truth

November 10

Has it ever occurred to you to wonder why the Jew has been so disdained through the ages? Of course, animosities occur in every area of the planet and it is evident that mankind has a tremendous inability to get along with those of our species who differ from the specific ‘branch of the family of man’ to which each is a member.

But the Jew has been the object of almost universal loathing and persecution. At one time or another he has been vilified by virtually every culture of which he has been a part. To name a few of the most horrific: the Inquisition of the Middle Ages in Europe, the pogroms of Russia, and the Holocaust conducted by the Germans during WW II.

How can it be that a race of people that has contributed so much toward the betterment of the lot of man has been so disparaged as its reward? Perhaps a significant aspect of the answer to that question comes in Paul’s letter to the Romans. In Chapter 9, verse 30, he expounds thusly: “What does all this mean? Those who are not Jews were not trying to make themselves right with God…”

Until an individual gives himself to Jesus and is made right by belief in Him, he is an enemy of God and of all He stands for. Therefore, he hates the chronicler of truth who points out his sin! The Jews, the keepers of God’s word, are seen by the unsaved as enemies who have the audacity to point out their sin! But, “…when men are made right with God by their faith,” they love the Jew who reveals truth to them.