Persecution of the Jews Syndrome

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God declared that it is a blessing to be a member of the Jewish race. He looked down from heaven and decided to make the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob His chosen people. To see evidence of this blessing all you need to do is open a phone book and find all the lawyers, doctors and bankers with Jewish names.

 

Although Jews make up only 0.2 percent of the world's population, they win an astonishing 22 percent of the Nobel Prizes. Jews constitute 11 percent of the global billionaires list, and their total wealth reaches to $812 billion.

 

There is no genetic explanation for why Jews stand out. Science has shown that despite being identified with certain mutations such as Tay-Sachs, Jews do not constitute a distinct genetic group; there is no "Jew" gene. The Jewish race is simply a group of people who share the same family tree.

 

There is a very high price that comes with being God's chosen people. From those who are given much, much is required (Luke 12:48). Or as God said through one prophet, "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins" (Amos 3:2).

 

Moses warned the Israelites that their disobedience would result in them being driven out of their land and that they would suffer tremendous persecution:

 

"The Lord will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve gods made of wood and stone, gods that neither you nor your ancestors have ever worshiped before. You will find no peace anywhere, no place to call your own; the Lord will overwhelm you with anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.

 

Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror, and you will live in constant fear of death. Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening; every evening you will wish for morning" (Deuteronomy chapter 28: 64-67).

 

The special relationship God has with the Jews naturally makes the devil their natural adversary. Satan knows that the destruction of Israel is the only way for him to delay his own judgment. His simple strategy has been to stir up hatred against Israel.

 

Problems have been handled so well in Israel that it's hard to understand why there would be any reason to criticize the Israeli government. After suffering an endless series of terror attacks from the Palestinians, Israel finally wised-up and constructed a wall to protect herself from these savages. There has been some violence by the followers of Islam, but overall, this has been the most stabile time in the Jewish state's history.

 

The enemies of Israel are not happy to see Israel so confident and strong, so they have decided that the status quo is unacceptable. They see the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights, not as the natural outcome of a conflict that took place nearly 50 years ago-instead, they see these areas as an "occupied territory."

 

It's pure delusion to think the Palestinians are ready to fully manage their own affairs. The West Bank is a cesspool of corruption and brutality that is only maintained by handouts from donor nations. The last presidential elections for the "Palestinians" were held in 2005 when Mahmoud Abbas won a four year term. There wasn't an election in 2009 because Abbas didn't see the need for one. Abbas is a dictator who steals from his own people; giving him a hefty net worth of $100 million.

 

A poll taken by the Arab World for Research and Development published on Nov. 5, 2015, showed that 83 percent of Palestinians support holding legislative and presidential elections. Around 65 percent of the Palestinians want Abbas removed from post. The lack of democracy by the Palestinian government has been ignored by the West.

 

This anti-Israel madness has even made its way into the Democratic Party's platform drafting committee. Three members of that body are strident Israel haters. All three were selected by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; proven that the best Jew hater is the self-loathing variety.

 

The issue of Israel is a sensitive one in Democratic circles: There was a public and embarrassing flare-up over Israel in the 2012 platform when language declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital was removed, and then reinstated into the platform after protests. At next month's Democratic Party's National Convention, it's very likely that the platform for 2016 will use the word "occupation" to describe Israel's control of "Palestinian" territories.

 

I am constantly coming across examples of the growing hatred of Israel. When four Jews were gunned down in a Tel Aviv restaurant, I was shocked by the number of sick anti-Semitic remarks that were posted on a video site. Financial news sites increasingly feature news content that blames Jews for the world's economic problems. Most news sites post negative articles about Israel, but lately-they read like they were borrowed from Nazi news archives.

 

Because the most recent attacks of Anti-Semitism fall in line with other prophetic events, there is little doubt in my mind that what we are seeing is part of the acceleration of the last days prophecies. The coming persecution of the Jews during the Tribulation will be the worst of all time, but it will be the final persecution before she is rescued by God Himself.

 

"'And it shall come to pass in all the land,' says the LORD, 'That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it: I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, This is My people; and each one will say, The LORD is my God'" (Zechariah 13:8-9).