Ironically, Hamas’s gruesome attack on Israeli civilians on October 7th, instead of unleashing a flood of criticism of jihadist Muslims, has turned up the fire under the apparently ever-simmering cauldron of anti-Semitism.
I just commented in your Substack, Zork. I think you have the right idea, but this conflict is an emotional or psychological trigger for many people, mainly pertaining to ingrained antisemitism, often casting the Jews as scapegoats once again.
In the words of Bill and Ted,” a most excellent,” rendition of the Jewish plight!however, strong emotions with intense Jew hating always seem to prevail. We never seem to evolve as a species, especially in regards to this.
Cherie, your writing is good enough that I think I can offer you a little correction for this article. Which is, the Jews did not kill Christ and the Romans did not kill Christ either. Jesus Christ suffered to atone for our sins in the Garden of Gethsemane. The Romans nailed him to a cross but they did not kill him. Anyone who considers themselves to be a disciple of Christ or a Christian should know that He was the Son of God. As such he could not be killed by any human on earth. He willingly gave up his life on the cross so that he could conquer death and bring about the resurrection. He could do that because he had power over death as the Son of God. Christ said that many who profess to Jews in His day were not and they were not the children of Abraham because they didn't do the works of Abraham. Many people who profess to be Christian in our day are not because they do not follow the teachings of Jesus and they don't really understand who He is. Christ would not condone the indiscriminate killing of the Palestinians by the Israeli government nor would He condone the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hamas. Both of them are wrong and God does not support the murder of innocents.
Thanks for your comment, Badger, and your point about Jesus willingly giving up his life, which you're right to point out, as it's in the New Testament.
Regarding your comment about Israel and the Palestinians, however, I need to offer you a little correction: the Israelis are not "indiscriminately" killing Palestinians, but are bending over backwards, as no other country--including the US-- has ever done in a war, to AVOID civilian casualties as much as possible.
Whereas Hamas actively sought out civilians on purpose and brutally raped, tortured, dismembered, beheaded, and/or burned alive 1200 innocent Jews. I do agree with you that God does not support that slaughter.
You could be right, and in that case Israel is losing the information war. They need to change something or the world will turn against them. It looks to me like that is what is happening.
Sad, but mostly true, Badger. Just as Conservatives tend to lose the information war in America because our national press/media is so far Left, so is much of the international press. And Leftists hate free, democratic nations like ours, and like Israel. They also hate Christians and Jews because they hate God, and want the State/government to act as god.
If you want accurate information about Israel in the current situation, see videos and articles by Caroline Glick.
Agreed, Gene! It's very troubling to see all the antisemitism seeping out around the world, in the wake of October 7th, which is why I wrote this article.
HE challenged the then Rabbinical leadership. It feared HIM more so than Rome. It was not the Jewish people. As you well illustrate in your narrative, the fear was loss of control of the population to a power greater than the leaderships ability to understand.
Jesus had to shed His blood: " There is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood". If His holy blood (blood type transmits from father to child), was not shed, indeed, we would all still be dead in our sins.
But there 's another Mosaic law that would've been areal problem at the last supper, had those Jewish disciples believed what the Roman Catholic church teaches about "the eucharist". If they , for an INSTANT thought Jesus was offering them His actual flesh there would have been protests, but the offering of His actual blood would likely have sent all 12 running for the hills! " The life is in the blood", and no blood, not even meat with the blood still in it, was to be consumed in any circumstances. It was to be purely symbolic and they understood that. That also makes the lie of the matzo made with blood. No observant Jew would stand for such a thing.
As for the banking issue, there is truth in that, and it is the fault of those very "Jew hating" Catholic Europeans in the middle ages! Money changing was the only job Jews were permitted to have in that era, and it developed into the banking industry. So if they are angry about that, they have only themselves to blame.
The Jews of Jesus' time were expecting the Lion of Judah, to drive out and destroy the Romans, not the Pascal Lamb to take away their sins, indeed didn't understand it as 2 separate advents, so mostly failed to recognize their long awaited, already, Messiah, when He came; most still hold that understanding. When He returns, they're recognize their error, and welcome Him as Messiah.
The hatred goes all the way back to Abraham's times, and has been reinforced by many events since. Ishmael hated Isaac, the son of the covenant, Esau resented his younger twin also the chosen son of the covenant, and those hatreds have been passed down through their generations..
How many today understand what the Jews were called "chosen" was about? Most seem to think it was for special privileges, and some kind of superiority, when it was merely to be the conduits through whom God's law, and prophetic words would be transmitted to all humanity, and to be the line through whom Salvation would come to us all. Only when Jesus returns to us will much of this be understood by most, but for most, it won't come 'til they are already dead in this flesh, too late. Maranatha!
Sandra, thank you for your insightful comment! Yes, people misunderstand what "the chosen people" means. C.S. Lewis described it as God hammering on the Children of Israel as He taught them His Law--punishing them when they disobeyed, blessing them when they obeyed, as we see again and again in the Bible. He chose them as His starting point for introducing Himself to all of humanity.
By the way, I never thought about the Passover blood libel as you described it, Sandra, but you're so right!
The prohibition against consuming blood even predates Abraham, but was hammered home to them in Leviticus during their Exodus journey. There is no way an observant Jew would even consider putting it in his matzo, or it being part of commemorating Jesus in communion!
CS Lewis got that right really. God has always held Jews to an higher standard of behavior. In "Fiddler on the Roof", Tevya bemoans the trials Jews have endured for having been God's chosen, and asks it He couldn't choose someone else. If Muslims actually understood the Jews they would never have made such an absurd claim, but I suppose it was to distract from their own cannibalistic tendencies, which have led many to suffer a degenerative brain disease similar to mad cow disease, due to consuming infected flesh.
Cherie, I am disheartened and puzzled by the lackluster response to my post on the question.
I am trying to start a pragmatic argument and it does not seem to work. I would appreciate your opinion on why that may be:
https://zorkthehun.substack.com/p/the-jewish-solution
I am especially disappointed by the vehement antisemitism of John Mearsheimer after appreciating his well informed views on the Ukraine conflict.
I just commented in your Substack, Zork. I think you have the right idea, but this conflict is an emotional or psychological trigger for many people, mainly pertaining to ingrained antisemitism, often casting the Jews as scapegoats once again.
I find it extremely disheartening
In the words of Bill and Ted,” a most excellent,” rendition of the Jewish plight!however, strong emotions with intense Jew hating always seem to prevail. We never seem to evolve as a species, especially in regards to this.
Cherie, your writing is good enough that I think I can offer you a little correction for this article. Which is, the Jews did not kill Christ and the Romans did not kill Christ either. Jesus Christ suffered to atone for our sins in the Garden of Gethsemane. The Romans nailed him to a cross but they did not kill him. Anyone who considers themselves to be a disciple of Christ or a Christian should know that He was the Son of God. As such he could not be killed by any human on earth. He willingly gave up his life on the cross so that he could conquer death and bring about the resurrection. He could do that because he had power over death as the Son of God. Christ said that many who profess to Jews in His day were not and they were not the children of Abraham because they didn't do the works of Abraham. Many people who profess to be Christian in our day are not because they do not follow the teachings of Jesus and they don't really understand who He is. Christ would not condone the indiscriminate killing of the Palestinians by the Israeli government nor would He condone the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hamas. Both of them are wrong and God does not support the murder of innocents.
Thanks for your comment, Badger, and your point about Jesus willingly giving up his life, which you're right to point out, as it's in the New Testament.
Regarding your comment about Israel and the Palestinians, however, I need to offer you a little correction: the Israelis are not "indiscriminately" killing Palestinians, but are bending over backwards, as no other country--including the US-- has ever done in a war, to AVOID civilian casualties as much as possible.
Whereas Hamas actively sought out civilians on purpose and brutally raped, tortured, dismembered, beheaded, and/or burned alive 1200 innocent Jews. I do agree with you that God does not support that slaughter.
You could be right, and in that case Israel is losing the information war. They need to change something or the world will turn against them. It looks to me like that is what is happening.
Sad, but mostly true, Badger. Just as Conservatives tend to lose the information war in America because our national press/media is so far Left, so is much of the international press. And Leftists hate free, democratic nations like ours, and like Israel. They also hate Christians and Jews because they hate God, and want the State/government to act as god.
If you want accurate information about Israel in the current situation, see videos and articles by Caroline Glick.
I stand with Israel and the Jewish people.
What is occurring today is a manipulation of the truth by the propaganda machine of the Left. October 7 happened.
The Muslims refuse to accept the existence of Israel and the Jewish people.
This is a Muslim Jihad.
Agreed, Gene! It's very troubling to see all the antisemitism seeping out around the world, in the wake of October 7th, which is why I wrote this article.
Sky Chief was a revolutionary, Cherie.
HE challenged the then Rabbinical leadership. It feared HIM more so than Rome. It was not the Jewish people. As you well illustrate in your narrative, the fear was loss of control of the population to a power greater than the leaderships ability to understand.
The rest is history.
Jesus had to shed His blood: " There is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood". If His holy blood (blood type transmits from father to child), was not shed, indeed, we would all still be dead in our sins.
But there 's another Mosaic law that would've been areal problem at the last supper, had those Jewish disciples believed what the Roman Catholic church teaches about "the eucharist". If they , for an INSTANT thought Jesus was offering them His actual flesh there would have been protests, but the offering of His actual blood would likely have sent all 12 running for the hills! " The life is in the blood", and no blood, not even meat with the blood still in it, was to be consumed in any circumstances. It was to be purely symbolic and they understood that. That also makes the lie of the matzo made with blood. No observant Jew would stand for such a thing.
As for the banking issue, there is truth in that, and it is the fault of those very "Jew hating" Catholic Europeans in the middle ages! Money changing was the only job Jews were permitted to have in that era, and it developed into the banking industry. So if they are angry about that, they have only themselves to blame.
The Jews of Jesus' time were expecting the Lion of Judah, to drive out and destroy the Romans, not the Pascal Lamb to take away their sins, indeed didn't understand it as 2 separate advents, so mostly failed to recognize their long awaited, already, Messiah, when He came; most still hold that understanding. When He returns, they're recognize their error, and welcome Him as Messiah.
The hatred goes all the way back to Abraham's times, and has been reinforced by many events since. Ishmael hated Isaac, the son of the covenant, Esau resented his younger twin also the chosen son of the covenant, and those hatreds have been passed down through their generations..
How many today understand what the Jews were called "chosen" was about? Most seem to think it was for special privileges, and some kind of superiority, when it was merely to be the conduits through whom God's law, and prophetic words would be transmitted to all humanity, and to be the line through whom Salvation would come to us all. Only when Jesus returns to us will much of this be understood by most, but for most, it won't come 'til they are already dead in this flesh, too late. Maranatha!
Sandra, thank you for your insightful comment! Yes, people misunderstand what "the chosen people" means. C.S. Lewis described it as God hammering on the Children of Israel as He taught them His Law--punishing them when they disobeyed, blessing them when they obeyed, as we see again and again in the Bible. He chose them as His starting point for introducing Himself to all of humanity.
By the way, I never thought about the Passover blood libel as you described it, Sandra, but you're so right!
The prohibition against consuming blood even predates Abraham, but was hammered home to them in Leviticus during their Exodus journey. There is no way an observant Jew would even consider putting it in his matzo, or it being part of commemorating Jesus in communion!
CS Lewis got that right really. God has always held Jews to an higher standard of behavior. In "Fiddler on the Roof", Tevya bemoans the trials Jews have endured for having been God's chosen, and asks it He couldn't choose someone else. If Muslims actually understood the Jews they would never have made such an absurd claim, but I suppose it was to distract from their own cannibalistic tendencies, which have led many to suffer a degenerative brain disease similar to mad cow disease, due to consuming infected flesh.