Why do people so hate the Jews, Israel and God’s Holy City Jerusalem
If I may share one thought, relating to why so many hate Jews...
It is my belief that it's a two-fold issue:
First – It's rooted in an age-old blood feud (of sorts), between the bastard child of a concubine - The Ishmaelites (Arabs) descendants of Ishmael by way of Hagar; and the first born son (Isaac) by way of Sarah - The Jews
Second – I believe that when Satan rebelled, proclaiming the now notorious "Five I Wills" Isaiah 14:12-17, and then God subsequently cast him out of Heaven - Ezekiel 28:11-19, that he (Satan) so hated God and anything "Godly" (especially God's CHOSEN people the Jews [Deuteronomy 7:6]) that he (Satan) is constantly gnawing away at the minds of people, whispering in their ears all manner of vile anti-God, ergo Anti-Semitic, trash.
When the first and second are combined, sadly… no make that TRAGICALLY, hatred of the Jews is the end result...
In simple terms, in my opinion:
First – It's rooted in an age-old blood feud (of sorts), between the bastard child of a concubine - The Ishmaelites (Arabs) descendants of Ishmael by way of Hagar; and the first born son (Isaac) by way of Sarah - The Jews
Second – I believe that when Satan rebelled, proclaiming the now notorious "Five I Wills" Isaiah 14:12-17, and then God subsequently cast him out of Heaven - Ezekiel 28:11-19, that he (Satan) so hated God and anything "Godly" (especially God's CHOSEN people the Jews [Deuteronomy 7:6]) that he (Satan) is constantly gnawing away at the minds of people, whispering in their ears all manner of vile anti-God, ergo Anti-Semitic, trash.
When the first and second are combined, sadly… no make that TRAGICALLY, hatred of the Jews is the end result...
In simple terms, in my opinion:
Global hatred of the Jew is rooted in hatred of (dislike / distrust) for God.
i) - I have read several excerpts from the Qur'an, and what I see are many stories (some of which have come from Old & New Testament stories, often with details between the old and new mixed up) about a very angry, vengeful and spiteful god (demi-god, demon, useless little rock Idol) Allah, and the people (God’s creation) he (Allah) despises. I agree the Koran / Qur'an is NOT a good book, by any stretch of the imagination. Also, I firmly believe that the god (demi-god, demon, useless little rock Idol) of Islam is none other than that evil, vile and ancient serpent, who first tempted Eve in Genesis, in the Garden of Ed en (more on how Allah, is Satan, in my opinion, later).
ii) - With respect to Sarah, and how she plays in this, Sarah is the mother of Isaac (who fathered Jacob, who in turn fathered Joseph). With Sarah being Abraham's wife, that makes Isaac the rightful heir (legally speaking) to the Jewish lineage.
Hagar, on the other hand was Sarah's maid servant & concubine to Abraham, thus as Abraham’s concubine and the mother of Ishmael, Hagar bore Abraham, by all legal definitions, a bastard child, with zero claims the either the Biblical blessings or promises made to Abraham. Ishmael, as we know from history and Torah went on to be the father of the peoples we now call Arabs.
Of course Abraham was biological father to both boys, Isaac (his legitimate son from Sarah) and Ishmael (his illegitimate son from Hagar)
So in answer to the query - "What does Sarah play in this?" She was Abraham's wife and is the mother to the legitimate son of Abraham. And the offspring of Ishmael, being Ishmaelites (Arabs) have been jealous of, even hating, the Jews ever since.
iii) – The second point (from above), which is of course about what I called “Satan's Rebellion”.
It is my contention and firm belief that the serpent referred to in Genesis who tempted Eve, is none other than he to whom I would refer as Satan, a fallen angel or Lucifer (The Devil). It is also my belief that Satan was banished from Heaven for his arrogance, arrogant rebellion and wanton lust for personal recognition.
As Genesis tells us God created everything (stars, planets, angels, critters and people) and that man (mankind / people) was / were His final creative work, it seems fair to conclude Satan was a created member of God’s angelic host and that he was created sometime before man. Ezekiel tells us that he (Satan) was “…blameless in… (his) ways from the day…(he was) created until …” Ezekiel 28:15 So this begs the question(s) WHY and WHEN did Satan rebel?
Personally I believe the WHY of Satan’s rebellion came from jealousy. The same kind of jealousy we sometimes see with older children, when a younger sibling comes into the picture. Satan was God’s cherished Cherub (angel), and then God did the unthinkable (unthinkable in Satan’s jealous mind) – He created man. But He did not just created man; He created man in His very IMAGE! As time marched forward, man was given a companion and eventually God gazed upon His wondrous creation and thought: “…behold, it was very good …” Genesis 1:31 “Very Good” God said, thus up until, and even including this point in time, Satan still ranked as a Guardian Cherub.
Sometime after this point, seeing how God had turned so much of His affections towards man, Satan became increasingly jealous, and eventually rebelled. If you can imagine, God walking with His creation (man and woman) daily, just before sunset, and how left out Satan was beginning to feel. (And this returns us to the question of when did Satan rebel?) God even placed man, according to Genesis 2:15, “…put him in the Garden of Eden …” Satan was incensed! And, although specific express dates aren’t provided it does seem evident that Satan, hating that he was no longer the centre of God’s attention, rebelled and was cast down from Heaven.
Since that fateful day, the day when God said “…you shall be brought down to Sheol (Hades) …” to Satan, Satan has been working feverishly to destroy God’s creation. He began with the temptation of Eve in the Garden, and has been wryly casting or attempting to cast his spells of deception, hatred and confusion ever since. This of course begs yet another question, why man? Why focus his attention on destroying man, why such intense HATRED of God’s crowning glory in all of creation – MAN?
The answer lies, I believe, with how the Bible describes man being created. According to Genesis 1:27 God “…created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Therefore from the date of the creation of man, made in the image of God Himself; Satan, whenever he has gazed upon man, has seen (for all intents and purposes) the image of God. The very creator, who once lauded him (Satan) as Guardian Cherub, had now subsequently exiled him (Satan). And not just exiled, but an all out banishment and pronouncement of harsh judgement was made upon Satan. Thus what Satan SEES, upon seeing anything Godly, is in effect “God” and therefore he (Satan) seeks its utter annihilation.
Satan has now spent the past very nearly six millennia pursuing ways to further separate God from His creation, man. First he set about trying to separate God and man by casting doubt in either the absolute authority of God, as he did when he temped Eve, according to Genesis 3:4 and also thereby casting doubt into even the very existence of God. God had granted man the right to eat from any tree in the Garden, save one, and that was the tree in the middle of the Garden, for if you do, you will die; and Satan said to Eve “You shall not surely die…”. Satan flat out called God a ‘big fat liar’!
During this time of Satan’s rampage against God, he (Satan) has ‘masterminded’ or at least attempted to mastermind an almost infinitely great number of religions, religious off-shoots and a sort of “religion” made up of denying religion(s) and / or God completely.
And this of course brings me right back to my earlier comment on, “how Allah is Satan, in my opinion”. It took him (Satan) all of the roughly four-thousand years of Jewish history (since the “Fall of Man” Genesis 3:6), and better than another one-half of a Millennia to establish a religion / religious following that would permit, propagate and even perpetuate his ultimate goal(s) – The DEMISE of human kind. That religion (it’s really a geo-political / socio-economic machine, designed to annihilate humans, under the aesthetic guise of “religion”) is of course, Islam.
Don’t believe me that Islam, seeks the complete obliteration of Human Kind and places no value on Human Life whatsoever? Consider then, if you will just a few events from recent history. 9-11, and the “September 11 Terrorist Attacks on the United States” wherein 19 Islamic / Jihadist terrorists took not only the lives of some 3,000 innocents, in their sick, twisted and deluded faith in the Satanic god Allah. Note, they also exterminated their own lives. Additionally, not only is Islam bent on global conquest (Religion of Peace, my ass) Allah (Satan) will never be satisfied until all human life has been wholly eradicated. Sunni’ hate Shi’ite’s and vice versa.
And finally let’s explore the events of very recent history, the fall of 2011 and Iran ’s nuclear posturing under the Islamic extremists President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the current Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran Iran
Contrast the religion of Islam and its god Allah, with the Holy Bible and the God. Compare the love of the one true God, with the god of Islam and its blatant hate filled, hate-mongering lies as described in the Qur’an, and you should be able to quickly see how Islam, Islam’s prophet Mohammad and even Islam’s god, Allah, are all mere illusions of Satan. The Qur’an is full of historical, scientific and Biblical inaccuracies for example:
Historical inaccuracies
Alexander the Great, according to the Qur’an was “…a devout Muslim and lived to a ripe old age.”. History, however would teach us that Alexander the Great was a Greek who was “….idolatrous and claimed to be the son of Amun, the God of Egypt.” [http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Alexander_the_Great.aspx] and also according to the Encyclopaedia quoted, Alexander the Great died at a fairly young age – 33 “Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)… ” 33 hardly a ‘ripe old age’…
Scientific inaccuracies
According to the Qur’an (Surah 18:86) “Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring …” The sun sets in a muddy pool… oh my!
Biblical inaccuracies
The Crucifixion of Christ – Qur’anically speaking, it never happened. This one perhaps should be listed under “Historical Inaccuracies” as history supports the birth, life and death (even death on a cross) of Yeshua.
The virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ (Yeshua Hamashiach) – Qur’anically speaking is also the sister of Aaron (who just happened to have lived and died some 1,500 years earlier)
How does all this relate back to hatred and “hatred of the Jews” specifically?
a) Arabs are modern day descendants of Isaac’s half-brother Ishmael – thus it’s an ages old family feud,
b) Most of present day Islam remains Arabian, ergo Islam likewise follows suit and hates Israel
c) Satan has been rejected by God, and for good reason. Nonetheless Satan is insanely jealous of God’s pride N’ joy – Human Kind, and especially the Jews. Satan detests anything that reminds him of the Holy God of Israel, and that begins with people in general and significantly escalates with God’s Chosen People – The Jews. Thus he Satan will do anything to create divisiveness between people. The Jews of course are an “easy target” in one sense, because in spite of seemingly insurmountable odds, they (the Jews) manage to overcome and thrive.
Please see also - http://www.islamlies.com and http://www.bibleprobe.com/archive/messages/21.html and http://answering-islam.org/BehindVeil/btv7.html and http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Contra/h004.html
As a closing thought, I’d like to point out that although it is also described as honourable to lay down (or to be willing to give up) ones’ life, in the effort(s) of protecting loved ones within Biblical contexts, Judeo-Christian values and morals prohibit self destruction, suicide. The Bible is a vivid collection of some 66 books depicting God, the God and Creator of all, as a loving God who values human life. And there is only ONE God.
Deuteronomy 6:4 [NIV] tells us, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” Elsewhere God, addressing His people the Jews, says:
Isaiah 45:21 “…there is no other God besides Me, a rigidly and uncompromisingly just and righteous God and Savior; there is none besides Me.”
Isaiah 45:22 “…For I am God, and there is no other.”
Additional details about the rebellion of Satan can be found in Ezekiel 28:11-19. The “five I wills” I made note of from Isaiah 14:12 – 17 are:
The casting out of Heaven, of Satan, is referred to in both Isaiah 14:15:
and also in Ezekiel 28:17 & 18:
Additionally Ezekiel 28:13 says he (Satan) was in the Garden of Ed en: “You were in [a]Eden, the garden of God;…” 28:14 says he (Satan) was an anointed Cherub, “You were the anointed cherub…” and verses 15 and 16 explain how he (Satan) once was blameless and then rebelled “15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until iniquity and guilt were found in you.
Here are links to the Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28:
“Know Jesus, know peace whereas no Jesus, no peace”
How does one get to “know” Jesus? Simple, invite Him into your heart, as Jesus says: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” [Revelations 3:20 NIV] How can we be assured that this Jesus stuff means anything, well because the Bible tells us so, as the Apostle Paul wrote:
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” [Romans 10:9-10 NIV]
And for those of you who say to me, I can’t be bothered reading the Bible, “it’s confusing” or “it’s a waste of my time”, may I draw your attention to what the Bible says about wisdom: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” [Proverbs 9:10 NIV]
If nothing else, PLEASE read two chapters from the Bible – (don’t own one, sorry NO excuse, if you’re reading this, you can access this: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:16&version=NIV) John 3 and John 14!
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
And John 14:6 says: “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Well that’s it, that’s Da Bauz’s take on, Why people hate the Jews, Israel and God’s Holy City Jerusalem – this 14th day of January 2012 © 2012, All Rights Reserved. wr (Da Bauz, Christian Zionist)
** Note – All Scriptures are quoted from the online Amplified version, of the Holy Bible unless otherwise expressly noted.
Well put. I am in agreement with both your points. Islam is a hateful ideology Hell-bent on complete domination at any cost.
ReplyDeleteLike you wrote, "Know Jesus, know peace, whereas, no Jesus, no peace."
God Bless,
Lana
Waren, check out this Sun News interview regarding the Holocaust. John Robson discusses the question of "why" and the monotheistic character of God.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/we-must-remember/1418805086001