Musing – How Could ISREAL Possibly Continue to Exist?

Hebraic Musing – How Could ISREAL Possibly Continue to Exist?

When Fredrick the Great asked his trusted advisor for the single, strongest piece of evidence that proved the existence of God, the advisor answered him: “The Jews, Sir, the Jews.”  How is it that the Jewish people are a living testimony to the existence of God?

According to all reason and logic, the Jewish people should no longer exist.  It is statistically impossible for such a small nation, persecuted and kicked out of land after land, to still be around.  Even more unbelievable is the fact that the Jews have returned to their homeland.  There is no natural explanation for the existence of Israel today, only a supernatural one.

There is only one possible explanation for the survival and revival of the Jews: God.  If the Jews exist today, it is only because God exists eternally.

·      If the Jews were a large and mighty nation, we might attribute their perseverance to their significant numbers or military prowess.  

·      If the Jews had remained safely in their homeland since its inception over three thousand years ago, we might have been able to credit their existence with the stability that they enjoyed throughout history.

However, the Jews have enjoyed none of these advantages. They have been a small nation, less than 1% of all humanity, with neither a military nor a homeland until recent times. Under these circumstances, no nation could possibly survive.

Even more startling is that the Bible predicted all this: “The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you.” Deut. 4:27 NIV   And the Bible also promised the miraculous return of the Jewish people: “ . . .  then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes  and have compassion  on you and gather  you again from all the nations where he scattered  you.   Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.   He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it.” Deut. 30:3-5   Only the Master of the world could make such outrageous claims!  Only God could predict and arrange such events!

Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik lists the six modern miracles regarding the Jews, including the return to the land of Israel, the miracles of the Israeli army, and the establishment of the State of Israel.  He points out that these supernatural events predicted in the Bible are God knocking on our door beckoning us to wake up and let Him into our lives.

 Points to ponder

We are living in wondrous times, Bible promises are being fulfilled today.
Let us be inspired by the miracles unfolding before our very eyes.

Let us reaffirm our faith and renew our commitments to God.
God is eternally faithful; may we be faithful to Him for all eternity!

♫  Jew and Gentile, one in Messiah, One in Yeshua, one in the olive tree. … One in Yeshua's love. ♫ 

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                                                  March 20, 2018

Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)”   Weekly “Hebraic Musings”

*    “My Beloved Knocks,” Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (20th century New York)
Note – Inspired and copied from Rabbi Eckstein’s Holy Land Moments (IFCJ), March 9, 2018