What do you prefer?
While secularism exists on a continuum from hardcore Marxist Ideology on the extreme left to hardcore Fascist Ideology on the extreme right, all secular worldviews are Godless. Here in the West, they despise Christianity more than anything because it opposes secular idols like abortion and the ever-growing alphabet of gender. Secularism on all sides is ripe with conspiracy theories and propaganda. See Those Dern Zionists for a few examples. At the end of the day, the only point upon which radical secularists agree is that God does not exist – at least not the Judeo-Christian God. Quite often they are more than happy to leverage any offense that might advance their worldview. We see this quite clearly in the ongoing controversy in Israel versus Palestine.
I wonder if the world would be protesting as strongly if the roles were reversed. What if Israel killed over a thousand Palestinians and kidnapped hundreds more? Would students protest Palestine bombing Israel to dust?
I think not…
Make no mistake. The extreme left and the right have always hated the Jews.
Incidentally, that includes the current synagogue of Satan.
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Rev 3:9
While the number of dead Israelis on Oct 7th is beginning to pale in comparison with the number of dead Palestinians, I have yet to hear a single anti-Zionist explain what Israel should do differently. When pressed they only say what they would not do.
Others assume that because I am for Israel that I am by default for the genocide of Palestinians. When someone asks me if my preferred solution to the war between Israel and Hamas is to bomb innocents in Gaza my answer is this.
Just Stop!
As a Christian, my personal preference would be that no one be harmed anywhere- ever. PERIOD! I would prefer that the spirit of Haman, (see the book of Esther) the same spirit that is operative in Israel’s enemies today never arose in 760 BC.
I would have preferred that Hamas never launched rockets from hospitals and schoolyards into Israel for years. I would have preferred not to have slept in a bomb shelter when we visited the Negev because of the constant threat of missile attacks.
I would prefer that the genocide of six million Jews during the Nazi Holocaust did not simply represent the 20th-century peak in 2700 years of extermination.
For the record; the population of Jews compared with those murdered during the Holocaust:
Lithuania 150,000
murdered: 135,000
Estonia 5,000
murdered: 4,500
Latvia 95,000
murdered: 85,000
Poland 3,500,000
murdered: 3,000,000
Czechoslovakia 355,000
murdered: 300,000
Germany 210,000
murdered: 170,000
Greece 75,000
murdered: 60,000
Holland 150,000
murdered: 105,000
Yugoslavia 80,000
murdered: 55,000
Soviet Union 2,100,000
murdered: 1,400,000 (in territories occupied by the Nazis)
Austria 60,000
murdered: 40,000
Romania 850,000
murdered :425,000
Hungary 404,000
murdered: 204,000
Belgium 90,000
murdered: 40,000
France 210,000
murdered: 90,000
Italy 57,000
murdered: 15,000
Bulgaria 50,000
murdered: 7,000
*Pre-war total about 8,546,000 Jews of which about 6,140,500 were murdered*
I would prefer that no one in Palestine, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Libya Qatar, etc. ever called for the genocide of contemporary Jews today. I would prefer that generational trauma from the Holocaust wasn’t real and that Jews everywhere had no reason to take today’s calls for their extermination seriously.
I would prefer that there was no history of collaboration between Palestinians and Hitler in WWII.
The Fuhrer would carry on the battle to the total destruction of the Judeo-Communist empire in Europe. The German armies would eventually reach the southern exit from Caucasia. At that point, the Fuhrer would give the Arab world the assurance that its hour of liberation had arrived. Germany’s sole objective would then be the destruction of the Jewish element residing in the Arab sphere under the protection of British power. In that hour, the Mufti would be the most authoritative spokesman for the Arab world. It would be his responsibility to set off the Arab operations, which he had secretly prepared.
I would prefer that modern-day Palestinians never aligned with that same Nazi Ideology today.
I would prefer that American university student ingrates weren’t so easily hacked and made pawns by a radical and antisemitic left.
I would prefer that Hamas, several of whom worked for Main Stream Media and UNRWA never tortured, raped, and murdered Jewish innocents on Oct 7.
I would prefer that Palestinians didn’t radicalize elementary school children to aspire to grow up to kill Jews.
I would prefer that Hamas did not use Palestinian people as human shields and embellished casualty counts as a weapon.
Sadly now there is war. Total war. While Israel is taking unprecedented measures to prevent the deaths of innocents, the unfortunate truth is that innocents die in every war.
In the words of Sun Tzu,
“Better never begin. Once begin, better finish”.
Once begun, the only solution in any war is to win. Those who think differently are naive, dumb, or both. What I find ironic is that the US nuked Japan and killed over 200,000 people in minutes. No one in America protested or accused the US government of genocide. But then this is not really about genocide. This is about Hackable Animals being used as pawns to advance the extermination of Jews.
As the saying goes,
“No Jews, No news!”
We have friends in both Israel and Palestine and pray for all sides of Abraham’s dysfunctional feuding family. Still, I know that Israel, a piece of land the size of New Jersey belongs to the Jews for as long as the stars and planets exist. Jer 31:35-36 God loves His chosen albeit rebellious people. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem because the Bible upon which my worldview is based, tells me to do so. I bless Israel. Yet I do so filled with a hope of reconciliation, the ministry that Jesus assigned all believers. 2 Cor 5:16-25 Not because I align with one side over the other and pray that one side triumphs in war. I do so out of love for, and obedience to God. While I will not be engaging in violence toward anyone, and instead pray for everyone I will never accept an alternative presupposition that is contrary to God’s word. I am for Israel because God’s word requires it. I know this age-old battle between Israel and her enemies will continue till the end of time when Jesus has His great reset. His plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven, and things on earth Eph 1:1-10 At the end of the day, the Apostle Paul summed up the reality of God and His plan,
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 2 Cor 5:14-15
As for those who continue to ask “How could a loving God____?” My answer is found in the conclusion of one of the most beautiful, hope-inspiring, albeit confusing chapters in the entire bible.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
“For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”
“Or who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. Rom 11:33-36
What do I prefer? I Prefer Jesus. I prefer peace. I prefer that every knee bow and tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. I prefer the lion and lamb to lie down together. I prefer on earth as it is in heaven.
Maranatha!
Jesus has come. Jesus is coming.