Jealousy and the Jews
There are despised groups throughout history. But, only Jews are marked for annihilation. From Genesis to today.
WORLD magazine, Andree Seu Peterson
Jealousy is only one factor. Jews prosper. Abimelech visited Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do" - Genesis 21:22. The King of Gerar makes a covenant with Abraham for his own protection. Meanwhile, his servants are stealing Abraham's wells.
God blesses all that Isaac touches - Genesis 26:12. Philistines sabotage his wells saying "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we - 26:16. Laban the Aramaean (seeing a cash cow), to Abraham's grandson, Jacob, "Please say if I have found favor in your eyes, for the Lord has blessed me for your sake" - 30:27. It doesn't end well.
On to great grandson, Joseph. The Pharoah of Egypt saw that "the Lord made all Joseph did to prosper" - 39:2-3. Okay, but jealousy is coming.
After 400 years, a new Pharaoh is driven mad by the miraculous favor of God on the Semites in his land. He decides the only response is to kill every Jewish male child (Exodus 1). But, Moses. Hundreds of years later, Haman's envy in Persia results in attempted genocide. But, Esther.
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Jealousy falls short of accounting for persecutions under Titus, Severus, anti Semitism, Mohammed, the Crusades, expulsions of Jews from France, Austria, Spain, Eastern Europe and Russia, and blaming Jews for the Black Death epidemics. Hitler's holocaust.
Andree writes, "There are things that can only be perceived spiritually, that is, according to the Word of God and Holy Spirit, the true dimensions of anti-Semitism. Beyond natural causes such as jealousy there rages a battle not of human origins."
"The Jews, tapped by God to figure in a marvelous salvation plan, find themselves participants in an invisible cosmic contest between two Kingdoms, whose final chapter is yet to play out."
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