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The Suffering Servant By: David Ben-Ariel

Will anti-Zionist, anti-Semites blame God for encouraging and enabling the Jewish
"monopoly" on suffering? After all, aren't those who refuse to forget the horrors of
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Didn't the Hebrew God enshrine Israel's suffering by creating a holy day to
commemorate their deliverance from Egyptian bondage? Didn't the God of the
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It's not politically-correct, however, the plain truth is that not all lives are equal.
Ancient Israel recognized that the life of the king, the nation's leader, was far more
important than that of his soldiers (1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 21:17).
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Some people and nations have a greater influence and impact upon history. It's not
because of Israel's inherent goodness or superiority (we've been warned about
believing that), but because of God's overall plan and purpose.

At this time, in God's plan of salvation, the lives of Jews and Israelites are
incomparable to any other, even as true Christians (in whom God's Spirit dwells) are
greater and different than other humans who are only ordinary (1 Corinthians 2:9-
16). That's why it is written, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His
saints" (Psalms 116:15; Numbers 23:10). Isn't God concerned with the death of
everyone?

The big difference between Jesus and Israel (physical & spiritual) versus other
individuals and nations, is simply that we are GOD'S SON! (Hosea 11:1; Amos 3:2).
The Bible only mentions other nations insomuch as they come in contact with Israel.
The Bible is an ethnocentric book; it's all about a FOCUS ON THE FAMILY on
Jacob-Israel!

God doesn't record the suffering of others at this time, because as far as the plan of
salvation goes, genocides in Africa or Asia are inconsequential! And those innocent
victims who suffered and died during Hitler's War against the Jews (first and
foremost), were basically collateral damage! That's not how mankind would view it,
but it is how God sees things (Isaiah 55:8-9). I'm not attempting to minimize their
loss, I'm just seeking to put things in a biblical perspective, however unpopular.

I'm not magnifying Israel's suffering at the expense of others, I'm just emphasizing it
as the Bible would. Even the coming Great Tribulation is referred to as "the Time of
Jacob's Trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7). Isn't God aware that every nation on earth will
suffer when the nuclear bombs begin to drop? Yes. However, presently, other nations
are expendable on account of Israel, if necessary. "For I am the LORD thy God, the
Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for
thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have
loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee (individuals), and people (nations) for
thy life" (Isaiah 43:3-4). And, again, "For I am with thee, says the LORD, to save
thee: though I will make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet
will I not make a full end of thee..." (Jeremiah 30:11).

Jesus, as an individual, and Israel nationally, and the Church spiritually, represent
God's Son on earth. We are "the Suffering Servant" that the world isn't worthy of
(Isaiah 53; Hebrews 11:35-38). We are the "Royal Priesthood" compared to other
nations and people (Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9).

Does that mean that we're without sin, and that the other nations are more righteous
or justified in persecuting us? No! God warns against that dangerous delusion: "I was
wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine
hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid
thy yoke" (Isaiah 47:6), and "All that found them that devoured them: and their
adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD..."
(Jeremiah 50:7), and "I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for
I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction" (Zechariah 1:15).
I discuss this in my book, Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall, within the
chapter "Europe's Fate."

Sometimes God utilizes our enemies to help bring us back to our spiritual senses,
and then He judges those haughty individuals and nations and reminds them that
they're only mortal (Isaiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:35). At other times, Israel suffered
unjustly in Egypt, Judah faced extermination for refusing to assimilate (Esther 3:8)
and the early Christians Aquila and Priscilla were wrongly persecuted for simply
being Jews and were required by law to leave Rome (Acts 18:2).

God exposes the twisted mindset of those anti-Semites who wrongly feel that Israel
and Judah have too much power and influence and control over their lives and
nations, and are threatening to revolt against their "oppressors," yet will find
themselves fighting a loosing battle against God! (Psalms 2; Revelation 17:14).

Individuals and nations must come to know and recognize whom God has chosen (an
Elect, not an elite) for His PURPOSE of ultimately saving every individual and
nation (Isaiah 49:22-23; Revelation 3:9).

So despite anti-Zionist, anti-Semites, the damnable heresies of replacement theology

and genealogy, personal and national sins, "all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from
Jacob" (Romans 11:26). Israel will prevail and become God's light to all nations,
blessing others as they've been blessed!

David Ben-Ariel, a Christian-Zionist writer and author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's

Rise and Fall (http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?
catalogid=7144), shares a special focus on the Middle East, reflected in hard-hitting
articles that help others improve their understanding of that troubled region.
http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com
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