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nations that try to delegitimize her very existence, and individ- uals who want to cripple her financially through the movement to Boycott, Divest from and Sanction (BDS) the Jewish state. At every turn, it seems, Israel encounters opposition yet emerges optimistic, resilient, and strong.
Over the last 70 plus years, Israel has miraculously survived war, media attacks, and threats. How? Why?
God has promised the preservation of His people, Israel. It is as sure as the sun will come up tomorrow.
If this is the case, how can Christians stand with Israel, God’s chosen people?
I refer again to Genesis 12:3 where God promises to bless those who bless Israel and to curse those who curse Israel. Those who obey God’s command to bless Israel will be blessed, as others were in Israel’s history who were kind to the Jewish people (e.g., Genesis 30:27).
Remember this truth—those who curse Israel will be opposed by God in all His almighty fury.
Cursing Israel does not only sound like hateful words or look like pogroms, ghettos, replacement theology, or extermi- nation camps. Cursing Israel also includes remaining apathetic to God’s chosen people and what they are enduring.
Ellie Wiesel said of the Holocaust in an interview with U.S. Media in 1986:
God promises to
bless those who bless Israel and to curse those who curse Israel.
At best, America was indifferent.
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it’s indifference.
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Elie Wiesel delivers keynote address at 28th annual Night to Honor Israel at Cornerstone Church.
(Photo credit: CUFI)