Responding to a Facebook Group I posted the following:
“A man walks into a room where 400 people have gathered who demographically represent the statistical composition of the world's religions. The man is a Jew. Quite likely he is the only Jew in the room. Someone tell me why over 2 billion Muslims and some 5 to 6 billion other people are afraid of around 20 million Jewish people. There is actually a good answer to this. Let me know if you want to hear it!”
Here is a more complete answer than the one I gave to those who inquired for it.
WHY DO SO MANY FEAR ISRAEL?
When the spies went to Jericho they encountered Rahab the prostitute. Here is part of what she told them:
Joshua 2 (ASV)
⁸ And before they come on were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
⁹ and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
¹⁰ For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
¹¹ And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.”
It is now as it has always been God's intention that the entire world know Him, reverence Him and love Him. In the book of Ezekiel God speaks his intention 65 times "that they know me, that I am the Lord." And he is speaking to Israel. Several centuries later God sent ha Shem Yeshua ha Mashiach. That name is above every name in heaven and on Earth and under the Earth. Yeshua is Lord. God wants all the nations and Israel to know Him and know that He is the Lord.
ASK YOURSELF:
Why do the Muslim radicals shout the slogan "First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people." ???
Because Jews and christians have the SAME GOD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and JACOB, of JUDAH and of the house of DAVID. He is our God who parted the Red Sea and by empowered Israel to utterly destroy the two kings of the Amorites, Sihon and to Og. Islam has another god.
God's prophet Moses, who was the humblest man on earth, by obeying the voice of God caused Pharaoh of Egypt to relent and let the people go. The muslim god hates our God. The muslim people are spiritually controlled to hate the Saturday and Sunday people.
Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
H3444 (Strong) יְשׁוּעָה ~ yeshû‛âh ~ yesh-oo'-aw
Feminine passive participle of H3467; something saved, that is, (abstractly) deliverance; hence aid, victory, prosperity: - deliverance, health, help (-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Total KJV occurrences: 78
Yeshua is Lord.
Zechariah 12:1-9 “The oracle of the word of the LORD concerning Israel: Thus declares the LORD, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him: “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it. On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the LORD of hosts, their God.’ “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem. “And the LORD will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the LORD, going before them. And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
H3467 (Strong) יָשַׁעיָשַׁע ~ yâsha‛ ~ yaw-shah'
A primitive root; properly to be open, wide or free, that is, (by implication) to be safe; causatively to free or succor: - X at all, avenging, defend, deliver (-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save (-iour), get victory.
Total KJV occurrences: 205
Isaiah 45:21 Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Psalm 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations.
Isaiah 52:10 Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Jeremiah 46:28 Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.
Ezkiel 39:21 “And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.
Ezkiel 39:22 The house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward.
Ezkiel 39:21-29 ““And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. The house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward. And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them. “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid, when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.””
I believe Muslims and others fear Israel knowing intuitively that the God of Israel will rule the world.
Matthew 19:27-30 “Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many shall be last that are first; and first that are last.”
Jesus the Messiah is going to return to Jerusalem where he will rule Israel and the entire Earth for a thousand years!
May I suggest some readings from God's bible. Isaiah chapters 52:13 through chapter 53:12. Zechariah chapter 12, 13 and 14. From the New Covenant scriptures John chapters 1, 2 and 3. And Matthew the whole book!
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. But in our fear of God we need to come to him, not run from him. Sadly cowardice, the cowardice of the adversary, is strong in the hearts of many, especially Muslims. God, having revealed himself to us in Jesus, sincerely and greatly desires that we come to him. Are fear of God will turn to reverence and in our reverence he will make known his love for us.
The words of Jesus:
Matthew 11 (ASV)
²⁷ All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him.]
²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
