Israel is special, world. Believe it!

God chose a People for Himself and these are the Israelites.

“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:6)

The Israelites are the apple of God’s eye. “For this is what the LORD Almighty says: “After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you–for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye–” The pupil of the eye is the tenderest part of the eye and the most sensitive to touch. God loves His people and He has promised over and over that those who come against Israel come against Him, as He says here, in the most famous promise:

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.(Genesis 12:3)

He means it. He makes a distinction between the Jews, His people, and others, as demonstrated here:

“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Exodus 11:7)

Can He cause a dog not to wag its tongue? Yes! He is mighty, and the smallest detail escapes not His attention, especially when it comes to Israel. The Gentiles are His people too, non-Jewish believers in Jesus Christ are grafted into the family tree of People that God took for Himself:

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” (Romans 11:17-19)

So you see, there is no need to feel excluded. ALL peoples, if they believe on Jesus, will be grafted in to His tree and be saved forever. But as for those who refuse His remedy for sin, woe to them. Matthew Henry comments on the Exodus verse thus: “An earnest was hereby given of the difference which shall be put in the great day between God’s people and his enemies: did men know what a difference God puts, and will put to eternity, between those that serve him and those that serve him not…” There IS a difference!

And that’s why what Helen Thomas said on May 27 is so especially heartbreaking. Asked by a reporter at the White House Jewish Heritage Celebration on May 27, “Any comments about Israel?” She replied:

“Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.”
Rabbi: Ooooh. Any better comments about Israel?
Thomas: [LOL] Remember, these people are occupied. And it’s their land. It’s not German, it’s not Poland’s…
Reporter: So where should they go? What should they do?
Thomas: Go back home.
Reporter: Where’s home?
Thomas: Poland…Germany. And everywhere else.

The video ends with the caption stating “Six million Jews were killed at home. In Germany and Poland. Does Helen know that the Jews have lived on the land way before the Holocaust?”

Her comments were racist enough, and her weak and hypocritical apology on her website later [Hey, sorry about that whole ethnic cleansing thing. Didn’t mean it…let’s all have some mutual respect, eh?] did nothing to mitigate the collective gasps from Jews and Christians around the world.

But the deeper issue is that the comments came on the heels of the Gaza Flotilla blockade violence and the world’s collective horror at what the Israeli Defense Forces did, or what the Activists/Terrorists did (depending on what side you are on). Thomas’s comments were gasoline on the already raging fire. Her statements and her beliefs on the subject  present concrete and blunt verbiage from one of the most insider people on the planet. Saying it makes it real. The front and center link on Drudge fanned the flames (not that I’m complaining, people need to see unadulterated racism when it occurs, because, as Thomas says on her website, “Without an informed people, there can be no democracy”). However the seepage into the collective consciousness will go something like this: ‘If she says it, it must be true. She’s educated and in the know’…or ‘If she says it, then I can say it too.’ We know from future history that the end days would be rife with hatred toward Israel.

It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it. (Zechariah 12:3)

Eventually in the end time, this hate-war of words and beliefs translates into real wars with weapons as the bible depicts in the Psalm 83 war, the Gog-Magog war, and the Tribulation wars. Revelation 6:4 tells us that as the second seal is opened, peace is taken from the earth. It all ends with a second-to-final war, Armageddon, with ALL the world pointing all their weapons toward Israel:

For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (Zechariah 14:2)

It begins with this war of words against His people Israel, like Helen Thomas’s, not the only person to believe Israel has no right to their land, but the most prominent, and the most blunt. However, the question at the end of the video that captured her words asked, “Does Helen know that the Jews have lived on the land way before the Holocaust?” Obviously, she does not know. But it is true. The land is Israel’s and is for the Jews, God’s people. They are special, and there IS a distinction between Jews (and their grafted-in Christian brethren) and ‘Egyptians’, or non-believers. For all the world that does not know of this distinction, they soon will:

“In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, … “And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:8-9)

Are you curious about how to become part of the distinctive Jewish family tree? Are you seeking to know how to become part of the People who are defended by the One True God Himself? All you need to do is recognize your sins, those are the bad things you have said, thought, or done. And ask Jesus to forgive them, and ask Him as your Resurrected and Living Savior to come into your life as Lord. Submit to Him and His Holy Spirit, and you will be sealed with the guarantee of forgiveness, eternal life, and Love. And you will dwell under the shelter of His wings forever.

Israel IS special, world. Believe it!