Jews

Most of us humans understand that this world was made by a supernatural entity — something or someone that is far beyond our capability to create any good thing. I am here to tell you that there is a God, and the reason we know about God is, mostly, because of the Jews. Thanks to the Hebrews! Now the reason that we know about the Creator is because God himself commissioned a particuar people group to document the history of God’s interaction with man, or as they say in scientific jargon, with homo erectus, which is documented for all people to read, or hear about, if they are so inclined, in the book which the Jews call the Torah, which is called by all of us other folk, the Bible.

Now. . . as Amos had said to Andy, back in the day: “And I told him that!”, now I am telling you that the divine mission of revelation was given to the Jews and they handled it quite well because the chronology, history, wisdom, prophecy and revelation is still with us. The process started with Moses, continued for thousands and years. continues still, and will into eternity, although the functionality of human life and work on this earth is not a matter of certainty. But we do know more about it because of Jewish writers. My people, the Christians, are able to view history through the lens of Faith. You can believe or not; whether you believe it has nothing to do with the reality of its existence. . . that is to say, the actual existence of a God story that originated with Moses. In ancient Egypt, a certain people group, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, were stuck in a rut called slavery. The Lord began a dialogue with a certain wise man, Moses — a Hebrew who was well connected to Pharoah’s Establishment. Moses had brought to God’s attention that they were being abused and that they needed to get the hell out of there. Long story short. . . it happened. You know the story, Exodus from Egypt. The reason you and I know the story is because of Moses’ later explication of it in his writings; they were handed down from generation to generation all the way through our history to now. The Creator/Revelator/Lord used the occasion of the Jews’ escape from slavery in Egypt to demonstrate to the human race that enslavement is not a part of the Creator’s will. When one people-group enslave another, the enslavers will be made to — one way or another — release their captives into liberty. In modern times, in America, black folk were able to discern that the Creator’s will was not to have them in bondage, but rather to be liberated — to liberate themselves, “with a little help from me friends”, And so they did. Our President, Abe Lincoln understood that, because, y’know, he had read the Book too; so he emancipated them with his Emancipation Declaration. Slave-owners in the deep south didn’t agree, so they started a big frickin’ war. But the Lord’s Will for Freedom for His people — for all people who have the faith to believe — had been made plain and clear in his Book, the Bible. Working toward the bottom line here. . . The Jews initiated, continued, persisted in, documenting the human struggle for identity, freedom, awareness of history, and wisdom. And they have done it through literature. Jews are known for being smart. You’ve heard of Jewish lawyers? It’s because they have been writing, studying, and advocating for the Rule of Law ever since Moses showed them — and us — how to do such things. About nine decades ago, a German lunatic got hold of the government, renamed it the third reich and tried to convince his people that if they if they would snuff out the Jews, all would be well. All ye antisemites out there — how’d that work out for you? But guess what. The little mustachioed satanic dicatator was — thank God for our soldiers, and for, yes, Stalin’s soldiers — was defeated and ended up killing himself in Berlin. And guess what! Out of that holocaust came the second Exodus — the flight of the persecuted — and eventually many more Jews — to Israel. Aliyah, they call it. And Israel was born again in Judea/Palestine. Now I understand there’s a problem now in Gaza. There is nothing about human struggle that is easy. Sh** happens, and people — Netanyahu or whoever — react, or perhaps over-react — in defensive ways that are destructive and controversial. We, as Justice-conscious Americans who actualized the concept of government by, of, and for the People . . . we Americans — our leadership, official, religious, charitable or whatever — we have taken the initiative to help Jews out of this perilous clusterfud that happened as an over-response to a brutally offensive act perpetrated by Hamas, or Hisbollah, or whatever they call themselves. But I digress into current perilous political matters. Bottom line: the Jews initiated, retained, maintained, and extended to the rest of us, the history of human civilization. They did it by writing, through generations, the Torah, which we Christians call Bible. There were other historical writers and documentation throughout history, of course. But the Bible, or Torah, is the one that my people, the Christians, use, mainly, along with many other folks. To conclude. . . if you ever get into legal trouble in this life, it might be a good idea to get yourself a Jewish lawyer, because these guys have been doing LAW for a long time and they’re good at it. As for you who don’t like the Jews. . . get over it. Look what happened to hitler. Don’t fall into that antisemetic quagmire. Rather, understand that these people have been educating the human race for a very long time and we need to give them some room on this planet. Lastly. . . as for Hamas and Hisbollah, back off, or go jump in the Dead Sea. Do what the Jews did. If the heat gets too intense in any certain place, make an Exodus! “And I told him that!” Glass half-Full