TWO OBVIOUS RESONS WHY JEWISH PEOPLE SUFFER
Sometimes Jewish folk are heard to ruminate on their wish that the Lord had chosen someone else. God always appears to be punishing them. This has not only been true in recent centuries, but throughout their history.
1. Satan hates GOD'S work and HIS people - so the Devil causes them as much trouble as GOD allows. This shows which side antagonists of the Jews are on! How about you?
2. God is punishing His People! Here is a short list: the result of worshipping of the Golden Calf at Sinai, following Achan's sin at Jericho, the rebellion of Korah, Datham, Abiram, plus 250 others, against Moses, murmuring against GOD, the Nation under King Saul, the Exile of Israel and Judah for backsliding from keeping GOD'S Law, and the occupation by various Empires (Assyrian, Babylonian, Mede-Persian, Greek, Roman, etc). There was the colossal destruction of Jerusalem with its Temple, and the 2,000 year dispersion of the Jews to many parts of the world – in AD 70, by the troops under General, later Emperor, Titus. Always there was a judgment connected with moral and spiritual failure. One must wonder what was the cause in AD 70? Then the Pogroms, the Holocaust, and the vicious massacre of October 7th 2023. What were they doing wrong? Moses' Song in Deuteronomy 32 is worth reading.
The greatest priviledge on Earth is to be one of God's Chosen People; but it brings with it the greatest resposibility of all - being faithful to God, His revelation, and His Covenant. God will be faithful to His part of the Covenant!
Iran and the Palestinians, who have over-inflicted GOD'S People, have been lightly punished, I think, compared with parallel events in the Old Testament. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living GOD.(Hebrews 10:31)
And what about the prophecy about Elam/Iran in Jeremiah 49:34-39
34 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:
35 This is what the LORD Almighty says:
“See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
36 I will bring against Elam the four winds
from the four quarters of the heavens;
I will scatter them to the four winds,
and there will not be a nation
where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who seek their lives;
I will bring disaster upon them,
even my fierce anger,”
declares the LORD.
“I will pursue them with the sword
until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the LORD.
39 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the LORD.
In 2026 the Bible Society published a translation of the Jewish Bible into modern Hebrew - making it very accessible today.
The word "Christ" is the same as "Messiah" - a synonim, in fact; and should never be used as an expletive - many Jewish people in Israel copy Gentiles in doing just this.
