Mar. 16, 2007 - Proud To Be Jewish
Just recently, I was handed Parallel Journeys to read for school. Little did I know as I opened the book just how much every page would affect me. As I’m writing this my eyes are pooling with tears as I remember. I am proud to be Jewish. But now it means something else to me. All throughout history people have attempted to murder my ancestors, to wipe them from the earth, but why? Why have people come after us? Is it because we are Adonai’s chosen people? I don’t know. But I do know that I am special by birth.
According to Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then also for the Gentile.”, God came first for my people. Many people don’t know this. They believe that God came for everyone indiscriminately. That isn’t the case. When he came, he came for the Jews, but they turned away, unwilling to believe. Realizing this, he turned to the gentiles to drive the Jews to jealousy. It is slowly working. I am part of a remnant of Jews that believe in Christ.
Did you know that to be Christian is the one thing that makes you not Jewish in a Jew’s eyes? I’ve grown up with this. My father is a Reformed Jew; he married my mother, a shicksa, and in doing so he knew that, according to his standards, his children were lost anyway. According to Jewish law, one must be born of a Jewish womb to be Jewish. By Biblical Law, one must have a Jewish father to be Jewish.
The horrors of the Holocaust are remembered year after year by Jews in late spring. But, not until now, did they come alive for me. My heart breaks at the thought of what those Jews went through. I know full well that I would not be alive, if my great-grandparents had not left Poland in 1910. Perhaps, now, my past will come alive for you, my readers.
I’m sorry to all the gentiles reading this. It, most likely, will not make sense to you.
Each and every person on this earth is part of a culture, the Jewish culture, though diverse, is specific in that all Jews have been targeted in the past. Christians, in this day, and age, are the ones being targeted. As both a Jew and a Christian, I feel your pain.
Inscribed on a vault, filled with soil from the death camps of the Third Reich, is this quote from Deuteronomy: “Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children and to your children’s children. "
My Blessings To All,
Eagle Eyes
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Mar. 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Earthling
Yay, you posted!
*happy dance*
I'll get back to your email soon!
Of course I blogged about you, I'm SO excited you are here!
Love ya!
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Mar. 23, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Earthling
hey there!
Thanks for the comment! So my big surprise thing is today....I'll have to tell you all about it later. Maybe I'll email you when I get back!
Love ya!
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Mar. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by sharla88
Im am a total gentile and i totaly understood that. Jewes were set asside by God as his chosen people and I belive the other nations in this world will "pick on them" because God wants his peole to show that God is the greatest and will deliver them when they repent. If you want to read some heart renching books about the holicost i have a whole list it is my favorite thing to study and read about try reading Numbering the Stars, or Milkweed some of the best books ive read! Nice talking to ya!
sharla~
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Mar. 28, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Free2bme
That is a really touching post. I have to admit I am glad that God loves Gentiles too. my mom tells us a story that on her side of the family they were Jewish but it was kept a secret because it was not a good thing at that time in history. So now we have lost all the knowledge and history of that part of the family. We're not even sure if we have Jewish blood or not.
The Bible does tell us though that everyone that accepts Jesus becomes a Jew in their heart, and even the Jews that are born Jews aren't true jews until they accept Jesus into their lives.
Ok, I will stop rambling. Good post!
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