The war in Gaza and rebellion against the God of the Bible

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The war in Gaza and rebellion against the God of the Bible

Is it alright to bring God into the discussion about the war between Israel and Hamas? Are the Israelis not just colonialists, annexing the land and displacing the native population? A short review of the history of the region in question and its biblical context sketches an astoundingly simple answer to the question of the war in Gaza.

It is especially people who consider themselves to be fighting for a better, fairer world, who are filled with righteous fury towards aggressors – in this case, Israelis and Jews around the world – and allow their blind sympathy for victims to propel them along, in this case, the Palestinian people. “It is a matter of fairness, of human rights,” many say, appalled. This week in Sudan, Nigeria, and Somalia, thousands were raped, murdered, or displaced, but most people do not even register that as a sidenote. North Korea, China, Pakistan, Yemen, and many other countries who spit upon human rights as a matter of course, where people are slaughtered like animals daily, are given neither sympathy nor their share of righteous fury. There must be something about the conflict between Israel and Palestine that captures the attention of not just Islamic, but also non-Islamic nations. 2 Everyone is forced to take a side – and often, the side that is taken stands again Israel and the Jews. The fact is that the question of the God of the Bible is not just a religious footnote in this conflict, but is actually the main factor, even if its relevance and application are often haphazard, unthinking, and unconscious. The Bible is the most-read book in the whole world. It has heavily influenced many nations, traditions, and cultures. In the Bible, the Jews are called the chosen people of God. In and through them, God wants to both broach the topic of His relationship with humanity and bring it to fruition. Important to note is that it is not the self-image of the Jews that matters in this respect, but alone the fact that God chose them and connected His name to them forever. He gave this heavily disputed strip of land as an inheritance to their forefather Abraham and his descendants, Isaac and Jacob, about 2100 years before Christ (vis. Gen 12:6-7, 13:15, 26:2- 5, 28:13-15, 35:9-11).

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