Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. John 4:22
This
verse is traceable to the Abrahamic covenant that established the
Jewish nation. By this covenant, the Jews became the means through which
God gave His word and the Messiah to the world. It is in this sense
that salvation is of the Jews. And it is because of this that the devil
hates the Jews and has been doing everything in his power to eradicate
them from the earth.
In his thinking, if he
succeeds in annihilating the Jews, he would have succeeded in aborting
the plan of God in sending to the world a Messiah through whom the
kingdom of God would be established. In Genesis 3:15, the seed of the
woman is promised who will bruise the head of the devil. This seed of
the woman will be a descendant of Abraham in His humanity. If it were
possible to eradicate the Jewish nation, then, the devil's judgment
would be stayed from execution, and humanity would remain enslaved to
Satan forever. But thanks to God, this cannot happen because He protects
Israel.
Toni
