01-08-2015, 08:02 PM
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(01-08-2015, 12:46 PM)Hrvatski Noahid Wrote: Will He not punish Europeans for the Jewish blood on our hands?
First consider the Holocaust, as an historical event. It continued for several years up until 1945, which was 70 years ago, which means that 3 generations and part of a 4th generation have elapsed. The verses Ex. 34:6-7, in which G-d revealed His 13 Attributes of Mercy to Moses, state:
"And the L-rd passed before him and proclaimed: 'L-rd, L-rd, benevolent G-d, Who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness and truth; preserving loving kindness for thousands [of generations], forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; yet He does not completely clear [of sin] He visits the iniquity of parents on children and children's children, to the third and fourth generations."
First it says that G-d forgives iniquity, rebellion and sin. But then it seems to imply that the offspring of iniquitous people are doomed to be punished up through the third and fourth generations of the sinners' descendants. Is that the correct interpretation? No, as Rashi explains:
"yet He does not completely clear [of sin]": According to its simple interpretation, it means that He does not completely overlook the iniquity but exacts retribution for it little by little. Our Rabbis [of the Talmud], however, interpreted [this expression to mean]: He clears those who repent, but does not clear those who do not repent.
"He visits the iniquity of parents on the children": when they [the children] hold onto the [sinful] deeds of their parents in their hands [i.e., emulate their ways], for He already explained this in another verse, [that of those descendants, the visiting of punishment for the parents' iniquity upon their children only applies for] “those who hate Me” (Exod. 20:5).
In the past, some European nations fought numerous wars for the sake of their religions. For example, some chr'stian European nations fought against arabic nations for control of Spain. But since the end of the Holocaust and World War II, a number of European nations have been fighting and exporting a spiritual war against G-d and His Truth (against basic precepts of G-d's 7 Universal Laws, and against the Jews' inherent ownership of the Holy Land of Israel, which G-d, Who is the G-d of Israel, gave to the Children of Israel as an eternal inheritance).
Interestingly, it is traditional to recite Psalm 20 as a prayer for G-d's deliverance from situations of trouble. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, noted that it has 70 words and 9 full verses. He said that these correspond to the last 70 years before the Messiah comes, since they will be the most difficult. And the 9 full verses alludes to the metaphor of the duration of a woman's pregnancy, because the troubles in these final 70 years are called "the birthpangs of the [coming of the] Messiah."
The advice to all European people and nations should include: stop your war against G-d. Which includes to stop being allies of those internally and externally who are at war against G-d. But also take precautions, because once destruction is unleashed G-d forbid, it may affect both the righteous and the rebellious.
(01-08-2015, 12:46 PM)Hrvatski Noahid Wrote: What a sick and evil world we live in.
Actually, this world is G-d's beautiful garden which He creates for Himself, and He desires it greatly. He created people to happily be with Him in His garden, rather than to rebel and try to exile Him from His garden.
If you will make yourself and the part of the world that's under your influence into a revealed garden for G-d, and if you can, influence others to do so as well, that will help!
https://asknoah.org/video/transforming-the-world