Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, has even dedicated
a part of its site to commemorate non-Jewish “rescuers” who
helped Jewish people avert death at the hands of the Nazis.
It is called, “The Garden of the Righteous.” The list of those so
honored numbers over 19,000. Not all of those heroes were
Christians, but many of them were true followers of Jesus
the Messiah. The book by Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place,
illustrates the willingness of a handful of Jesus followers to suffer
and die along with God’s ancient people.
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A Satanic Origin
The Holocaust is an indescribably terrible blight on humanity.
Yet, as easy as it may seem to place the blame wholly on Hitler,
the German people, and those who abetted them, there are
deeper forces at work—forces that plumb the depths of human
depravity. The Bible teaches that humanity is sinful and in need
of forgiveness. As the Hebrew Scriptures inform us, “The heart
is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can
understand it” (Jeremiah 17:9)? The Jewish Apostle Paul affirms
this Old Testament teaching in Romans 3:23, where he writes,
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Yet, there is an ancient and diabolical force that operates behind
the scenes and is active to this present day, and which set into
motion the catastrophe of the Holocaust. It is Satan, the enemy
of God’s people, who throughout history has tried to destroy the
Jewish people and prevent them from fulfilling the promises of
God outlined in the Bible.
Yet, despite many Satanic attempts to use sinful human beings
as his partners in destroying the Jewish people, the Devil failed.
In fact, it has been well said that the modern state of Israel
grew out of the ashes of the Holocaust. God’s grace, mercy, and
faithfulness to His promises can be seen, though sometimes
dimly, veiled by the darkness of suffering. Yet, He is always there,
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