People of the Book

Halamish Friday, July 22, 2017 (IDF)

Jews are not as the nations, they are the "people of the Book," the "chosen" "to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises." Moreover, unto the "children of the promise" "were committed the oracles of God" (cf. Deut 14:2, Rom 9:3-8 , Rom 3:1-2).

An Israeli father, son and daughter were killed they partook of their Shabbat meal last night in a West Bank home. Fortunately, the knife welding Palestinian killer was shot and wounded through a window by an on leave IDF soldier before the assassin could conclude the sanguineous assult by also killing the man’s critically injured wife, as well as grandchildren.

“Very difficult” is how paramedics described the scene. “When we went into the house we saw four casualties lying with stab wounds. Three of them were unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing.” “Another... woman was conscious and suffered stab wounds to her upper body.”

Why? From the beginning:

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (cf. Genesis 3:15).