THE DRUMBEAT GROWS LOUDER!

While in America, only 9 percent of the population look on Jews unfavorably, that figure has reached 46 percent in Europe, and growing. The Muslim population in European countries is larger and more radical. (In France, 10 percent of the people are Muslim and Arab.) In Spain, the figure before 2005 was only about half that figure, around 25 percent who hated the Jewish population. Now it is the same as in the rest of Europe, 46 percent. Several weeks ago, the largest anti-Israeli rally was held in Spain, organized by the Socialist Workers party. In Barcelona, demonstrators burned an Israeli flag with a swastika in place of the Star of David. The Star of David is the emblem for Jesus, Israel's Messiah! Synagogues as well as Jewish homes in Britain, France, Belgium and Scandinavia, have been firebombed. In Denmark, children have been refused enrollment in some schools for fear of Muslim retaliation. There are 17 million Muslims in Europe over against only 1.8 million Jews. Today, the Jewish people in both Europe and in Israel are far from perfect. They are taking on the mores and the cultural sins of the Gentile world. Nevertheless, they are God's earthly people whom He loves and is regathering back to the Holy Land. Their eyes are yet blinded but someday they will be opened. In fact, they are now coming to Christ, some 15,000 in Israel alone. Remember what Paul said, "From the standpoint of the gospel they [the Jewish people] are enemies for your sake [you Gentiles], but from the standpoint of God's election (choosing) they are beloved for the sake of the fathers [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob], for the gifts and the calling of God are unchangeable [irrevocable]" (Rom. 11:28-29). --Dr. Mal Couch P.S. Is it not interesting how little of this persecution we hear about in America? Our news media just does not care!