IN OUR MOST RECENT TIMES …

There is no question in my mind that God's purposes for Israel are still taking place in the march of history. God says in the Abrahamic covenant: "I will bless those who bless you (Abraham and his descendants), and the one who curses you I will curse" (Gen. 12:3).    I am convinced this is what brought on the Russian revolution. Czar Nicholas II hated the Jewish people. He vowed their destruction and approved of the destructive pogroms that wiped out hundreds of Jewish villages and slaughtered thousands of God's earthly people. Nicholas even laughed upon hearing of their slayings. The Russian revolution followed that brought about his death and the death of his immediate family.    The Russian people as a nation shared in his hatred. This is why twenty million Russians died in the revolution that took place through the 1920s.    About 20 million Germans also died because of that nation's hatred and the genocide that attempted to liquidate all of the Jews in Europe. As well, millions of Poles, who likewise detested the Jews, died during World War II.    Before that great war, Spain was brought to her knees in 1492 because of her pogroms against the Jews in the terrible Inquisition carried out by the Jesuits. Spain would never be the same as a great world power!    Either the Bible means what it says or it does not! God keeps perfect records, and He brings about the judgments that were prophesied, just as He determined. God added: "I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you [Israel]" (Jer. 30:11). Something for America to think about! – Dr. Mal Couch (August 2009)