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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prasadana2" data-source="post: 5518187" data-attributes="member: 4664">i dnt knw this is useful or not but seems interesting..How did the Jewish race begin?The Jewish race began with a man called Abram. God knew his man. Abram's faith is still a great example of trust in God and His promises. God brought Abram from Ur, near the Persian Gulf, to the land we now know as Israel.God made special promises to Abram (his name was later changed to Abraham):   1. "I will make you a great nation" (New King James Version).   2. "I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you."   3. "In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Genesis 12:2,3).   4. "All the land which you see I give to you and your descendants for ever."   5. "I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth" (great in number, Genesis 13:16).   6. "I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you."   7. "I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you ... to be God to you and your descendants" (Genesis 17:6-8). Abraham's grandson Jacob had twelve sons. Over generations, they became a great nation—the JewsWhy were the Jews chosen as a special people?God had a great regard for the faithfulness of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Jews were chosen, "because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their descendants" (Deuteronomy 4:37). God said: "Understand that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people" (9:6).Nothing had changed centuries later, when they crucified God's Son, Jesus Christ (Acts 7:51).However, by working through one special people, God was able to draw attention to His character and purpose with the earth. He said to Moses: "For this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show my power in you, and that my name may be declared in all the earth" (Exodus 9:6).This was vitally important, for God later said: "But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord" (Numbers 14:21). This wonderful promise will be fulfilled after Jesus Christ returns to the earth. What has happened to the Jews in history?The history of the Jews is mainly a sad one. Although they had the great privilege of knowing about God, they were disobedient. God said that if they were obedient—"the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth". But, if not, "you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD will lead you" (Deuteronomy 28:1,37).The Jews have suffered in many countries of the world: banished from Israel on pain of death (AD 135); expelled from England (1020) and France (1306); expelled from Spain (1492) and Portugal (1498); expelled from Russia and the Ukraine, many being killed and persecuted in the process (1918); and in the Second World War, six million died in the Holocaust (1939-1945).Yet, miracle of miracles, they have survived as a nation! That is because God still has a purpose with them: "You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God" (Ezekiel 36:28).</blockquote>

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