HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: Command Aharon and his sons, saying: This is the Torah of the olah (elevation offering): It is the olah that stays on the flame, on the Alter, all night until morning, and the fire of the Alter should be kept aflame on it.” (VAYIKRA 6:1-2)
While the Redemption of the Jewish people is in fact a universal salvation for all of mankind, this truth cannot deter us from identifying our enemies and neutralizing their threat. Part of the Hebrew mission of achieving total peace and higher consciousness for all of Creation is removing those elements who seek to delay this goal. And it is even through the malevolence of G-D’s enemies – the crucial antagonists in the great drama of history – that the Redemption itself can be hastened. The Midrash teaches concerning the above verses that the arrogance of corrupt and power hungry gentile rulers assists in bringing us closer to the revealed goal of human history.
“G-D said, `whoever makes himself high and mighty is destined for fire,’ as it says, `the olah (elevation offering) that stays on the flame'” (VAYIKRA 6:2). This is Edom, which held itself high, as it says, `Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, though you set it among the stars, (I will bring you down from there – the word of HaShem)’ (OVADIA 1:4). And they are sentenced to fire, as it says, `As I looked, the best was slain… and given to the burning flame, and the house of Esav (Edom) stubble, for HaShem has spoken’ (OVADIA 1:18). And what words did He speak through Moshe? `The olah that stays on the flame’: It says, `Saviors shall ascend Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esav’ (OVADIA 1:21).” (Tanchuma Tzav 2)
The disdain with which foreign nations subconsciously view the G-D of Israel profanes His holy Name. And this arrogance has found its most palpable expression over the centuries through the nations’ harsh persecution of the Jewish people, as any attack against Israel is tantamount to an attack on Israel’s G-D. The Midrash teaches:
“`In Your abundant grandeur You shatter Your opponents’ (SHEMOT 15:7): And who are they? Those who attack Your children. This teaches that if one attacks Israel it is as though he has attacked G-D. Thus, it says, `Forget not the voice of your (Israel’s) enemies, the tumult of Your (G-D’s) opponents which always rises’ (TEHILLIM 74:23) and `Your enemies are in an uproar and those that hate You have raised their head’ (TEHILLIM 83:3). Why do they do so? Because `Against Your people they plot deviously, they take counsel against those sheltered by You’ (TEHILLIM 83:4). It also says, `For indeed those who hate You, HaShem, I hate them, and I quarrel with them that rise up against You!’ (TEHILLIM 139:21). Why is this? `With the utmost hatred, I hate them; they have become enemies unto me’ (TEHILLIM 139:22). We also find, `He will send me to the nations who despoil you, for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye’ (ZECHARIA 2:12).” (Tanchuma Beshalach 16)
As the descendents of Edom contemptuously assert their strength over other peoples and cultures throughout the globe, the soul of existence demands rectification. The cataclysmic wars and hostilities of our times are signs of a crumbling world civilization. The horrors of these events are in fact the existential screams of mankind calling out for HaShem. History demands the reestablishment of Israel as a sovereign national entity in the whole of our country because Israel is the only people uniquely chosen to proclaim G-D’s Truth, reveal His Divine unity and usher in an era of peace and total good. In order that history arrive at its goal, G-D is bringing His people home to the Land of Israel as He pours out His wrath upon those wishing to harm us. The destruction of evil and the downfall of false doctrines will bring ultimate joy and freedom to humanity. The reborn Israeli Kingdom will liberate the world from the physical and spiritual tyranny currently dominant and lead humanity towards an existence of deeper awareness, higher fulfillment and unparalleled blessing in the service of HaShem.
With Love of Israel,
-Yehuda HaKohen
Am Segula
