A World Without Jews

It occurred during my early fight against antisemitism and related hate aimed at Jews and other innocents. “We want all Jews to leave America and go to Israel," demanded the bigots. They also wished other countries would do the same—send all Jews to Israel. I pressed the issue: “What are your feelings about Israel?” “Israel is a racist state and must cease to exist!” was the retort. There you have it—not even subtle—a world without Jews.

But just point out to the devil’s disciples that there already was a world without Jews and watch them blink. That’s what the first eleven chapters in Genesis are all about. And the stench of this “non-Jewish” world was so bad that God chose to introduce His Jewish plan in order to offer any hope that humans could be detoured from their highway to hell.

Take a brief look at Genesis chapters 1 to 11— the pre-Hebraic world (a “world without Jews”). God was awesome as usual in His creation of cosmos, earth and all non-human life (1:1-25). Then came His masterpiece—man—whom God crowned with His image, spiritual authority, full material provision, perfect surroundings, partnership with God Himself, a gorgeous wife, massive intellectual capacity, innocence of sinlessness and the freedom to make choices (1:26—3:12).

And what did those early “non-Jews” do? They blew it all! Adam and Eve rebelled against God and then made excuses. They became tools of Satan, introduced death to the human race, were the forerunners of a guilt complex and were unceremoniously evicted from their garden luxury. Their son murdered his own brother and then tried to hide his crime with the cop-out that has been repeated to this day by those who choose not to alleviate the sufferings of others:  “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Only two men—Enoch and Noah—chose to walk with God, while “the crime rate was rising rapidly across the earth, and, as seen by God, the world was rotten to the core” (6:11, Living Bible). Since our non-Jewish world didn’t mind drowning in its own filth, God decided to do just that—drown them and preserve only Noah and his family. He had already given His verdict: “When the Lord saw the extent of human wickedness, and that the trend and direction of men’s lives were only towards evil, he was sorry he had made them. It broke his heart” (6:5, Living Bible).

Without change, there would be no hope for our “world without Jews”. But God had another move. He who had made that first man would now choose another man and turn Abram and sons into…you guessed it—Jews. There was yet hope for the world!

"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ" (I Corinthians 11:1)
The ST. PAUL SCHOOL, with Frank Eiklor, Eileen Young and Cecilia Contreras