Prophecies-the exile and ultimate redemption of the People of Israel has been played out across
the screens of Human awareness during the past century.
The promise that G-D will never completely annihilate us and furthermore will have compasssion upon us and bring us all back to Israel is unfolding right before us. It is only because in the interim ,the state is not yet Religious that makes it seem as if this were just another state improperly placed by the forces of the West.
Yet the very fascination with the Holy Land and all events tied to it show us that there is an apprehension in the world-are they really the Chosen..?The fact that the children of Ishmael oppose us vehemently, not to mention the Vatican in Rome , which may be reverting to its' anti-Jewish tradition at this time are foretold in the various Prophecies.
Also not to be dismissed is the foreknowledge of the Torah that only 4 kinds of animals either only chew their cud that have no split hoof or that has a split hoof but doesn't chew its' cud . This shows an anticipation that would be foolish if it weren't Prophetic.
For the Torah was given in a desert where the animals of the Americas and Australia etc... had not been known to the ancients.
The Learning Process- when learned properly the Torah study experience is exhilarating spiritually. My Brother-in-Law, Professor Jeffery Woolf's response to historical questions was -"when i hear the shiur-lecture from my Rebbe , Rav Soloveichik Z.T.L.,it is like receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. In other words the learning process actually does something for the student that no college lecture can do. This is
an experience that can only be described vaguely, for there is only one way to really know it and that is by spending time learning yourself.
The Tzaddik- not only do the righteous of each generation inspire, we, who were blessed to see the Rebbe, knew that there is a world of the spirit. We also saw many miracles and Prophecies.
In each generation ,G-D blesses us with leaders where the Divine can be felt or at least the workings of a Divine Providence seen.
Ultimately you the reader must decide which method is best for you. However, know this-most of the substantive objections by the Bible Critics have been either disproven or answered.
A case in point. For nearly 100 years the archaeologists claimed that Joshua could not have captured Jericho because its' artifacts were too old-about 200 years too old to be in Joshua's time. Therefore, they concluded that Joshua claimed a victory that was someone else's.
About 10 years ago some people on the dig at Jericho made a startling discovery! There is another layer to Jericho until now undiscovered,that tests out at the time of Joshua. The walls look as if they had collapsed in an earthquake . Jars filled with grain show that the city was destroyed in the springtime exactly as the Book of Joshua describes. In fact college students from all over the world come to help excavate the newly discovered city . Yet the so called enlightened forces of Biblical Criticism and the mass media such as Newsweek ,make themselves unaware of this discovery. In other words , the professors want to disprove the Torah and will not acknowledge their erred assumptions. Truth must be sought not bought .
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