The birth of Israel

“Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by miraculous signs and wondrs, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?” Deut. 4:34
This is clearly a rhetorical question, to be answered ‘no’. Indeed, Israel is the only nation to be brought out of another (Egypt) through miraculous signs and a display of Divine power. While this verse in Deuteronomy serves to remind the Israelites to be appreciative of their history, it also has relevance to us today.
It’s fashionable in today’s society to write Israel off as a thorn in the Middle East’s side and to view them as just another party in the conflict. But Israel was, and still is, the people God chose to reveal Himself to the world by, through their history.
No other nation has been reformed after nearly 2000 years of dispersion in the world, retaining their own culture and even their own language. It is unfortunate that the majority of Israelis don’t believe in God, but that doesn’t stop God from keeping His promises to them to protect them and give them the land – despite the ill-founded actions and intentions of the world powers to take it away.
If one was to take a completely objective view of Israel’s situation and history, they would be unable to deny there is something special about Israel – that they are in fact God’s chosen people. In fact I know of someone who came to salvation in Christ simply by considering this very thing.
No other nation is like Israel. That’s not to say they are perfect, by any means, or that everything they do is right, but God still has His eye on them and they will yet be an integral part of His plan for the world.