ABSOLUTE PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

ABSOLUTE PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD                      Jewish Voice

The story is told that King Frederick the Great of Prussia once asked his physician to give him proof for the existence of God.His physician replied, “Your Majesty, the continued existence of the Jews.”

It’s true. The Jewish people are the most persecuted people in history. From the Book of Esther, down through all the centuries, there have been repeated attempts to destroy them. No other group has been so persecuted. Yet still the Jewish people miraculously survive.

But the miracle is even greater than that!

Before 1948, almost no one was convinced the Jewish people, after centuries of wandering, could return to Israel and reclaim their ancient homeland. But they did.

Then, almost no one believed the new State of Israel, surrounded by enemies, would long survive. But survive it did, amazingly winning a long series of wars and conflicts that continue today.

Few people initially had faith God would fulfill His ancient promise to reestablish the Jewish people in Israel.

But today, many Christians understand and support the State of Israel and the Jewish people as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy – and an important step towards the eventual return of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah.

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But despite this enthusiasm and support, most Christians still know very little about what life is like in modern Israel, or the hunger for the Messiah that God has placed in the hearts of the Jewish people there.

You see, I – and all of us here at Jewish Voice Ministries – have realized that God’s miraculous plans for the Jewish people go well beyond the reestablishment of the Jewish homeland in Israel.

I believe God has placed a desire – a deep hunger – in the hearts of Jewish people, especially in Israel. And that desire is to meet and come into a loving relationship with the Messiah, the one we know as Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth.

We see the evidence of this every day in our work among Jewish people in Israel.

The Jewish people in Israel are hungry – desperately hungry – to find answers to their spiritual questions. We see examples of this kind of openness to Yeshua every day!

But spiritual hunger by itself is not enough. We must make the effort to tell the Jewish people of Israel what they so desperately need to hear.

As the Apostle Paul wrote:

How then shall they call on the One in whom they have not trusted? And how shall they trust in the One they have not heard of? And how shall they hear without someone proclaiming? And how shall they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of good things!” (Romans 10:14-15, TLV)

Paul is very clear here. No matter how much spiritual hunger the Jewish people have, they still cannot and will not accept Yeshua unless we who believe, go to them, share the Good News and introduce them to God’s Son.

We clearly see the spiritual need in Israel. And every day we see the blessings that come from sending ministry workers there, to befriend and share hope with the people – to “proclaim good news of good things.”

Several historical and influential figures are credited with saying that the survival of the Jewish people is evidence for God, often in response to requests for proof. The most commonly cited, though sometimes attributed as anecdotes, are Blaise Pascal, Otto von Bismarck, and Frederick the Great.

• Blaise Pascal: When asked by King Louis XIV of France to prove God's existence, philosopher Blaise Pascal is famously reported to have replied, "Well, Your Majesty, the Jews! The Jews!".

• Otto Von Bismarck: When the Kaiser of Prussia asked for proof of God, Bismarck is said to have replied, "The Jews, sir, the Jews".

• Frederick the Great: Similar to the Bismarck story, Frederick the Great of Prussia is said to have asked his physician for proof of God, receiving the answer: "Your Majesty, the continued existence of the Jews".

• Biblical Foundation: This sentiment is rooted in Isaiah 43, where God describes Israel as "my witness" to his existence.

The argument rests on the idea that the preservation of the Jewish people—despite long periods of exile, persecution, and being a small minority—suggests divine intervention or a "miracle of history".