Holocaust Memorial Day / Yom HaShoah / יום השואה

 The Holocaust Memorial Day falls on April 7 & 8, 2013

Holocaust Memorial, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.  Matthew 25:40

Six million Jews perished in the holocaust by the Nazi regime. This is a historical fact. Some now try to deny that such an horrific historical event took place. You ask why we should remember them? 1. Because some are trying to deny that it ever happened. 2. So that we never again allow this to happen.

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.   Romans 14:22

Video: The Forgotten People          http://youtu.be/gWtDGoV6UgM

One of the reasons the enemy succeeded was because of the reluctance of the christian church [Roman Catholic and protestant alike] to understand that Nazis were nobody's friend. That they were out to do the Adversaries bidding. We Christians in general are guilty of allowing the holocaust, though many participated in rescuing the Jews from the claws of the Adversary. Our sin? SILENCE. So what should we do as Christians? We should confess our sin of SILENCE to G-d. And determine in our hearts, for Zion sake never to be silent.

  For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.    Isaiah 62:1

Watch these videos: http://youtu.be/KHX_UHzCsPE

                              http://youtu.be/B9agfgdKpGA

Among the christian community there is a lingering perception that if the Jews suffered the holocaust it must be because G-d had a judgement to dish out to them. I ask, what about the other millions that perished and were not Jewish? The allied soldiers that fought against the axis of evil and died fighting for freedom?  The Puertoricans pilgrims that died at the massacre that took place at the airport of Lod in Israel in 1972? Were these under judgement also?  NO!

I don't believe that the holocaust was a judgment from G-d upon the Jews. I believe that this was an antisemitic systematic ploy by Satan the adversary. Just like Haman tried to do in the book of Esther in the Tanak [old testament]. G-d was not judging the Jews in the story of Esther nor in the holocaust. While Esther/ Hadassah spoke at the appointed time to save her people who lived in Persia, the majority of Christians [ Catholic and Protestant] in Europe kept silent concerning everything they saw taking place before them. Following is a link to an article written by Sam Nadler a friend and brother in the faith:
Why the Holocaust? http://www.wordofmessiah.org/9/post/2011/10/why-the-holocaust.html 

At the very least we as believers in the Messiah Yeshua [Jesus] should be praying for the peace of Jerusalem.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.   Psalms 122:6

We should stand against all antisemitism and should stand in favor of and for Israel and remember the holocaust.

Yeshua/Jesus in making reference to his brethren the Jews, when he said:

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.  Matthew 25:40

I encourage you to visit this memorial to the holocaust located on the south side of our capitol building in old San Juan, Puerto Rico and when you are there have a moment of silence, say a prayer for the peace of Jerusalem. Also right next to the holocaust memorial is a another memorial to the victims of the massacre that took place at the Lod airport in Israel, please also pray for the peace of Puerto Rico.   

Holocaust And Lod Memorial San Juan, Puerto Rico

Memorial

The Holocaust And The Massacre At Lod Airport In Israel 

In Memory to Victims Of The Holocaust

March 30, 2012 was the day that the memorial to the victims of the holocaust and the memorial to the victims of the massacre that took place at the Lod airport in Israel, was unveiled. Many of those that died at Lod were puerto ricans on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Israel.

On Oct. 24, 2012, my wife Linda and I attended a meeting organized by the pastors of the English speaking congregations and Jewish Rabbis. The meeting took place at the Synagogue of the Reform congregation. There was representation of the protestant churches, Second Union, Grace Lutheran and Christian Community Church and of the three main stream branches of Judaism: Reform, Conservative and Orthodox. After all the formal introductions took place we watched about 50 min. of a two hour video that dealt with differences and similarities between Judaism and Christianity. After watching the video there was a time for comments and or questions. The discussion was free, open, educational. There was a social time afterwards with finger food and refreshment. During this portion of the activity I entered into conversation with some of the Jews and one of the things that I took away with me is that we as Christians need to do more to make known how we feel and where we stand with regards to our solidarity with Israel and it's people. While writing this short blog I remembered coming across a video where a German christian pastor organized a march, 180 miles, from their place of worship to the prison camp of Dachau as a demonstration to fact that they had and were confessing the sins of their parents and grandparents many of whom were descendants of Nazi soldiers or German Christians that kept silence at the time of the holocaust. In this demonstration Christians and Jews marched side by side. The one thing that is obvious in this video is: WE CHRISTIANS CANNOT BE SILENT. Here is the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Cs5j1596g&feature=related

http://www.oneforisrael.org/index.php/blog

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. Isaiah 62:1