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To: TimF who wrote (3215)	9/6/2001 6:25:04 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 23908

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To: TimF who wrote (3215)	9/6/2001 9:00:39 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Well, for those interested in a real Christian religious viewpoint on these matters, I offer the following: So, Who Was Job? by Rev. J. R. Church The story of Job offers insight into one of the great mysteries of life. The account of his suffering has brought comfort and hope over the centuries to many a person perplexed with the heartaches of life. The book raises the age-old question on whether suffering is a punishment for sin or a development of one's character. Job is a study in suffering, but few have ever considered the possibility that Job may present a prophetic scenario. Does not all of the Bible weave a singular pattern presenting God's great plan of the ages? Like the other prophecies of the Bible, God may have used this ancient book to yield a prophetic prediction of that which would befall His Chosen People down through the centuries. The word, Job, means "the persecuted one," and like that ancient sufferer, the Jewish people have seen more agony than any other race or nationality in history. The Jew has certainly been "the persecuted one." The world has always been quick to accuse and ridicule the Jew. The Israelites have always been like a square peg in a round hole - the misfits of humanity - not because of some inferiority, quite the contrary. The Jew has been persecuted in spite of his great contributions to humanity in the fields of art, music, law, government, economics, medicine, science and religion. The world has been abundantly blessed because of Abraham's seed, but they do not recognize it, nor do they accept it. Sad to say, there are whole nations that consider the Jew to be like a cancer that must be eliminated from the human race. From time to time, I receive letters across my desk from people who suggest that I stop taking the side of those "murderous Jews." In fact, they seem to think that the Israelis are responsible for their continuing conflicts with the Arabs. Not for a moment do they consider placing the blame on those who pulled the triggers. They blame the Jews for everything! They do not care that it was a Jew who invented the telephone, the television, and many of the miracles of modern medicine. They don't blame the Arabs for bringing the world to the brink of Armageddon, they blame it on the Jews! There are some who suggest that today's Jews are not even Jews. They promote the theory that the tribes were lost to history. They have attempted to trace their migration into Europe, believing the ancient Israelites became the progenitors of the British, French, Germans, etc. Still others believe that the Indians of North America were the descendants of the "ten lost tribes." It seems that everybody is a Jew but the Jew.