The Bigger they are the more they will be attacked:

Catholicism and Israel

Why is it when people who are in a particular environment, be it a business or religious institution, they feel that improvements should be made to suit their own personal opinions. Unfortunately, that is exactly what has occurred over the many years since the Reformation when Martin Luther took offense at what the Catholic Church was doing. No one can say whether Luther was right and all of the changes were appropriate but the years that followed brought more than one schism between Catholicism and the Church of England under King Henry the VIII.

If you look at the many Protestant denominations that exist, and how many of them had the same effect of breaking off from their own original denomination, or the many Evangelical groups that continue to pop up, one must wonder where it will lead, making decisions for those who are unsure regarding God, the Commandments, and their Salvation difficult to consider.

There is one God, only, the basic tenet of humanity that must wonder where and when all that exists in the universe as well as our own planet earth came from and for what purpose God introduced for all of us to live in and prepare for eternal life with him. As Chritians the first and foremost entity of our belief is a mystery, yet the ultimate strength of any hope lies with the Passion of Christ which began at his Incarnation.

We begin our profession of faith by saying “I believe” or “We believe.” Before expounding the Church’s faith, as confessed in the Creed, celebrated in the liturgy, and lived in observance of God's Commandments and in prayer, we must first ask what “to believe” means. Faith is man’s response to God who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a superabundant light as he searches for the ultimate meaning of his life. This we shall consider first that search, then the divine Revelation by which God comes to meet man, and finally the response of faith. (CCC 26).

Much of what our Catechism states is copied from many different Councils, long before the Reformation took place. Therefore, after all the discussions as to where our different doctrines began to emerge, the Church already had the basic norms in print and authorized by the Magisterium of the Church.

From the Fidei Depositum on the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, (in part) we print the Doctrinal Value of the Text by Pope John Paul. “The Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I approved June 25th last and the publication of which I today order by virtue of my Aposrolic Authority, as a statement of the Church;s faith and of catholic doctrine, attested to or illumined by Sacred Scripture, the Apolistic Tradition, and the Church’s Magisterium. I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the faith and thus a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communication, May it serve the renewal to which the Holy Spirit ceaselessly calls the Church of God, the Body of Christ, on her pilgrimage to the undiminished light of the Kingdom.”

Too many denominations or evangelical sects proclaim to be an authority in their own right on doctrine, but even they must adhere to the basic teaching using scripture inspired verse as to the Catholic Magisterium and its authority of truth related with the words of Christ.

Besides all this regarding the Catholic Church, is the current issue of Israel and how so many nations, currently as well as ancient adversaries, want to destroy this tiny piece of land. Why? we may ask, can’t they leave this piece of real estate alone to dwell on its own? Is there one culprit who is at the basis of all this? The answer is Yes! Satan!

As much as we know from Revelation and the warnings from Jesus to John, Satan himself is well aware of what his final fate will bring him and all who choose to follow his heresies. The base of Satan’s anger with God leans on the treachery he uses by saying to God, “I will remove as many people as I can from your kingdom by convincing them it is I who deserve to be your equal and will remove them from your safety and destroy their faith in you.”

Since Israel and the Hebrew nation were God’s chosen nation, it is the desire of Iran and the other nations who are lining up to destroy the very nation that is God’s chosen people and that is Satan’s one plan of embarrassing our Creator into a failure of his divine plan.

Israel is the biggest nation on earth because it is the home of Jesus’ ministry and the very turf from which he ascended and will return to during the parousia. All of the enemies of God are lining up to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and show God that they are the strength of Satan. Is Israel too big for the world of wealth and power? Absolutely yes! Fight for Israel and the Jews of our world. They shall be the victors and the home of Christ! Jerusalem, Jerusalem!

After the patriarchs, God formed Israel as his people by freeing them from slavery in Egypt. He established with them the covenant of Mount Sinai and through Moses, gave them his law so that they would recognize him and serve him as the one living and true God, the provident Father and just judge, and so that they would look for the promised Savior. (CCC 62).

Israel is the priestly people of God,”called by the name of the Lord,” and “the first to hear the word of God,” the people of “elder brethren”in the faith of Abraham. (CCC 63).

Ralph B. Hathaway