{"id":24978,"date":"2026-04-03T14:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24978"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:28:36","slug":"festival-of-freedom-reality-of-war-israels-message-this-passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24978","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Freedom, Reality of War: Israel\u2019s Message This Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As believers celebrate the Resurrection this Sunday, we look at our Jewish friends who are simultaneously celebrating Passover and the poignancy of protecting their freedom and their very existence.\n<\/p>\n

Get prayer updates from IFA.<\/h4>\n

The great Jewish feast of Passover [began] at sundown on April 1. And in reflecting on the \u201cfestival of freedom,\u201d a top Israeli official reminded the world that freedom is never free, and must be defended, sometimes with weapons of war.<\/p>\n

Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa\u2019ar\u00a0posted\u00a0on X, \u201cTonight, around the Seder table, we\u2019ll ask: \u2018Why is this night different?\u2019 In our national soul-searching, it\u2019s important that we know how to answer this question well and precisely.\u201d And he has an answer, too: \u201cThere\u2019s no freedom without the willingness to defend it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In an unprecedented victory, the Jewish people in the 20th century reclaimed part of the homeland God promised to them as a perpetual possession (Genesis 17:8) thousands of years ago. Sa\u2019ar explained, \u201cMost of us were privileged to be born into a sovereign and free Jewish state in the land of our ancestors, after 2,000 years of exile. We were born into freedom and statehood after generations of exile, persecution, and destruction.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The tragic reality is that the rebirth of Israel was immediately\u00a0met by\u00a0Islamic terror, which has never stopped since. \u201cIsrael has fought for its existence since the day it was born,\u201d Sa\u2019ar stated. \u201cThe truth is that there hasn\u2019t been a single day in which we have not stood on guard, in which we haven\u2019t fought. From the founding of the state until today.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the demonic jihadis who hate God\u2019s people are determined that each war they lose will never be the last.\n<\/p>\n

God commanded the Israelites to wage war on evil enemies numerous times in the Old Testament (e.g., 1 Samuel\/Kings 15:3,\u00a0Joshua 6, Numbers 31:2).\n<\/p>\n

During the first Passover, however, God Himself slew the firstborn of all the Egyptians to ensure His people would go free. God commanded the celebration of Passover in Exodus 12, the sacrifice of unblemished lambs (a figure of the Messiah to come), the eating of the lambs with unleavened bread, and finally the exit from Egypt.\n<\/p>\n

The Egyptian pharaoh of that era tried to wipe out the Jews, as the terrorist Iranian regime wishes to do today.\n<\/p>\n

Referring to Iran\u2019s regime, Sa\u2019ar affirmed, \u201cWe stood before a danger of elimination. Our enemies, chief among them the Ayatollah regime in Iran, devised a plan of elimination. Not only through clear public declarations revealing their intentions. Not merely as an abstract aspiration, but as a concrete plan.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Sa\u2019ar further went on to that, \u201cToday, we can say: We\u2019ve removed the threat of elimination. We still have bitter and cruel enemies, but they\u2019ve been dealt a severe blow. We don\u2019t promise that this will be the \u201clast war.\u201d We\u2019ll need, in the future too, to remain vigilant against the schemes of our enemies.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

While the regime can still fire at Israel, it is now incapable of destroying it. Meanwhile, the Israeli government is already preparing for the next diplomatic deal and the next war.\n<\/p>\n

Are you taking time to pray for Israel today? Leave your prayers in the comments section below.<\/h4>\n

(Excerpt from PJ Media. Photo credit: Kzara Visual\/Canva Pro)
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