“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” [Matthew 23:37-39]
The state of Israel has only 0.8 percent of the world’s population and is the world’s 100th smallest country. Yet they can claim the following amazing accomplishments:
Twenty-four percent of Israel’s workforce holds university degrees and 12 percent hold advanced degrees. That’s the highest ratio for its population in the world.
Aside from the United States, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world.
Israel’s economy of $100 billion is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
Israel has the highest average standard of living in the Middle East, even exceeding that of the United Kingdom.
Israel has the world’s second highest number of new books per capita.
Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola.
Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s, Israel has the largest fleet of fighter aircraft outside of the United States.
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on Earth.
Israel has more museums per capita than any other country in the world.
It would certainly seem that God is blessing this little country! But why then is this unique nation so embattled? What will their end result be as a nation? Christ wept over Jerusalem and foretold their future. God has not rejected individuals of Jewish descent. But the Lord has turned away from Israel as His representative nation. Yet, the tears of Christ, when He wept over Jerusalem, are tears He weeps for you and me if we will not turn to Him.
