Zionism, Promise and Chosenness

The idea of Zionism originates from the Torah. It can be found hidden within the story of Abraham. Zionism is an idea that connected the future with the past, and in doing so, defined the story that would inevitably unfold over the course of a 4,000 year long journey, a story that continues to this very day.

G-d promised Abraham and Sarah that they will have a son, Isaac, and from the descendants of Isaac will spring a great nation. That promise came true, and so too did G-d’s other promises.

Zionism is directly connected to G-d’s promise to Abraham, but the future of his descendants will be defined through pain and suffering which eventually must lead to the salvation of mankind, or what is also called “living in a world of peace.”

The pain and suffering is the product of a people that was “chosen,” for everything that happens in life that has meaning, is based on human emotion. Being chosen begets jealousy and hate, but being chosen is also an order, and instruction, that goes somewhere for a purpose.

Needless to say, there is more going on than meets the eye.