May 19, 2026
Wars and God

One may wonder why the Jews continued to rebel against the Romans when it was so clear that they would be defeated and massacred. The fact is that they believed victory did not depend on military strength, but on Yahweh, to the point that it was even forbidden to count their own fighters.

It is the same phenomenon (in reverse) that we see today: why do Hamas and then the ayatollahs think they can defeat and destroy Israel? They believe that victory depends on Allah (in shā’ Allāh), and that He will grant it to the believers if they remain truly Islamic, which means surrender to the will of God.

The problem is the messianic spirit that often appears throughout history, not only among the Jews of antiquity and today’s Islamic fundamentalists.